The Team
Active Members
Lea Monteran
Ph.D. Student
Investigating the role of stromal cells in creating a favorable niche for breast cancer bone metastases
Dr. Neta Solomon, MD
Ph.D. Student
Characterizing the role of fibroblasts in peritoneal metastasis of ovarian carcinoma
Yeela Scharf
Ph.D. student
Temporal and spatial characterization of fibroblasts plasticity during lung metastasis progression
Tamar Shami
Ph.D. Student
Characterize the microenvironment in lung metastases of melanoma and breast cancer
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
Laura Fantini
Ph.D. Student
Understanding sex differences in the stromal and immune microenvironment of metastatic melanoma.
Marva Langer
Ph.D. Student
Understanding the interactions between the osteoblasts and the immune cells in the bone microenvironment of metastatic breast cancer
Laura Fantini
Ph.D. Student
Understanding sex differences in the stromal and immune microenvironment of metastatic melanoma.
Tzoran Mary
M.Sc. Student
Understanding sex differences in the stromal and immune microenvironment of metastatic melanoma.
Dr. Dhanashree Mundhe
Postdoctoral Fellow
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
Postdoctoral 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
Tania Vorobyov
M.Sc. student
Dr. Ophir Shani
MD Ph.D.
Dor Lavie
Ph.D student
Dr. Sarah Speah
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Noam Cohen
Lab manager
Studying the role of the microenvironment in facilitating mammary carcinogenesis and in the formation of a lung metastatic niche
Omer Adler
MD Ph.D. student
Elucidating the role of astrocytes in facilitating melanoma brain metastasis and brain tropism