| SUNDAY, MARCH 30th |
| 09:00-09:15 |
OPENING CEREMONY: Chair: Prof. David Mirelman, Chairman of Pasteur-Weizmann Scientific Council
Weizmann Institute of Science
Ebner Auditorium |
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Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President
Weizmann Institute of Science
Prof. Benny Shilo, Dean, Faculty of Biochemistry,
Weizmann Institute of Science
Dr. Robert Parienti, Delegate-General,
Weizmann France-Europe
Prof. Naama Barkai, Joint Symposium Scientific Organizer
Weizmann Institute of Science
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| 09:15-09:50 |
PLENARY LECTURE |
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Jonathan Weissman, UCSF
Biology without bias: functional insight from quantitative genetic interaction maps |
| 09:50-10:00 |
Discussion |
| 10:00-10:20 |
Coffee break |
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Session I: Chair: Adi Kimchi,Weizmann Institute of Science
Ebner Auditorium |
| 10:20-10:40 |
Uri Alon, Weizmann Institute of Science
Design principles of biological circuits |
| 10:40-10:50 |
Discussion |
| 10:50-11:10 |
Massimo Vergassola, Pasteur Institute
Biological strategies of motility |
| 11:10-11:20 |
Discussion |
| 11:20-11:40 |
Tsvi Tlusty, Weizmann Institute of Science
Conformational proofreading: the impact of conformational changes on noisy molecular codes |
| 11:40-11:50 |
Discussion |
| 11:50-12:10 |
Michael Nilges, Pasteur Institute
Dynamics of protein-ligand interactions |
| 12:10:12:20 |
Discussion |
| 12:20-13:40 |
Lunch break |
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Session II: Chair: Benny Shilo,Weizmann Institute of Science
Botnar Auditorium |
| 13:40-14:00 |
Bernard Dujon, Pasteur Institute
A few themes about genome dynamics and evolution, featuring yeasts |
| 14:00-14:10 |
Discussion |
| 14:10-14:30 |
Dan Tawfik, Weizmann Institute of Science
Protein fitness landscapes and the robustness-epistasis link |
| 14:30-14:40 |
Discussion |
| 14:40-15:00 |
Lluis Quintana-Murci, Pasteur Institute
Detecting natural selection in the human genome: applications to immunology |
| 15:00-15:10 |
Discussion |
| 15:10-15:30 |
Tzachi Pilpel , Weizmann Institute of Science
Coping with genetic and non-genetic stress |
| 15:30-15:40 |
Discussion |
| 15:40-15:55 |
Coffee break |
| 15:55-16:40 |
PLENARY LECTURE
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Rama Ranganathan, UT Southwestern
The evolutionary design of proteins |
| 16:40-16:50 |
Discussion |
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| MONDAY, MARCH 31th |
| 09:00-09:05 |
Session III: Chair: Benny Geiger,Weizmann Institute of Science
Botnar Auditorium |
| 09:05-09:40 |
PLENARY LECTURE |
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Eric Karsenti, EMBL, Germany
Self organization principles and spindle assembly |
| 09:40-09:50 |
Discussion |
| 09:50-10:05 |
Coffee break |
| 10:05-10:25 |
Nathalie Balaban, Hebrew Univ.
Single-cell heterogeneity in the host-phage interaction |
| 10:25-10:35 |
Discussion |
| 10:35-10:55 |
Spencer Shorte, Pasteur Institute
Three-dimensional imaging cytometry: A novel method for high-resolution tomography using micro-rotation of living cells in suspension |
| 10:55-11:05 |
Discussion |
| 11:05-11:25 |
Nir Friedman, Weizmann Institute of Science
Do cells play dice? Stochasticity and regulation in gene expression |
| 11:25-11:35 |
Discussion |
| 11:35-11:55 |
Benno Schwikowski, Pasteur Institute
Tools for modular biology |
| 11:55-12:05 |
Discussion |
| 12:05-13:05 |
Lunch break |
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Session IV: Chair: David Wallach,Weizmann Institute of Science
Botnar Auditorium |
| 13:05-13:25 |
Eran Segal, Weizmann Institute of Science
Quantitative models for transcription and chromatin regulation |
| 13:25-13:35 |
Discussion |
| 13:35-13:55 |
Ulf Nehrbass, Pasteur Institute
From drugs to genes |
| 13:55-14:05 |
Discussion |
| 14:05-14:25 |
Lars Rogge, Pasteur Institute
Epigenetic control of human helper T cell differentiation |
| 14:25-14:35 |
Discussion |
| 14:35-14:55 |
Udi Shapiro, Weizmann Institute of Science
Why not edit DNA the way we edit text? |
| 14:55-15:05 |
Discussion |
| 15:05-15:20 |
Coffee break |
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Session V: Chair: Michael Eisenbach,Weizmann Institute of Science
Botnar Auditorium |
| 15:20-15:40 |
Anna Tramontano, University of Rome
From genomes to proteins and back |
| 15:40-15:50 |
Discussion |
| 15:50-16:10 |
Naama Barkai , Weizmann Institute of Science
Robustness and scaling in embryonic development |
| 16:10-16:20 |
Discussion |
| 16:20-16:40 |
Yuval Eshed, Weizmann Institute of Science
Quantification and manipulation of the organ maturation program |
| 16:40-16:50 |
Discussion |
| 16:50-17:00 |
Closing remarks |
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