Program

ISBMB 2023 Program

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Sunday, June 16

Time Session/Lecture info
09:00-09:10
Opening remarks
 
09:10-10:35
Session 1: Membrane Proteins of Pathogens
Chair: Netanel Tzarum, HUJI 
09:10-09:30
Ron Diskin, Weizmann Institute of Science
The Signal Peptide of Arenaviruses - More Than Meets the Eye
09:30-09:50
Neta Sal-man, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Exploring Membrane Proteins as Key Players in Host-Pathogen Interactions
09:50-10:10
Isaiah (Shy) Arkin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Viral Ion Channels: From Biophysical Models to Antiviral Drug Targets
10:10-10:35
Flash talks selected from abstracts
10:35-11:05
Coffee break
 
11:05-12:30
Session 2: Membrane Shape and Contact
Chair: Hila Toporik, HUJI 
11:05-11:25
Maya Schuldiner, Weizmann Institute of Science
Functional discovery of new membrane proteins involved in tethering organelles at contact sites
11:25-11:45
Rotem Rubinstein, Tel Aviv University
Adhesion protein interactions under membrane constraints
11:45-12:05
Raya Sorkin, Tel Aviv University
How Tetraspanin Proteins Shape Membranes
12:05-12:30
Flash talks selected from abstracts
12:30-12:40
ISMBM business meeting
 
12:40-14:00
Lunch & posters session
 
14:00-14:20
Hestrin Award Talks
Chair: Dana Reichmann, HUJI 
14:00-14:10
Idan Efroni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A conserved superlocus regulates above-and belowground root initiation
14:10-14:20
Itay Koren, Bar-Ilan University
Ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation driven by C-degron pathways
14:20-14:50
2023 ISBMB Keynote Lecture
Chair: Yoni Haitin, TAU & Nir Fluman, WIS 
14:20-14:50
Etana Padan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Highlight of the NhaA, Na+/H+ Antiporter, Structural Fold
14:50-15:50
Session 3: Diverse Roles of Membrane Proteins
Chair: Moshe Giladi, TAU 
14:50-15:10
Israel Sekler, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Physiological Role and Mode of Regulation of the Mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger NFLX
15:10-15:30
Moran Shalev-Benami, Weizmann Institute of Science
Gigantic Rhodopsin Complexes Were Discovered in an Algae Near Antarctica - Can 7TM Ancestors Reveal a Missing Link to GPCR Signaling Pathways?
15:30-15:50
Tommer Ravid, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Membrane Protein Degradation at the Endoplasmic Reticulum and Beyond
15:50-16:20
Coffee break
 
16:20-17:40
Session 4: Frontiers in Ion Channel Research
Chair: TBA 
16:20-16:40
Varda Shoshan barmatz, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Mitochondria Gatekeeper VDAC1 Overexpression and Oligomerization are at the Intersection of Apoptosis, Inflammation, and Disease
16:40-17:00
Raz Palty, Technion
Calcium Signalling at ER-PM Contact Sites
17:00-17:20
Oded Lewinson, Technion
Why separate the receptor from the effector? The advantage of multicomponent systems
17:20-17:40
Bernard Attali, Tel Aviv University
Allosteric Trajectories of Inactivation Gating in the Voltage-Dependent Potassium Channel Kv7.1
17:40-18:00
Concluding Remarks & Prizes
 

https://conferences.weizmann.ac.il/ISBMB2023/

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May 20, 2024

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May 20, 2024

  • Nir Fluman 
    Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Gideon Schreiber 
    Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Yoni Haitin 
    Tel Aviv University
  • Dana Reichman 
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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