Academic Appointments

2023 to date Assistant professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus Givat-Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel.

Education

2019-2022 Post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Katrin Andreasson, Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA, USA.

2015-2018 Post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Eran Elinav, Immunology department, Life-Sciences faculty, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

2010-2015 Ph.D. graduated summa cum laude in the laboratory of Prof. Reuven Stein, Neurobiology department, Life-Sciences faculty, under the Dean’s list honors direct Ph.D. program for outstanding students of Tel-Aviv University. Received full Ph.D. fellowship from the Argentina foundation.

2007-2010 B.Sc. graduated magna cum laude in the research program for excelling students, Life Sciences Faculty, Tel Aviv University. The program requires conducting research projects and emphasizes research procedures, data analysis, and critical reading of scientific publications. Graduated with honors. Was awarded a yearly scholarship for excellence.

Honors and Awards

2021 Awarded the Grand Prize in the inaugural NOSTER & Science Microbiome competition. Grand Prize winner is awarded a cash prize in the amount of $25,000 and travel and accommodation for the prize ceremony. The Grand Prize winner also receives a free five years digital subscription to Science, and have their winning essay published in Science.

2020-2023 Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Global Fellowship.

2020 Stanford University School of Medicine Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford, CA, USA.

2017-2019 Dean of Faculty Fellowship. Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

2016 Research Fellowship from TEVA, The National Network of Excellence in Neuroscience (NNE) 10/01/2015- 10/01/2016 - denied.

2015 The Life Science Faculty Award for Excellence Achievements in Research. Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

2015 Iafa Keydar Cancer Research Prize, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

2015 TAU Cancer Biology Research Center Scholarship (CBRC), Israel.

2015 Sagol School of Neuroscience Scholarship, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

2015 Ela Kodesh Cancer Research Institute Scholarship, TAU, Israel.

2013 Anat Krauskopf Fund Travel award, TAU, Israel.

2013 Adams Super-Center for Brain Studies Scholarship, TAU, Israel.

2013 Ela Kodesh Cancer Research Institute Scholarship, TAU, Israel.

2012 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Travel Scholarship, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA

2012 TAU Cancer Biology Research Center (CBRC), Israel.

2011-2015 The Dean’s list honors direct Ph.D. program for outstanding students of Tel-Aviv University. Received full Ph.D. fellowship from the Argentina foundation.

2010 Joan and Jaime Constantiner Institute for Molecular Genetics Scholarship, TAU, Israel.

2010 Dean award for excellence, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

2019-2020 Professional member, American Heart Association AHA/ASA

2018-current F1000, Associate Faculty Member for Physiology

2014-current Israeli Society for Neuroscience (ISFN)

Participation in colloquia

2022 “Follow your gut: Microbiome-gut-brain interactions in disease” Proteintech’s ECR virtual mini symposium – Keynote speaker.

2022 The immune system-gut-brain axis: environmental impacts on aging and neurological disorders – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Microbiome Forum - Invited speaker.

2021 Can microbes combat neurodegeneration? – Science magazine webinar and Noster & Science Microbiome prize ceremony - Invited speaker.

2021 The intestine as a second front of innate immune activation after stroke. Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) Early Career Research Roundtable - Invited speaker.

2021 Ageing disrupts homeostatic circadian gene regulation and function in macrophages. Joint Leadership Group AHA/Allen Initiative in Brain Health & Cognitive Impairment - Invited speaker.

2021 The intestine as a second front of innate immune activation after stroke. Joint Leadership Group AHA/Allen Initiative in Brain Health & Cognitive Impairment - Invited speaker.

2020 The role of the gut microbiome and associated metabolites in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). 1st SceinceAbroad Life Sciences Symposium - Panelist speaker.

2020 The gut microbiome's involvement in neurodegeneration. Tel-Aviv University, Israel, the 28^th Tel-Aviv University Alzheimer’s disease conference - Invited speaker.

2020 The role of the gut microbiome and associated metabolites in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Neurobiology department, Life-Science Faculty of Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Neurobiology guest speaker.

2020 The role of the gut microbiome and associated metabolites in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The Faculty of Medicine & The institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Clinical Neurobiology guest speaker.

2019 Aging disrupts homeostatic circadian gene regulation in macrophages, Bay Area Aging Meeting (BAAM), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA - Abstract.

2017 Personalized nutrition by prediction of glycemic responses, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Lecture to family doctors of the “Clalit” HMO – Invited speaker.

2017 Host-microbiome interactions in health and disease, Jena, Germany, The Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) annual retreat – Invited keynote speaker.

2015 Inhibition of glioma progression by a newly discovered CD38 inhibitor, Bilbao, Spain, XII European meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease - Abstract.

2014 CD38 as a potential target for Alzheimer disease, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, the 22^nd Tel-Aviv University Alzheimer’s disease conference - Invited speaker.

2013 CD38 deficiency ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease-related pathology in mouse model for Alzheimer’s disease, Sarteano-Siena, Italy; The 8^th Tuscany conference on Genetic profiling, resistance mechanism, and novel treatment concepts in cancer - Speaker.

2013 CD38 Deficiency attenuates Alzheimer’s disease pathology in a mouse model, Berlin, Germany, XI European meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease - Abstract.

2013 CD38 Deficiency attenuates melanoma progression, Safed, Israel, 2013 biennial retreat for the Cancer Biology Research Center – Selected student abstract.

2012 Role of CD38 in glioma progression, Banbury conference center, Lloyd Harbor, NY, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory advanced course in Brain Tumors - Speaker.

2012 CD38 Deficiency attenuates Alzheimer’s disease pathology in a mouse model, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, Brain Plasticity Symposium, Sagol School of Neuroscience – Abstract.

2011 Characterization of new CD38 inhibitors, Sarteano-Siena, Italy, the 7^th Tuscany conference on Genetic profiling, resistance mechanism, and novel treatment concepts in cancer - Speaker.

2011 Targeting CD38 as a novel approach to attenuating microglia-associated brain pathologies, Eilat, Israel, the 6^th Congress of the Federation of the Israel Societies for Experimental Biology - FISEB (ILANIT) – Abstract.