Uri earned his BSc and PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Under the co-mentorship of Drs. Beroukhim and Todd Golub, he studied the cellular origins, functional consequences, and potential vulnerabilities of aneuploidy and chromosomal instability in cancer. Uri was co-mentored by Drs. Beroukhim and Todd Golub. Uri started his own laboratory at Tel Aviv University in the fall of 2019.

Fun facts:
Uri has visited 45 countries (airports not included). His goal is to visit 50 by the age of 40.
He translated Latino American prose and poetry from Spanish to Hebrew (two published books).
He got married in New Zealand.