Cancer and Molecular Therapies

Prof. Neta Erez

Tumor microenvironment

In Metastasis

The research of Prof. Erez is focused on tumor biology, tumor microenvironment, cancerrelated inflammation and the role of stromal cells in facilitating tumor progression and metastasis . Her main focus is in understanding the early stages of metastatic relapse, and the role of the metastatic microenvironment Prof Erez studies these crucial aspects of cancer using genetically engineered https://netaerez.tau.ac.il/ models of breast cancer and of melanoma The main goal of the studies is to identify key molecular pathways in the communication between tumor cells and their microenvironment that can be targeted by novel therapeutics, to prevent tumor metastasis .

Prof. Erez , Department of Pathology, began her academic career at the Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University where she received her B.Sc. She then proceeded to complete her M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the Weizmann Institute of Science in the field of tumor immunology. Supported by a fellowship from the Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Dr. Erez performed her postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Francisco, working in the field of tumor biology. She is on the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) board and is Vice President of the Israeli Society for Cancer Research (ISCR).

Melanoma brain metastases: Tumor cells, Astrocytes , Microglia