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2026 – Ayelet Erez<\/h2>\n

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Ayelet Erez is the winner of the 2026 Pezcoller \u2013 Marina Larcher Fogazzaro \u2013 EACR Women in Cancer Research Award for her studies on the changes in cancer metabolism, with a particular focus on the role of amino acids.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Ayelet Erez, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist<\/strong> who studies the gap between clinical medicine and basic science<\/strong> to advance healthcare. Her studies on the metabolic crosstalk between the host and cancer <\/strong>focus on translating metabolic insights into therapeutic and diagnostic innovations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her research focus on cancer metabolism and amino acid behavior<\/strong>. In fact, she has discovered that changes in amino acid catabolism<\/strong> \u2014 the process by which amino acids are broken down and transformed \u2014 contribute to carcinogenesis<\/strong> and can be identified both at the genomic level, by analyzing DNA, and at the biochemical level, by studying chemical reactions in cells.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, these changes can be used to predict cancer response to immunotherapy<\/strong> and may potentially lead to metabolic alterations that enable early detection <\/strong>and \u201cpersonalization\u201d of immunotherapy.<\/p>\n

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WHO IS AYELET EREZ?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Dr. Erez earned her medical degree from the Technion Institute in Haifa<\/strong>, and subsequently pursued a pediatric residency and a PhD in Cancer Genetics at Tel Aviv University<\/strong>. She then trained at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston<\/strong>, Texas, where she completed a clinical genetics fellowship and conducted postdoctoral research on the metabolism of human diseases.
In 2012, Dr. Erez returned to Israel to join the Weizmann Institute of Science<\/strong>, where she currently serves as Dean of the Weizmann MD-PhD School and Head of the Center for Rare Genetic Diseases<\/strong>. Beyond her academic leadership, she volunteers weekly at the Oncogenetics Clinic at Schneider Children\u2019s Medical Center<\/strong>, where she assists in providing genetic counseling to pediatric patients with suspected hereditary cancer syndromes.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Erez\u2019s scientific contributions have been recognized through numerous prestigious honors and awards, including the William Jr. Bowes Award in Medical Genetics from Harvard Medical School, the Career Development Chair Award from Dr. Gilbert Omenn and Martha Darling, 2 ERC Consolidator Grants, the Lindner Award from the Israel Endocrine Society, the Krill Prize from the Wolf Foundation, the Rappaport Prize for Excellence in Biomedical Research, The Sir Ernst B. Chain Professorial Chair, the ERC Proof of Concept Grant, and the Mark Foundation Endeavor Award.<\/p>\n

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Ayelet Erez will held some scientific lectures during 2026:<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n