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January 01-31, 2017
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Date:19ThursdayJanuary 2017Lecture
Clinical and biological implications of replication repair deficiency in cancer: from cancer predisposition to novel therapies
More information Time 14:00 - 14:00Title Cancer Research ClubLocation Max and Lillian Candiotty BuildingLecturer Dr. Uri Tabori
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto,CanadaOrganizer Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyContact Abstract Show full text abstract about We recently discovered a unique group of cancers with by far...» We recently discovered a unique group of cancers with by far the highest mutational load ever described. These “ultrahypermutant” cancers arise in the setting of biallelic germline mutations in mismatch repair genes and somatic mutations in DNA polymerase. Together, complete replication repair deficiency constitute a unique paradigm of cancer development and progression.
These ultrahypermutant cancers can be used to study several key concepts in cancer including identifying drivers and passenger mutations in cancer development and early vs late cancer processes. Importantly, ultrhypermutation can be used as “Achilles’ heel” to uncover susceptibility and novel therapies to patients with replication repair deficient cancers. -
Date:19ThursdayJanuary 2017Lecture
PLASMA SEMINAR- Mach Probes
More information Time 14:15 - 15:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer Kyu-Sun Chung
Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about A Mach probe (MP) is an electric probe system to deduce the ...» A Mach probe (MP) is an electric probe system to deduce the plasma flow velocity from the ratio of ion saturation currents. Generally, a typical MP is composed of two directional electric probes located at opposite sides of an insulator, which is mostly used as a parallel MP, but there are other MPs such as perpendicular MP (PMP), Gundestrup probe (GP) or rotating probe (RP), and visco-MP (VMP), depending on the shape of the probe holder, location of different probes or the method of collecting ions. For the parallel MP (to be called simply an MP), the relation between the ratio of the upstream ion saturation current density (Jup) to the downstream (Jdn) and the normalized drift velocity (M∞ = vd/√Te/mi) of the plasma has generally been fitted into an exponential form (R = Jup/Jdn ≈ exp[KM∞]). For the GP or RP, with oblique ion collection, the relation becomes R = exp[K(M∞ −M⊥ cot θ)], where K = 2.3~2.5, M∞ is the normalized parallel flow, and M⊥ is the normalized perpendicular flow to the magnetic field, and θ is the angle between the magnetic field and the probe surface. The normalized drift velocity of flowing plasmas is deduced from the ratio (Rm) measured by an MP as M∞ = ln[Rm]/K, where K is a calibration factor depending on the magnetic flux density, collisionality of charged particles and neutrals, viscosity of plasmas, ion temperature, etc. Existing theories of MPs in unmagnetized and magnetized flowing plasmas are introduced in terms of kinetic, fluid and particle-in-cell models or self-consistent and self-similar methods along with key physics and comments. Experimental evidence of relevant models is shown along with validity of related theories. For probes other than the typical parallel MP, the relation between the ratio of ion saturation currents and M∞ can be expressed as a combination of the functional forms: exponential and/or polynomial form of M∞ for PMP; two Rs of two separate MPs for VMP. Collisions of ions/electrons/neutrals, asymmetries of ion temperatures and the existence of hyperthermal electrons, existence of ion beam, supersonic flow and negative ions can affect the deduction of flow velocities by an MP. -
Date:21SaturdayJanuary 2017Cultural Events
Shauli Badishi - Stand Up
More information Time 21:30 - 22:45Location Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:22SundayJanuary 2017Lecture
TBA
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Sussman Family Building for Environmental SciencesLecturer Prof. Raffaele Ferraru
Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyOrganizer Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesContact -
Date:22SundayJanuary 2017Lecture
Enhanced Human Naïve Pluripotency Growth Conditions That Endow Tolerance for Loss of Epigenetic Repressors
More information Time 13:00 - 13:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Jonathan Bayerl
Yaqub Hanna's group, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, WISOrganizer Department of Molecular GeneticsContact -
Date:23MondayJanuary 2017Lecture
Tailored Therapy in in Lung Cancer: early diagnosis, targeted & immune therapy
More information Time 14:00 - 14:00Title Special Guest SeminarLocation Max and Lillian Candiotty BuildingLecturer Prof. Nir Peled
Head of the Thoracic Cancer Unit and the Center for Personalized Medicine, Davidoff Cancer Center, RMCOrganizer Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyContact -
Date:23MondayJanuary 2017Cultural Events
Operettas from around the globe
More information Time 20:00 - 22:30Location Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:24TuesdayJanuary 201725WednesdayJanuary 2017Lecture
Workshop on Mathematical Physics
More information Time 08:30 - 18:30Location Weissman AuditoriumOrganizer Faculty of PhysicsHomepage Contact -
Date:24TuesdayJanuary 2017Lecture
Triple-stage mass spectrometry unravels the heterogeneity of endogenous protein complexes
More information Time 10:00 - 10:30Location Wolfson Building for Biological ResearchLecturer Dr. Gili Ben-Nissan
Member - Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences-WISOrganizer Department of Biomolecular SciencesContact -
Date:24TuesdayJanuary 2017Lecture
“Formation of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate in Sea Urchin Embryos”
More information Time 10:00 - 10:00Location Herman Mayer Campus Guesthouse. Maison de FranceLecturer Keren Kahil
M.Sc. student of Prof. Lia Addadi and Prof. Steve Weiner Department of Structural BiologyOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyContact -
Date:24TuesdayJanuary 2017Lecture
Towards engineering of hyperthermophilic designer cellulosomes
More information Time 10:30 - 11:00Location Wolfson Building for Biological ResearchLecturer Amaranta Kahn
Member - Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences-WISOrganizer Department of Biomolecular SciencesContact -
Date:24TuesdayJanuary 2017Lecture
Mechanisms of Root regeneration
More information Time 11:15 - 11:15Location Ullmann Building of Life SciencesLecturer Dr. Idan Efroni
The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment at Rehovot, The Hebrew University of JerusalemOrganizer Department of Plant and Environmental SciencesContact -
Date:24TuesdayJanuary 2017Lecture
Reverse-engineering the sense of touch in mice
More information Time 12:30 - 12:30Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Samuel Andrew Hires
Dept of Neurobiology University of Southern California, Los AngelesOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Touch is vital for many human and animal behaviors, but our ...» Touch is vital for many human and animal behaviors, but our understanding of it lags other senses. We have deployed a suite of techniques to dissect mechanisms of touch perception in the mouse, from the biophysics of whisker bending to optogenetic manipulation of specific cortical circuits. I will present our recent work exploring how circuits of primary somatosensory cortex process sensory and motor signals to create a neural representation of tactile features during whisker-based object exploration.
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Date:24TuesdayJanuary 2017Lecture
'Recognition determinants of broadly neutralizing human antibodies against dengue viruses and structural basis of their potent Zika/dengue cross-neutralization.'
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Location Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman BuildingLecturer Dr. Alexander Rouvinski
Faculty of Medicine The Hebrew UniversityOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyContact -
Date:24TuesdayJanuary 2017Cultural Events
WIS Theater ensemble - Krum
More information Time 20:00 - 20:00Location Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:25WednesdayJanuary 2017Lecture
"The photo-philic QCD axion"
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Weismann AquariumLecturer Marco Farina
RutgersOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about We propose a framework in which the QCD axion has an exponen...» We propose a framework in which the QCD axion has an exponentially large coupling to photons, relying on the “clockwork” mechanism. We discuss the impact of present and future axion experiments on the parameter space of the model. In addition to the axion, the model predicts a large number of pseudoscalars which can be light and observable at the LHC. In the most favorable scenario, axion Dark Matter will give a signal in multiple axion detection experiments and the pseudo-scalars will be discovered at the LHC, allowing us to determine most of the parameters of the model.. -
Date:25WednesdayJanuary 2017Lecture
Spotlight on Science: A Science-based approach to nutrition: The Personalized Nutrition Project
More information Time 12:00 - 13:00Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Dr. Adina Weinberger
Department of Computer Science and Applied MathematicsOrganizer Department of Life Sciences Core FacilitiesContact -
Date:25WednesdayJanuary 2017Lecture
"Neutral Naturalness, fine tuning, and the LHC"
More information Time 13:00 - 13:00Location Weismann AquariumLecturer Diego Redigolo
TAU & WeizmannOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsContact -
Date:25WednesdayJanuary 2017Cultural Events
The Israel Camerata Jerusalem - Fantasy of a New Life
More information Time 20:00 - 22:00Location Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:26ThursdayJanuary 2017Lecture
Magnetic Resonance Seminar
More information Time 09:30 - 09:30Title New microstructural and functional MRI contrasts at ultrahigh fieldLocation Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Dr. Noam Shemesh
Champalimaud Centre, Lisbon, PortugalOrganizer Department of Chemical and Biological PhysicsContact