Natalia Freund Lab for Human Antibody Responses
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler School of Medicine
The Team
Dr. Natalia Freund
Head of Laboratory
Dr. Natalia Freund received her PhD in 2012 from the Faculty of Life Science in Tel Aviv University, and did her postdoctoral training in The Rockefeller University in New York City. In October 2017, she joined the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University as a Faculty member heading the Lab for Human Antibody Responses, AKA: the Freund Lab.
Noam Ben-Shalom
Ph.D. student
Noam is a Ph.D. student in the lab. He started his MSc in the lab in October 2018 after graduation from Biology studies at Tel-Aviv University. One year later, he was accepted to the direct Ph.D. program in the faculty. In his project, Noam is trying to understand how stress affects B cell responses following immunization using a mouse model and in vitro assays.
Ron Yefet
M.D.-Ph.D student
Ron is an MD student in our faculty. He joined the lab in July 2021 after completing his pre-clinical studies (B.Med.Sc degree).
In his Ph.D. project, Ron is utilizing naturally developing auto-antibodies in cancer to characterize new tumor antigens for use as biomarkers and tumor targets.
Michal Navon
M.D.-Ph.D. student
Michal is an MD student in our faculty. She joined the lab in July 2020 after completing her pre-clinic studies (B.Med.Sc degree) magna cum laude.
In her Ph.D. project, Michal is working on understanding the role of B cells in cancer by discovering and characterized naturally occurring auto-antibodies against tumor-associated antigens in cancer patients.
