Program

BSS 2024 Program

Monday, January 27
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:45-09:15	Registration & Coffee
08:45-09:15
09:15-09:35	Opening Remarks
09:15-09:25	Prof. Neta Regev-Rudzki, Weizmann Institute of Science Opening Remarks
09:25-09:30	Prof. Ziv Reich , Vice president, Weizmann Institute of Science Opening Remarks
09:30-09:35	Prof. Ronit Calderon-Margalit, Braun School of Public Health, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem-Hadassah Medical Center Opening Remarks
09:35-10:55	Session I Chairs: Moshe Biton & Yifat Brill-Karniely
09:35-10:10	Keynote speaker: Judith Omumbo, Science for Africa Foundation Equitable partnerships for impactful science
10:10-10:25	Yael Litvak, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Intestinal colonization: The pathogen's perspective
10:25-10:40	Ohad Gal-Mor, Tel-Aviv University The transcriptional regulation of the horizontally acquired iron uptake system, yersiniabactin and its contribution to oxidative stress tolerance and pathogenicity of globally emerging salmonella strains
10:40-10:45	Paola Ines Kwawa Njotcho Flash Talk- Targeting Protumorigenic CAFs by Inhibiting Heat Shock Factor 1 as a Potential Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer
10:45-10:50	Stella Kanja Flash Talk- The effect of future ocean acidification on calcite biomineralization in coccolithophores
10:50-10:55	Kator Igbudu Flash Talk- Combating drug resistance in malaria parasites using synthetic antimicrobial peptides
10:55-11:30	Coffee Break & Poster Session
10:55-11:30
11:30-12:45	Session II Chairs: Yaara Oppenheimer-Shaanan & Zvi Hayouka
11:30-12:05	Zemer Gitai, Princeton University, USA Keynote Speaker- How can we find novel antibiotics? From machine learning to single cell sequencing
12:05-12:20	Eliezer Schwartz, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center Travelers as Sentinels for failure of Artemisinin-Combined-Therapy (ACT) in falciparum malaria patients returning from Africa
12:20-12:35	Anat Florentin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Dynamic Imaging Reveals the link between DNA replication and Apicoplast Biogenesis in Malaria Parasites
12:35-12:40	Innocent Mwombeki Flash Talk -Metabolic Imaging with MRI
12:40-12:45	Martin Ngonyani Flash Talk-Metalloproteinase(MMP) Activity in Varicose Veins
12:45-13:45	Lunch
12:45-13:45
13:45-14:30	Go Social - Smart Puzzle - Game show
13:45-14:30
14:30-16:15	Session III Chairs: Anat Florentin & Ohad Gal-Mor
14:30-15:05	Ohad Yogev, Eleven Therapeutics, UK Keynote Speaker-xRNA - mRNA therapeutics. Reimagined
15:05-15:20	Ben Maoz, Tel Aviv University New tools that advance human physiology
15:20-15:45	Yifat Brill-Karniely, Volcani Institute When biology and mechanics meet: from cancer therapy to agriculture
15:45-16:00	Ayal Ben-Zvi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The super resolved Blood Brain-Barrier
16:00-16:15	Orna Dahan, Weizmann Institute of Science Exploring translation fidelity
16:15-16:45	Coffee Break & Poster Session
16:15-16:45
16:45-18:15	Session IV Chairs: Orna Dahan & Ben Maoz
16:45-17:00	Moshe Biton, Weizmann Institute of Science Elucidating Innate Immune Properties of Intestinal Stem Cells
17:00-17:15	Yaara Oppenheimer-Shaanan, Weizmann Institute of Science New Bacterial Toxins Discovered: A Key to Fighting Fungi Infections
17:15-17:30	Zvi Hayouka, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Developing new chemical tools to tackle pathogenic bacteria
17:30-17:45	Daniella Schatz, Weizmann Institute of Science Ecological significance of extracellular vesicles in modulating host-virus interactions during algal blooms
17:45-18:00	Hagit Hochner, Braun School of Public Health, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Concluding Remarks and Program Conclusion Ceremony
18:00-19:30	Dinner
18:00-19:30