| 2003-2008 |
Post Doctoral Studies:
“Molecular mechanisms of axon pruning”; Developmental neuroscience; Under the supervision of Prof. Liqun Luo, HHMI & Dept of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA, USA. |
| 1997-2002 |
Ph.D in Genetics:
“Identification and characterization of genetic targets of the c-myc oncogene”; Cancer biology; Under the supervision of Prof. Nissim Benvenisty, Dept of Genetics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1995-1997 |
M.Sc in Genetics:
“Identification and characterization of genetic targets of the c-myc oncogene”; Cancer biology; Under the supervision of Prof. Nissim Benvenisty, Dept of Genetics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1993-1995 |
B.Sc in Biology, cum laude:
“Identification and characterization of genetic targets of the c-myc oncogene”; Cancer biology; Under the supervision of Prof. Nissim Benvenisty, Dept of Genetics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
Employment History |
| Aug. 15 2008 |
Started Senior Scientist tenure track position at the Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology
Weizmann Institute of Science. |
| 2003-2008 |
Post Doctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Studies on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of axon pruning. Under the supervision of Prof. Liqun Luo, HHMI & Dept of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA, USA. |
| 1999-2001 |
Editor and writer of the life science column in the popular Israeli periodical Galileo. |
| 1995-2002 |
Graduate Student, Hebrew University
Studies on identification and characterization of genetic targets of the c-myc oncogene. Under the supervision of Prof. Nissim Benvenisty, Dept of Genetics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1994-1995 |
Undergraduate Student, Hebrew University
Studies on identification and characterization of genetic targets of the c-myc oncogene. Under the supervision of Prof. Nissim Benvenisty, Dept of Genetics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1993-1999 |
Group leader and tour guide in Sinai
Geographical tours – Naot Hakikar |
Other Appointments |
| 1996-2002 |
Teaching Assistant, Dept Genetics, Hebrew University
- General Genetics: Laboratory teaching assistant
- Human Genetics: Teaching assistance
- Topics in Classical and Molecular Genetics: I designed and taught a basic section on nucleotide and protein comparisons using web tools such as BLAST.
- Functional Genomics: I prepared, designed and taught the microarray experiment performed in the course.
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International Recognition |
| 2008 |
Invited speaker, Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO. |
| 2007 |
Speaker, selected from submitted abstracts, Drosophila neurobiology meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. |
| 2007 |
Invited speaker, Dept. of Developmental Biology, Sloan Kettering Institute, N.Y. |
| 2007 |
Speaker, selected from submitted abstracts, 48th annual Drosophila research conference, Genetics Society of America, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 2002 |
EMBO post doctoral fellowship |
| 2000 |
Marcus Prize for excellence in Genetics studies |
| 1999 |
The Clore Scholarship Program for excellence in Ph.D. studies |
| 1997 |
Pollak Prize for excellence in Life Sciences studies |
| 1994 |
Winokur Prize for excellence in Genetics studies |