Group

Prof. Rotem Sorek

Principal investigator

Phone +972-8-934-6342

Location Arnold R. Meyer Building , room 217

 

Employment Positions 
06/2018 - PresentFull Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
 
2014 - 2018Associate Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. 
2008 - 2014Senior Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. 
2006 - 2008Post-doctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA. 
2004 - 2005Compugen Ltd. Group Leader, Genomic Basic Research 
2000 - 2004Compugen Ltd. Researcher 

Education
 
2002 - 2007Ph.D., Human Genetics, Tel Aviv University
Awarded with distinction
 
2000 - 2002M.Sc. Genetics, Tel Aviv University
Graduated summa cum laude
 
1998 - 2000B.Sc. Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
Graduated summa cum laude
 

Teaching
 
2023 - presentLecturer at the "Immune system of bacteria" course, Weizmann Institute of Science 
2009 - presentLecturer at the "RNA world" course, Weizmann Institute of Science 

 


Honors
 
2024The Rothschild Prize 
2023HFSP Nakasone Award 
2022Michael Bruno Memorial Award 
2022Michael Landau Prize for Arts and Sciences 
2022Elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina 
2021The Andre Deloro Prize for Scientific Research 
2021Rappaport Prize for Excellence in Biomedical Research 
2019Beutler Research Program Award for Excellence in Genomic Medicine 
2018Elected to the American Academy of Microbiology 
2018Elected as an EMBO member 
2016Scientific Council Prize 
2016ERC-CoG Award Recipient 
2015Elected to the European Academy of Microbiology 
2014FEBS Anniversary Prize 
2013Teva Founders Award for outstanding young scientists in Life Sciences 
2012Appointed as a member of the national "Young Israel Academy of Sciences" 
2012The Rubinowitz-Grossman Prize for outstanding young scientists, the Israel Society for Microbiology 
2011ERC-StG Award Recipient 
2010EMBO Young Investigator 
2009Alon Fellowship 
2008Clore Prize Recipient 
2006The RNA Society/Scaringe Young Scientist Award 
2005ISMB Fellowship 
2004Clore Foundation Doctoral Prize 
2003Constantiner Scholarship 
2001National Excellence Award, Israeli House of Representatives 
2001Rector’s list, Tel Aviv University 
2001Dean’s scholarship for M.Sc. studies, Tel Aviv University 
1999Dean's list, Tel Aviv University 
1999De-Shalit foundation award, Weizmann Institute of Science 
1998B.Sc. Scholarship, the research track for excellent students, Tel Aviv University 

 

  • Miri Danan

    M.Sc. Student

    2009 - 2010

  • Hila Shimon

    M.Sc Student

    2009 - 2010

  • Aya Kimelman

    M.Sc Student | Lab Programmer

    2009 - 2011

  • Yelena Gorbatscvich

    Lab Technician

    2009 - 2011

  • Dr. Adi Stern

    Postdoc

    2009 - 2011

    Present: Associate Professor, Tel Aviv University

  • Dr Schraga Schwartz

    Postdoc

    2010 - 2011

    Present: Associate Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Einat Zucker

    M.Sc Student

    2010 - 2012

  • Shahar Kidron

    M.Sc Student

    2010 - 2012

  • Dr. Omri Wurtzel

    Ph.D Student

    2009 - 2012

    Present: Assistant Professor, Tel Aviv University

  • Eran Mick

    Project Student

    2011 - 2012

    Present: PhD student, Harvard University

  • Dr. Iris Karunker

    Postdoc

    2010 - 2013

  • Ida Levy

    Sabbatical Scientist

    2013 - 2014

  • Dr. Tamara Goldfarb

    Postdoc

    2013 - 2014

    Present: Research Scientist, NCBI

  • Dr. Asaf Levy

    Ph.D. Student

    2010 - 2014

    Present: Assistant Professor, Hebrew University

  • Yoav Charpak Amikam

    M.Sc student

    2013 - 2014

  • Dr. Ofir Cohen

    Postdoc

    2012 - 2014

    Present: Postdoc, Broad Institute (MIT/Harvard)

  • Eyal Weinstock

    M.Sc student

    2012 - 2014

    Present: Senior Scientist, BiomX

  • Dr. Hila Sberro-Livnat

    Ph.D. student

    2010 - 2015

    Present: works in the industry

  • Omer Zuqert

    M.Sc student

    2013 - 2015

  • Sarit Edelheit

    Ph.D student

    2012 - 2017

    Present: Postdoc, Weizmann Institute

  • Dr. Daniel Dar

    Ph.D student

    2013 - 2018

    Present: Assistant Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Jose Ferrer

    M.Sc. student

    2017 - 2018

  • Dr. Zohar Erez

    Ph.D. Student

    2012 - 2019

  • Daniel Cohen

    M.Sc. student

    2018 - 2019

  • Dr. Maya Voichek (Shamir)

    Ph.D. Student

    2013 - 2020

    Present: Postdoc, Vienna BioCenter

  • Dr. Aude Bernheim

    Postdoc

    2018 - 2020

    Present: Researcher, INSERM (IAME Unit), Paris, France

  • Dr. Shany Doron

    Ph.D student and postdoc

    2010 - 2020

    Present: works in the industry

  • Dr. Anna Lopatina

    Postdoc

    2015 - 2020

    Present: Postdoc, University of Vienna

  • Dr. Gal Ofir

    Ph.D student and postdoc

    2014 - 2021

    Present: Postdoc, Max-Planck Institute Tübingen

  • Gael Rosen

    Lab technician

    2022 - 2023

  • Dr. Tanita Wein

    Postdoc

    2020 - 2024

    Present: Assistant Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Dr. Jens Hoer

    Postdoc

    2021 - 2024

  • Dr. Avigail Stokar-Avihail

    Ph.D student

    2016 - 2024

  • Dr. Ehud Herbst

    Postdoc

    2020 - 2024

  • Dr. Adi Millman

    Ph.D student and postdoc

    2015 - 2024