Recipient of the 2017 Award:
Dr. Michal Haskel-Ittah
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel
Advisor: Prof. Benny Shilo
PhD Thesis: Determination of the dorsoventral axis in the early drosophila embryo
Post doctorate: Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel – Rutgers University,NJ USA
Principal Investigator: Prof. Anat Yarden – Prof. Ravit Golan Duncan
Research Topic: Characterizing high school students' ability to interrelate three conceptual models in genetics
Recipient of the 2016 Award:
Dr. Moran Shalev-Benami
PhD: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Advisors: Prof. Timor Baasov and Prof. Noam Adir
PhD Thesis: Structural characterization of aminoglycosides’ mechanisms of action, structure-based drug design of novel therapeutic molecules for genetic disorders, and anti-microbial applications.
Post doctorate: Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel – University of Michigan, Ann-Arbor, MI, USA
Principal Investigator: Prof. Ada Yonath
Research Topic: Structural characterizations of eukaryotic parasites' ribosomes