Dr. Tomer Itkin joins the SCRM

The SCRM is excited to announce the recruitment of the first Research Scholar of the Sagol Center for Regenerative Medicine.

Dr. Tomer Itkin's new lab is focused on deciphering transcription factor regulated genetic programs controlling fate choice decisions of cells in the cardiovascular and hematopoietic systems (Heart, Vessels, and Blood) under homeostasis and disease in order to develop translational therapeutic strategies for tissue regeneration.

Dr. Itkin completed his PhD and first postdoctoral training in Immunology and Stem Cells at the Weizmann Institute of Science, after which he continued to a second postdoctoral training and faculty position as Instructor of Biology in Medicine in New York Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Itkin was selected to participate in the Translational Research Training in Hematology (TRTH) program and received the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Achievement Award several times.

For more information about Dr. Tomer Itkin, please visit his profile page.