Shy Arkin
Topic: Biography
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שי ארקין | |
| Born | Isaiah T. (Shy) Arkin 1965 (age 58–59) Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
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| Employer | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Life Sciences, Department of Biological Chemistry |
| Title | Arthur Lejwa Professor of Structural Biochemistry |
Isaiah T. (Shy) Arkin (שי ארקין; born 1965) is the Israeli Arthur Lejwa Professor of Structural Biochemistry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Life Sciences, Department of Biological Chemistry in Jerusalem, Israel.[1][2]
Biography
Arkin was born in Tel Aviv, Israel.[2] He earned bachelor's degree at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, and at the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University.[2] Arkin received a doctorate in Cell Biology from Yale University School of Medicine in 1996.[3][4][5]
From 1997 to 2000, he was a Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at Cambridge University.[2][4][5]
Arkin is the Arthur Lejwa Professor of Structural Biochemistry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Life Sciences, Department of Biological Chemistry in Jerusalem, Israel.[6] He joined the faculty of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a senior lecturer in biochemistry.[2] In 2001, he was named an associate professor.[2] In 2007, he was named a professor.[2] In 2008, he was appointed Chair of the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences.[2] In 2009 he was appointed Head of the Authority for Research and Development at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2][4][7][8]
His research focuses on the structural analyses of transmembrane proteins (mostly from viral origin), and research into viruses (including the coronavirus) and antivirals.[9][10][11][7]
References
- ↑ "From Artificial Intelligence to Cancer Research - Hebrew University's Scientific Excellence with Professor Shy Arkin". February 24, 2020. https://www.bethelbalto.com/event/Professor-Arkin.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Prof. Isaiah (Shy) Arkin appointed head of the Authority for Research and Development at Hebrew U.". September 15, 2009. http://www.huji.ac.il/cgi-bin/dovrut/dovrut_search_eng.pl?mesge125301004432688760.
- ↑ "Professor Isaiah T. (Shy) Arkin". September 11, 2018. https://www.afhu.org/2018/09/11/professor-isaiah-t-shy-arkin/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Membranes, the Flu and in Between". August 11, 2009. https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?Live=7832&bhcp=1.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Seckbach, Joseph; Rubin, Eitan (2007). The New Avenues in Bioinformatics. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781402026393. https://books.google.com/books?id=X__9-t4M37IC&q=Isaiah+Arkin+yale&pg=PA56.
- ↑ "Shy Arkin". http://membranelab.huji.ac.il/Arkin/Shy_Arkin.html.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Curriculum Vitae; Isaiah (Shy) Arkin Ph.D."
- ↑ "Jerusalem Post Article: "Israeli Researchers Stand Out In Competition For European Grants"". July 25, 2013. http://imric.org/news/news/jerusalem-post-article-israeli-researchers-stand-out-competition-european-grants.
- ↑ "The Arkin Lab Home Page". http://membranelab.huji.ac.il/Arkin/Home.html.
- ↑ Horovitz, David (March 18, 2020). "Israeli scientist: You're not going to see millions of people die from COVID-19". Times of Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-scientist-youre-not-going-to-see-millions-of-people-die-from-covid-19/.
- ↑ "HU scientist and virus expert sheds light on what's behind current COVID-19 pandemic". March 19, 2020. https://www.cfhu.org/news/hu-scientist-and-virus-expert-sheds-light-on-whats-behind-current-covid-19-pandemic/.
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