Yossef Av-Gay

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Israeli
EducationTel Aviv University (BSc, MSc, PhD)
Occupation(s)University professor, adjunct professor, researcher, microbiologist
Years active1980–present
Medical career
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia, Canada
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
ResearchMicrobiology

Yossef Av-Gay (born 1961) is a Canadian

Infectious Diseases in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, Canada.[1] He is also an associate member of the department of microbiology and immunology and holds an adjunct professorship at the medical school of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
, Israel.

Education

Av-Gay received his BSc in Biology, MSc in Microbiology, and PhD in Microbial Genetics – all from

John Innes Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York and the University of British Columbia
, Vancouver, Canada.

Research work

He became a microbiologist after education and training. Having been recognized for his research interests, which lies on diseases including chronic

lung diseases, primarily tuberculosis (TB), and nontuberculous mycobacteria
(NTM) diseases. He explores molecular events that govern host-pathogen interactions and the ability of mycobacteria to block the immune response to infection.

Av-Gay's research is geared towards the identification and characterization of novel drugs and drug targets in Mycobacterium tuberculosis,[2] and COVID-19.[3]

His early works were characterized and identified

macrophages
.

Av-Gay's most significant discovery was the identification and characterization of PtpA, a protein phosphatase in Mtb which inhibits the normal macrophage response to infection.[4]

Av-Gay authored over 100 peer review scientific publications, review articles, book chapters and 15 patents; he served as an editor for the

NASDAQ
traded company Beyond Air.

References

  1. ^ "Yossef Av-Gay | Infectious Diseases". UBC Canada.
  2. ^ "ATS: High-dose nitric oxide looks promising for infants with bronchiolitis". MDedge.
  3. PMID 36508083
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  4. PMID 22087003
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  5. PMID 24554699
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