Program
| 17:00-18:00 | Administrative/leadership meetings
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| 19:00-21:30 | Welcome Reception at The David Lopatie Conference Centre
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| 19:00-21:30 |
Cocktail Dinner at the David Lopatie Conference Centre, hosted by Prof. Israel Bar-Joseph, Vice President for Resource Development, Weizmann Institute of Science |
| 08:45-09:00 | Coffee and Gathering
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| 09:00-09:30 | Welcome Address
Zvi Livneh, David Pinsky, Michael Aviram |
| 09:30-11:50 | Plenary lectures
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| 09:30-10:00 |
Shulamit Levenberg , Technion
Stem Cell Tissue Engineering |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Joerg Lahann , UM
Personalized Medical Technologies |
| 10:30-10:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:50-11:20 |
Jose Jalife , UM
Mechanisms of life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias |
| 11:20-11:50 |
Yakub Hanna , WIS
Mechanisms of reprogramming and pluripotency |
| 11:50-13:00 | Lunch Break
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| 13:00-15:30 | Parallel round table discussions
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| 13:00-15:30 |
Chairs: Moshe Shoham and Cynthia Chestek
Topic III: Robotics and Biomaterials in Medicine Grossman Hall, The David Lopatie Conference Centre |
| 13:00-15:30 |
Chairs: Izhak Kehat and Jerome Kalifa
Topic I: Cardiovascular Disorders Helen and Martin Kimmel Hall, The David Lopatie Conference Centre |
| 13:00-15:30 |
Chairs: Dan Tawfik and Anna Schwendeman
Topic II: Metabolic Disorders Presidential Reception Room, The David Lopatie Conference Centre |
| 19:00-21:30 | Dinner- by invitation
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| 19:00-21:30 |
Dinner at the Weisgal House hosted by Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute of Science (by invitation). |
| 08:45-09:00 | Coffee and Gathering
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| 09:00-12:20 | Plenary lectures
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| 09:00-09:30 |
David Sherman , UM
Biosynthesis of natural products from microbes |
| 09:30-10:00 |
Mordechai Choder , Technion
"Processomics"- from distinct processes to a whole-cell view |
| 10:00-10:20 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:20-10:50 |
Shalev Itzkovitz , WIS
Systems Biology of Mammalian Tissues |
| 10:50-11:20 |
Yehuda Assaraf , Technion
Lysosomes as a druggable target in cancer: Lysosomal sequestration of chemotherapeutics triggers lysosomal biogenesis and multidrug resistance |
| 11:20-11:50 |
Eran Elinav , WIS
Microbiota and metabolic homeostasis |
| 11:50-12:20 |
Jeffrey Platt , UM
Lessons from transplantation |
| 12:20-13:20 | Lunch Break
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| 13:20-15:30 | Parallel round table discussions
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| 13:20-15:30 |
Chairs: Irun Cohen and Maria Cascalho
Topic IV: Immunopathologies Helen and Martin Kimmel Hall, The David Lopatie Conference Centre |
| 13:20-15:30 |
Chairs: Ofer Binah and Dan Michele
Topic VI: Stem cells and Development Grossman Hall, The David Lopatie Conference Centre |
| 13:20-15:30 |
Chairs: Orly Reiner and Bill Dauer
Topic V: Neuropathologies Presidential Reception Room, The David Lopatie Conference Centre |
| 17:30-22:00 | Jaffa tour, followed by dinner at Otzarin House, 1 Simtat Mazal Dagim St, Old Jaffa
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| 08:30-23:00 | Ramon Crater Tour
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| 08:30-11:00 |
Departure to Ramon Crater |
| 11:00-17:30 |
Tour at the Ramon Crater, including lunch and dinner |
| 21:00-23:00 |
Departure to Rehovot |
| 07:00-07:30 | Administrative/leadership meetings
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| 09:00-17:00 | Trips in Israel OR - Lab visits at the Technion
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