Education
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1965-67 |
B.Sc. (Chemistry Major) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
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1969 |
M.Sc. Weizmann Institute of Science and Tel-Aviv University.
Topic of Thesis: "Preparation and characterization of water insoluble derivatives of Subtilisin Carlsberg". Master thesis carried out at the at the department of Biophysics Weizmann Institute of life Science |
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1974 |
Ph.D. at the Feinberg Graduate School of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Topic of thesis: "Mapping the active site of proteolytic enzyme, porcine elastase". Thesis carried out in the department of Biophysics, under the supervision of Professor Arieh Berger. |
Academic Appointments
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Appointments in Israel
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1974 -75 |
Scientist (Lecturer), Department of Biophysics, at the Weizmann Institute of Science. In 1975 started postdoctoral program with Professor Alex Levitzki at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
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1975-77 |
Lady Davis Research Fellow (Postdoctoral fellowship) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
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1977 |
Investigator, B, Department of Biological Chemistry,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
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1978-82 |
Research Associate (Senior Lecturer), Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
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1982 |
Associate Professor of Neurochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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1990 |
Professor of Neurochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Foreign Appointments
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1976 |
EMBO Fellow (short term fellowship) with Dr. J. P.Changeaux (Institut Pasteur, Paris) |
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1979-80 |
Fogarty International Fellow with Dr. John Daly and Dr. Marshall Nirenberg at the National Institutes of Health, (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland.
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1981 |
Visiting Scientist at the University of Nice with Dr. M. Lazdunski (EMBO, Short Term Fellowship) |
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1984-85 |
American Cancer Society-Eleanor Roosevelt International Fellowship, by the International Union Against Cancer at the NIH, with Dr. M. Gottesman and Dr. Ira Pastan. |
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1994 |
Visiting professor at the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, at university of California, Berkeley |
Honors
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1969 |
Prize for achievements in graduate studies (M.Sc) |
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1979-80 |
Honorary Fellow of the American Association of University
Women (AAUW). |
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1980-1981 |
The A.D. Bergmann Prize for scientific achievements |
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1984-85 |
Treasurer of the Israel Biochemical Society.
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1988 |
Elected member of the Otto Loewi Center for Cellular and
Molecular Neurobiology. |
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1990 |
Head of the teaching committee at the department of Biological Chemistry. |
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1995 |
The David Wigam Award for 1995 |
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1996 |
The Kay innovation award for developing a new drug (Dopa-ethylester) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
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Biotechnology
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2002 |
Establishment of a start-up company
"Novia pharmaceutical Ltd".
Development of drugs for Alzheimer's Multiple Sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease.
Visit "Novia pharmaceutical Ltd" online:
www.noviapharma.com
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