Background
Yavin, Ephraim was born on March 6, 1939 in Iasi, Romania. Arrived in Israel, 1951. Son of Jacob and Suza (Janculovici) Beninovici.
Yavin, Ephraim was born on March 6, 1939 in Iasi, Romania. Arrived in Israel, 1951. Son of Jacob and Suza (Janculovici) Beninovici.
Bachelor of Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1965. Master of Science cum laude, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, 1972.
Instructor department biochemistry, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1967-1971;
research assistant department pediatrics, School Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1971-1973;
assistant biochemist department neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and Shriver Center Mental Retardation, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1973-1975;
research associate department neuropathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1973-1975;
senior scientist department biochemistry and neurobiology, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1974-1979;
associate professor department neurobiology, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1979-1994;
professor, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel, since 1994;
department chairman, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel. Visiting scientist Laboratory Bio-chemical Pharmacology, National Institute Arthritis, Digestive Disorders, and Kidney, Bethesda, Maryland., 1979-1981, Laboratory Development Neurobiology, National Institute Child Health and Development, Bethesda, 1985, Laboratory ofMolecular Cellular Neurobiology, National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, 1990-1991. Visiting professor Hopital de la Salpetriere Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Paris, 1984, Albert Heritage Foundation department pediatrics U. Alberta, Edmonton, 1986, department biochemistry Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Gerontology, 1987.
Distinguished lecturer neuroscience Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1990. Neuroscience award lecture U. Niigata, Japan, 1987.
Member International Society Neurochemistry (council member since 1991), American Society Neurochemistry, International Society Development Neurosci., Israel Bio-chemical Society, Society Neurosci., New York Academy of Sciences, European Society Neurochemistry (secretary since 1996).
Married Ziva Ovadiahu, August 11, 1963. Children: Eran-Jacob, Eylon.