Zeev Gechtman

Zev’s nearly two-decade industry experience spans big pharma, life sciences tools and diagnostic companies where he led R&D teams, drug-discovery and product development projects. He is a biochemist by training with research background in protein phosphorylation, proteolysis and growth-factor signaling. Zev’s discoveries contributed to better understanding of the mechanism of ectodomain shedding and provided new insights into the regulatory role of extracellular phosphorylation. Zev led a broad range of research and development projects and has a successful track record of leveraging rigorous science to drive the development of new products aimed at facilitating research and speeding-up discovery. He earned his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel under the guidance of Prof. Shmuel Shaltiel and conducted his post-doctoral studies at the Children’s Hospital, Boston in the laboratory of Prof. Michael Klagsbrun – a growth-factors pioneer. Zev has authored over a dozen of peer-reviewed publications and presented at numerous scientific conferences.