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EDUCATION
2018 - present
Postdoc in Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley.
2013 – 2017
PhD in Life Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science.
2010 – 2013
M.Sc. in Life Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science.
2007 – 2010
B.Sc. in Biology with emphasis in Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University. summa cum laude.
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
2021
Visiting Scientist, collaboration with Professor Cynthia Kenyon's lab, Calico Life Sciences, South San Francisco, California.
2018 - present
Postdoc level research at the laboratory of Prof. Andrew Dillin, UC Berkeley.
Topic: “Cellular stress responses protecting the mitochondria and the ribosome and their role in aging”.
2013 – 2017
PhD level research at the laboratory of Prof. Naama Barkai, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Topic: “Chromatin and Gene Expression Dynamics During DNA
Replication”.
2011 – 2013
M.Sc. level research at the laboratory of Prof. Naama Barkai, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Topic: “Profiling epigenetic marks along the yeast cell cycle”.
2009 – 2010
Rotations and research projects:
Prof. Naama Barkai (WIS): Evolution and noise.
Prof. Adi Kimchi (WIS): Autophagy and cell death.
Dr. Guy Shakhar (WIS): Innate immunity.
Prof. Yoel Kloog (TAU): Ras inhibitors.
Prof. Dan Peer (TAU): Bulge stem cells.
Voluntary Activities
2021 - present
Genetics and Cell Biology Field Manager, ScienceAbroad, the organization of Israeli scientists abroad.
2021 - present
Genetics Society of America (GSA) Early Career Leadership Program, Career Development team
2020 - present
Associate, American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) LGBTQ+ Committee.
2019 - present
Regional manager & social media team, ScienceAbroad, the organization of Israeli scientists abroad.
2018 - 2019
Committee member, Awesome Time in Science, UC Berkeley.
2014 – 2017
Instructor in Genetics, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology programs for high school students, Davidson Institute of Science Education at Weizmann Institute of Science.
2013 – 2014
Scientific coordinator of Bessie Lawrence International Summer Science Institute program, Davidson Institute of Science Education at Weizmann Institute of Science.
2013 – 2014
Spokesman, Weizmann Institute Student Council.
Awards
and
Fellowships
2019 - present
The Larry L. Hillblom Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.
2018 – 2019
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Long Term Fellowship.
2017
Excellent Poster Award, Federation of all the Israel Societies for Experimental Biology (FISEB) Meeting.
2016
Grant award by The Azrieli Institute for Systems Biology, “Innovative Use of High-throughput Sequencing” competition.
2015
Best Poster Award, The Genetics Society of Israel Annual Meeting, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
2015
Otto Schwartz Scholarship for Outstanding Research Performance and Course Work, Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science.
2014
Travel grant, The Kahn Family Research Center for Systems Biology.
2013
Grant award by The Azrieli Institute for Systems Biology, “Innovative Use of High-throughput Sequencing” competition.
2009
Dean's award for outstanding achievements, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv.
2009
The Ruth and Allen Ziegler scholarship for excellent undergraduate students.
2008
Dean's award for outstanding achievements, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv.
2008
The Ruth and Allen Ziegler scholarship for excellent undergraduate students.
2007
The President of the Military Court of Appeals Award for excellence.
2004
Ministry of Education award for outstanding achievements in high school.
Conferences, Presentations,
Courses
2020
Glia in Health & Disease, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Virtual Meeting).
Poster presentation: Glia as regulators of longevity and stress resistance.
2019
International C. elegans meeting, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA.
2018
EMBO Lab Leadership course for postdocs, New York City, USA.
2018
American EMBO fellows meeting 2018, New York City, USA.
Poster presentation: RNA binding proteins in stress and aging.
2017
C. elegans CRISPR, RNAi and genetics course, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain.
2016
Gene transcription in yeast: From chromatin to RNA and back, EMBO conference. Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain.
Oral presentation: Expression homeostasis during DNA replication.
2016
Israel Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Oral presentation: Expression homeostasis during DNA replication.
2015
Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, EMBO conference. Isle sur Sorgue, France.
Oral presentation: Expression homeostasis during DNA replication.
2015
The Genetics Society of Israel Annual Meeting, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
Poster presentation: Chromatin Dynamics during DNA replication.
*Best Poster Award.
2014
Israeli Yeast Meeting. Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Oral presentation: Chromatin Dynamics during DNA replication.
2014
Genetics, Genomics & Evolution Conference. Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Oral presentation: Chromatin Dynamics during DNA replication.
2014
Gene transcription in yeast: From regulatory networks to mechanisms, EMBO conference. Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain.
Poster presentation: Chromatin Dynamics during DNA replication.
Early Career
Reviewer
Genetics (Genetics Society of America)
G3 (Genetics Society of America)
Biology (MDPI)