Employment History & Education

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Current position (2015-present): Associate Staff Scientist. Systems level approach to gene expression regulation in budding yeast. Weizmann Institute of Science, Faculty of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics. At the Prof. Yitzhak Pilpel lab.

2009-2015: Staff Scientist. Systems level approach to gene expression regulation in budding yeast. Weizmann Institute of Science, Faculty of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics. At the Prof. Yitzhak Pilpel lab.

2007-2009: Junior Staff Scientist. Systems level approach to gene expression regulation in budding yeast. Weizmann Institute of Science, Faculty of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics. At the Prof. Yitzhak Pilpel lab.

2005-2006: Visiting Scientist. Systems level approach to gene expression regulation in budding yeast. Weizmann Institute of Science, Faculty of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics. At the Prof. Yitzhak Pilpel lab.

Education

2006-2007: Post Doctorate in System Biology. Systems level approach to regulation of gene expression in budding yeast. Weizmann Institute of Science, Faculty of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics.

2004-2005: Post Doctorate in Genetics. Molecular genetic analysis of the signalosome in Drosophila melanogaster. Tel-Aviv University, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology.

1999- 2004: Ph.D. in Microbiology. Tel-Aviv University, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Thesis: “Regulation of cell cycle progression by pre-mRNA splicing in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae“.

1996-1998: M.Sc. With High Honors in Microbiology. Tel-Aviv University, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Thesis: “Isolation and characterization of Alasan mutants in Acinetobacter radioresistens KA-53“.

1992-1995: B.Sc. With Honors in Biology. Tel-Aviv University, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences.