Background
Efrat, Shimon was born on June 21, 1954. Son of Moshe and Henrietta (Michelstein) Petreeanu.
Efrat, Shimon was born on June 21, 1954. Son of Moshe and Henrietta (Michelstein) Petreeanu.
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1985.
Postdoctoral fellow Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1985-1988. Assistant professor department molecular pharmacology Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, 1989-1993, associate professor, since 1993.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Diabetes Association, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International (research awards 1989-1995), European Association for Study of Diabetes.
Married Avital Allon, June 6, 1979. Children: Noam, Ori, Daniela.