Professor Emeritus Arieh Zaritsky, Ph.D.
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details
Name: Arieh Zaritsky (named after assassinated uncle [mother's brother Arieh Polonsky])
Birth: June 6, 1942, Israel. Picts: 1943, ca 1950, 1955
IDF Service: 1960-2 (reserve, Sergeant -1992)
Family: Married - Hilla (Porat), Immediate Pedigree. 3 children:
Assaf-Moshe, 1976; No'a (Levy), 1977; Ya'el-Naomi (Peretz), 1985
7 Grandchildren Pict (November, 2015) - L-->R: Gil'ad-Bezalel Z, 2004; Uri Z, 2006; Ariel L, 2007; Ayala L, 2012; Tamar L, 2007; Maya-Rachel Z, 2009;
Michal P, 2015 (at 18 hrs after birth)
Personal Details
Name: Arieh Zaritsky (named after assassinated uncle [mother's brother Arieh Polonsky])
Birth: June 6, 1942, Israel. Picts: 1943, ca 1950, 1955
IDF Service: 1960-2 (reserve, Sergeant -1992)
Family: Married - Hilla (Porat), Immediate Pedigree. 3 children:
Assaf-Moshe, 1976; No'a (Levy), 1977; Ya'el-Naomi (Peretz), 1985
7 Grandchildren Pict (November, 2015) - L-->R: Gil'ad-Bezalel Z, 2004; Uri Z, 2006; Ariel L, 2007; Ayala L, 2012; Tamar L, 2007; Maya-Rachel Z, 2009;
Michal P, 2015 (at 18 hrs after birth)
Higher Education
- 1962-'8: B.Sc. (Genetics/Biochemistry), M.Sc. (Genetics, Cum Laude; in Hebrew), Pre-Medical Studies (4 years) - all at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Laureate of Tuvya Kushnir's Prize for Excellence in Graduate studies (in Hebrew, with supplemental material)
- 1969-'71: Ph.D. (Bacterial Genetics and Physiology) at Leicester University, UK. Instructed by Robert H Pritchard. Thesis: "Studies on DNA Replication and Cell Division in Bacteria" - Part 1 pp -4-16; Part 2 pp 17-28; Part 3 pp 29-48; Part 4 pp 49-62; Part 5 pp 63-79; Part 6 pp 80-97 End
- 1972: Post-Doctoral Training at the University Institute of Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark. Project (supported by an EMBO Long Term Fellowship: "Control of Growth in Bacteria"; supervised by Ole Maaloe and in colaboration with Kaspar von Meyenburg and Knud Valdemar Rasmussen
- University Institute of Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark (post-doctoral training), 1972
- Guest Scientist, Danish Government, 1978
- Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 1980/1981
- Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, 1981/1982
- Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, 1982
- Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA, 1991/1992
- Molecular Cytology, The University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1978, 1992 and 2005
- Senior Guest Scientist, Dutch Government, 1992
- UNESCO MIRCEN Biotechnology Programme, Hubei Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, 1996
- Institute of Glycomics, GriffithUniversity, Gold Coast campus, Australia, 2007
- Physical Biology at Harvards FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA, 2009 [Ping, Suckjoon, James & Davida in My Lecture] At Dr. Akmal Mikhail's, Cambridge MA]
- University of Florida, Vero Beach and USDA, Ft Pierce, Florida, USA, 2011
- US Patent No. PCT/IL98/00117 approved (December, 2002)
- US Provisional Patent Application Docket No. UF.778P. Serial No. 61/120,677; filed December 8, 2008, UF#-13042 (together with Drs. Dov Borovsky and Eitan Ben-Dov)
- Co-Initiator of a StartUp Enterprise: "Bio San Ltd.", with patented Transgenic Cyanobacteria to Combat Mosquito-borne Diseases
Plenary Lectures (to be updated)1975 The Bristol Rencontre (SRC, UK) on Bacterial Physiology
1984 The 2nd Maimonides Conference on Cancer Research, Ein-Geddi, Israel
1987 Informal Consultation (World Health Organization), Geneva, Switzerland
1988 Coordination Workshop on Bacterial Control of Agricultural Pests and Vectors of Human Diseases, Ein-Geddi, Israel
1989 The 1st Israeli-Soviet Seminar on Biomolecular Structure, The Weizmann Institute, Israel
1991 Annual Meeting, Israeli Society of Microbiology
1992 Annual Meeting, Florida Mosquito Control Assoc., Cocoa Beach, FL, USA
1994 High-level meeting on Combating Malaria, UNESCO, Paris, France
1996 Informal Consultation (World Health Organization) in Cordoba, Spain, on Genetic Manipulations, with Larvicidal Bacteria for Disease Control Vector
1997 Symposium "Ecology of Bacillus in vector control and its interactions with the environment", 2nd International Congress of Vector Ecology, Orlando, FL, USA
2000 Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Microbiology, Israel
2001 Annual Meeting of the Society or Invertebrate Pathology, The Netherlands
2001 Third Fujihara International Seminar on “The Bacterial Cell Cycle”, Japan
Teaching Professor
1986-1989 Graduate Committee Chairman (elected), Department of Biology
1989-1991 Chairman (elected), Department of Biology (later named Life Sciences)
1993/1994 Deputy-Dean (nominated), for Physical Development of Faculty
1995 Member (appointed), Academic Council of The College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel
1999 Steering Committee, The Regional College of Judea in Kiryat Arba
2001 Chairman of the Steering Committee (appointed), The Judea Regional Research and Development Center, Carmel
Organizing Committees (to be updated)
1980, 1984, 2004 EMBO Workshops on the Bacterial Cell Cycle, in The Netherlands and Israel
1993 ISM Mini-Workshop (Bacterial Developmental Physiology), Israel
1995 ISM Micro-Workshop (Bacterial Physiology and Molecular Biology), Israel
1996 The 2nd Ein Geddi Conference on Bacterial Control of Agricultural Insect Pests and Vectors of Human Diseases, Israel
1998 8th International Symposium on the Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, Jerusalem
2001 Member, Program (organizing) committee Annual International Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology Israel
Other Professional Activites
Awardee of Research Fellowships
1969 European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Long-Term Fellowship (England)
1970 Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Fellowship (England)
1972 EMBO Long-Term Fellowship (Denmark)
1977 EMBO Short-Term Fellowship, to study bacterial morphogenesis (The Netherlands)
1992 NUFFIC Fellowship (The Netherlands)
1996 UNESCO MIRCEN Biotechnology Programme (People's Republic of China)
Awardee of Research Grants
From: The Israel Academy, National Council for R & D (Israel), US-AID, WHO (x4), IAEA, UNESCO, USA-Israel BSF (x4), Royal Society (UK), Israeli Ministries of Sciences (x7), of Absorption (x2), of Agriculture (x3) and of the Environment (x2), Bat-Sheva Foundation, Histadrut (x2), BGU Res. Fund, the Wolfson Foundation, Moriyah Fund, Harry Stern and Helen Tzoref Appl. Res. Program.
Research Students (32), Scientists (14) and Guests (15):
23 M.Sc. Students and Trainees, 9 Ph.D. Students, 8 Post-Doctoral Fellows, 8 Supervised Scientists, 12 Visiting Scientists
1984 The 2nd Maimonides Conference on Cancer Research, Ein-Geddi, Israel
1987 Informal Consultation (World Health Organization), Geneva, Switzerland
1988 Coordination Workshop on Bacterial Control of Agricultural Pests and Vectors of Human Diseases, Ein-Geddi, Israel
1989 The 1st Israeli-Soviet Seminar on Biomolecular Structure, The Weizmann Institute, Israel
1991 Annual Meeting, Israeli Society of Microbiology
1992 Annual Meeting, Florida Mosquito Control Assoc., Cocoa Beach, FL, USA
1994 High-level meeting on Combating Malaria, UNESCO, Paris, France
1996 Informal Consultation (World Health Organization) in Cordoba, Spain, on Genetic Manipulations, with Larvicidal Bacteria for Disease Control Vector
1997 Symposium "Ecology of Bacillus in vector control and its interactions with the environment", 2nd International Congress of Vector Ecology, Orlando, FL, USA
2000 Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Microbiology, Israel
2001 Annual Meeting of the Society or Invertebrate Pathology, The Netherlands
2001 Third Fujihara International Seminar on “The Bacterial Cell Cycle”, Japan
Teaching Professor
- Academic Section of Judea and Samaria College in Ariel, 1995
- EMBO Workshops on the Bacterial Cell Cycle, in The Netherlands (1980), Israel (1984), Spain (1987), France (1990), Sweden (1994), Germany (1997) and The Netherlands, (1999)
- Euroasian Symp. Curr. Trends Biotechnology (Turkey, 1995)
- Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Microbiology, Israel, 2000
- Two sessions at the Annual Meeting of the Society or Invertebrate Pathology, The Netherlands, 2001
- Two sessions at the 3d Fujihara International Seminar on “The Bacterial Cell Cycle”, Japan, 2001
1986-1989 Graduate Committee Chairman (elected), Department of Biology
1989-1991 Chairman (elected), Department of Biology (later named Life Sciences)
1993/1994 Deputy-Dean (nominated), for Physical Development of Faculty
1995 Member (appointed), Academic Council of The College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel
1999 Steering Committee, The Regional College of Judea in Kiryat Arba
2001 Chairman of the Steering Committee (appointed), The Judea Regional Research and Development Center, Carmel
Organizing Committees (to be updated)
1980, 1984, 2004 EMBO Workshops on the Bacterial Cell Cycle, in The Netherlands and Israel
1993 ISM Mini-Workshop (Bacterial Developmental Physiology), Israel
1995 ISM Micro-Workshop (Bacterial Physiology and Molecular Biology), Israel
1996 The 2nd Ein Geddi Conference on Bacterial Control of Agricultural Insect Pests and Vectors of Human Diseases, Israel
1998 8th International Symposium on the Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, Jerusalem
2001 Member, Program (organizing) committee Annual International Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology Israel
Other Professional Activites
- Refereeing papers for 38 international periodicals
- Refereeing grant applications for 18 (national and international) organizations: Georgia 2014
- Refereeing Ph.D. Theses for 5 Israeli and other Universities
- Member in 10 professional/Scientific associations
- Member, the International Committee of Systematic Bacteriology (IUMS),Subcom.-Bacillus, 1991-1994
- Member, the Israeli Society for Microbiology Secreteriat, 1991-3
- Advisor, WHO, Biocontrol Agents of Disease Vectors, 1987
- Expert (Molecular Genetics), The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 1991 - present
- Advisor, UNESCO, Combating Malaria, 1994
- Member, Projects Committee, Academic College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel, 1995 - present
- Member of the judicial committee in the 5th Biology Olympics, organized by the Ministery of Education at Bar-Ilan University
- Editorial Board Member - Bioengineered Bugs http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/bioe/editorialboard/
Awardee of Research Fellowships
1969 European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Long-Term Fellowship (England)
1970 Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Fellowship (England)
1972 EMBO Long-Term Fellowship (Denmark)
1977 EMBO Short-Term Fellowship, to study bacterial morphogenesis (The Netherlands)
1992 NUFFIC Fellowship (The Netherlands)
1996 UNESCO MIRCEN Biotechnology Programme (People's Republic of China)
Awardee of Research Grants
From: The Israel Academy, National Council for R & D (Israel), US-AID, WHO (x4), IAEA, UNESCO, USA-Israel BSF (x4), Royal Society (UK), Israeli Ministries of Sciences (x7), of Absorption (x2), of Agriculture (x3) and of the Environment (x2), Bat-Sheva Foundation, Histadrut (x2), BGU Res. Fund, the Wolfson Foundation, Moriyah Fund, Harry Stern and Helen Tzoref Appl. Res. Program.
Research Students (32), Scientists (14) and Guests (15):
23 M.Sc. Students and Trainees, 9 Ph.D. Students, 8 Post-Doctoral Fellows, 8 Supervised Scientists, 12 Visiting Scientists