Associate Professor David (Dedi) Meiri heads the Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Natural Drug Discovery at the Faculty of Biology in the Technion. Prof. Meiri comes from a highly diverse scientific background in biochemistry, plant biotechnology and cancer research.

The research conducted in Prof. Meiri’s lab sets out to bridge the gap between herbal and modern medicine. The lab focuses on early drug discovery and investigates the vast therapeutic potential of secondary metabolites from cannabis and other plants, algae and psychedelic fungi variants. The lab developed state-of-the-art techniques to comprehensively analyze these natural bioactive compounds and reveal how they affect various types of cancer, inflammatory diseases and disorders of the nervous system such as epilepsy, Alzheimer’s and others. The lab is comprised of a highly trained team of skilled professionals and students, working together to achieve the highest level of results. Seeking to better understand the complexity and diversity of medicinal natural compounds, and realize their full therapeutic potential for human health.

Address:

Associate Professor David (Dedi) Meiri

Head, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research
Faculty of Biology and Technion Integrated Cancer Center
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 

Haifa 320003, Israel
Tel: +972-77-8871680 Tel: +972-52-5330031

Email: dmeiri@technion.ac.il