Prof. Karina Yaniv is a leading researcher in vascular and developmental biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Her lab focuses on understanding how blood and lymphatic vessels form, function, and adapt across development, disease, and regeneration.
By combining advanced imaging, genetic tools, and molecular profiling in zebrafish and other model systems, her team has uncovered key mechanisms driving vascular development and specialization—discoveries with broad implications for cardiovascular health, cancer, and regenerative medicine.
