Prof. Varda Rotter Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 1976 |
Ph.D. Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Thesis: Investigations of mechanisms involved in the immune reactivity of lymphoid cells. |
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| 1971 |
M.Sc. (cum laude) Cell Biology, Department of Life science, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. Thesis: "Studies on quantitative responses of colonies of macrophages in agar to immunization with particulate and soluble antigens". |
| 1969 | B.Sc. (cum laude) Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. |
Positions
| 2003 - to date | Director of the FAMRI Center of Excellence, Israel |
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| 2000 - 2014 | Director of the Women’s Health Center at the Weizmann Institute |
| 2011 - 2014 | Advisor to the President for Advancing Women in Science |
| 2003 - 2010 |
Chairperson of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
| 2002 - 2003 | Deputy Chairman, The Scienti c Council of the Weizmann Institute |
| 2000 - 2004 |
Chairperson of the Board of Studies of Life Sciences Teaching Feinberg Graduate School |
| 1999 |
Visiting Professor, Short Sabbatical under Prof. Curtis Harris Human Carcinogenesis, NIH, Bethesda, USA |
| 1995 - to date | Member of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology |
| 1993 - 1995 |
Chairperson of the Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
| 1992 |
Professor, Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
| 1985 - 1992 |
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
| 1989 - 1990 |
Visiting Professor on Sabbatical leave, under Prof. Arnold Levine Department of Biology, Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey USA |
| 1981 - 1985 |
Senior Scientist, Department of Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Research Topic: Molecular mechanisms controlling the expression of the p53 tumor antigen |
| 1979 - 1981 |
Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. Supervisor: Prof. David Baltimore. Supported by a US. Public Health Service International Research Fellowship. Research Topic:p53 expression in retroviral-transformed cell. |
| 1976 - 1979 |
Scientist, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science: The development of bioassays for the determination of THF activity along the process of purification and clinical evaluation of the immune response. |
Awards and honors:
| 1979 | Public Health Service International Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship |
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| 1982 | Israel Cancer Research Fund Fellowship |
| 1982 | Incumbent of the Norman and Helen Asher Chair for Cancer Research |
| 1983 | Special Fellow, Leukemia Society of America |
| 1986 | Incumbent of the Norman and Helen Asher Professorial Chair for Cancer Research |
| 1986 | M. Levinson Award for Molecular Biology, The Weizmann Institute |
| 1987 | Career Development Award from the Israel Cancer Research Fund |
| 1989 | UICC-Eleanor Roosevelt International Cancer Research Fellowship |
| 1993 | Feher Prize in Medicine-Israeli Academy of Science |
| 1994 | Na'amat Award |
| 1996 | Woman Career Award-Lady Globes |
| 1997 | Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). |
| 1999 | The E.G. Rosenblatt Scientific Achievement Award |
| 1999 | Fogarty Fellowship –NIH |
| 2003 | EMET Prize |
| 2008 | Lombroso Award |
| 2010 | Member of the Academia Europa |
| 2012 | Member of the EARC Council |
| 2011 - 2013 | President of the Israel Society for Cancer Research (ISCR) |
| 2013 | Helmholtz International Fellow Award |
| 2014 | The Anthony Dipple Carcinogenesis Award |
Professional society memberships:
Israel Immunological Society
American Society for Microbiology
Member of the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) Alumni
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
International Union against Cancer (UICC)
Organization of scientific meetings:
| 1988 |
Chairperson, Organizing Committee, The First Cancer Research Fund Scientific Conference on Advanced Concepts in Cancer Research, Tiberias, Israel |
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| 1988 | Chairperson, Organizing Committee: The Second Cancer Research Fund Scientific Conference on Advanced Concepts in Cancer Research, Ma'ale Hahamisha, Israel |
| 1991 | Co-organizer: Fifth p53 Workshop, Princeton, USA. |
| 1992 | Co-organizer: Sixth p53 Workshop, Tiberias, Israel. |
| 1994 | Co-organizer: Seventh p53 Workshop, Toronto, Canada |
| 1995 | Chairperson and Organizer: The First FISEB Meeting (Federation of Israeli Societies of Experimental Biology) Eilat, Israel. |
| 1996 | Co-organizer: Eighth p53 Workshop. Dundee, Scotland. |
| 1998 | Co-organizer: Ninth p53 Workshop. Crete, Greece. |
| 1998 | Co-organizer: The Second FISEB Meeting. Eilat, Israel |
| 2000 | Co-organizer: The Tenth p53 Workshop. Monterey, USA, |
| 2000 | Co-organizer: New Targets for Cancer Intervention. Eilat, Israel, |
| 2002 | Co-organizer: The Eleventh p53 Workshop. Barcelona, Spain, |
| 2004 | Co-organizer: The Twelfth p53 Workshop. Dunedin New Zealand |
| 2005 | Co-organizer: The p53 Marathon. Ein Gedi, Israel, |
| 2005 | Co-organizer: The Thirteenth p53 Workshop. New York, USA |
| 2008 | Co-organizer: The Fourteenth p53 Workshop. Shanghai, Chaina |
| 2009 | Co-organizer: The Fourth mutant p53 Marathon Acco, Israel |
| 2010 | Co-organizer: The Fifteenth p53 Workshop. Philadelphia, USA |
| 2013 | Co-organizer: The Sixth mutant p53 meeting, Toronto, Canada |
| 2014 | Co-organizer: The Sixteenth p53 workshop. Stocholm, Sweeden |
| 2014 | Co-organizer: The Israeli Scociety for Cancer Research (ISCR), Technion, Haifa |
| 2015 | Co-organizer: The Israeli Scociety for Cancer Research (ISCR), TAU, Tel-Aviv |
| 2016 | Organizer, chair: The 8th Israeli Society for Cancer Research (ISCR), WIS |