Jan Kadlec
Like many other PhD students, Jan lives in the lab. He studies the human brain with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to link brain activity to behaviour.
When he's not scanning brains or programming, you'll find him making music, hiking, travelling, playing frisbee, or reading.
His musical education started with the clarinet in classical and folk music. During his teenage years, he picked up the alto saxophone and started exploring jazz. His suitcase to Israel only had room for his clarinet, so it's now his go-to for both classical and jazz. He is the first clarinetist of the orchestra and stands behind a few chamber music ensembles.
Michael Eisenbach
Professor Emeritus at the Department of Biomolecular Sciences, studying navigation of sperm cells and bacteria. Contrary to the longstanding belief that sperm cells reach the female egg by mere coincidence in humans and other mammals, he demonstrated that sperm cells require active navigation. Through his research, he and his group discovered two distinct means of navigation, both long- and short-range, and unveiled their behavioral and molecular mechanisms. Additionally, he much contributed to unraveling the molecular mechanism of bacterial navigation.
With no prior formal musical training, he started learning to play the clarinet at the age of 70. In 2021, he joined Maskit, the Israeli Clarinet Choir, and from 2023, he also plays at the Weizmann Orchestra.