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CANCELLED

We regret to inform that the exposure event for the Weizmann Postdoctoral Programs for Advancing Women in Science, which was planned to take place on March 18^th - has been postponed until further notice due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

All the interested potential candidates who have questions about the Weizmann National postdoctoral award program or the combined Weizmann Abroad Postdoctoral Program are invited to contact:

Limor Rimon, Coordinator of the Programs for the Advancement of Women in Science, women.awards@weizmann.ac.il, 08-9342821

Lia Addadi, President Advisor for the Advancement of Women in Science, Lia.Addadi@weizmann.ac.il, 08-9342228, 052-2445322

Mike Fainzilber, Chair, Weizmann Institute of Science Postdoctoral Program, Mike.Fainzilber@weizmann.ac.il, 08-9344266

Participation is free of charge but you are kindly requested to register via the registration link

Program

10:45 Light refreshments

11:00 Prof. Lia Addadi
Chair, Weizmann National Postdoctoral Award Program Weizmann Institute of Science   

Prof. Mike Fainzilber  
Chair, Weizmann Institute of Science Postdoctoral Programs Weizmann Institute of Science, Feinberg Graduate School

Prof. Talila Volk  
Head, Women Student and Postdoc Mentoring Program Weizmann Students and Postdocs

12:00 Postdoctoral Programs Panel and Q&A

Dr. Meital Oren, Weizmann Institute of Science
Recipient of the Weizmann National Postdoctoral Award Program

Dr. Aldema Sas-Chen, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel & University of Cambridge, UK   Recipient of the Combined Weizmann abroad Postdoctoral Program

Dr. Moran Shalev-Benami, Weizmann Institute of Science
  Recipient of the Combined Weizmann abroad Postdoctoral Program

Dr. Meytal Eran Jona, Weizmann Institute of Science Gender Diversity and Development Advisor 

Panel moderator: Shira Haber, Weizmann Institute of Science

13:00 Lunch and private meeting with Weizmann scientists by pre-registration

Award Ceremony and Award Lectures | Ebner Auditorium

10:15 - 10:30 Gathering and light refreshments

10:30 - 12:20 Award Presentation

Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute of Science

Award Lectures

Prof. Mina Bissell, UC Berkeley

"Architecture is dominant over genotype in both normal and malignant cells: Studies with breast cells in 3D"

Prof. Nieng Yan, Princeton University

"Targeting Sodium Channels for the Treatment of Pain"

Afternoon Panel Discussion | Women in Science | Candiotty Auditorium

14:30 - 14:45 Gathering and light refreshments

14:45 - 16:00 Prof. Mina Bissell | Prof. Nieng Yan

Panel moderated by winners of this year's National Postdoctoral Award Program

for Advancing Women in Science

Dr. Daphna Rothschild, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics

Dr. Dana Rubi Levy, Department of Neurobiology

Those interested in meeting Prof. Bissell or Prof. Yan may contact the organizers, Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval, Department of Biomolecular Sciences and  Dr. Ori Avinoam, Department of Biomolecular Sciences.

Regestration via the following link

One of the biggest hurdles in the career of many excellent women scientists is the difficulty in uprooting their family for the long postdoc abroad. Although the experience is usually a challenging one, it also entails many opportunities for the PhD student, for the partner and for the family as a whole. With the thought of demystifying the postdoc experience for both the scientist and her partner, we invite you to a round table discussion on the topic in which women scientists who has recently returned from abroad, as well as their partners, will discuss their experience over wine and cheese. One unique aspect of this meeting is to allow for partners to hear directly from the partners on their perspective of the postdoc abroad.

Round table members:

Dr. Efrat Shema, Department of Biological Regulations and Sagi Yaacoby

Dr. Shira Raveh-Rubin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Adi

A Unique meeting, organized by Prof. Oren Schuldiner, Weizmann Institute of Science

One of the biggest hurdles in the career of many excellent women scientists is the difficulty in uprooting their family for the long postdoc abroad. Although the experience is usually a challenging one, it also entails many opportunities for the PhD student, for the partner and for the family as a whole. With the thought of demystifying the postdoc experience for both the scientist and her partner, we invite you to a round table discussion on the topic in which women scientists who has recently returned from abroad, as well as their partners, will discuss their experience over a glass of wine and cheese. One unique aspect of this meeting is to allow for partners to hear directly from the partners on their perspective of the postdoc abroad.

Informal round table discussion on the postdoc experience abroad, which will include women PIs and their spouses who have recently returned from their postdoc abroad, as well as prospective postdoc students and their spouses.

One of the biggest hurdles in the career of many female scientists is the difficulty in uprooting their family for the long postdoctoral period abroad. Although the experience is usually a challenging one, it also entails many opportunities for the postdoc, their spouse, and for the family as a whole.

One unique aspect of this meeting is to allow for the postdocs’ partners to hear directly from the partners of successful female PIs on their perspective of the postdoc abroad.