Research & teaching institute in the Hebrew University
Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences
Type Research Institute Established 1925 Parent institution
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Chairperson Prof. Guy Bloch Academic staff
75 Students 900
Undergraduates 600 Location Jerusalem
, Israel
Language Hebrew & English Website
https://www.bio.huji.ac.il/en
The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences (AS-ILS) at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem is the oldest life sciences
research institute in
Israel . It is part of the Faculty of Sciences, and is located in the Edmond J. Safra Campus (
Givat Ram ) in
Jerusalem .
History
The origins of the institute date back to 1925, the year that the Hebrew University was founded,
[1] when the Department of Botany was formed as part of a research unit called "The Institute for Studying the Natural History of the Land of Israel". Among the founding researchers were Profs.
Otto Warburg ,
[2]
Alexander Eig ,
[3]
Michael Zohary
[4] and
Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan .
[5] During the first years of the department, several large-scale projects that continue to this day have been started off, including the establishment of the Herbarium Collection,
[6] today part of Israel's Natural History Collections,
[7] and the establishment of the
National Botanic Garden of Israel at Mount Scopus, which was the first of its kind in the
Middle East .
In 1928, Prof.
Simon Bodenheimer joined the nascent institute and established the Department of Zoology, leading the institute to probe into new scientific fields.
[8]
Research activities at both departments (and at the Hebrew University in general) were diminished in 1948 during the
War of Independence , and were brought to a complete stop following the
Hadassah medical convoy massacre . Activity in both departments was renewed after the war, in April 1949.
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Notable achievements
Throughout the years AS-ILS members have conducted
basic research as well as
applied science in the fields of
biomedicine ,
biotechnology and
agriculture at multiple
levels of organization , from molecular mechanism in cells, through processes within the whole
organism , and to studies at the population level. AS-ILS members have been associated with several discoveries:
Study Programs
The institute offers a number of undergraduate programs, including a single major program, joint dual major programs, supplementary units, and a number of excellence programs.
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