Education
- 1981-1984: B.Sc. (cum laude), Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
- 1984-1987: M.Sc., Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
- 1987-1994: Ph.D., Mathematical Biology, Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Doctoral Thesis: Mathematical Modeling of T Cell Development in the Thymus
Supervisors: Prof. Amiela Globerson, Department of Cell Biology; Prof. Lee Segel, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Positions Held
- 2006-now: Associate Professor, The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- 1999-2006: Senior Lecturer, The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- 1996-1999: Research Associate, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- 1994-1996: Director's Postdoctoral Fellow, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 1993-1994: Graduate Research Assistant, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 1987-1991: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
Awards & Honors
- 2005 A "Teva Pharmaceuticals" grant for young scientists showing excellence in Systems Biology
- 2003-2004 International Women's Forum Leadership Foundation Fellow
- 1999-2002 Alon Fellowship
- 1999 NIH Individual National Research Service Award (Fellowship).
- 1998 AWM-NSF travel grant for women mathematicians
- 1994-1996 Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 1994, 1998 Selected to participate in an AWM Workshop highlighting the achievements of young female mathematicians (once as a graduate student and once as a post-doc)
- 1993 Brookdale Fellowship for Research on Aging
- 1992/1993/1994 Landahl Student Travel Awards, Society for Mathematical Biology
Organization of International Workshops and Meetings
- 1995 Modeling Development and Differentiation in the Immune System; workshop organizers: Ramit Mehr & Alan Perelson; Center For Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- 1999 One-day session on "Immunology and Within-Host Dynamics of Pathogens", Meeting on "Theory and Mathematics in Biology and Medicine"; organizers: Rob de Boer & Ramit Mehr; The European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ESMTB), The Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB), and The Netherlands Society for Theoretical Biology (NVTB)
- 2001 Minisymposium on "The generation, selection and maintenance of lymphocyte repertoires"; Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB) annual meeting
- 2001 Immunology Session; Israeli Society for Theoretical and Mathematical Biology (ISTMB) meeting
- 2002 Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society for Theoretical and Mathematical Biology (ISTMB); organizers: Ramit Mehr & Avidan Neumann. Additional sponsors: Bar-Ilan University, Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) and Compaq
- 2003 Annual Meeting of the Israeli Physics Society, joint with ISTMB - organizing committee member and session co-organizer
- 2004 Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society for Immunology; organizers: Benjamin Sredni & Ramit Mehr
- 2004 Workshop "Models and methods for analysis of lymphocyte and pathogen repertoire generation, development, selection and evolution"; Sponsors: Israel Science Foundation, Society for Mathematical Biology, Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Foundation Inst. for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science, and IRIS center, Karolinska Institutet., Stockholm, Sweden
- 2004 Immunology Session in the Gordon Research Conference on Theoretical Biology and Biomathematics
- 2005 Workshop on immunological synapses; IRIS center, Karolinska Institutet., Stockholm, Sweden
- 2006 Session on Women's Careers in immunology; European Congress of Immunology, European Federation of Immunological Societies
- 2008 The 1st Israeli Natural Killer Cell Day, Bar-Ilan University
- 2009 Workshop on "Computation and Mathematical Modeling in the Study of B Cell Biology", Keystone Symposium "B Cells in Context (C3)", Taos, New Mexico
- 2009 The 2nd Israeli Natural Killer Cell Day, Bar-Ilan University
- 2010-2012 Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, the European Immunology Congress, Glasgow 2012, organized by the British Society of Immunology (BSI) and the European Federation of Immunology Societies (EFIS)
- 2011-2012 Chair of the organizing committee , annual meeting of the Israeli Immunology Society, Bar-Ilan University
- 2011-2012 ISF-IAS Workshop "Models and methods for analysis of lymphocyte repertoire generation, development, selection and evolution - 2"; sponsors: Israel Science Foundation, The Hebrew University Institute of Advanced Studies, EFIS, The Society for Mathematical Biology, Bar-Ilan University
- 2011-2012 Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of The Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology, NIMBioS, Knoxville, TN, USA
Service to the Scientific Community
- Board of Directors Member, The Israeli Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 2010 -
- Board of Directors Member, Israeli Immunological Society, 2008 - ; Also serving as liaison with the European Federation of Immunology Societies (EFIS)
- Health Ministry Chief Scientist Representative, The Israeli National Council for Women's Health, 2010 - ; Council Sub-committee, 2011 -
- Secretary, (International) Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) special interest group in Life Sciences (SIAG-LS), 2007-2008
- Member, IWF Israel - auditing committee, 2009-2011; internet project, 2007-2009; Fellows committee, 2005-2006.
- Board Member, and Vice-President, Israeli Society for Theoretical and Mathematical Biology, 2001-.
- Board of Directors Member, Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB), 2002-2006
- Chair, SMB Publications Committee - supervising the publication of the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, and other means of communication with the scientific community, such as the website (www.smb.org), 1997-2004.
- Founder, SMB mentoring program for young scientists
- Editorial Board Member: The Open Autoimmunity Journal, Frontiers in B Cell Biology, a specialty section of Frontiers Immunology; Frontiers in Mucosal Immunity, a specialty section of Frontiers in Immunology; Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
- Grant application reviewer: Israel Science Foundation; Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI); Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems - Network of Centres of Excellence (MITACS-NCE), Canada; Israel Ministry of Science and Technology Russian-Israeli Cooperation Program; High Council for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between France-Israel - Research Networks Program in Bioinformatics; United States' National Science Foundation.
- Manuscript Reviewer (partial list): Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, U. S. A. (PNAS); Immunity, Journal of Immunology, Journal of Autoimmunity, Immunology Letters, Immunology and Cell Biology, Immunogenetics, Cell Proliferation, Biology Direct, Molecular Immunology; PLoS Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Mathematical BioSciences, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Journal of Mathematical Biology, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, International Journal of Applied Science and Computation, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Biophysical Journal, Physics Letters A
- Member, Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB), Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the SIAM special interest group in Life Sciences (SIAG-LS), International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), American Association of Immunologists (AAI), International Immunomics Society (IIMMS), Israeli Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Israel Immunological Society, IWF; past member in the Association of Women in Science (USA), and Association of Women in Mathematics (USA)
- Member, Advisory committee of the Bar-Ilan University Graduate School, 2010 - .
- Member, MSc degree committee, Bar-Ilan University, 2009 -.
- Member, Discipline Committee, Bar-Ilan University, 2007 - 2009
- Member, Advanced degree studies committee, BIU Life Sciences Faculty. 2000 - 2002, 2004.
- Member, Teaching committee, BIU Life Sciences Faculty 2004 - 2005, 2007 -.
- Member, Scholarship committee, BIU Life Sciences Faculty 2006 - 2007.
- Chair, Computational Biology Study Program, BIU Life Sciences Faculty - and supervisor of the project workshop, including grading. 2001 - 2002
- Chair, Internet site committee, BIU Life Sciences Faculty 2002 - 2003, 2008 -2009.
- Reviewer Numerous PhD and MSc theses in Bar-Ilan University and elsewhere in the world, including membership in thesis committees and evaluation of thesis defenses where applicable.
- Member, Advisory committee of the Bar-Ilan University Graduate School, 2010 - .
- Member, MSc degree committee, Bar-Ilan University, 2009 -.
- Member, Discipline Committee, Bar-Ilan University, 2007 - 2009
- Member, Advanced degree studies committee, BIU Life Sciences Faculty. 2000 - 2002, 2004.
- Member, Teaching committee, BIU Life Sciences Faculty 2004 - 2005, 2007 -.
- Member, Scholarship committee, BIU Life Sciences Faculty 2006 - 2007.
- Chair, Computational Biology Study Program, BIU Life Sciences Faculty - and supervisor of the project workshop, including grading. 2001 - 2002
Funding Sources
- 2011-2012, Bar-Ilan University - Sheba Medical Center Joint Research Fund. The effects of aging on the human B cell antigen receptor repertoire in primary and secondary lymphoid tissues. Joint w/ Dr. Iris Barshack at the Sheba Medical Center.
- 2011-2012, BIU Rector. Grant.
- 2011-2012, Israel Science Foundation, The Hebrew University Institute of Advanced Studies, SMB, EFIS and Bar-Ilan University. Workshop on "Models And Methods For Analysis Of Lymphocyte Repertoire Generation, Development, Selection And Evolution - 2".
- 2010-2012, Swedish Research Council. Natural killer cell tolerance and education: implications for the understanding of graft-versus-leukemia effects after stem cell transplantation. Collaborative grant headed by Dr. P. Hצglund, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.
- 2009-2012, Israel Science Foundation. Human B cell clonal evolution in inflammation and neoplasia in stomach revealed by Ig gene lineage tree analysis. Joint w/ Dr. Iris Barshack at the Sheba Medical Center.
- 2009-2010, BIU Rector. Grant.
- 2009-2010, Israel Cancer Association. Human B cell clonal evolution in inflammation and neoplasia in stomach revealed by Ig gene lineage tree analysis. Joint w/ Dr. Iris Barshack at the Sheba Medical Center.
- 2008-2011, Israel Science Foundation - Bikura Program. The molecular signaling mechanisms that tune natural killer cell activation thresholds during their education - integrating experimental and computational approaches. Joint w/ Dr. Mira Barda-Saad.
- 2007-2010, Human Frontiers Science Program. Human immune memory & vaccine responses: high-throughput analyses of antibody repertoire & function.
- 2005-2009, Israel Science Foundation. Algorithms and Tools for Analyzing Immunoglobulin Gene Mutational Lineage Trees.
- 2005, Teva Pharmaceuticals. A grant for young scientists showing excellence in Systems Biology.
- 2005-2009, EC - Marie Curie Actions - Host fellowships for Early Stage Research Training (EST). Doctorate Training in Tuberculosis and HIV Infections (THI-DOC) in the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI) and Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center at Karolinska Institutet (MTC-KI); Headed by Prof. Gunilla Kהllenius, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI). R. Mehr is a co-supervisor.
- 2004-2006, Israel Cancer Research Fund. Analysis of Immunoglobulin Gene Lineage Trees in B Cell Lymphomas.
- 2003-2008, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. Immunoreceptor regulation beyond proteomics.
- 2003-2006, Human Frontiers Science Program. Control of immune responses in natural killer cells by activating and inhibitory receptors.
- 2003-2004, Israel Science Foundation, CRI, SMB and Other sponsors. Workshop on "Models And Methods For Analysis Of Lymphocyte And Pathogen Repertoire Generation, Development, Selection And Evolution".
- 2001-2005, Israel Science Foundation. Computational models of lymphocyte antigen receptor repertoire generation, development, selection and evolution.
- 1999-2002, Israel Council for high education. Yigal Alon Start-up fellowship.
- 1999, NIH. National Research Service Award (Fellowship + research funds).
- 1994-1996, DOE - LANL. Director's Fellowship.
- 1998, AWM - NSF. Travel grant.
Courses Taught
- 2010 - , "Scientific Writing", graduate course, The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 2009 - , "Immunogenetics and Immunoinformatics", graduate course, The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 2007 - , "Selected Topics in Computational Biology", graduate course, The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 2006, "Mathematical and computational modeling in immunology, microbiology and tumor biology", Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2006 - , Seminar for undergraduate students, The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 2003 - , "Computational Immunology", graduate course, The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 2001 - , Seminar for graduate students, The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 2001, 2003, 2009 Lectures in "Molecular Immunology", graduate course, Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden
- 2000 - , "Bio-Mathematical Models" (jointly w/Profs. Kizner and Neumann), The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 2000 - , "Mathematical modeling in biology" (joint w/Profs. Kizner and Neumann), The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 2000-2002, "Introduction to Immunology", The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 1999 - , "Immunology" (jointly w/Profs. Sredni and Shoham), The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 1999 - , Organizer (w/Dr. A. Neumann), "Theoretical Biology Journal Club", The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- 1997-1999 , Part of the course "Advanced Immunology", Molecular Biology, Princeton University, NJ, USA
- 1996-1999, Organizer, "Theoretical Immunology" seminar, Molecular Biology, Princeton University, NJ, USA
- 1991, Teaching Assistant, Computer uses in Biology and Chemistry, Weizmann Institute, Israel
- 1983-1987, Teaching Assistant, Calculus and Linear Algebra, Optics & Waves lab, Tel-Aviv University, Israel