Researcher Profile Form First National Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Meeting March 9, 2025 - Jerusalem
Researcher: Prof. Ben Meir Maoz
Current Role & Affiliation
Title/Position: Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Institution: Tel Aviv University Department: Sagol School of Neuroscience Email: bmaoz@tauex.tau.ac.il Phone: 054-3975882
Prof. Maoz develops sophisticated in vitro human models using Organs-on-a-Chip and iPSC to better mimic in vivo environments.
Research Focus
● Organs-on-a-Chip technology
● Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC)
● Cell-cell interaction studies
Current Projects Related to Pediatric Brain Tumors
● Developing advanced platforms for assessing drug responses
● Translational models for disease research
Laboratory/Research Resources
● Organs-on-a-Chip systems
● Integrated sensor technologies
Collaboration Interests
● Translational research models
● Drug development and assessment
What You Can Offer Potential Collaborators
● Expertise in Organs-on-a-Chip technology
● Development of human-relevant in vitro models
Recent Relevant Publications
1. Rahav N, et.al. .Multi-Sensor Origami Platform: A Customizable System for Obtaining Spatiotemporally Precise Functional Readouts in 3D Models. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2024 Jun;11(24):e2305555.
2. Vargas-Nadal G, et.al. Fluorescent Multifunctional Organic Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery and Bioimaging: A Tutorial Review.Pharmaceutics. 2022 Nov 17;14(11):2498.
3. Maoz BM. Brain-on-a-Chip: Characterizing the next generation of advanced in vitro platforms for modeling the central nervous system. APL Bioeng. 2021 Jul 30;5(3):030902.
Keywords
Organs-on-a-Chip, iPSC, Drug Assessment, Translational Research
Brief Bio
Dr. Maoz is a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. He returned to Israel after completing his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard. His research develops a new method for studying human physiology, focusing on the brain: "Organs-on-a-Chip" (OOC). These provide a conceptually new direction as organ functionality is mimicked in a microfluidic chip by using human cells.
