My research experience includes gastrointestinal diseases, metabolism, microphysiological systems for disease modeling and extracellular matrix biology, as well as drug repurposing. I believe that we need to strive to make the most of the vast body of knowledge we have on human physiology to develop and find more treatments for more people.

I am also passionate about science communication and view it as an inseparable part of a scientist's role in society. Currently, I serve as the Scientific Director, and regularly write for, the non-profit organization "Little, Big Science", which is one of Israel's most popular science communication platforms.

I conducted my postdoctoral training at MIT in the labs of Brad Pentelute and Manolis Kellis, and at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University in Don Ingber's lab, working on organs-on-chips and other 3D human cell culture models for a variety of diseases. I received my PhD and my MSc from the Weizmann Institute of Science, where I was advised by Irit Sagi. Prior to that, I received my BSc in Biology and Psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Email: eleekes@gmail.com