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." (a) Characterization of the Target Cells for Thymus Hormone Activity; (b) Role of Suppressor T cells in the Regulation of Immune Responses
1971	M.Sc. (cum laude) in 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) in Microbiology and Biochemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Centers

Director	The Yad Abraham Research Center for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy
Director	Women's Health Research Center
Director	Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) Center of Excellence

Positions

2003 - to date		Chairperson of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
2002 - 2003		Deputy Chairman, The Scientific Council of the Weizmann Institute
2000 - 2004		Chairperson of the Board of Studies of Life Sciences Teaching Feinberg Graduate School
2000 - to date		Director: Women’s Health Center at the Weizmann Institute
1999		Visiting Professor, Short Sabbatical with Prof. C. Harris, Human Carcinogenesis, NIH, Bethesda, USA
1995 - to date		Member of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
1993 - 1995		Chairperson of the Department of Cell Biology Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
1992		Professor, Department of Cell Biology 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, with 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, Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science. Subject: (a) The Development of Bioassays for the Determination of THF Activity Along the Process of Purification and Clinical Evaluation of the Immune Response; (b) Purification of Alanine from Plasma or Thymic Extracts and its Role in the Immune Response of Human Lymphocytes.

Awards

2003   EMET Prize

1994   Na'amat Award

1993   Feher Prize in Medicine-Israeli Academy of Science

1993   Israeli Woman of Distinction Award of the Woman's League for Conservative Judaism

1989   UICC-Eleanor Roosevelt International Cancer Research Fellowship

1987   Career Development Award from the Israel Cancer Research Fund

1983   Special Fellow, Leukemia Society of America

1982   Israel Cancer Research Fund Fellowship

Professional Society Memberships

Israel Immunological Society

American Society for Microbiology

Member of the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) Alumni

American Association for Cancer Research

International Union against Cancer (UICC)

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Editorial Boards

2006 - date	Editorial Board, Carcinogenesis
2005 - date	Editorial Board, European Journal of Cancer
2000 - 2005	Associate Editor, FEBS Letters
1999 - date	Member, Editorial Board of Cancer Research, An encyclopedic Reference
1994 - date	Member, Editorial Board of The International Journal of Cancer; Predictive Oncology
1986 - date	Member, Editorial Board of Oncogene

Organization of Scientific Meetings

Shanghai City, China, May 2008 Co-organizer, “The XIV p53 Workshop"

Ein Gedi, Israel, November 2005 Co-organizer, “The p53 Marathon”

New York, USA, May 2005 Co-organizer, “The XIII p53 Workshop"

Dunedin, New Zealand, November 2004 Co-organizer, “The XII p53 Workshop"

Barcelona, Spain, May 8-15, 2002 Co-organizer, “The XI p53 Workshop"

Eilat, Israel, November 12-16, 2000 Co-organizer, "New Targets for Cancer Intervention"

Monterey, USA, 4-10 April 2000 Co-organizer, “The X p53 Workshop"

Eilat, Israel, December 1998 Co-organizer, "The 2nd FISEB (Federation of Israeli Societies of Experimental Biology" Meeting

Crete, Greece, July 1998 Co-organizer, “The IX p53 Workshop"

Dundee, Scotland, July 1996 Co-organizer, “The VIII p53 Workshop"

Eilat, Israel, 17-20 October 1995 Chairperson and Organizer, "The 1st FISEB (Federation of Israeli Societies of Experimental Biology" Meeting

Toronto, Canada,19-22 June 1994 Co-organizer, “The VII p53 Workshop"

Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1-5, November 1992 Co-organizer with Prof. M. Oren, “The VI p53 Workshop"

Ma'ale Hahamisha, Israel, March 6-10 1988 Chairperson of Organizing Committee, "The 2nd Cancer Research Fund Scientific Conference on Advanced Concepts in Cancer Research"

Princeton, USA, June 1991 Co-organizer with Prof. A. Levine, “The V p53 Workshop"

Tiberias, Israel, 6-10 March 1988 Chairperson of Organizing Committee, "The 1st Cancer Research Fund Scientific Conference on Advanced Concepts in Cancer Research"