Shira Weingarten Gabbay Phd 2024 Blavatnik Regional Awards Laureate In Life Sciences

Shira Weingarten-Gabbay | Harvard Program In Virology

Shira Weingarten-Gabbay | Harvard Program In Virology “i’m immensely honored to join the blavatnik family and grateful for the recognition of my research as i transition to a faculty position. by illuminating the dark proteome of human viruses, i hope to deepen our understanding of the incredible mechanisms by which viruses triumph over their hosts.”. She was nominated for the blavatnik regional awards by the rockefeller university, but also is a postdoctoral fellow at the broad institute.

Shira Weingarten-Gabbay | Blavatnik Awards For Young Scientists

Shira Weingarten-Gabbay | Blavatnik Awards For Young Scientists Spotlight on the 2024 blavatnik regional award laureate in life sciences virologist, dr. shira weingarten gabbay has uncovered thousands of novel microproteins encoded in the “dark matter” of viral genomes. She completed her bsc in medical sciences at the hebrew university, her msc in the department of molecular genetics at the weizmann institute, and her phd in the department of computer science & applied mathematics at the weizmann institute as a clore scholar. In her research, shira aspires to increase our understanding of the interaction between viruses and the immune system. she is specifically fascinated with non canonical open reading frames (orfs) as a hidden source for antigen presentation and their potential role in viral immune evasion. Through her research, virologist shira weingarten gabbay has uncovered thousands of novel microproteins encoded in the “dark matter” of viral genomes, which has exposed previously unknown immune targets for vaccines.

Event Highlights From The 2024 Blavatnik Awards For Young Scientists In Israel Ceremony And The ...

Event Highlights From The 2024 Blavatnik Awards For Young Scientists In Israel Ceremony And The ... In her research, shira aspires to increase our understanding of the interaction between viruses and the immune system. she is specifically fascinated with non canonical open reading frames (orfs) as a hidden source for antigen presentation and their potential role in viral immune evasion. Through her research, virologist shira weingarten gabbay has uncovered thousands of novel microproteins encoded in the “dark matter” of viral genomes, which has exposed previously unknown immune targets for vaccines. Shira weingarten gabbay and arnaud vanden broeck have been named 2024 blavatnik regional awards winners! through her research, shira has uncovered thousands of novel microproteins. Dr. weingarten gabbay is the recipient of the blavatnik regional award; the rna society award for innovation in high throughput biology; the broad ignite award; the eric s. lander prize in scientific excellence; and postdoctoral fellowships from hfsp, embo, the gruss lipper foundation, the zuckerman stem leadership program, and the rothschild. Each regional laureate was awarded $30,000. shira weingarten gabbay, phd (life sciences), nominated by the rockefeller university, has uncovered thousands of novel microproteins encoded in the “dark matter” of viral genomes, exposing previously unknown immune targets for vaccines. We can’t wait to see where shira’s journey takes her next! 👏💫 congrats, shira!! 🎉🌟".

Shira Weingarten-Gabbay, PhD, 2024 Blavatnik Regional Awards Laureate in Life Sciences