AranDvir Aran LabIsrael

Dr. Dvir Aran serves as an an Assistant Professor at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, holding positions in both the Faculty of Biology and The Taub Faculty of Computer Science. He leads the Biomedical Data Science Lab, which focuses on integrating multidimensional biomedical data—including genomics and clinical information—to advance precision medicine and enhance therapeutic strategies. Dr. Aran completed his postdoctoral research in Atul Butte’s lab at the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute (BCHSI) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Throughout his research career, he has authored over 40 manuscripts, with more than 20 as first or senior author. Many of these publications have received significant citations and media coverage. His early research focused on the interplay between DNA methylation and gene expression profiles in health and disease. He then transitioned to developing computational and experimental methods for better characterization of the tumor microenvironment, applying these methods to pan-cancer studies. The tools he developed are utilized by thousands of researchers in academia and industry worldwide. Currently, Dr. Aran’s research interests include computational immunology analyses using single-cell RNA sequencing data and the application of causal inference and advanced machine-learning techniques on electronic health records to improve patient flow and disease outcomes.