Affiliated with the Lautenberg Center, Prof. Brautbar led Hadassah’s Tissue Typing & Immunogenetics Unit for decades. 300+ publications, 11k+ citations, breakthroughs in HLA & donor matching, and a legacy of saving lives & mentoring generations. L’Chaim! 🍎🍯

Rosh Hashana toast at the Lautenberg Center 🥂 We celebrated Prof. Chaim Brautbar’s 90th birthday — a pioneer in immunogenetics whose work transformed transplantation medicine!

Read the full paper in Nature Communications:
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Coverage in The Jerusalem Post:
🔗 www.jpost.com/health-and-w...

The study, which uncovered a novel way to enhance the immune system’s ability to fight cancer by reprogramming T cell metabolism, is gaining well-deserved recognition for its potential impact on cancer immunotherapy.

We’re proud to share that groundbreaking research led by Prof. Michael Berger of the Lautenberg Center—previously published in Nature Communications—has now been featured in The Jerusalem Post!

🔗 More about the grant: www.scienceabroad.org.il/%D7%AA%D7%95...

Huge congratulations to our dear colleagues, Prof. Alexander Sigal and Prof. Carlos Caldas, on receiving the prestigious “Or” (אור) grant!
This national award supports the recruitment of world-class scientists to Israeli universities — and we are proud to have them as part of the Lautenberg Center.

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Shlomo Elias to our Center!

Dr. Shlomo Elias, a hematologist at Hadassah Medical Center and head of the hospital’s Immunotherapy Center, has officially joined our Center.
We’re excited about the growing strength of our community!

Dr. Elias brings outstanding expertise in hematology and cancer immunotherapy, and we are thrilled about the growing strength of our community and the opportunities his addition brings.

📖 Read the full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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We’re excited to kick things off by celebrating the publication of research from our own Zahala Bar-On, Dr. Oded Shamir, Prof. Michael Berger, and team:

📄 β-Actin Deficiency in Baraitser-Winter Syndrome Type 1 Disrupts T-Cell Function and Immune Regulation

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