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Weizmann Institute of Science
Dr. Kimchi holds the Helena Rubinstein Professorial Chair in Cancer Research at the Weizmann Institute in Israel and has headed the Department of Molecular Genetics there since January 2001.Among the prizes and honors she has received are the Milstein Award for Excellency in Cytokine Research(1999), the Landau Award for Excellency in Biology and Biotechnology (1999) and the Seroussi Award for Cancer Research (2002).
Dr. Katze is Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington and Associate Director and Core Staff Scientist at the Washington National Primate Research Center. He is the Program Director for a National Institute study on Drug Abuse P30 Center on Functional Genomics and HCV-Associated Liver Disease, Director of a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases contract focused on using systems biology approaches to study the host response to emerging respiratory virus infections, and Co-Director of the Pacific Northwest Regional Center of Excellence.
Dr. Katze has studied virus-host interactions for more than 30 years and is a leader in applying systems biology approaches to the study of virus-host interactions and the interferon response. Author of more than 200 papers, he was awarded the prestigious Dozor Scholar Award by the Israeli Microbiology Society for his research accomplishments.Dr. Katze heads a laboratory focused on understanding the complex interplay between viruses and the cells they infect, and the mechanisms used by viruses to avoid the innate antiviral response.
Here are some of the emerging scientists in the field of interferon and cytokine research:
Cristina Bergmaschi
Dr. Bergamaschi received her Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine specializing in Immunology from the University of Milan, Italy in 2008. |
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Ricardo Rajsbaum
Dr. Rajsbaum performed his PhD in the laboratory of Anne O’Garra at the MRC-NIMR, London in 2009, and completed his postdoctoral training at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, with Dr Adolfo Garcia-Sastre. |
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Greg Sonnenberg
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Munir Akkaya
Dr. Munir Akkaya received his MD degree from Hacettepe University, Turkey in 2007 and D.Phil (PhD) degree from the University of Oxford in 2012. |
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Here are some of the emerging scientists in the field of interferon and cytokine research:
Ari Molofsky
Ari Molofsky received a BS in Molecular Biology from the University of Texas in 1999 and completed his MD/PhD at the University of Michigan in 2007. |
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Kiyoshi Hirahara
Dr. Hirahara graduated from Niigata University school of Medicine in 2001. |
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Christian Kanstrup
Christian Kanstrup Holm received his PhD in December 2009 from Faculty of Health Sciences at Aarhus University. |
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Tatsuma Ban
Dr. Ban received his Ph.D. in 2012 from the University of Tokyo, Japan under the mentorship of Prof. Tadatsugu Taniguchi. |
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Dr. Rathinam received his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Madras Veterinary College, India and PhD from Michigan State University in 2009.
Dr. Sonnenberg completed his doctoral research training at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine in 2011, focusing on mucosal immunology.
