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SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Professor Ernest Beutler One of the most renowned hematologists and scientists in the world, Professor Beutler has served as the Chairman of the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA since 1979. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of one of the most widely used textbooks in his field, "Williams Hematology," has been an author of more than 800 scientific articles and 200 book chapters, and has edited 20 books. He became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1976, and is a former president of the American Society of Hematology. In 1969 he initiated studies of Gaucher disease, with his major contributions including the cloning of the glucocerebrosidae gene and the concept of low-dose, cost-effective enzymatic therapy. Professor Aharon Ciechanover A Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Professor Ciechanover is currently a Distinguished research Professor at the Cancer and Vascular Biology Research Center of the Rappaport Research Institute and Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, Israel. As a graduate student at the Technion with Dr. Avram Hershko and in collaboration with Dr. Irwin A. Rose from the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ciechanover discovered the ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic system. The three were awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery. In addition, Dr Ciechanover received the 2000 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the 2003 Israel Prize in Biology. He is a member (Foreign) of the National Academy of Science of the United States, the Pontifical Academy of Science (Vatican), and the Israeli Academy of Science and Humanities. Born in Haifa, Israel, Professor Ciechanover received his Master of Science in 1971 and his M.D. in 1974 from the Hadassah Medical School of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He received his Doctorate of Science in 1982 from the Technion, and was trained as a post-doctoral fellow in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Professor Gad Galili Professor Galili is head of the Department of Plant Sciences at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. He has authored or co-authored over 100 professional papers and reviews in plant genetics, molecular and cellular biology, and is a co-editor of a book entitled Seed Development and Germination (with Jamie Kigel). Galili is a member of a number of international scientific associations and has been invited to present his work in many national and international meetings. Prof. Galili received his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science. Professor Ari Zimran Ari Zimran, M.D., has served as the Director of the Gaucher Clinic at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel since 1989. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem. Previously, Dr. Zimran was a research fellow under the mentorship of Professor Ernest Beutler at the Scripps Research Institute, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, in La-Jolla, California, where he developed his interest in Gaucher disease. Prior to that, Dr. Zimran served as a flight surgeon in the Air Force of the Israeli Defense Forces. Zimran has authored and co-authored over 130 professional papers and reviews. He received his medical degree from the Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School. |