Annual Gala dinner of the European Committee

Date: Sunday, March 27, 2016

The 2016 Annual Gala Dinner of the European Committee of the Weizmann Institute of Science, held on January 11 at Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich highlighted the Weizmann Institute’s research efforts in cancer prevention and celebrated the establishment of the Swiss Society Institute for Cancer Prevention Research at the Moross Integrated Cancer Center.

More than 130 guests attended the dinner and heard from Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and from Prof. Zvi Livneh of the Department of Biological Chemistry, Dean of the Faculty of Biochemistry, and Director of the Swiss Society Institute for Cancer Prevention Research. They spoke about the Weizmann Institute’s mission to harness the power of basic research in order to facilitate the prevention and early diagnosis of cancer.

Mr. Eric Stupp, Chairman of the Society of Swiss Friends, is leading the Swiss initiative to support the new Swiss Society Institute for Cancer Prevention Research.