The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by February 7, 2019. Please check back for updates.
Plenary Talks
Regine Hengge, Freie University of Berlin
Andreas Baumler , UC davis
Alan Grossman, MIT
Parasitology
Confirmed Speakers:
Ron Dzikowski (Hebrew U)
Michal Shapira (BGU)
Serge Ankri (Technion)
The human microbiome
Confirmed Speakers:
Moran Yassour (Hebrew U)
Nissan Yissachar (BIU)
Sven Peterson (Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore)
Yehudit Bergman (Hebrew U)
Mycology and Yeast Biology
Confirmed Speakers:
Ronit Weisman (Open U)
Shay Ben Aroya (BIU)
Benny Horwitz (Technion)
Microbial Genetics and evolution
Confirmed Speakers:
Ruth Hershberg (Technion)
Dor Salomon (TAU)
Yonatan Friedman (Hebrew U)
Microbial Biotechnology
Confirmed Speakers:
Ed Bayer (WIS)
Ido Bar Zeev (BGU)
David Burstein (TAU)
Aquatic Microbiota
Confirmed Speakers:
Einat Segev (WIS)
Tamar Lotan (Haifa U)
Gitai Yahel (Ruppin Academic Center)
Environmental and Plant Microbiology
Confirmed Speakers:
Ofir Bahar (ARO)
Maggie Levy (Hebrew U)
Osnat Giloor (BGU)
Molecular Virology
Confirmed Speakers:
Alex Rouvinski (HUJI)
Oren Kobiler (TAU)
Noam Stern-Ginossar (WIS)
Structures and functions in the prokaryotes domain
Confirmed Speakers:
Liraz Chai (Hebrew U)
Raz Zarivach (BGU)
Livnat Afriat Jurnou (Migal)
Clinical Virology
Chairs: Dana Wolf (Hebrew U), Meir Shamay (BIU)
Confirmed speakers:
Oran Erster (Kimron Veterinary Institute)
Shai Ashkenazi (Sackler Faculty of Medicine & Adelson School of Medicine Ariel University)
Eric Haas (Epidemiology division of the Israeli Ministry of Health)
Prize Lectures
EMET lecture: Hanna Engleberg-Kulka (Hebrew U)
A call for additional prizes will be opened 1.12.2018.
