Katzir believed that unlocking the secret of life depends on a deep understanding of how different levels of organisation are encoded within and between biomolecules. In line with this vision, we will discuss the separation between levels of organization in living systems. Despite the huge improvement made in computational and experimental methods, the issue of specificity remains an enigma. In a biological system, macromolecules communicate and interact specifically at all levels of affinity at a surprising rapid rate, despite the existence of endless other macromolecules in the close vicinity. Without specificity there is no life, and therefore understanding how specificity works in complex environments is one of the frontiers of current times. Our aim is to present a more holistic view of specificity in biological systems, as realized through the main topics of this conference.
Preliminary Program Includes:
- Phase separation
- Macromolecular Assembly
- Promiscuity
- Specificity in the immune system
- Cellular self- organization
- Designing specificity
- Specificity in homeostasis and in transcription regulation
Abstract submission deadline 17/10/2022
oral presentations will be selected from abstracts
Organizing Committee
- Gideon Schreiber, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rony Dahan, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Sarel Fleishman, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Koby Levy, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rina Rosenzweig, Weizmann Institute of Science
Sponsor
The Aharon Katzir Center
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Lior Drori
lior.drori@weizmann.ac.il
meet@WIS
