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David Wallach (born January 23, 1946) is a full professor at the Department of Biological Chemistry at The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, and laureate of the 2014 Emet Prize for Life Sciences.〔 (C.V. of Prof. David Wallach ), Emet Prize Laureates, Emet Prize site 〕 ==Biography== David Wallach was born in Kiryat Bialik, Israel, where he lived until the age of 18, before moving to Jerusalem. His parents, Tzvi Wallach and Ziva (née Ludmer), emigrated to Israel from Bukovina and Galicia (Eastern Europe)) shortly before World War II. David has a brother and a sister. His sister, Sarah Stroumsa, is a full professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and formerly the university’s rector. David Wallach’s academic studies, from B.Sc. to Ph.D., were conducted in the Department of Biological Chemistry at the Hebrew University. He did his master’s studies under the supervision of Professor Itzhak Ohad and his doctoral studies under the supervision of Professor Michael Schramm. In these studies, he explored the mechanisms of cell-membrane generation, and of protein packing in glandular secretory granules. His postdoctoral research was carried out on signaling mechanisms at the National Institutes of Health at Bethesda, Maryland under the supervision of Professor Ira Pastan. In 1977, Wallach returned to Israel and joined the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. He became an associate professor in 1983 and a full professor in 1995.〔(David Wallach at the Emet Prizes website )〕 In 2011/2012, he served as president of the International Cytokine Society. Wallach currently serves as chairman of the Jewish Galicia and Bukovina organization.〔 (Board ), Jewish Galicia and Bukovina organization site 〕 He is married to Naomi (née Rosenberg), a writer and painter, and they have two children, including the poet Rachel Wallach. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Wallach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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