Congratulations to Dr. Leeat Keren, who was awarded the 2023 Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research.
Leeat, a 2016 Fulbright Post-Doctoral fellow at Stanford University, holds the Fred and Andrea Fallek President’s Development Chair, Department of Molecular Cell Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Dr. Keren’s research is understanding how different cells interact as a system in health and disease to collectively define progression and outcome in response to treatment. By combining novel high-dimensional imaging methods with advanced computational analysis, artificial intelligence and clinical collaborations, with the ultimate goal of achieving in-depth understanding of systemic, trans-cellular interactions leading to the development of better treatments and diagnostics.
The Krill Prize is awarded by the Wolf Foundation to outstanding academic faculty members and promising researchers from research universities in Israel who have demonstrated significant research breakthroughs and who are expected to lead research and academia in Israel in the future in the fields of exact sciences, life sciences, medicine, engineering, and agriculture.
