Neri Minsky, PhD ד"ר נרי מינסקי

Email: Neri.Minsky@sheba.health.gov.il

Phone: 03-5307827 

Position: Principal Investigator

Areas of Expertise: Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Transcription

Research Interests:

We study the regulation of metabolism in response to environmental cues such as changes in nutrition, exercise or cold exposure. We focus on transcriptional networks that control metabolic pathways and on the dysregulation of those networks in conditions such as obesity and diabetes. Projects in the lab include:

• Glycation, the process of glucose modification of proteins, is increased in diabetes causing many of its known outcomes. We investigate how glycation levels are regulated and how such regulation is compromised in obesity.
• Cells communicate with each other via vesicles known as exosomes, delivering proteins and RNAs from one cell to another and controlling key pathways. We study how feeding and fasting control cell-cell communication and how this process is dysfunctioning in obesity and diabetes.

Education:

2000-2006, Direct Ph.D. program, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

1998-2000, B.Sc. summa cum laude, Faculty of Life Sciences Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

 
Residencies and Further Training:

2012-2017, Research Associate, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

2007-2012, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

Affiliations:

Research Center for Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Institute of Endocrinology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

Research Grants & Awards:

2022, Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience Research Grant

2021, Sheba Medical Center Second Opportunity award

2018-2019, Israeli Ministry of Immigration award for returning scientists

2010, Merck Postdoctoral fellowship 

2008, The Lady Anne Chain Memorial Prize for Ph.D. achievements from the Feinberg, Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

2007-2009, Machiah Foundation Award for postdoctoral training

2004, Dean’s honor for excellence, the Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

2003, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) short term fellowship 

2000-2001, Dean’s honor for excellence, Faculty of Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, in each of the two years of my B.Sc

2000, National excellence award from the committee of culture and education of the Israeli parliament

2000, Rector’s honor for excellence, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Publications:

Here is a link to the list of publications of Dr. Neri Minsky in PubMed