Tomer is interested in nanotechnology stems from our work on characterizing and quantifying metabolic aberrations in cancer cells. Towards this end, we apply high-throughput metabolomics and isotope tracing approaches via high-resolution mass-spectrometry (detecting molecules whose concentration is in a nano-molar scale).
Research
Our group aims to derive a comprehensive and quantitative view of cellular metabolism by combining computational and experimental approaches. We are especially interested in understanding metabolic abnormality of cancer cells, its tumorigenic role and underlying regulatory mechanisms, and how it can be exploited for therapeutic purposes. Towards this end, we practice a unique combination of cellular and molecular biology approaches, analytical chemistry methods for high-throughput metabolomics and isotope tracing, and computational metabolic network analysis.
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