Research
RTICC Fellows
The RTICC supports the next generation of cancer researchers by offering prestigious fellowships for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows engaged in multidisciplinary cancer research.
With the support of the Rappaport and Azrieli Foundations, each year 5-6 fellowships are awarded to PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, and physicians, under the co-supervision of two Technion principal investigators.
2024-2026 RTICC Multidisciplinary Cancer Research Fellows
Julia Belansky, PhD
"Linking Lynch Syndrome Mutations to the Gut Microbiome profile: A Predictive Approach for Colorectal Cancer Risk"
Supervisors:
Prof. Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Elizabeth Half, Rambam Health Care Campus
Rawan Bassal, PhD
"Heparanase-2 (Hpa2) based therapy against cancer and inflammation"
Supervisors:
Prof. Israel Vlodavsky, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Fabian Glaser, Technion Center for Structural Biology
Dr. Chen Buxbaum-Ephrat, MD
"Developing a novel approach to the current neuroblastoma research by using a more appropriate age-related neuroblastoma model in mice"
Supervisors:
Prof. Yuval Shaked, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Shifra Ash, Rambam Health Care Campus
Binyamin Perets
"Sample-Centric Insights into Dynamic Biological Networks: A Novel Statistical Approach Leveraging Mutual Information Graphs"
Supervisors:
Prof. Shai Shen-Orr, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Shie Mannor, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ghazal Kheshaiboun
"Molecular Basis for Oncogenic Translation in Melanoma."
Supervisors:
Prof. Amir Orian, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Emily Avitan-Hersh, Rambam Health Care Campus
Alma Sophia Barisaac
"Targeting RBM10 deficiency in lung adenocarcinoma with small molecule drugs"
Supervisors:
Prof. Nabieh Ayoub, Faculty of Biology
2016-2023 Rubenstein Fellows
2016
Ikrame Lazar, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Ze'ev Ronai
2017
Yael Katzir, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. David Meiri
Hanan Suleiman, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr. Ruth Perets
Chen Rosenzweig, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Aaron Ciechanover
Avichai Kadosh, Graduate Student, Prof. Tom Shemesh
2018
Claudia Grajeda, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Eyal Gottlieb
Prasad Sukshane, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Profs. Michael Glickman & Oded Kleifeld
Michal Brunwasser- Meirom, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Naama Geva-Zatorsky
Bertrand Fabre, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dist. Prof. Aaron Ciechanover
Ben Yellin, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Tom Shemesh
Alona Feldman, Graduate Student, Prof. Yaron Fuchs
2019
Daniel Dahis, Graduate Student, Prof. Haim Azhari
2020
Martin Lukačišin, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Shai Shen-Orr
Timothy Cooper, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Yuval Shaked
Rawi Naddaf, MD/PhD Student, Prof. Naama Geva-Zatorsky
Adi Shapira, Graduate Student, Prof. Yoram Reiter
Malak Amer, Graduate Student, Prof. Haguy Wolfenson
Vinay Sharma, Graduate Student, Prof. Ze'ev Gross
Maya Kaduri, Graduate Student, Prof. Avi Schroeder
Bella Ben-Oz, Graduate Student, Prof. Nabieh Ayoub
2021
Neta Nevo, Graduate Student, Prof. Shai Shen-Orr
Noa Mandelbaum, Graduate Student, Prof. Naama Geva-Zatorsky
Rotem Menachem, Graduate Student, Prof. Yuval Shaked
Soaad Soboh, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Israel Vlodavsky
Kuruva Veeresh, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Ashraf Brick
2022
Avital Oknin Vaisman, Graduate Student, Prof. Amir Orian
Vivian Darsa Maidantchik, Graduate Student, Prof. Hossam Haick
Yasmin Kayal, Graduate Student, Prof. Israel Vlodavsky
Elena Israitel, Graduate Student, Prof. Noam Kaplan
Avraham Rutenberg, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Tomer Shlomi
2023
Anat Gelfand, Graduate Student, Dr. Ari Glasner
Ofir Shorer, MD/PhD Student, Prof. Keren Yizhak
Sapir Levin, Graduate Student, Prof. Yuval Shaked
Adina Michal Fried Israel, Graduate Student, Prof. Shulamit Levenberg
Inbar Irron, Graduate Student, Dr. Ruth Perets
Abhilash Nitin Deo, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Yuval Shaked
