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