Edgar Pick

Background

Pick, Edgar was born on February 15, 1938 in Lugoj, Romania. Son of Erwin and Barbara (Gal) Pick.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Hebrew University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1970.

Career

Research fellow Scripps Research Foundation, La Jolla, California, 1965-1967. Research associate Institute Dermatology, London, 1967-1970. From senior lecturer to professor Tel Aviv University Medical School, since 1970, Roberts-Guthman chair in immunopharmacology, 1989—2008.

Director Miverva-Cohnheim Center Phagocyte Research, 1994-2008, head Sackler Institute Molecular Medical, 1997-2000. Head Kodesz Institute of Host Defense Against Infectious Diseases, 1999—2008.

Achievements

• Edgar Pick has been listed as a noteworthy immunologist, biochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association Immunologists, International Society Immunopharmacology, Society for Leukocyte Biological, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biological.

Interests

• Avocations: literature, architecture, art history, philosophy, science history.

Connections

Married Leora Syrkin, March 21, 1965. Children: Anat, Dana.

Father:

Erwin Pick

Mother:

Barbara (Gal) Pick

Spouse:

Leora Syrkin

child:

Dana Pick

child:

Anat Pick