Prof. Isaac Witz
Principal investigator
Prof. Isaac Witz is the principal investigator of the lab. He has an M.Sc in Microbiology and Biochemistry and a PhD in Cancer Biology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He did his Postdoc at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, New York. Isaac leads the lab to study bi-directional interactions between cancer cells and their microenvironment, and the influence of such interactions on cancer progression and metastasis.
Dr. Shelly Maman
Research fellow
Dr. Shelly Maman is a research fellow. She has a B.Sc in Biology and an M.Sc in Cell Research and Immunology from Tel Aviv University and a PhD in Biochemistry and Cancer Research from the University of Maryland and Tel Aviv University. Shelly is developing novel anticancer therapies based on innate metastasis-inhibitory factors.
Mr. Maharrish Chelladurai
Ph.D Student
Maharrish Chelladurai received his B.Tech. in Biotechnology from Anna University, Trichy and M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Pondicherry University. His two months research internship at CSHL, NY in the field of tumor microenvironment kindled him to do further research in the same field. I became a member of Witz family in November 2019 to pursue my Ph.D.