The Heart Institute, Hadassah University Hospital

Dr Thea Pugatsch PhD
Research Coordinator, Head of Molecular Biology
The Heart Institute,
Hadassah University Hospital,
Jerusalem, Israel

Tel: + (972) 2-677 6581

Fax: + (972) 2-641 1028

E-mail: pthea@hadassah.org.il

Education:

1975 Diplom (M.Sc.) in Biochemistry, Lab. fuer Biochemie II, ETH- Zentrum, 8092 Zuerich,Switzerland

1979 Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Inst. fuer Molekularbiologie, ETH- Hoenggerberg, 8093 Zuerich, Switzerland

Brief Chronology of Employment:

2001 - date Senior scientist, Head Basic Research, Heart Institute, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

1990 - 2000 Senior scientist, Head Mol. Biol., Dept. Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

1988- 1989 Senior scientist at the Dept. of Virology, Hadassah-Medical School, Jerusalem

1986 - 1988 Senior scientist and acting director of BIO-TAGLIT Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel

1986 Co-Founder of BIO-TAGLIT Ltd., Jerusalem, a partner of ICL-Industries, Tel-Aviv, Israel

1985 - 1986 Senior scientist in the "Coccidia group" sponsored by ICL-Industries, Tel-Aviv, Israel

1983 - 1985 Senior Scientist, IGSP Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel

1980 - 1982 Postdoctoral fellow, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, (Dr.D.W.Stacey), Nutley, NJ, USA

1979 - 1980 Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Microbiology, (Dr.J.T.Parsons), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

1976 - 1979 Scientific research assistant, Inst. fuer Molekularbiologie (Prof.H.Zuber), ETH-Hoenggerberg and Inst. fuer Molekularbiologie I (Prof.Ch.Weissmann), Univ. Zuerich, 8093 Zuerich,Switzerland

Awards and Fellowships:

1979 - 1980 Postdoctoral Fellowship from Schweizerischer Nationalfonds, ETH-Zentrum, Raemistr. 101, 8092 Zuerich

1980 - 1982 Hoffmann la Roche Fellowship

1989 - 1990 Grant from the Israeli Cancer Association

1989 Grant from the Israeli Ministry of Health

1994 Grant from the Israeli Ministry of Science & Arts (in collaboration with Prof. A. Oppenheim)

Appointments:

1974 - 1976 Boardmember of the executive commitee VJSZ (Verein jued. Studenten Zch.)

1976 - 1977 Delegate of the Inst. fuer Molekularbiologie ETH to the AVETH (Ass. of Staff members and graduate students)

1977 - 1979 Boardmember of the executive commitee AVETH (1st woman to be elected)

1978 - 1979 Boardmember of the federal reform commitee for both ETH's (Zuerich and Lausanne)

1984 - 1990 Boardmember of IAWB (Int. Ass. Women Bioch.)