Dan Levy, PhD
Professional Positions and Education
2018- present
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty for Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2019- 2020
Visiting Professor, Department of Oncological science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, USA. (Host: Prof. Emily Bernstein)
2012- 2018
Senior Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty for Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2008-2012
Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Or Gozani, Department of Biology, Stanford University, CA
2004-2008
Ph.D. Laboratory of Dr. Yosef Shaul, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science
2001-2004
M.Sc. Thesis, Laboratory of Dr. Gil Ast, the Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Tel-Aviv University
Fellowships, Honors and Awards
2015
Toronto prize for excellence in research
2014
The Alice and Seymour Powers Career Development Chair in Basic and Clinical Oncology
2011
Best postdoc poster award. The 30th Penn State Summer Symposium in Molecular Biology- Chromatin and Epigenetic Regulation of Transcription
2009
Recipient, Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) long-term fellowship
2009
Recipient, Machiah Foundation award
2008
Recipient, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) long-term fellowship
2001
Included in the Dean list of students with outstanding study achievements
1999
Graduated with Honors, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1999
Scholarship, Citrus Marketing Board of Israel, Fruit and Flowers Board
1999
Scholarship for excellent students from the Vegetable Marketing Board in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Research Funding
2022-2024 Israel Cancer Association (ICA) grant
2021-2024 ICRF- Project Grant
2020-2024 BSF- Joint with Prof. Emily Bernstein.
2020-2024 BSF-NSF- Joint with Prof. Mark Bedford
2020-2023 DFG- Joint with Prof. Albert Jeltch
2020-2023 NIBN- milestone grant
2018-2023 Israel Science Foundation (ISF) Individual Research Grant
2018-2019 Israel Science Foundation (ISF) Gesher grant
2018-2020 Israel Cancer Association (ICA) grant
2018-2020 Research without borders- Joint with Prof. Peter Zahradka,
2018-2019 Instruct
2016-2018 ASU-BGU Joint grant
2016-2018 Israel Science Foundation (ISF) INCPM
2016-2017 NIBN-milestone grant
2015-2016 Israel Cancer Association (ICA) grant
2014-2018 Israel Science Foundation (ISF) Individual Research Grant
2014-2018 Israel Science Foundation (ISF) Equipment Grant
2015-2017 The United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) Grant- (Joint with Prof. Or Gozani, Stanford)
2013-2016 ICRF Research Career Development Award research grant
2013-2016 National institute for biotechnology in the Negev Grant
2014-2015 The Dahlia Greidenger Anti-Cancer Fund
2014-2015 German- Israeli Foundation (GIF) Grant
2013-2014 Faculty of health sciences, BGU-Heznek grant
2013-2017 Marie Curie- Career Integration Grant (CIG)20