October 2020: Berman named Nathal Galston Chair

Congratulations to Prof. Judith Berman, Edmond J. Safra member (Life Sciences) who was named the Nathal Galston Chair in Antimicrobial Drug Research.

Prof. Berman is a faculty member in the Shumnis School of Biomedical and Cancer Research, in the Life Sciences Faculty. Her research focuses on study of Candida albicans, the most prevalent fungal commensal and pathogen of humans.  Her work spans studies of chromosome structure, chromosome stability, integrity and inheritance as well as regulation of the life cycle and the cell cycle.  She develops tools that facilitate work in this important fungal pathogen.