Dorit Avni has 20 years of experience in inflammatory processes and their role in inflammatory-related diseases like IBD
She specializes in in-vitro, ex-vivo and pre-clinical animal models, and practices a transdisciplinary approach in her research, employing genomic, immunologic, and metabolomic techniques. In her lab, she and her team study acute and chronic inflammation and develop innovative approaches to prevent or treat it using natural sources such as algae. Dorit Avni also leads the EU-funded Algae4IBD research project.