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Sunday May 23: Ebner Auditorium  Chair: Michael Elbaum
Systems & Networks
09:00-09:15 Welcome
09:15-10:00 Stanislav Shvartsman
Enzymes in Embryos
10:00-10:45 Naama Barkai
The Competitive Advantage of a Dual-transporter System
10:45-11:15 Coffee
11:15-12:00 Erez Braun
From Genotype to Phenotype: a Physical Perspective
12:00-12:45 Grégoire Altan-Bonnet
Cellular Heterogeneity: from Molecular Nuisance to Biological Function
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Discussion Session 1
Schmidt Nir Gov, Cytoskeleton-Membrane Pattern Formation
Perlman 404 Roy Bar-Ziv, Lior Nissim, Emergence of artificial cells
3D theater Eshel Ben-Jacob & Amir Ayali, The Future of Neuro-Electronic Hybrids
15:30-16:00 Coffee
16:00-16:45 Nathalie Balaban
To or not to Grow: Molecular Implementation of a Bet-Hedging Strategy
16:45-17:30 Ady Vaknin
Using Fluorescence to Analyze Signal Processing in Bacterial Cells
19:30-21:30 Dinner at Yovel Cafeteria (by invintation)

Monday May 24: Schmidt Hall  Chair: Sam Safran
Cellular Biophysics & Biomaterials
09:15-10:00 Alexander Bershadsky
Force Sensing and Generation in the Interplay Between Cell Adhesion and the Actin Cytoskeleton
10:00-10:45 Anne Bernheim
Cortactin: An Effector of Cell Propulsion
10:45-11:15 Coffee
11:15-12:45 Discussion Session 2
Schmidt (Chemistry Colloquium) Jay Siegel, Systems Stereochemistry – are one Hand and Three Letters Enough?
Perlman 404 Guy Shinar, Robustness in Biochemical Reaction Networks: a Reaction Network Theory Approach
3D theater Sam Safran & Shulamit Levenberg, Cell Response to its Mechanical Environment
Old Wolfson Tour of the Electron Microscopy Unit (Limited to 15)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Kinneret Keren
The Interplay Between Membrane Tension and Actin Dynamics in Motile Cells and Fragments
14:45-15:30 Cecile Sykes
Biomimetic Systems of Cytoskeleton and Membrane
15:30-16:00 Coffee
16:00-17:00 Gregoire Altan-Bonnet
Physicists in Biology: Creating Trouble for Others, Creating Trouble for Themselves, or Really Contributing?
18:00-21:00 Poster Session with Buffet Dinner, Perlman Lobby

Tuesday May 25: Weissman Auditorium   Chair: Gilad Haran
Single molecules
09:00-09:45 Gerhard Schuetz
Protein Interactions in the Live Cell Plasma Membrane at the Single Molecule Level
09:45-10:30 David Bensimon
On the Mechanism of Helicases
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:30 Discussion Session 3
Drory David Mukamel & Yariv Kafri, Modeling Protein Motors
Schmidt Jacob Klein, Biological Lubrication: Exploring a New Paradigm
Alexander Yoav Soen, Plasticity of Biological Self-Organization
Afternoon Tour to Jerusalem

Wednesday May 26: Schmidt Hall  Chair: Nir Gov
Molecular dynamics
09:15-10:00 Frank Julicher
Dynamic Organization of Epithelia
10:00-10:45 Rony Granek
Protein Dynamics and Stability: Universality vs. Specificity
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-11:45 Yuval Garini
Organization Mechanisms of the Genome in the Nucleus Studied Through Telomeres and DNA Diffusion
11:45-12:30 Oleg Krichevsky
DNA as an Exemplary Polymer
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Discussion Session 4
Schmidt David Bensimon & Gil Levkowitz, Single Cell Physiology
Perlman 404 Elisha Moses, Bringing Life to Robotics
3D theater Gilad Haran & Michael Elbaum, Short Talks on Molecular Manipulation
16:00-17:30 Discussion Session 5
Schmidt Alexander Bershadsky & Cecile Sykes, Short Talks on Cell Mechanics and Adhesion
Weissman (Physics Colloquium) Geoffrey West, The Complexity, Simplicity, and Unity of Living Systems from Cells to Cities
Free evening, bus to Tel Aviv

Thursday May 27: Schmidt Hall  Chair: Michael Tsodyks
Neuroscience
09:15-10:00 Noam Sobel
Olfactory Space: From Molecule through Brain to Perception
10:00-10:45 Elad Schneidman
Network Architecture and the Design Principles of Neural Population Code
10:45-11:15 Coffee
11:15-12:00 Shimon Marom
Timescales or Lack Thereof
12:00-12:45 Eilon Vaadia
What can we learn about the brain by monitoring
it while it learns
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Discussion Session 6
Schmidt (Structural Biology) Helen Saibil, Cryo Electron Microscopy Studies of Chaperonin Machines for Protein Folding
Perlman 404 Nir Friedman, Studying cells using microfluidics devices and nano-patterned surfaces
Alexander Speaker's Corner
15:30-16:15 Closing with Coffee and Cakes