Department of Biochemistry, The Chanock Center of Virology, IMRIC The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

The Hebrew University- Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Tel. 972-2-6758548; E.Mail paneta@cc.huji.ac.il

Positions held
1982 – Present    Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel, Professor of Virology.
2003 – 2008  Chairman, Department of Virology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School.
2001 – 2002  National Institutes of Health, Vaccine Research Center, Bethesda. MD. Sabbatical, Visiting Scientist.
1992 – 2000  Bio-Technology General Corp, Israel, Chief Scientist/        
1991 – 1992  College of Physicians of Columbia University, New York, NY. Sabbatical, Visiting Professor at the Department of Biochemistry.
1986 – 1991  Bio-Technology General Corp, Israel, Director of Research.                                
1985 – 1986  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.  Sabbatical, Visiting Professor at the Whitehead Institute.                
1979 – 1982  Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. Associate Professor of Virology.
1979 – 1980  National Institutes of Health, MD. USA. Sabbatical, Visiting Scientist.
1978 – 1979  Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Senior Lecturer of Virology.
1975 – 1977  Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Lecturer of Virology.
1973 – 1975  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Cancer Research, Cambridge, MA. D.S.R. Staff Member - in Dr. David Baltimore's laboratory.  
1971 – 1973 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology and Chemistry, Cambridge, MA. Research Associate- in Dr. Gobind Khorana's laboratory.

Prizes and awards
1979  Recipient of The Hestrin Prize for Biochemical Research, awarded by the Israel Biochemical Society.
1985  Recipient of The Eleanor Roosevelt International Award for Cancer Research.
1995  Present Incumbent of the Dame Susan Garth Chair for Cancer Research.
2004  Recipient of the Sarov Prize, awarded by the Israel Microbiology Society.  
1990 and 2004  Recipient of the Faculty of Medicine Dean prize for exellence in teaching.
1998  Recipeint of the Hebrew University Rector prize for exellence in teaching.                                                   

Biotechnology applications

2000  License through The Hebrew University of the “Bio-pump” invention to Medgenics Corp and Cofounder of the company.
2000  License through the Hebrew University of the “Oncolytic virus” invention to Theravir Corp. and Cofounder of the company.
Publications

Scientific articles 160, published in international refered journals.
Patents and patent applications 21, published in patent data bases.