Early development of biochemistry and molecular biology in Israel

Kongresse – Symposien – Seminare – Messen

“…Deichmann and Travis2 and Pecht and Litauer,46 tell very briefly the story of biochemistry at the HU, and again one is impressed by the considerable German influence. Fodor was still the head of biochemistry (his second in command was Noah Lichtenstein),47 but alongside him, there sprouted a few similar departments headed by refugee scientists and their students.…”

“…Leibovitz’ first student in the chart is Shlomo Hesterin (PhD, 1941), who did his PhD research on carbohydrates and later became a leading biochemist at HU. He succeeded Fodor as head of the Department of Biochemistry/Biological Chemistry, which eventually evolved to become the Institute of Life Sciences 46…”

“…They established polymer and biological chemistry in WIS 2. 46 Another Frankel student is Mario Bachi who joined the Department of Organic Chemistry in WIS. Finally, Alex Muzkat who was a MSc student of Frankel (and may have studied for his PhD with Knobler and Frankel) went to the Weizmann Institute.…”