Illana Gozes, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Biochemistry
Professor of Clinical Biochemistry
The Lily and Avraham Gildor Chair for the Investigation of Growth Factors
Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Director (2006-2014), the Adams Super Center for Brain Studies & the Edersheim Levie-Gitter Institute for Functional Brain Imaging Head, the Dr. Diana and Zelman Elton (Elbaum) Laboratory for Molecular Neuroendocrinology Sackler Faculty of Medicine The Adams Super Center for Brain Studies and Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University http://www.brain.tau.ac.il/director.html Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, http://www.editorialmanager.com/jomn/ |
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Phone: 972-3-640-7240
Fax: 972-3-640-8541
Email: igozes@post.tau.ac.il
Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Phone: 972-3-640-7240
Fax: 972-3-640-8541
Email: igozes@post.tau.ac.il
Education
1969-1972 B.Sc. (1973), Tel Aviv University, Biology, Life Sciences
1973-1978 Ph.D. (1979) Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science
1979-1980 Postdoctoral Fellow - Laboratory of Neuroendocrine Regulation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
1981-1982 Research Associate, Visiting Scientist - Behavioral Neurobiology, The Salk Institute, The Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation
Academic and Professional Experience:
2014-present: Chair, The Eldee Foundation and the Bloomfield Family Supported McGill- Tel Aviv University Collaboration in Brain Research.
2012-present: Animal Behavior Committee Tel Aviv University.
2011-2015: Member Senate representative Tel Aviv University.
2007-2009: Head, Unit of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2006-2014: Director - The Adams Super Center for Brain Studies, The Levie- Edersheim-Gitter Institute for Functional Brain Imaging, Tel Aviv University
2004-2013: Head, The Dr. Diana and Zelman, Elton (Elbaum) Laboratory for Molecular Neuroendocrinology - Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2003-2004: Adjunct Scientist - NICHD, NIH link to NIH
2004-2013: Chief Scientific Officer, Director; Chair, Scientific, Adv. Board (consultant) - Allon Therapeutics Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada
2003-2004: Chief Scientific Officer, Vice Chair of the Board, interim CEO (summer 2004), Chair, Scientific Adv. Board - Allon Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
2001-2003: Co-Founder, Chief Executive Scientist, Chair of the Board - Allon Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
1998-2002: Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Head, International Advisory Committee; Member, Committee of the Medical School Heads (-2000) - Tel Aviv University
1997-present: The Lily and Avraham Gildor Chair for the Investigation of Growth Factors, Tel Aviv University
1995-1996: Scholar-in-Residence - Fogarty International Center, NIH
1994-1995: Chairperson - Clinical Biochemistry Dept., Tel Aviv University
1993-present: Professor of Clinical Biochemistry - Tel Aviv University
1993-1994: Chairperson Preclinical - Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
1993-1994: Chairperson, Chemical Path. Dept. - Tel Aviv University
1989-2002: Visiting Scientist Invited Guest Scientist (Summers) - Developmental Neurobiology, NICHD,NIH
1990-1993: Associate Professor - Chemical Path. Dept., Tel Aviv University
1989-1990: Visiting Scientist - Lab. Developmental Neurobiol. NICHD, NIH
1988-1989: Sabbatical - Lab. Molecular Genetics, NICHD, NIH
1987-1989: Associate Professor, Hormone Research, Weizmann Institute of Science
1982-1987: Senior Scientist - Hormone Research, Weizmann Institute of Science
1969-1972 B.Sc. (1973), Tel Aviv University, Biology, Life Sciences
1973-1978 Ph.D. (1979) Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science
1979-1980 Postdoctoral Fellow - Laboratory of Neuroendocrine Regulation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
1981-1982 Research Associate, Visiting Scientist - Behavioral Neurobiology, The Salk Institute, The Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation
Academic and Professional Experience:
2014-present: Chair, The Eldee Foundation and the Bloomfield Family Supported McGill- Tel Aviv University Collaboration in Brain Research.
2012-present: Animal Behavior Committee Tel Aviv University.
2011-2015: Member Senate representative Tel Aviv University.
2007-2009: Head, Unit of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2006-2014: Director - The Adams Super Center for Brain Studies, The Levie- Edersheim-Gitter Institute for Functional Brain Imaging, Tel Aviv University
2004-2013: Head, The Dr. Diana and Zelman, Elton (Elbaum) Laboratory for Molecular Neuroendocrinology - Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2003-2004: Adjunct Scientist - NICHD, NIH link to NIH
2004-2013: Chief Scientific Officer, Director; Chair, Scientific, Adv. Board (consultant) - Allon Therapeutics Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada
2003-2004: Chief Scientific Officer, Vice Chair of the Board, interim CEO (summer 2004), Chair, Scientific Adv. Board - Allon Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
2001-2003: Co-Founder, Chief Executive Scientist, Chair of the Board - Allon Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
1998-2002: Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Head, International Advisory Committee; Member, Committee of the Medical School Heads (-2000) - Tel Aviv University
1997-present: The Lily and Avraham Gildor Chair for the Investigation of Growth Factors, Tel Aviv University
1995-1996: Scholar-in-Residence - Fogarty International Center, NIH
1994-1995: Chairperson - Clinical Biochemistry Dept., Tel Aviv University
1993-present: Professor of Clinical Biochemistry - Tel Aviv University
1993-1994: Chairperson Preclinical - Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
1993-1994: Chairperson, Chemical Path. Dept. - Tel Aviv University
1989-2002: Visiting Scientist Invited Guest Scientist (Summers) - Developmental Neurobiology, NICHD,NIH
1990-1993: Associate Professor - Chemical Path. Dept., Tel Aviv University
1989-1990: Visiting Scientist - Lab. Developmental Neurobiol. NICHD, NIH
1988-1989: Sabbatical - Lab. Molecular Genetics, NICHD, NIH
1987-1989: Associate Professor, Hormone Research, Weizmann Institute of Science
1982-1987: Senior Scientist - Hormone Research, Weizmann Institute of Science
Prizes and Awards (Honors):
1977: Landau Prize (Miphal Ha-pais) For Tel Aviv, Israel. Excellent Ph.D. Thesis. Katzir Fellowship. Rehovot, Israel
1978: European Molecular Biology Organization Fellowship, Heidelberg, Germany
1978-1979: Chaim Weizmann Postdocotoral Fellowship
1982-1984: Jewish Agency Award. Jerusalem, Israel
1982-1985: The Bergmann Memorial Fund Research Prize for excellent US-Israel Binational Science Foundation grant application
1983-1989: The first incumbent of Samuel O. Freedman Career Development Chair, Weizmann Institute of Science
1991: The Juludan Prize for outstanding research achievement
1992: The Israeli Society for Clinical Biochemistry, Best poster award
1993: The Israeli Society for Clinical Biochemistry, best posters awards (shared with R. Glazer and Dr. G. Lilling) & Teva Founders Prize for opening new horizons in medical research in Israel (shared with Prof. M. Fridkin)
1995: Fogarty International Scholarship NIH
1997: The Israeli Society for Clinical Biochemistry, best posters awards (shared with A. Davidson, M. Bassan and R. Zamostiano) The Lily and Avraham Gildor Chair for the Investigation of Growth Factors, Tel Aviv University
2000: Best scientist award, the Israeli Society for Laboratory Studies
2000-2003: The Neufeld Grant Award for excellent US-Israel Binational Science Foundation
grant application
2003: Excellent poster award The 6th International Symposium on VIP, PACAP and Related Peptides (with Inna Divinski, Hakone, Japan)
2003/2004: Best student manuscript, Brain Research (Dr. Albert Pinhasov, USA)
SAIA Doctoral Prize and Scholarship Fund for HIV and Parkinson's Diseases Research, Tel Aviv University
2004/2005: Dan David Scholarship, Shmuel Mandel, Tel Aviv University
2005: Buchmann Doctoral Scholarship Fund, Inna Vulih-Shultzman
2006-2008: Levi Eshkol Fellowship, Natalia Shiryaev
2006: Boaz Moav Prize for Develop. Biology, Switzerland Inst at Tel Aviv University, Shmuel Mandel
2007: Poster Award (Yan Jouroukhin) and Scholarship (Shmuel Mandel), ILMAR
2008: Best Applied Research Scientist at Tel Aviv University for 2007
2009: The Fleur Strand Award for the 2009 Neuropeptide Festival for outstanding research on VIP and related peptides. Salzburg, Austria
2011: Recipient of the Gayle A. Olson and Richard D. Olson Prize for the most meritorious original research article on the behavioral effects of peptides published in Peptides in 2010. $2000
2013: Recipient of the Meitner-Humblodt Research Award (Euro 60,000).
2014: Recipient of the Landau Prize for Life Science ($ 30,000).
2015: Recipient of Champion of Hope Award for International Science, Global Genes, USA
1977: Landau Prize (Miphal Ha-pais) For Tel Aviv, Israel. Excellent Ph.D. Thesis. Katzir Fellowship. Rehovot, Israel
1978: European Molecular Biology Organization Fellowship, Heidelberg, Germany
1978-1979: Chaim Weizmann Postdocotoral Fellowship
1982-1984: Jewish Agency Award. Jerusalem, Israel
1982-1985: The Bergmann Memorial Fund Research Prize for excellent US-Israel Binational Science Foundation grant application
1983-1989: The first incumbent of Samuel O. Freedman Career Development Chair, Weizmann Institute of Science
1991: The Juludan Prize for outstanding research achievement
1992: The Israeli Society for Clinical Biochemistry, Best poster award
1993: The Israeli Society for Clinical Biochemistry, best posters awards (shared with R. Glazer and Dr. G. Lilling) & Teva Founders Prize for opening new horizons in medical research in Israel (shared with Prof. M. Fridkin)
1995: Fogarty International Scholarship NIH
1997: The Israeli Society for Clinical Biochemistry, best posters awards (shared with A. Davidson, M. Bassan and R. Zamostiano) The Lily and Avraham Gildor Chair for the Investigation of Growth Factors, Tel Aviv University
2000: Best scientist award, the Israeli Society for Laboratory Studies
2000-2003: The Neufeld Grant Award for excellent US-Israel Binational Science Foundation
grant application
2003: Excellent poster award The 6th International Symposium on VIP, PACAP and Related Peptides (with Inna Divinski, Hakone, Japan)
2003/2004: Best student manuscript, Brain Research (Dr. Albert Pinhasov, USA)
SAIA Doctoral Prize and Scholarship Fund for HIV and Parkinson's Diseases Research, Tel Aviv University
2004/2005: Dan David Scholarship, Shmuel Mandel, Tel Aviv University
2005: Buchmann Doctoral Scholarship Fund, Inna Vulih-Shultzman
2006-2008: Levi Eshkol Fellowship, Natalia Shiryaev
2006: Boaz Moav Prize for Develop. Biology, Switzerland Inst at Tel Aviv University, Shmuel Mandel
2007: Poster Award (Yan Jouroukhin) and Scholarship (Shmuel Mandel), ILMAR
2008: Best Applied Research Scientist at Tel Aviv University for 2007
2009: The Fleur Strand Award for the 2009 Neuropeptide Festival for outstanding research on VIP and related peptides. Salzburg, Austria
2011: Recipient of the Gayle A. Olson and Richard D. Olson Prize for the most meritorious original research article on the behavioral effects of peptides published in Peptides in 2010. $2000
2013: Recipient of the Meitner-Humblodt Research Award (Euro 60,000).
2014: Recipient of the Landau Prize for Life Science ($ 30,000).
2015: Recipient of Champion of Hope Award for International Science, Global Genes, USA