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WAO: Building Up an Astronomical Observatory

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 - 12:30
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Enrico Segre, Physics Core Facilities
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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4599

Challenging the Rules of Symmetry: Can Non-Polar Materials Exhibit Polar Properties?

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - 11:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Daivd Ehre (Department of Molecular Chemistry and Material Science)
Lecture location: 
Zoom (see poster for link)
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(08) 934-4385

Playing with Fire - Pyrotechnology in the Lower Paleolithic Levant

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - 11:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr Iddo Pinkas, Department of Chemical Research Support
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Auditorium + Zoom
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(08) 934-4385

Travelling The SILC Road: The Non-Coding Path to Nerve Regeneration

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 11:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Rotem Ben-Tov-Perry (Department of Biological Regulation)
Lecture location: 
Zoom (see poster for link)
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(08) 934-4385

Beyond Weight Watchers: The Tools of the Metabolic Phenotyping Unit

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 11:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Yael Kuperman (Department of Veterinary Resources)
Lecture location: 
Zoom (see poster for link)
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(08) 934-4385

When water phobia brings order, new nanostructures rise and serve

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Haim Weissman, Department of Organic Chemistry
Lecture location: 
Botnar Auditorium, Belfer Building
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(08) 934-3256

The Surface and the Essence: Quantum Materials under the Microscope

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Nurit Avraham, Department of Condensed Matter Physics
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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(08) 934-3256

From The Terminator and The Matrix to Westworld --- Will computers be able to develop complex systems on their own?

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Assaf Marron, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Lecture location: 
Botnar Auditorium, Belfer Building
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(08) 934-3256

Gut Feelings: Our Bacteria innHealth and Disease

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Hagit Shapiro, Department of Immunology
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Auditorium
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(08) 934-3256

What's on the surface? More than the eye can see

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Tatyana Bendikov, Department of Chemical Research Support
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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(08) 934-3256

"We're all individuals": Patient-Oriented Cancer Treatment

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Nancy Gavert, Department of Molecular Cell Biology
Lecture location: 
Wolfson Lecture Hall
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(08) 934-3256

Jerusalem - What's New?"

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah, Israel Antiquities Authority
Lecture location: 
The Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences – Auditorium
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(08) 934-3256

Heavy Metal Blues: The Art of Seeing the Forest and the Trees

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, June 19, 2019 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Tomer Meir Salame, Life Sciences Core Facilities
Lecture location: 
Botnar Auditorium, Belfer Building
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(08) 934-3256

Colorful Crystals and Thin Films Made in Israel

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Michal Lahav, Department of Organic Chemistry
Lecture location: 
Botnar Auditorium, Belfer Building
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(08) 934-3256

Old olive trees: Can we know how old a tree is? Can we know when a tree died? High-Resolution radiocarbon research on the growth patterns of olive trees

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Lior Regev, Kimmel Center for Archaeological Sciences
Lecture location: 
Botnar Auditorium, Belfer Building
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(08) 934-3256

Stronger, Tighter and Faster: Designing Improved Protein Functions

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Olga Khersonsky, Department of Biomolecular Sciences
Lecture location: 
Botnar Auditorium, Belfer Building
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(08) 934-3256

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics and How a Simple Trick Changed Optics Forever

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Barry Bruner, Department of Physics of Complex Systems
Lecture location: 
Botnar Auditorium, Belfer Building
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(08) 934-3256

You shell not pass: keeping RNA in the nucleus

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Yoav Lubelsky, Department of Biological Regulation
Lecture location: 
Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences auditorium (room 191c)
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(08) 934-3256

The Dynamics of brain development in health and disease

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, December 26, 2018 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Tamar Sapir, Department of Molecular Genetics
Lecture location: 
Botnar Auditorium, Belfer Building
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(08) 934-3256

Single-Cell Genomics Reveals a Novel Regulatory Role of the Immune System in Obesity

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Diego Jaitin, Department of Immunology
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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(08) 934-3256

Detecting the Invisible: On Giant Detectors, Elusive Particles and Dark Matter

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Hagar Landsman, Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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(08) 934-3256

A Land of Wheat: In search of lost wheat landraces in Israel and abroad

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
B.Z. Goldberg
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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Decoding the Enigma of the Sphinx: Sphingolipids in Health and Disease

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Yael Pewzner-Jung, Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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Representing Self-Position and the Position of Others in the Bat Hippocampus

Spotlight on Science
Thursday, April 26, 2018 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Liora Las, Dept. of Neurobiology
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall

Jupiter's Deep Atmosphere Relealed by Juno

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Eli Galanti, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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The Pan-Cancer Survival Transcriptome

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Daniel Harari, Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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Spatial Omics of the Mammalian Liver

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Keren Bahar Halpern, Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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3D Optical Imaging of Intact Live and Cleared Tissue

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, December 20, 2017 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Sefi Addadi, Life Sciences Core Facilities
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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Teaching How to Learn in School Science: Research & Development

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Zahava Scherz, Dept. of Science Teaching, Dean for Educational Activities
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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Triple-Stage Mass Spectrometry Unravels the Heterogeneity of Endogenous Protein Complexes

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Gili Ben-Nissan, Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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All Yeasts are Created Equal, but do they Behave Equally?

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Gilad Yaakov, Dept. of Molecular Genetics
Lecture location: 
Schmidt Lecture Hall
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From Jacob and Esau to Israel and Edom

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Prof. (emeritus) Yair Zakovitch
Lecture location: 
Schmidt

Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) at Weizmann

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Iddo Pinkas, Dept of Chemical Research Support
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
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08-934-2421

"Message in a bubble" - Microbial interactions that impact the marine environment

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Daniella Schatz, Dept. of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
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08-934-2421

Can viruses talk to each other?

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Gil Amitai, Dept of Molecular Genetics
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
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08-934-2421

Atoms of recognition in human and computer vision

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Danny Harari, Dept. of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
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08-934-2421

A science-based approach to nutrition: The Personailized Nutrition Project

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Adina Weinberger, Dept. of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
Contact Person Phone Number
08-934-2421

Molecules in One, Two, Three... and Four Dimensions

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Miri Eisenstein, Dept. of Chemical Research Support
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
Contact Person Phone Number
08-934-2421

CRISPR/Cas9: a Revolution for Genetically Engineered Mice

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 02:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Rebecca Haffner, Dept. of Veterinary Resources
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
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08-934-2421

Winners of the "Scientific Counsel Prizes for Outstanding Staff Scientists"

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Yael Aylon, Dr. Michal Lahav, Dr. Tamar Paz-Elizur, Dr. Evgeny Stambulchik
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
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08-934-2421

Seeing is believing - Rescent advances in imaging flow cytometry

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Ziv Porat, Dept. of Biological Services
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
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08-934-2614

Protection mechanisms of cancer prevnetion - lessons from the heart

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Rachel Sarig, Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology
Lecture location: 
Schmidt

Guest lecture: Aspects of faith and territories

Spotlight on Science
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Nira Pereg, Video artist
Lecture location: 
Botnar
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08-934-2614

What’s Wrong With My Mice?! Behavioral and Physiological Phenotyping

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Michael Tsoory, Dept. of Veterinary Resources
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
Contact Person Phone Number
08-934-2614

Emerging Contaminants - The Hidden Time Bombs of Modern Technology

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Ishai Dror, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
Contact Person Phone Number
08-934-2614

Revealing the secrets of giant viruses

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Yael Fridmann Sirkis
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
Contact Person Phone Number
08-934-2614

Cool Stuff - Cryo-Scanning Electron Microcopy of Frozen Hydrated Samples

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Eyal Shimoni
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
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08-934-2614

Genetic studies of the personal human olfactory barcode

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Tsviya Olender
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
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08-934-2614

Brain under the Flashlight or How to Develop a Simple and Effective Method for In Vivo Imaging?

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Slava Kalchenko, Dept. of Veterinary Resources
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
Contact Person Phone Number
08-934-2614

Evolution in the ocean: Live and let die

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Shifra Ben-Dor, Dept. of Biological Services
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
Contact Person Phone Number
08-934-2421

Plants, Sex and the Hidden Epigenetic Code

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 14:00
Lecture presenter: 
Cathy Besudo, Dept. of Plant & Environmental Sciences
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
Contact Person Phone Number
08-934-2614

Catch me if you can! - Developing Enzyme Drugs to Prevent and Treat Nerve-Gas Intoxications

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 14:00
Lecture presenter: 
Moshe Goldsmith, Dept of Biological Chemistry
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
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Contact Person Phone Number
08-934-2614

Digitalis, an old heart drug- a museum piece or a drug with new roles?

Spotlight on Science
Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 12:30
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Adriana Katz, Department of Biological Chemistry
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
Contact Person Phone Number
08-934-4421

Sailing or Flying: Waze for the world of transport in nano devices and molecules

Spotlight on Science
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 12:30
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Hagai Cohen, Dept. of Chemical Research Support
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
Contact Person Email
Contact Person Phone Number
08-934-4421

White Architecture: the birth of an Israeli language of architecture

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dan Price, Architect
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08-934-4421

To think outside the dot - introducing Imaging Flow Cytometry

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Ziv Porat, Dept. of Biological Services
Contact Person Email
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08-934-4421

One, two, many.... and one too many. The road to few-body systems in Physics

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Oded Heber, Dept. Particle Physics & Astrophysics
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08-934-4421

“Can two walk together unless meant for each other?” Ligands and Receptors: From Bench to Bedside.

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, December 25, 2013 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Daniela Novick, Dept. of Molecular Genetics
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
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08-934-4421

QSOX1: Extracellular Matrix Architect by Day, Pro-Metastatic Agent by Night

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 13:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Tal Ilani, Dept. of Structural Biology
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
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08-934-2242

אשמדאי החנטריש - השפעות איריאניות על לשוננו ועל תרבותנו

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Tamar Eilam Gindin, מכון עזרי, אוניבסיטת חיפה
Lecture location: 
Schmidt
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08-934-2242

The vision of surface forces: from fundamental science to applications

Spotlight on Science
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 12:00
Lecture presenter: 
Dr. Nir Kampf, Dept.of Materials and Interfaces

Spotlight on Science 2022-2023

Posted: 07.11.2022

The Staff Scientists Council is proud to announce the 2022-2023 schedule for the Spotlight on Science series of lectures.

This year will have lectures from:

  • Nov. 30, 2022: Dr. Enrico Segre, Physics Core Facilities
  • Dec. 28, 2022: Dr. Noa Novershtern, Department of Molecular Genetics
  • Jan. 25, 2023: Dr. Lothar Houben, Department of Chemical Research Support
  • Mar. 29, 2022: Dr. Orna Dahan, Department of Molecular Genetics
  • Apr. 19, 2023: Dr. Gabriel Rosenblum, Department of Chemical and Structural Biology
  • May 31, 2023: Dr. Inbal Biton, Department of Veterinary Resources
  • Jun. 28, 2023: Dr. Einat Zalckvar, Department of Molecular Genetics

Details on each lecture will be announced as available.