Our Team
Histospeck's Scientific Board is a multidiciplinary team of Scientist- specialized in Histology & Image Analysis related fields (Bioinformatics, MRI, AI-based Medical Imaging and Molecular Biology). Together we provide professional Histology, Image Analysis and scientific consultation services in diverse scientific fields- for optimal pre-clinical experimental design and results.
Management
Dr. Spektor founded Histospeck in 2013. He holds a PhD degree in Animal Sciences from the Hebrew University and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from PAC. His PhD thesis focused on interactions between Extracellular Matrix/Fibrosis and tumor development. He has over 17 years' experience in Histopathology, Microscopy, In-Vivo Imaging and Quantitative Image Analysis in both Academia and Biomedical Industry. He has developed and established novel methods for Immunocytochemistry (ICC) staining. Dr. Spektor has authored 11 scientific publications and reviews and serves as Associate Editor in Cancer and Oncology; Surgical Research journals.
Itay Spektor
PhD, MBA
Founder & CEO
Mark Pines
PhD
Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)
Dr. Mark Pines joined Histospeck in 2018 and serves as Chief Science Officer (CSO) as well as liaison to Histospeck's Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Pines holds a PhD degree in Biology from the Hebrew University. He was Head of the Animal Science Department, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Center for 3 years. His main research interests focused on tissue fibrosis, Cancer-ECM interactions as well as calcification processes such as Poultry bone disorders and Eggshell calcification. In the Fibrosis fields- he discovered an anti-fibrotic drug, focused on its mode of action bringing it to clinical trials for treatment Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. He has authored more than 200 scientific publications, reviews and book chapters. Dr. Pines attended several Sabbaticals years in the National Institute of Health (NIH) and Harvard Medical School where he conducted research activity.
Scientific Advisory Board
Raul Brauner
MSc
Raul Brauner holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion and a M.Sc. degree from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA, USA). He has over 30 years' experience in the Medical Imaging industry, with focus on pattern recognition, computer vision and automatic disease diagnostics. He co-founded three companies, the latest- Bio-Tree Systems Inc. (MA; RI, USA), invented the novel AI-based 3D microvascular medical analytics diagnostic platform called Vasculomics® currently focused on Pre-Clinical Oncology Drug Discovery and on Clinical Diabetes with initial focus on early stage detection and prevention of Diabetic Retinopathy. Raul joined Histospeck as an expert for AI-based Medical Imaging- Histology integration in pre-clinical research.
Tamar Blumenfeld-
Katzir
PhD
Dr. Tamar Blumenfeld-Katzir holds a PhD degree in Life Sciences from the Tel-Aviv University. Her PhD thesis focused on Neuroscience and MRI. She has over 17 years' experience in MR Imaging and MR Image Analysis in both Academia and Biomedical Industry. She co-founded and founded two MRI CROs. Dr. Blumenfeld-Katzir has authored 15 scientific publications. Tamar joined Histospeck as a consultant (voluntarily) for Brain MR Imaging- Histology integration in pre-clinical research.
Adi Lavy
PhD
Dr. Lavy holds a PhD degree in Life Sciences from Tel-Aviv University. His PhD thesis focused on microbial communities in marine sponges, where he combined classic microbial culturing and metagenomics methods. Microbial metagenomics is a fast-developing bioinformatics research area, highly applicable in many fields of research, such as immune system regulation, and gut microbiome studies. Dr. Lavy was also a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Jill Banfield's research group at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he studied how soil microbial communities affect water quality at an alpine watershed. He has more than 12 years of experience in data science & basic research both in academia and biomedical industry. Dr. Lavy has authored 17 scientific publications and serves as a reviewer for several scientific journals. Adi joined Histospeck as a Data Scientist consultant for Microbial Metagenomics- Histology integration in pre-clinical research.
Anna Bodanovsky
MSc
Anna Bodanovsky holds a M.Sc. degree in Animal Sciences from the Hebrew University. Her M.Sc. thesis focused on Muscular Dystrophy research. She has over 12 years' experience in molecular biology research in both Academia and Biomedical Industry. Mrs. Bodanovsky has authored 3 scientific publications. Anna joined Histospeck as a consultant (voluntarily) for Molecular Biology- Histology integration in pre-clinical research.
