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We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Cells 2021 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Uri Ben-David.
Dr. Uri Ben-David is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Dr. Uri Ben-David’s research interests are cancer aneuploidy, genomic evolution of cancer models and stem cells, and cancer. Dr. Ben-David received his PhD in 2014 and has an outstanding publication record, with a total number of citations of 5088 and a Hirsch index of 27. He is clearly a rising star in the field of cells and cancer. As a single applicant, Dr. Ben-David has secured funding of more than USD 3 million since 2017. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Uri Ben-David for his outstanding achievements.
As the awardee, Dr. Uri Ben-David will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of 2022 in Cells after peer-review.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.
Prof. Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny, Editor-in-Chief, Cells
Cells 2021 Young Investigator Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Xianjue Ma
Westlake University
Award Committee
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Chairman
University of Minnesota
Dr. Aurelio Lorico
Touro University Nevada College of Medicine
Prof. Fulvio Reggiori
University Medical center Groningen
Dr. Bor Luen Tang
National University of Singapore
Winner
Konstantinos Palikaras
University of Athens, Athens
Award Committee
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Chairman
University of Minnesota
Dr. Roger Schneiter
University of Fribourg
Prof. Bruce Bunnell
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Dr. Alexander Ljubimov
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Winner
Pedro Rodrigues
Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Spain
Award Committee
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Chairman
University of Minnesota
Dr. Alessandro Poggi
Molecular Oncology and Angiogenesis Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Prof. Hiroshi Miyamoto
University of Rochester Medical Center
Prof. Fulvio Reggiori
University Medical center Groningen
Dr. Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, RAS, Moscow, Russia
Winner
Uri Ben-David
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Award Committee
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Chairman
University of Minnesota
Prof. Mark R. Wilson
University of Wollongong
Prof. Natascia Tiso
Department of Biology - University of Padova
Dr. Günter Schwarz
Dr. Alessandro Poggi
Molecular Oncology and Angiogenesis Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Prof. Dr. Ziv Gil
Holy Family Hospital Nazareth
Dr. Pablo García de Frutos
Winner
Dr Pushkar P. Lele
University of Delaware, DE, USA
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