Menashe Elazar

Sr. Research Scientist - Basic Life, Medicine - Med/Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Bio

I graduated with a Ph.D from the laboratory of Prof. Eliahu Zlotkin at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where my research focused on Insect-selective neurotoxins expressing Baculoviruses. In December 2000 I joined the laboratory of Professor Jeffrey Glenn's at Stanford School of Medicine as a postdoctoral fellow. Here my research focused on HCV membrane association, specifically the association of NS5A and NS4B with host cell membranes and its role in HCV replication.
As a Senior Research Scientist at Professor Glenn's lab my interests focus around three major themes:
1. Broad spectrum antivirals targeting host functions
2. Viral genome RNA structures as antiviral targets
3. None Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and its progression to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

Current Role at Stanford

Senior Research Scientist

Supervisors

Jeffrey S. Glenn, M.D., Ph.D.

Education & Certifications

Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Cell Biology (2000)
M.Sc., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Life Science (1994)
B.Sc., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Biology (1993)

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