Uri Ben-David
Dr. Ben-David is an Assistant Professor of Cancer Genetics at Tel Aviv University. Dr. Ben-David obtained his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and completed his postdoctoral training at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. His lab focuses on a fundamental, understudied trait of cancer, called aneuploidy – a change in the number of chromosomes in cancer cells. The Ben-David lab applies a variety of experimental and computational approaches to studying the biological processes that lead to aneuploidy, deciphering the selection pressures that shape aneuploidy evolution during tumorigenesis, and developing novel strategies to selectively target aneuploid cancer cells. Ultimately, His research aspires to expand the understanding of the genetic basis of cancer, and to open new avenues for personalized cancer treatments. Dr. Ben-David is the recipient of several prestigious grants and awards, including the 2020 AACR ‘Next Generation Star’ Award and the 2020 ‘ERC Starting Grant’.
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