Professor, in Stem Cell Research, Department of Immunology,  Weizmann Institute of Science

Tsvee.Lapidot@weizmann.ac.il

http://www.weizmann.ac.il/immunology/Lapidot/

Major Research Interests and achievements:
Establishment of functional preclinical models for normal human hematopoietic stem cells (Lapidot & Dick et al, Science 92).
 Identification and characterization of human cancer stem cells (for the first time), in the blood of newly daignosd leukemia patients with AML (Lapidot & Dick et al Nature 94).
Regulation of hematopoietic human stem cell engraftment and repopulation in transplanted immune deficient mice: The roles of the chemokine SDF-1 (CXCL12) and its major receptor CXCR4: (Peled & Lapidot et al Science 99, Petit & Lapidot et al Nature Immunology 02, Dar & Lapidot et al Nature Immunology 05, Kollet & Lapidot et al Nature Medicine 06, Spiegel & Lapidot et all Nature Immunology 07, Schajnovitz & Lapidot et al Nat Immunology 011, Ludin & Lapidot et al Nature Immunology 012, Gur-Cohen & Lapidot et al  Nature Medicine 015).
A.  Positions and Honors.
Research and Professional Experiences
2006-present      Professor, Dept. of Immunology, Weizmann Institute
2001-2006        Associate Professor, Dept. of Immunology, Weizmann Institute
1994-2001        Senior Scientist, Dept. of Immunology, Weizmann Institute
1990-1994        Post Doc.  The Hospital for Sick Children (Prof. John Dick)
1985-1990        Ph.D Weizmann Institute (Prof. Yair Reisner)
1983-1985        M.Sc. Weizmann Institute (Prof. Irune Cohen)
Fellowships &Awards:
1990 Long term EMBO Post Doc. fellowship for top ranked Ph.D students.
1992 K.M Hunter Award NCIC Canada for top ranked (1st over all) Post Doc. fellowship.
1993 Andrew Sass-Kortsak Award the Hospital for Sick Children Toronto.
1993 Alon fellowship for top ranked young Israeli scientists.
1994 Research career development Award, ICRF.
1995 The L. Naftali  Foundation Award in Biology and Medicine.
1999 The M. Levinson Award in Biology, Weizmann Institute.
2002 The James Heineman Research Award.
2005 The Edith Arnoff Stein Professorial Chair in Stem Cell Research.
2008 McCulloch & Till Lecture and Award. In recognition of exceptional scientific contributions to the field of hematology and stem cells. International Society of Experimental Hematology (ISEH).
2010, The Ham-Wasserman Lecture Award, In recognition of major contributions to our understanding of regulation of human blood forming stem cell homing and mobilization. 52nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting.
2013 Honorary fellow of the Royal British Pathology Society.
June 2013: Andrew Sass Kortsak 25th Anniversary Award for Best Overall Scientific Achievements, The Hospital for Sick Children (HSC). Toronto, Canada.
March 2014 The Ernest and Bonnie Beutler Research Program  Award of Excellence in Genomic Medicine. Rambam Hospital and the Technion. Haifa, Israel.

 
Past and Present Memberships:
Editorial Board of:
Cell Stem Cell
Blood.
Stem Cells.
Exp. Hem.
Stem Cell Reviews.
Stem Cells and Development

The scientific board of:
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting.  Scientific committee on cytokines and abstract review panels.
The International Society of Stem Cell Research  (ISSCR) annual meeting, abstract review panels.
The annual meeting of the International Society of Experimental Hematology (ISEH). Prize committee and Abstract review panels.
The European hematology Association (EHA) and Bone Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) annual meeting. Abstract review panels.
The European Science Foundation. grant  review panels on stem cells.
The Israel Science Foundation (ISF) grant review panels.
The Israeli Stem Cell Society abstract review panels.
The organizing committees of International Stem Cell Symposiums in Israel.