ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3469-0076
Google scholar: Michael Berger
Website: https://lautenbergcenter.org/people/faculty/michael-berger-lab/ Date of birth: Israel
Nationality: Israeli
The Lautenberg center for immunology and cancer research, The Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. Tel ++972-2-6757103, michaelb@ekmd.huji.ac.il
Education
1999-2005
PhD student, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Dissertation:
“Regulation of the p53 protein: A role for the poly-proline rich region.” (PhD awarded June
2006).
1998-1999
MSc student, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Moved to a “direct track” PhD program.
1993-1996
BSc student, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
(Degree awarded magna cum laude).
Positions
2020-present
Associate Professor, The Lautenberg center, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
2018-present
Head of B.Sc. Program in Bio-Medical Sciences
2011-2020
Senior Lecturer, The Lautenberg center, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Israel.
2010-2011
Senior Research Associate, laboratory of Prof. Bruce Beutler, Department of Genetics, The
Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), CA, USA.
2005-2010
Postdoctoral Fellow, laboratory of Prof. Bruce Beutler, Department of Genetics, TSRI, CA, USA.
Honors and prizes:
2020
Faculty Award in Memory of Professor Rami Rachmimov for Excellence in Preclinical Teaching.
2018
Matzner Prize for excellent researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University.
2015 & 2021
Excellence in Teaching (Rector list), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
2016-2019
Excellence in Teaching, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
2015
Excellence in Teaching (Rector list), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
2005-2007
The EMBO long term fellowship
2002-2004
The Rector’s Ph.D. Scholarship for distinction, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2003
Award for Outstanding Excellency in Teaching, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
2001 The Arthur and Ludmila Zucker Memorial Fund for Cancer Research Award.
2001 Award for Excellence in Teaching, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.