The Team
The Team
The Team
Active Members
Dr. Noam Cohen
Lab manager
Studying the role of the microenvironment in facilitating mammary carcinogenesis and in the formation of a lung metastatic niche
Dr. Neta Solomon, MD
Ph.D. Student
Characterizing the role of fibroblasts in peritoneal metastasis of ovarian carcinoma
Omer Adler
MD Ph.D. student
Elucidating the role of astrocytes in facilitating melanoma brain metastasis and brain tropism
Dr. Sarah Spaeh
Postdoctoral Fellow
Characterizing the role of tumor-derived factors in promoting a favorable lung metastatic niche through the induction of fibrosis
Yael Zait
Ph.D. Student
Characterizing the role of tumor-derived exosomes in reprogramming the brain microenvironment to facilitate melanoma and breast cancer brain metastasis
Dr. Nour Ershaid
MD Ph.D. student
Uncovering the role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in facilitating the progression, metastasis, and chemo-resistance of breast cancer
Ophir Shani
MD Ph.D. Student
Elucidating the role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in driving an immunosuppressive and growth-promoting microenvironment during breast cancer progression and metastasis
Tatiana Vorobyov
M.Sc. Student
The effects of Cancer Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs) derived IL-33 on Lung immune cells
Dor Lavie
Ph.D. student
Investigating the microenvironment of breast cancer, focusing on the role of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in breast cancer progression and metastasis
Tamar Shami
Ph.D. Student
Characterize the microenvironment in lung metastases of melanoma and breast cancer
Lea Monteran
Ph.D. Student
Investigating the role of stromal cells in creating a favorable niche for breast cancer bone metastases
Yeela Scharf
Ph.D. student
Temporal and spatial characterization of fibroblasts plasticity during lung metastasis progression
Yossi Ben dor
MD Ph.D. student
The effect of combining checkpoint inhibitors with metabolic perturbations on the immune microenvironment in melanoma brain and lung metastasis
Former Members
Dr. Yoray Sharon
Research Associate
Dr. Lilach Abramovitz
Lab Manager
Dr. Marianna Romzova
Post-doctoral fellow
Dr. Lina Alon
Lab Manager
Malak Amer
M.Sc. student
Dr. Yael Raz-Yana, MD
Ph.D student
Dr. Amir Ben Shmuel
Lab Manager
Dr. Charlotte Servais
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sarah Glanz
M.Sc. student
Dr. Anat Klein
Ph.D student
Dr. Hila Schwartz
MD Ph.D.
Tzlil Gener-Lahav
M.Sc. student