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Our Team

Assaf Zaritsky

Assaf Zaritsky

Principal Investigator

Computational cell dynamics

Oded Rotem

Oded Rotem

Research Associate

Oded is developing generative models and deep learning innovations for analysis of biomedical images

Guy Shpringer

Guy Shpringer

Ph.D. student

Guy is developing network-based representations to measure cell biological state transitions for intracellular and for tissue organization

Reut Mealem

Reut Mealem

Ph.D. Student

Reut is developing methods to analyze fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) in the context of triple negative breast cancer patient samples

Omri Avital

Omri Avital

M.Sc. student

Omri analyzes recurring spatial multicellular motifs to understand immune organization

Barak Milshtein

Barak Milshtein

M.Sc. student

Barak is using Graph Neural Networks to optimize cell type hierarchies for spatial biology

Daniel Ben Zvi

Daniel Ben Zvi

M.Sc. student

Daniel is developing a virtual staining model by utilizing deep generative models to generate high-fidelity mIF images directly from standard H&E tissue

Alina Kozitsyna

Alina Kozitsyna

B.Sc. student

Orit Kliper Gross

Orit Kliper Gross

Research Associate

Orit is mentoring students in multiple diverse projects, advising on computational and technical issues, formulating challenging research questions and keeping contact with collaborators

Yuval Tamir

Yuval Tamir

Ph.D. student

Yuval is investigating the interplay between cell shape and its intracellular molecular composition and organization

Lion Ben Nedava

Lion Ben Nedava

Ph.D. student

Lion is developing a method for visual interpretation of image-to-image transformation models and applying it to in-silico organelle localization.

Leah Wachtfogel

Leah Wachtfogel

M.Sc. student

Leah is investigating the brain vasculature structure in Glioblastoma (GBM) patients data

Omer Cohen

Omer Cohen

M.Sc. student

Omer is developing a method for inference of organelle alterations by combining supervised interpretable AI and in silico labeling.

Denis Streltsovski

Denis Streltsovski

M.Sc. student

Denis is developing metrics to decouple global and local signals in collective cell death dynamics

Rotem Trabelsi

Rotem Trabelsi

M.Sc. student

Noga Oron Levy

Noga Oron Levy

Research Associate

Noga's reseach focus on trustworthy in silico labeling, model interpretability, and cellular dynamics via live-cell imaging

Esraa Nsasra

Esraa Nsasra

Ph.D. student

Esraa is developing methods for quantitative spatiotemporal characterization of heterogeneous collective cell death

Leor Ariel Rose

Leor Ariel Rose

Ph.D. student

Leor is developing methods for analysis and integration of multimodal bioimaging data.

Alon Sadot

Alon Sadot

M.Sc. student

Alon is developing computational methods for data-driven early prediction of a tissue rigidity phase transition in zebrafish morphogenesis

Eitan Goldshtein

Eitan Goldshtein

M.Sc. student

Eitan is developing a foundation model for in silico labeling to reduce the amount of paired imaging required, to achieve robustness and generalization across different datasets and organelles

Kobe Nunu

Kobe Nunu

M.Sc. student

Kobe develops deep learning methods for the alignment and integration of multimodal spatial omics

Neta Tsur

Neta Tsur

M.Sc. student

Alumni

Assaf Nahum, M.Sc. 2021, Quantifying the dynamics of long-range cell-cell mechanical communication.

Itay Erlich, Ph.D. 2021 (HUJI), Methods for predicting in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryo developmental potential by machine learning algorithms of video streaming data.

Noam Tzukerman, M.Sc., 2022, Using unlabeled information of embryo siblings from the same cohort cycle to enhance in vitro fertilization implantation prediction.

Kathrine (Katya) Smoliansky, M.Sc., 2022, Applying in silico labeling via transfer learning as a tool to dissect organelle-organelle spatial dependencies.

Yishaia Zabary, M.Sc., 2022, Bottom up modular characterization of sparse spatial biological networks: applications in cell death and brain vasculature.

Amit Shakarchy, M.Sc., 2023, Machine learning inference of continuous single-cell state transitions during myoblast differentiation and fusion.

Naor Kolet, M.Sc., 2023, Anomaly detection for sensitive hits identification in high-content image-based phenotypic screens.

Saar Ben David, M.Sc., 2023, Formation of recurring transient Ca2+-based intercellular communities in the developing Drosophila lymph gland.

Sarit Hollander, M.Sc., 2024, Spatiotemporal analysis of F-actin polymerization with micropillar arrays reveals synchronization between adhesion sites.

Alon Shpigler, Ph.D. 2024, Deep neural networks interpretation and applications for
ultrasound and cell profiling.

Nitsan Elmalam, M.Sc. 2024, Cell-context dependent in silico organelle localization in label-free microscopy images

Amos Zamir, Ph.D. 2024, Bridging spatiotemporal scales in multicellular organization and information processing

Nitai Halle, M.Sc. 2025, Using tumor anomalies as anchors for inference of cell-cell interactions in single cell spatial proteomics data

Noy Salomon, M.Sc. 2025, Crossing scales of Erk Signalling: from single cell to collective synchronization

Ariel Bereslavsky, M.Sc. 2025, Learning Continuous Temporal Progression from Discrete Labels of Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy Molecular Complexes’ Point Clouds

Mark Oulitin, M.Sc. 2025, Quantitative analysis of metallomics bioimaging in Triple Negative Breast Cancer patients

Gad Miller, M.Sc. 2025, Detecting failures in image-to-image translation for in silico labeling

Oded Rotem, Ph.D., Generative models for bioimages: in-vitro fertilization and in-silico labeling

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 Assaf Zaritsky lab of computational cell dynamics, applying data science to microscopy cell images since 2018

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