Curriculum Vitae

1975 - 1979: Military service in tank corps (lieutenant)
1980 - 1983: B.Sc. with distinction, in food Technology from the Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University, Rehovot
1985 - 1987: M.Sc. in Microbiology with distinction
Thesis subject: Characterisation of relA mutations in Escherichia coli
1988 - 1991: Doctoral studies, the Institute of Microbiology, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
Supervisor: Prof. Gad Glaser
Thesis subject: Studies of a global control system in prokaryotes mediated by the alarmon - ppGpp.
1992 - 1995: Postdoctoral work at the Laboratory of Prof. Alan Fersht, MRC unit for protein function and design, Cambridge, UK.
Subject: Intra and intermolecular interactions of barstar, the intercellular inhibitor of barnase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
1996 - 2002: Senior Scientist, Department of Biological Chemistry,
Weizmann Institute of Science
2002 - : Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry,
Weizmann Institute of Science

 Fellowships and Grants supporting my Research

Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
Minerva
Human Frontiers