Principle Investigator

Dr. Eran Blacher

PhD

Academic Appointments

2023 to date

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Head, the Gut-Brain Axis laboratory

Assistant professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus Givat-Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel.

Previous Positions

2019-2022

Stanford University

Post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Katrin Andreasson, Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA, USA.

2016-2019

Weizmann Institute of Science

Post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Eran Elinav, Immunology department, Life-Sciences faculty, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Higher Education

2011-2016

Tel-Aviv University

Ph.D. graduated Summa cum laude in the laboratory of Prof. Reuven Stein, Neurobiology department, Life-Sciences faculty, under the Dean’s list honors direct Ph.D. program for outstanding students of Tel-Aviv University. Received full Ph.D. fellowship from the Argentina foundation.

2007-2010

Tel-Aviv University

B.Sc. graduated Magna cum laude in the research program for excelling students, Life Sciences Faculty, Tel-Aviv University.

Honors and Awards

2023

The Azrieli Foundation Early Career Faculty Fellowship.

2021

Awarded the Grand Prize in the inaugural NOSTER & Science Microbiome competition. Grand Prize winner is awarded a cash prize in the amount of $25,000 and travel and accommodation for the prize ceremony. The Grand Prize winner also receives a free five years digital subscription to Science, and have their winning essay published in Science.

2020-2023

Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Global Fellowship.

2020

Stanford University School of Medicine Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford, CA, USA.

2017-2019

Dean of Faculty Fellowship. Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

2016

Research Fellowship from TEVA, The National Network of Excellence in Neuroscience (NNE)

2015

The Life Science Faculty Award for Excellence Achievements in Research. Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Iafa Keydar Cancer Research Prize, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
TAU Cancer Biology Research Center Scholarship (CBRC), Israel.
Sagol School of Neuroscience Scholarship, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Ela Kodesh Cancer Research Institute Scholarship, TAU, Israel.

2013

Anat Krauskopf Fund Travel award, TAU, Israel.
Adams Super-Center for Brain Studies Scholarship, TAU, Israel.
Ela Kodesh Cancer Research Institute Scholarship, TAU, Israel.

2012

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Travel Scholarship, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA
TAU Cancer Biology Research Center (CBRC), Israel.

2011-2015

The Dean’s list honors direct Ph.D. program for outstanding students of Tel-Aviv University. Received full Ph.D. fellowship from the Argentina foundation.

2010

Joan and Jaime Constantiner Institute for Molecular Genetics Scholarship, TAU, Israel.
Dean award for excellence, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

2019-2020

Professional member, American Heart Association AHA/ASA

2018-current

F1000, Associate Faculty Member for Physiology

2014-current

Israeli Society for Neuroscience (ISFN)