Short Bio-sketch

Higher education

BSc: Awarded in 1991. Biology The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

MSc: Awarded in 1995. Department of Biochemistry Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Thesis: "Lipid transport and accumulation in the ovaries of female shrimp, Penaeus semisulcatus." Supervisors- Prof. Aliza Tiez-Dvir and Dr Ester Lubzens

PhD:  Awarded in 2001. Department of Clinical Biochemistry Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Dissertation: "Intracellular regulation of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway." Supervisors- The late Prof. Shlomo. Eisenberg, Dr Josef. Roitelman and Dr Rachel. Golan

 

Research positions

• Post-Doctorate research: 2000-2003. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. University of California Davis, USA. Research subjects: Oxidative stress-induced Ceramide-mediated apoptosis, Oxidative stress-induced EGF receptor signaling
• Associate Research Scientist: 2003-2007 Department of Molecular Biochemistry & Biophysics, Yale University, USA. Research subject: Endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation by the Doa10 E3 ligase pathway  
• Faculty member: since 2007. Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

 

Principal Courses taught

• 72121- "Cellular Biochemistry" (joint). BSc, 1^st year
• 72356- "Biochemistry Laboratory for Biology Students". BSc, 2^nd year
• 72940- “Advanced Lab in Molecular Biology”. select course for 3^rd year and MSc students.