Medical University

Gal Levin

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

- trained and practiced clinical nutritionist (in Israel)

- Master degree in cardiovascular pharmacology

- PhD in electrophysiology

- Wide-range experience in biology – from the molecular level (biochemistry, molecular biology, single channel recording) via the cellular level (cell cultures, microbiology), to the systemic level (nutrition counseling, recoding from the brains of live, behaving animals).

EDUCATION and TRAINING

Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

Research Associate, 2008- present

Studying the effect of hunger on brain taste encoding.

Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, MA

Research Assistant Professor, October 2004 – June 2007

Studied the neuronal glutamate transporter.

Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Postdoctoral fellow, 1998 – 2004, advisor: Paul Blount, PhD.

Research aimed at understanding the gating mechanism of a bacterial mechano-sensitive channel of large conductance (MscL).

Center for Basic Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Postdoctoral fellow, 1997 – 1998, advisor: Rolf Joho, PhD.

Research aimed at finding structural interactions between regions within the N-terminus of voltage gated potassium channels, and looking at expression patterns of T-type calcium channels in mice brain.

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel.

Ph.D 1998, mentor: Ilana Lotan, PhD

Thesis submitted under the title: Modulation by phosphorylation of voltage-gated K+ channels and GIRK1.

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.

M.Sc. (with honors), 1992

Thesis in the field of cardiovascular pharmacology, supervised by Professor Y. Sarne, submitted under the title of: The Involvement of Na+ in the positive inotropic effect of naloxone.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

B.Sc and internship,.Human Nutrtion,1988

Internship at Shiba hospital, Tel-Hashomer, Israel, 1989

NON – ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Meuhedet Health Fund, Ramat-Hasharon, Israel

Clinical Nutritionist, 1989-1996

Logal, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Developed computer simulations of the cardiovascular system for educational use, 1979 – 1980

Mandatory service in the Israeli army, 1980-1982

SKILLS

Languages: Hebrew, English

Computer skills: Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint; various internet browsers. Professional programs: Pcalmp, SortClient, OfflineSorter, Neuroexplorer, DNAStar, Vector NTI. Some experience with MatLab.

Lab technique skills: Some experience with molecular biology (mutagenesis, PCR amplifications, DNA and RNA synthesis and purification), biochemistry (expression of proteins in bacteria and purification, running protein gels, nucleic acid gels), some electro-physiolgy experience (two-electrode voltage clamp, patch clamp, in-vivo recordings), some experience with survival surgeries (implantation of electrodes in a rat brain).

Clinical nutrition: Practiced clinical nutrition for eight years.

Teaching: Assisted teaching medical students pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and electrophysiology at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel; included teachings students of the New-York State / American Program, who were taught in English.

REFERENCES

Professor Don Katz, Department of Psychology, Brandeis University. Principal investigator / mentor. ******@********.*** 781-***-****

Professor Susan G. Amara, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh. Principal investigator / mentor.. ******@****.*** 413-***-****

Professor Paul Blount, Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Principal investigator, .post-doc mentor. ****.******@**************.*** 214-***-****

Professor Ilana Lotan, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University. Principal investigator, Ph.D mentor. ******@****.***.**.** (972-*-*******

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