Awards

The IsSDB Career Award is presented annually in recognition of Israeli scientists who significantly contributed to the field of Developmental Biology and the development of the field in Israel. The winners are chosen by an ad-hoc award advisory committee composed of representatives from all the major Israeli universities, as well as the members of the steering committee. 

The 2024 IsSDB Career Award

  • Prof. Eli Keshet

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    The 2024 IsSDB Career Award was presented to Eli For his seminal contribution to the elucidation of mechanisms controlling the formation of blood vessels, and the key role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in vascular biology.

Past Winners

  • Prof. Eliezer Lifschitz

    Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

    The award will be presented to Eliezer in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of Developmental Biology, specifically in the area of plant morphogenesis and the seminal identification of Florigen, the mobile flowering signal. The ceremony will take place at the annual IsSDB symposium on "Imaging Developnment", which will take place on December 8th 2022, at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Prof. Lifschitz's lecture will follow the ceremony.

  • Prof. Benjamin Podbilewicz

    Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

    The award will be presented to Beni in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of Developmental Biology, specifically in the area of cell-cell fusion, and the development of Developmental Biology research in Israel. The ceremony will take place at the Annual IsSDB Symposium on “ECM, cytoskeleton andmigration,” which will take place on Sept 2nd 2021, at the Weizmann Institute. Prof. Podbilewicz’s lecture will follow the ceremony.

  • Prof. Howard (Chaim) Cedar

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    The 2019 IsSDB Career Award was presented to Prof. Howard (Chaim) Cedar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The award was presented to Chaim at the joint meeting of the German and Israeli societies for Developmental Biology, which took place in February 17-20, 2019, Vienna, Austria.

  • Prof. Chaya Kalcheim

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    The 2018 IsSDB Career Award was presented to Prof. Chaya Kalcheim of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on March 11, 2018, in recognition of her significant contributions to the field of Developmental Biology and to the development of this research area in Israel. The ceremony took place at The Annual IsSDB Symposium on “Developmental Biology – The Next Generation” at the Weizmann Institute.

  • Prof. Ben-Zion (Benny) Shilo

    Weizmann Institute of science

    The 2017 IsSDB Career Award was presented to Prof. Ben-Zion (Benny) Shilo of the Weizmann Institute on June 18, 2017, in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of Developmental Biology and to the development of this research area in Israel. The ceremony took place at The Annual IsSDB Symposium on “Developmental Cell Death” at the Weizmann Institute.