Michael Albeck (Hebrew: מיכאל אלבק) (born October 1934) is an Israeli
organic and
bioorganic chemist of
tellurium compounds. He was President of
Bar-Ilan University
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from 1986 to 1989.
Biography
Michael Albeck was born in Berlin, Germany to
Hanoch and Henya Albeck in October 1934. His family immigrated to Israel (then Mandatory Palestine) in 1935 and settled in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
. He earned both MSc in Chemistry (1959) and PhD (1962) from The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He worked as Principal Investigator in the Institute for Fiber and Forest Products in Jerusalem in 1962-1964, as the head of the chemical laboratories of
Mekorot Water Company in 1964-1965, and then he joined
Bar Ilan University
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as a faculty member at the Department of Chemistry, becoming a Full Professor in 1978. Albeck served as the
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of The Faculty of Natural Sciences of Bar Ilan University twice (1967-1969 and 1972-1975), as a member of the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees of the university (1982-1999) and as the university’s
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(1982-1986) and
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(1986-1989; succeeding
Emanuel Rackman
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, and succeeded by
Ernest Krausz
Ernest (Kopul) Krausz (ארנסט קראוס; August 13, 1931 - December 10, 2018) was an Israeli professor of sociology who served as rector and Acting President of Bar Ilan University. He also taught at Netanya Academic College.
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Ernes ...
). Since 2003 he is a Professor Emeritus at Bar Ilan.
Albeck assumed many scientific duties outside Bar Ilan University, including member of the boards of The Weizmann Scientific Press,
Dead Sea Works
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History
Under the British administration, concessions from the Mandatory government were given ...
, The German-Israel Binational Foundation (GIF),
Teva Pharmaceuticals
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, and as the President of The
Israel Chemical Society.
Prof. Michael Albeck is the son of the late Prof.
Hanoch Albeck
Hanoch Albeck (Hebrew: חנוך אלבק) (August 7, 1890 - January 9, 1972) was a professor of Talmud at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. He was a foremost scholar of the Mishna and one of the pioneers of the scientific approach to Mis ...
, who was a Professor of
Talmud
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at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and one of the foremost scholars of
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. Michael and his wife Shulamit, a retired Faculty member of the School of Social Work at Bar Ilan University, have four children, including chemistry professor
Amnon Albeck, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Scientific interests and publications
Albeck’s main scientific interests are in the chemistry
and biological activity
[''Nature'' 1987, ''330'', ''173'', DOI:10.1038/330173a0;
''Nat. Immun. Cell Growth Regul.'' 1990, ''9'', ''182'';
''Cancer Res.'' 1991, ''51'', ''1499'', available at http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/51/5/1499.full.pdf+html;
''Nat. Immunol.'' 1993, ''12'', ''50'';
''J. Neurochem.'' 2003, ''85'', ''90'';
''Virus Res.'' 2012, ''166'', ''68'', DOI:10.1016/j.virusres.2012.03.004;
''Cancer Res.'' 2014, ''74'', ''3092'', DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-2159.]
of organic and inorganic
tellurium compounds. Two of these
compounds, AS101 and SAS, exhibit
immuno-modulating, antiviral and anticancer activity. They are now in various
clinical trial
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s. He published over 120 scientific publications and patents.
References
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tellurium compounds
1934 births
Living people
Bar-Ilan University faculty
Israeli chemists
Jewish chemists
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Presidents of universities in Israel
German emigrants to Mandatory Palestine