Dr. Muhammad Jbara

Our research focuses on combining rational design and synthetic chemistry to probe challenges in biology and medicine. Our projects involve modern (bio)organic syntheses, such as solid-phase synthesis, bioconjugation, combinatorial chemistry, and total chemical protein synthesis. Our research projects include the following:

• Development of new methods for the synthesis of therapeutic peptides and proteins

• Design and synthesis of bioactive macromolecules to inhibit oncogene expression

• Understanding the impact of posttranslational modifications on oncogene expression

• Building artificial nucleic acid binding proteins

• Refining the delivery of bioactive macromolecules

• Ph.D. in Bioorganic Chemistry, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, 2019

• M.Sc. in Bioorganic Chemistry (magna cum laude), Ben-Gurion University, Israel, 2015

• B.Sc. in Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, 2013

• Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 2022-present

• Fulbright, Rothschild, and  VATAT Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2019-2021

• The IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists, 2020

• Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellowship, Yad Hanadiv Foundation, 2019-2021

• VATAT Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2019-2021

• Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2019

• The Israel Chemical Society-Uri Golik Prize for an Excellent Graduate Student, 2019

• The Wolf Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Student, 2018

• Bursary to the 35th European Peptide Symposium, Dublin, Ireland, 2018

• The Israel Chemical Society Prize for an Excellent Graduate Student, 2018

• Selected for Oral Presentation as a Young Investigator at the 25th American Peptide Symposium, Whistler, BC, Canada, 2017

• Travel Award to the 25th American Peptide Symposium, Whistler, BC, Canada, 2017

• Rahamimoff Travel Grant for Period of Academic Research at Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA. Award for young investigators by the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), 2017

• Schulich Fellowship and Prize for Being an Outstanding Ph.D. Student, 2016-2018

• The Fellowship for Outstanding Ph.D. Students from the Council for Higher Education, 2016-2019

• Travel Grant to attend the 34th European Peptide Symposium and the 8th International Peptide Symposium, Leipzig, Germany, 2016

• Magna Cum Laude Ms. Degree, 2015