Ori Bar-nur PhD

Dr. Ori Bar-Nur is an Associate Professor of Regenerative and Muscle Biology and the Head of the Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport (IMSS) at ETH Zurich. He obtained his PhD degree with distinction from the Hebrew University in 2012 and completed his postdoctoral training at Harvard University in 2018, both in stem cell biology. His primary passion and core motivation is to harness stem cells, particularly muscle and pluripotent stem cells, for basic research, translational applications, and cellular agriculture. Dr. Bar-Nur has received several prestigious grants, including the competitive Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Eccellenza grant in 2020. In recent years, his lab has published prominent works in the stem cell field in leading scientific journals.