ISRAEL SILMAN February, 2007
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education 1950-53 Pupil at Beit Hakerem Secondary School, Jerusalem. 1953-55 Service in Israel Defence Forces. 1955-59 Undergraduate at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Major subjects: Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry. Minor subjects: Physical and Inorganic Chemistry and Microbiology. MSc Thesis under the supervision of Prof. Ephraim Katchalski. 1960 Received MSc degree from Hebrew University, Jerusalem. 1959-64 Graduate student under the supervision of Prof. Ephraim Katchalski in the Department of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot. 1964 Awarded PhD degree from Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Principal Academic Positions and Activities 1964-68 Research Assistant, Dept. of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute. 1965-68 Fulbright-Hayes Fellow. 1965-66 Project Associate, Institute for Enzyme Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, in the laboratory of Dr David Green. 1966-68 Research Associate, Dept. of Neurology, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, in the laboratory of Prof David Nachmansohn. 1968-71 Research Associate, Dept of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute. 1971-75 Senior Scientist, Dept of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute. 1976-82 Associate Professor, Dept of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute. 1977-79 Sabbatical leave, Dept of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, as a Senior EMBO Fellow and Senior Investigator of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America. 1981 Minerva Fellow, Max–Planck–Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen. 1982- Professor, Dept of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute. 1982 Imperial College–Weizmann Institute Exchange Professor. 1984-85 Sabbatical leave, Division of Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC, as a Senior Research Associate of the U.S. National Research Council. 1984 Visiting Professor, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Ancona. 1986 Coorganizer (with Eric Barnard and Uri Littauer), Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky Conference on Molecular Neurobiology, Maidstone, UK. 1987 Chairman of Organizing Committee, Satellite Symposium of 9th International Biophysics Congress on Structural and Functional Aspects of the Cholinergic Synapse, Neve Ilan, Israel. Coorganizer (with Clement Bordier and Urs Brodbeck), EMBO Workshop on Posttranslational Modification of Proteins by Lipids, Les Diablerets, Switzerland. 1988-91 Chairman, Dept. of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute. 1990 Coorganizer (with Israel Pecht), 1st Joseph Cohn Workshop on Membrane Lipids: Biophysics & Biochemistry, Ein Gedi, Israel. Coorganizer (with Jonathan Gershoni and Ferdinand Hucho), International Symposium on the Cholinergic Synapse, Berlin, Germany. 1991 US Army Science Conference Award for Outstanding Research. 1991-92 Sabbatical leave, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Ecole Normale Supèrieure, Paris, as a visiting member of the CNRS. 1992 Coorganizer (with Michel Lazdunski and Uriel Littauer), Weizmann/Côte d'Azur Workshop on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Nice, France. 1992-95 Chairman, Life Science Faculties Promotion Committee, Weizmann Institute. 1992-98 Director, Benoziyo Center for Neurosciences, Weizmann Institute. 1993-97 Visiting Professor, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure. 1994-99 Research Scholar, Dept of Biology, Brookhaven National Laboratory. 1994 Plenary Lecturer, 9th Annual Meeting, Federation of Brazilian Societies for Experimental Biology, Caxambú, Brazil. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee, 5th International Meeting on Cholinesterases, Madras, India. Coorganizer (with EX Albuquerque, F Hucho and R Rahamimoff), International Symposium: The Cholinergic Synapse III: Structure, Function and Regulation. 1995 Coorganizer (with Michel Lazdunski and Uriel Littauer), Weizmann/Côte d'Azur Workshop on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Rehovot, Israel. 1997-98 President, Israel Society for Neuroscience. 1998 IB Wilson Plenary Lecturer, 6th International Meeting on Cholinesterases, San Diego, CA. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee, 6th International Meeting on Cholinesterases, San Diego, CA. Member of Scientific Committee, 3rd International Meeting on Esterases Reacting with Organophosphorus Compounds, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Member of International Advisory Committee, Xth International Symposium on Cholinergic Mechanisms, Arcachon, France. 1999 Distinguished Neuroscientists Seminar Series Lecturer, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Cochairman (with Hermona Soreq), International Program Committee, 5th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, Jerusalem, Israel. 2000 Professor, Honoris Causa, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China. 2001- Member of International Advisory Board, Molecular Neuroscience Center of Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong. 2002 Coordinator and Member of the Organizing Committee, XIth International Symposium on Cholinergic Mechanisms, St Moritz, Switzerland. Member of International Organizing Committee, VIIth International Meeting on Cholinesterases, Pucon, Chile. 2003- Member of Editorial Board of Neurosignals. 2003- Member of the Management Board of the Israel Center for Structural Proteomics. 2003 Senior Research Associate of the US National Research Council, Division of Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC. Member of International Scientific Evaluation Committee of the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2004 Member of International Organizing Committee, VIIIth International Meeting on Cholinesterases, Perugia, Italy. Awarded the Samuel and Paula Elkeles Prize for the Outstanding Scientist in Medicine in Israel (together with Prof Joel Sussman). 2005 Member of International Advisory Board, XIIth International Symposium on Cholinergic Mechanisms, Alicante, Spain. 2006 Member of Organizing Committee, IXth International Meeting on Cholinesterases, May 2007, Suzhou, China. Awarded the Teva Pharmaceutical Founders’ Prize for Research In Medicinal Chemistry (together with Profs Hermona Soreq and Joel Sussman). 2006-07 Member of the Forum for Structural Proteomics in Europe of the European Commission Publications 1. Haviv H, Wong DM, Silman I, Sussman JL. (2007) Bivalent ligands derived from Huperzine A as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Curr Top Med Chem. 7(4):375-87. 2. Banci L, Baumeister W, Enfedaque J, Heinemann U, Schneider G, Silman I, Sussman JL. (2007) Structural proteomics: from the molecule to the system. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 14(1):3-4. (责任编辑:泉水) |