Life Sciences FieldCell Biology, Differentiation and Death, Gene Expression, Immunology, Inflammation, Signal Transduction, Transcription
Research Interests
Studies in our laboratory aim towards elucidating the signaling mechanisms that mediate two cardinal activities of cytokines of the TNF family: induction of programmed cell death, and activation of transcription factors such as NF-kappa B that participate in the induction of immune defense mechanisms.
Selected Awards
• 1997 – Teva Founders Prize in the field of Cell Signal Transduction
• 2012 – Merck Serono Prize
• 2012 – Rappaport Prize in Biomedical Sciences in the Established Investigator category
• 2014 – Emet Prize, Life Sciences category in the field of Biotechnology
• 2018 – Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize