Nathan Sharon - Curriculum vitae#
Born: November 4, 1925, Brisk, Poland
Emigrated to Israel 1934. Married Rachel Itzikson 1948; two daughters, Esther Sharon (1952) and Osnat Bairey (1956)
Education:
- 1943, Grad. High School, Tel Aviv
- 1950, M.Sc. (Biochemistry) Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem
- 1953, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem
Postdoctoral research:
- 1956-57, Biochem. Res. Lab., Mass. General Hospital &Harvard Med. School, Boston, MA., (with F.Lipmann)
- 1957-58, Lab. for Cabohydrate Res., M.G.H. & H.M.S., (with R.W.Jeanloz)
- 1958, Dept. Biol., Brookhaven National, Upton, New York (with D.E.Koshland Jr.)
Professional employment:
- 1949-53, Research Assist., Agricultural Res. Station, Dairy Res. Lab., Rehovot
- 1954-, Dept. of Biophysics, Weizmann Inst. Science, Rehovot:
- Res. Assistant, 1954
- Res. Associate, 1957
- Senior Scientist, 1960
- Assoc. Prof.,1965
- Prof., 1968
- Head, Dept. Biophys., 1973-83, 1987-90
- Dean, Faculty of Biophys.-Biochem., 1976- 77, 1980-83, 1984-86
- Prof. Emeritus, 1995
Other appointments:
- 1962-1963, Res. Assoc., Dept. Biol. Chem., Harvard Med. School
- 1963, Visit. Assoc. Prof., Dept. Biochem., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York;
- 1968, Visit. Prof., Lab. Molecular Biol., Oxford University, UK
- 1968, Visit. Prof., Lab. for Molecular Biol., Oxford University, UK
- 1970-1971. Visit. Prof., Dept. of Biochem., Univ. California, Berkeley
- 1971, Visit. Prof., Dept. Chemical Pathol., St. Mary's Hospital Med. School, London
- 1977-78, Scholar-in-Residence, Fogarty International Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD
- 1978, Visit. Prof., Dept. Biological Sciences, Univ. California, Santa Barbara
- 1981, Scholar-in-Residence, Fogarty International Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD
- 1983-84, Distinguished Visiting Scientist, NIADDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD
- 1991, Greenberg Scholar, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
- 1992-1993, Visit. Prof., Harvard Med. School
- 1993, Distinguished Visit. Scientist, Roche Inst. Mol. Biol., Nutley, NJ
Elected positions:
- 1972-74, 1988-90, Chairman, Scientific Council, Weizmann Inst. Science
- 1990- Chairman, Panel of Advisors, Batsheva de Rothschild Foundation for the Advancement of Science in Israel
Awards and Honors
- 1973-Landau Prize, Mifal Hapayis
- 1976-Member, European Molecular Biology Organization
- 1977-Fogarty International Scholar, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
- 1977-Weizmann Prize in Exact Sciences, from the City of Tel Aviv
- 1980-Honorary Member, American Society of Biological Chemists
- 1987-Visiting Prof., College de France, Paris
- 1987-Datta Lectureship Award, Federation of European Biochemical Societies
- 1989-Olitzki Prize, Israel Society for Microbiology
- 1989-Bijvoet Medal, Utrecht University
- 1990-Docteur Honoris Causa, Université René Descartes, Paris
- 1991-Special issue of Carbohydrate Research on lectins
- 1992-Member, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- 1994-Israel Prize in Biochemistry and Medicine
- 1994-Visiting Prof., College de France, Paris
- 1999-Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
- 2000-Foreign Member, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2001-Foreign Member, American Society for Microbiology
- 2001- Honorary Fellow, Open University of Israel
Memberships in Scientific Societies:
- American Chemical Society
- The Biochemical Society (UK)
- International Science Writers Association
- Israel Biochemical Society (President 1969-1970)
- Society for Complex Carbohydrates
- Federation of European Biochemical Societies (Chairman 1980-81)
- International Glycoconjugate Organization (President 1989-91)
