Shulamit+Levenberg

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=biography= Dr. Shulamit Levnberg was born in Israel in 1969 and she is 37 yours old. She is an Israel Scientist and she works as a main researcher in the bio-medical labs in the Technion, Israel. In the beginning she learned in Hebrew University then she went for 5 years to do a post doctorate in Massachusetts (MIT) following that, she came back to Israel. Shulamit said that she came back to Israel because this is their home. Shulamit has 5 little kids and she said that it's not too difficult to combine family and work even if you have 5 kids. Shulamit remembers professor Gayger her teacher, especially, because he had the ability to recognize the potential of different and remote issues, to talk to different people from different disciplines and to connect them. He has made a sum greater than all its parts. This is what has given Shulamit the inspiration and bravery. Shulamit finally found a cure for Cancer.

Shlomit Levenberg found a cure we are all looking for. Around the world scientists are looking for the cure for Cancer. Right here in Israel, quietly and successfully Shlomit found a solution. She offers a smile. She offers hope. She offers a cure for thousands of people who need it.

She not only offers a cure but has opened new directions for further research. She offers inspiration, not to give up, but to keep looking for cures. She offers inspiration to look for new ways to solve diseases that can affect any person any where.

May she have the energy and courage to keep up your research. May she have the tools and money to realize your dreams. Who knows, maybe we will be able to offer a breakthrough in many more life threatening diseases in the future?

=Id card= In the year 2005 Shlomit published a paper together with Robert Langer from MIT, which made a breakthrough in creating parts of human tissue. There they had managed to create the tissue from stem cells of mice. This has stepped the medicine towards creating new parts for damaged organs. In the year 2007 her new research with Lior Gepstein allowed to create a live, beating heart tissue form human stem cells and creating blood vessels necessary for implanting in the body tissue.
 * __ Full Name: __** Dr. Shulamit Levenberg
 * __ Year of Birth: __** 1969
 * __ Where Born: __** Israel
 * __ Place of Work: __** . a main researacher in the bio-medical labs in the Technion, Israel.
 * __ Profession: __** Israeli Scientist
 * __ What she is famous for: __**

=questionnaire= Shlomit Levenberg started as a biologist in Hebrew University in Jerusalem. After her BA she continued to a direct PhD program at Weitzman Institute in Molecular Biology. She wrote her post doctorate at MIT (Massachusetts( where she spent 5 years of research. Today she heads the lab of bio-medical engineering and continues researching engineering in the area of tissues. Beyond day to day challenges, such as running the lab, teaching an guiding students. She always holds her to mentors responsible for her success, Prof. Benny Gayger from the Weitzman Institute and Prof. Langer from MIT.
 * 1) Where did you start your way? **
 * 2) What do you do nowadays? **

There is no contradiction between running an international research and raising a family with kids. It is a matter of being organized and then it is possible. Getting this admission out of the young 37 year old, mother of young children, is almost with force.
 * 3) How do you succeed to combine your work and your family? **

The 37 year old scientist says she doesn't know. She hopes to continue deeper research and hopes to not only help people, but to be part of educators who set up a new generation of researchers.
 * 4) Where did you will be more 10 years? **

The groups of researchers that Dr. Shlomit Levenberg works and manages are MA students PhD and Post doctorates men and woman.
 * 5) Which people did you work with? **

I'm 37 old years.
 * 6) How old are you? **

"The ability for Professor Gayger to recognize the potential of different and remote issues, to talk to different people from different disciplines and to connect them has made a sum greater than all its parts. This is what has given me the inspiration and bravery", she says.
 * 7) Which teacher did you remember from your studies? **

One of the experiences was in a research in Prof. Ofer Leader. There she learned to manage a scientific research in a calm and quiet manner. In Prof. Yossi Shaul's lab where a brilliant research student radiated his love and excitement for the research. The winning of the prize together with Dr. Chayik came after seven young scientists from the Technion were included in the excelling top 300 scientists in the European Union, each receiving one million euro for as a research grant.
 * 8) What experiences did you have from your studies? **
 * 9) Who pays for your research? **

It was obvious that I come home to Israel, and it is where my husband and I want to live…
 * 10) Why did you came back to Israel and you don't stay in Massachusetts? **

=speech= Ladies and Gentlemen,

Tonight we are here to celebrate the prize given to a wonderful person. Shlomit Levenberg found a cure we are all looking for. Around the world scientists are looking for the cure for Cancer. Right here in Israel, quietly and successfully Shlomit found a solution. She offers a smile. She offers hope. She offers a cure for thousands of people who need it.

She not only offers a cure but has opened new direction for further research. She offers inspiration, not to give up, but to keep looking for cures. She offers inspiration to look for new ways to solve diseases that can affect any person any where.

We are proud of you, and offer this prize with admiration. May you have the energy and courage to keep up your research. May you have the tools and money to realize your dreams. Who knows, maybe we will be able to offer a breakthrough in many more life threatening diseases in the future?

=rationale= The teacher chose to write about Shaping the Future. we chose to write about Shlomit Levenberg, because she is working on a cure for Cancer in the field of medicine in order to help people and save lives.

We heard on Shlomit Levenberg from article in "Makor Rishon". We chose to write about her because we think that she does a very important thing, and its very important to help people even if we don’t know them. In addition, her knowledge can later help everyone maybe even those suffering from other diseases.

=reflection= R searching skills £ summarizing skills R writing skills £ vocabulary level R English language skills b. Did you get enough help and support from your teacher? **yes** c. Did you understand the instructions? **Yes** d. Were the assignments clear and fair? **Yes** We would have enjoyed the paper more if we knew how to write in English
 * 1) I've learned that Shulamit is an amazing researcher and a special person who helped find a solution to cancer and is continuing to research to find help for other people in close fields.
 * 1) What was difficult for you in the paper? **I had a hard time finding material and understanding it in English**
 * 1) a. Did you have enough time for the paper? **Yes**

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