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.
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.
Akanksha
Postdoc
Akanksha completed her Ph.D thesis in the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay where she investigated the role of drug dosage concentration and profile on the evolutionary trajectory of antibiotic resistance in M. smegmatis. She joined the Freund lab in March 2023 where she works of antibody responses towards M. tuberculosis.
Katerina Rakayev
Ph.D. student
Katya received her B.Sc. in Biology from Bar-Ilan University and subsequently worked at BiomX, focusing on biofilm degradation. She joined the Freund lab in October 2024 as a Master’s student and soon after transferred into the direct Ph.D. program. Her current research centers on antibody responses to the Mpox virus.
