Yossef Av-gay
life sciences
AIT Bioscience
Germany
Biography
Professor Yossef Av-Gay, PhD, co-founded AIT Ltd. in 2011 and became a director of AIT Ltd. at that time. Prof. Av-Gay became AIT Ltd’s Chief Scientific Officer in 2012, and was AIT Ltd’s Chairman from January 2014 until July 2015. He has been a professor of microbiology at the UBC, Faculty of Medicine and the Division of Infectio and is a member of the scientific review panels of the Canadian Institute of Health Research (since 2010), the French Agence Nationale de la Rechereche (since 2008), Innovative Medicine Innovations, the U.S. Natius Diseases since 1997. He is engaged in basic research in microbial genetics and biochemistry of microorganisms, and his research focuses on translational research of bacterial pathogens aiming at antimicrobial drug development. He is a consultant to several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies,onal Institutes of Health (since 2010), the European Commission FP6, FP7 (since 2002) and Horizon 2020 (since 2014). Dr. Av-Gay received a B.Sc. in biology, a M.Sc. in microbiology and a Ph.D. in molecular microbiology from Tel Aviv University.
Research Interest
Professor Yossef Av-Gay, PhD, co-founded AIT Ltd. in 2011 and became a director of AIT Ltd. at that time. Prof. Av-Gay became AIT Ltd’s Chief Scientific Officer in 2012, and was AIT Ltd’s Chairman from January 2014 until July 2015. He has been a professor of microbiology at the UBC, Faculty of Medicine and the Division of Infectio and is a member of the scientific review panels of the Canadian Institute of Health Research (since 2010), the French Agence Nationale de la Rechereche (since 2008), Innovative Medicine Innovations, the U.S. Natius Diseases since 1997. He is engaged in basic research in microbial genetics and biochemistry of microorganisms, and his research focuses on translational research of bacterial pathogens aiming at antimicrobial drug development. He is a consultant to several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies,onal Institutes of Health (since 2010), the European Commission FP6, FP7 (since 2002) and Horizon 2020 (since 2014). Dr. Av-Gay received a B.Sc. in biology, a M.Sc. in microbiology and a Ph.D. in molecular microbiology from Tel Aviv University.
