Nir Ben Chetrit, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiation Biology in Radiation Oncology

Contact & profiles

Appointments

Assistant Professor of Radiation Biology in Radiation OncologyPrimary
Radiation Oncology · 2025–
Assistant Professor
Weill Cornell Graduate School — Tri-I Program in Computational Biology & Medicine · 2025–

Past Appointments

Instructor of Radiation Biology in Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology · 2024–2025
Research Associate in Medicine
Medicine · 2022–2024
Postdoctoral Associate in Medicine
Medicine · 2016–2022

Centers

Education

Highlights

1
Nature biotechnology · 2023
NBNir Ben Chetrit DADan Avi Landau
PMID: 36593397PMCID: PMC10272089DOIFirst author178 citations

3 grants

Co-I
Dynamics of Immune Response in Irradiated Rectal Cancer
National Cancer Institute · 2022–2027
U54CA274291-01
PI
Extending the survival of HR+ breast cancer patients receiving CDK4/6 inhibitors by targeting IL17-producing gamma delta T cells
U.S. Department of Defense · 2022–2027
W81XWH-22-1-0506
PI
Harnessing Innate Immunity and Radiotherapy for Next-Generation Immuno-Oncology in Metastatic Breast Cancer
METAvivor Research and Support, Inc. · 2025–2027
MRS 243992-02

Completed grants (4)

KP
Genetic Reprogramming of the Solid Tumor Immune Microenvironment
Emerson Collective Cancer Research Fund · 2021–2024 · via University of Pennsylvania
UP 215255-02
KP
Deciphering differentiation hierarchies, heritability and plasticity in gliomas via single-cell multi-omics.
Sontag Foundation, Inc. · 2020–2024
SFI 203261-01
KP
Shapeshifters in Cancers – Defining Epidrivers of Cancer Evolution in Response to Targeted Therapy
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance · 2018–2021
No publications yet
PSSCR 194743-01
KP
Cupid-seq – high throughput transcriptomic spatial mapping of immune-tumor interactions in the micro-environment
American Association for Cancer Research · 2018–2020
SU2C-AACR-PS-20

New Method Precisely Locates Gene Activity and Proteins Across Tissues
January 2, 2023
A new method can illuminate the identities and activities of cells throughout an organ or a tumor at unprecedented resolution.