IGB Webinar 4 Luglio 2022
Dr. Ayelet Erez
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot 76100, ISRAEL
Max and Lillian Candiotty Building,
Room 214
Tel:  +972-8-934-3714
email: Ayelet.Erez@weizmann.ac.il

Ayelet Erez is an MD Ph.D. physician-scientist who combines clinical and basic research knowledge to improve healthcare for challenging diseases such as cancer. Her research focuses on cancer metabolism through the prism of changes in amino acid homeostasis for translational relevance.
Ayelet studied medicine at the Technion Institute in Haifa. Following her Paediatric Residency at Sheba Hospital, she completed a Ph.D. in Cancer Genetics at Tel Aviv University and then went to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, where she combined training in clinical genetics and a postdoctoral fellowship focusing on the metabolism of human diseases. Ayelet returned to Israel in 2012 to the Weizmann Institute of Science, where she is currently an Associate Professor. In parallel, Ayelet helped establish an onco-genetic clinic at Schneider Hospital where she volunteers to see pediatric patients with a suspected genetic predisposition to cancer.