Prof. Ofer Mandelboim
Faculty Member
, Immunology and Cancer Research, IMRIC
Professor, Immunology and Cancer Research, Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine
Before becoming an IMRIC researcher, I studied at the Weitzman Institute and did my post doctoral work at Harvard. I was delighted to be accepted at Hebrew University. I enjoy doing research, and at IMRIC, I am working with a team of outstanding students in collaboration with Dr. Plummer and his team to isolate the NK cells that target AIDS and prevent its spread.
But it goes beyond that.
This IMRIC collaboration is leading us to make some important discoveries in other areas on the way to finding a cure for AIDS. Once we learn how the process works, we can start isolating virus-specific NK cells to target a whole range of viruses, like influenza, and prevent their spread.
1995-1999: Post-doctoral research fellow with Prof. Jack L Strominger, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, USA.
1996: Ph.D. Degree, Suma cum laude. Title: Isolation and characterization of tumor associated antigen (TAA) peptides from mouse lung carcinoma. Supervisors: Prof. Lea Eisenbach and Prof. Gideon Berke.
1991-1995: Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
1991: M.Sc. Degree Title: Reduced tumorgenicity and metastatic spread of 3LL cells transfected by two H-2K genes. Supervisors: Prof. Lea Eisenbach and Prof. Michael Feldman.
1988-1990: The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
1985-1988: Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Faculty of Life Science. B.A. Degree 1989, Cum laude.
HIV/AIDS Research
Dr. Frank Plummer's team at the University of Manitoba and Prof. Ofer Mandelboim's team at IMRIC have completed their first year of collaborative research. Researchers from both Winnipeg and Jerusalem travelled to Kenya, and their work in the field showed that NK cells do play a role in building resistance to infectious diseases such as HIV.
