Professor of Genetics,
The Herbert Cohn Chair in Cancer Research,
Director, Stem Cell Unit,
Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Givat-Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
Website: http://benvenisty.huji.ac.il

Prof. Nissim Benvenisty is the Herbert Cohn Chair in Cancer Research and the director of the Stem Cell Unit at the Hebrew University. He earned his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the Hebrew University, and conducted postdoctoral studies at Harvard University.

Prof. Benvenisty’s research projects focus on stem cell biology, tissue engineering, human genetics, and cancer research. He published numerous original and review papers on human pluripotent stem cells, and serves on the editorial board of various stem cell related journals. He is a member of the steering committee of the International Stem Cell Initiative, and the Board of Directors of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR). Prof. Benvenisty presents the issue of human embryonic stem cells in many international conferences, and gave testimonies before the US Senate and the European Union. He was awarded several prizes among them the Foulkes Prize (London), the Hestrin Prize, the Teva Prize, and the Kaye Prize.