Program
The Molecular Basis of Disease Program
Print Full program| Time | Session/Lecture info |
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| 09:00-09:10 | |
| 09:00-09:10 |
Opening Remarks: Irit Sagi
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| 09:10-11:30 | Session 1: The molecular basis of disease – fundamental approaches
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| 09:10-10:00 |
Irit Sagi , Weizmann Institute of Science
Extracellular Matrix (ECM) remodeling in disease progression: a bystander or a partner in a crime?
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Aldema Sas-Chen, Yosef Yarden's lab, Weizmann Institute of Science
LIMT is a novel metastasis inhibiting lncRNA suppressed by EGF and downregulated in aggressive types of breast cancer
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| 10:15-11:00 |
Tiago Fleming Outeiro, Göttingen University
From the baker to the bedside: deciphering the molecular basis of neurodegenerative disorders
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 11:30-15:00 | Session 2: Novel methodologies to approach disease research
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| 11:30-12:15 |
Jake Baum, Imperial College London
Light, Camera, Action! Using the microscope to dissect malaria parasite biology from whole cells down to single molecules
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| 12:15-12:30 |
Anat Zimmer, Uri Alon's lab, Weizmann Institute of Science
Dynamic proteomics reveals bimodal protein dynamics of cancer cells in response to HSP90 inhibitor
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| 12:30-13:15 |
Antonio Lanzavecchia, ETH Zurich
Broadly neutralizing antibodies and a new mechanism of diversification
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| 13:15-15:00 |
Lunch and poster session
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| 15:00-17:00 | Session 3: Clinical applications
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| 15:00-15:45 |
Sarah Rowland-Jones, Oxford University
New insights into protective immunity in infant HIV-1 and adult HIV-2 infection
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| 15:45-16:00 |
Etai Rotem, Yechiel Shai's lab, Weizmann Institute of Science
Inhibition of TLR2-mediated immune responses by the HIV-1 envelope transmembrane domain
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| 16:00-16:15 |
Coffee Break
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| 16:15-17:00 |
Avri Havron, Former CEO of Prolor Biotech Inc.
Harnessing protein evolution for developing new generation of long acting therapeutic proteins - Prolor Biotech story
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| 17:00-18:20 | Session 4: Panel and closing remarks
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| 17:00-18:00 |
Panel
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| 18:00-18:20 |
Closing remarks and poster prize
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Organizing committee:
- Maya Olshina
- Ravit Netzer
- Anna Rivkin
- Shaked Ashkenazi
Department of Biomolecular Sciences
Sponsors:
- Department Of Biomolecular Sciences
- Feinberg Graduate School
- Faculty of Biology
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Faculty of Biochemistry
Coordinator:
Irit Veksler
irit.veksler@weizmann.ac.il
Phone: +972-(0)8-934-4245