Dr. Amer Elias

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

2016 – 2021 | Ph.D. | The Lab of Prof. Gali Prag & the Lab of Prof. Ezra Yagil of Genetic Engineering | School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics | George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences | Tel Aviv University | Thesis title: Development and validation of HK022 coliphage integrase as a gene manipulation tool for human genetic diseases and cancer therapy.

2013 – 2015 | M.Sc. | The Lab of Prof. Ezra Yagil of Genetic Engineering | School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics | George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences | Tel Aviv University | Thesis title: Towards gene therapy of the Tay-Sachs disease using a bacteriophage Integrase.

2010 – 2013 | B.Sc. | Biology | George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences | Tel Aviv University.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2019                The Marian Gertner Institute for Medical Nanosystems-travel fellowships

2019                Teaching Excellence Prise of the Life Science Faculty

2019                Cancer Biology Research Centre, Zvi and Esther Weinstat Graduate Students Excellence Award in Cancer Biology

2018-2020      Council for Higher Education- excellence scholarship for periphery PhD students

2018                Travel grant of the Cancer Biology Research Centre (CBRC)

2018                David and Paulina Trotsky Ph.D. Excellence Prise

2017                Young Scientists’ Forum (YSF) award

2017                Teaching Excellence Prise of the Life Science Faculty

2016, 2017      Lois and Martin Whitman scholarship for PhD students

2016                Rector Excellence Scholarship

2016                Iafa Keydar Prise in Cancer Biology

2016                Constantiner Institute Scholarship

2016                Dan Moran Fellowship

2015                Lois and Martin Whitman scholarship for M.Sc. students

2013-2015      Council for higher education excellence scholarship for M.Sc. students

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

2017-2023       Invited lecturer in the “Genetic Engineering” course, Tel Aviv University

2017-2021       Molecular Biology and Biotechnology teaching assistant, "SAWA"-together project, Tel Aviv University

2016-2020       Organic Chemistry teaching assistant, Tel Aviv University

2014-2015       Genetics laboratory instructor, Tel Aviv University

2013-2015       Biochemistry laboratory instructor, Tel Aviv University

1. Elias, A. et al. HK022 bacteriophage Integrase mediated RMCE as a potential tool for human gene therapy. Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 Dec 16;48(22):12804-12816. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1140.
2. Elias et al. Anti-cancer binary system activated by bacteriophage HK022 Integrase. Oncotarget 2018 Jun 8;9(44):27487-27501. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.25512
3. Elias, A. et al. Cancer-specific binary expression system activated in mice by bacteriophage HK022 Integrase. Sci. Rep. 6, 24971; doi: 10.1038/srep24971 (2016).
4. M Kolot et al. Site promiscuity of coliphage HK022 integrase as a tool for gene therapy, Gene therapy 2015; doi: 10.1038/gt.2015.9