Name:

Jerry Eichler

Date of Birth:

April 8, 1962, Montréal, Canada  

Date of Immigration:

June 18, 1998  

Address at work:

Department of Life Sciences Ben Gurion University of the NegevP.O. Box 653 Beer sheva 84105, Israel 

1982 -1985

B.Sc. - McGill University - Department of Physiology 
Graduated with Great Distinction

1986 - 1988

M.Sc. - Weizmann Institute of Science - Department of Neurobiology
Thesis advisors: Dr. Israel Silman (Weizmann Institute of Science) and Dr. Lili Anglister (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 
Title of thesis: The immunocytochemical localization of phosphatidylinositol-anchored acetylcholinesterase in excitable tissues of Torpedo ocellata 

1989 - 1994

Ph.D. - Weizmann Institute of Science - Department of Neurobiology
Thesis advisors: Dr. Israel Silman (Weizmann Institute of Science) and Dr. Lili Anglister (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 
Thesis title: Molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase: regulation at the biosynthetic, ultrastructural and molecular levels 

1992 - 1993

Visiting Scientist, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France. Supervisor: Dr. Jean Massoulie  

1994 - 1997

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemisty, DartmouthMedical School, Hanover NH, USA. Supervisor: Dr. BillWickner          

1997 - 1998

Research Associate, Department of Biochemisty, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover NH, USA  

1998 - 2002

Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel (tenure-track position)  

2002 - 2004

Senior Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel 

2003

Tenure, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel 

2004 - present

Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel

1985

McGill University, B.Sc. with Great Distinction  

1986 - 1993

Weizmann Institute of Science, Morris M. Pulver Scholarship  

1990 - 1993

Weizmann Institute of Science, Dr. Bert Migicovsky Scholarship

2000

Ben Gurion Univesity of the Negev, Murray Shusterman Career Development Chair in Microbiology  

2002

Hirsch Prize, Israel Society for Microbiology

1992 - 1993 

Chateaubriand Fellowship, CNRS, Government of France  

1995 - 1997

Long-term Fellowship, Human Frontiers Science Program  

2003 -

NATO Visiting Scientist Fellowship