INNOVATION

Ronit Satchi-Fainaro

Director of the Cancer Biology Research Center

Ronit Satchi-Fainaro is one of Israel’s most renowned scientists, thanks to her achievements in cancer research. She has been working at Tel Aviv University for 15 years, as a professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology of the Faculty of Medicine, and as Director of the Cancer Biology Research Center. Her recent achievements include the development of a 3D model based on a patient’s cancer cells, enabling drugs to be safely tested before being prescribed. This breakthrough closely followed her identification of the protein responsible for the mechanism behind the formation of brain cancer. Widely recognized abroad as well as in Israel, Satchi-Fainaro won the 2021 American Foundation for Cancer Research Prize, while in 2022 she was listed as number 24 out of 50 on Forbes business magazine's list of Israel's most influential women. (Photo: Wikimedia / Creative Commons License)