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December 01, 2014

  • Date:03WednesdayDecember 2014

    "Mufleta's Concerto" - Morrocan play

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    Time
    20:30 - 22:00
    Title
    חגיגת בידור וזמר במרוקאית ועברית
    Location
    Michael and Anna Wix Auditorium
    Contact
    ravit.sagi@weizmann.ac.il
    DetailsShow full text description of Avner Dan Ilan Cohen (violinist) Shoshi Cohen (actress) ...»
    Avner Dan
    Ilan Cohen (violinist)
    Shoshi Cohen (actress)
    Marko Maman (actor)
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  • Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014

    Schmidt Minerva Center Minisymposium on Supramolecular Architectures

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    Time
    09:00 - 13:00
    Location
    Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
    Lecture Hall
    Organizer
    The Gerhardt M.J. Schmidt Minerva Center on Supramolecular Architectures
    Contact
    ana.naamat@weizmann.ac.il
    DetailsShow full text description of Program: 9:20 Greetings and Introduction 9:30 Andreas ...»
    Program:

    9:20 Greetings and Introduction

    9:30 Andreas Fery (Bayreuth) "From individual plasmonic nanoparticles to strongly coupled assemblies of macroscopic dimensions"

    10:00 Rafal Klajn (WIS) "Cubic particles of magnetite self-assemble into helical superstructures"

    10:30 Kurt Kremer (Mainz) "The puzzle of polymer properties in mixed good or poor solvents"

    11:00 Coffee Break

    11:30 Jacob Klein (WIS) "Putting your eggs in different baskets: liposomes, hydration lubrication, and self-healing hydrogels"

    12:00 Gotthard Seifert (Dresden) "Atomistic simulation of nanoindentation"

    12:30 Nir Gov (WIS) "Active semi-flexible polymers: from actin to DNA"
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  • Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014

    G-INCPM special guest seminar - Inflammatory links between obesity and type 2 diabetes

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    Time
    10:00 - 11:30
    Location
    Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
    Auditorium
    Lecturer
    Dr. Alan Saltiel
    Director, Life Sciences Institute (LSI), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Organizer
    Department of Biomolecular Sciences
    Contact
    berta.strulovici@weizmann.ac.il
    AbstractShow full text abstract about Obesity is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation th...»
    Obesity is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation that negatively impacts insulin sensitivity. High fat diet can increase NFB activation in mice, which leads to a sustained elevation in levels of the non-canonical IKKs, IB kinase  (IKK) and TBK1, in liver, adipocytes and adipose tissue macrophages. We explore the role of these enzymes by gene knockout and inhibitor studies. These data suggest that IKKand TBK1 play an important role in chronic inflammation in liver and fat, hepatic steatosis and whole-body insulin resistance. Blockade of the activity of these two kinases produces increased energy expenditure and thermogenesis, along with improved insulin resistance and fatty liver. We will discuss the role of inflammation and the NFkB pathway in the generation of insulin resistance and persistent obesity in metabolic disease.
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  • Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014

    Whitney numbers of matroids via measure concentration in configuration varieties

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    Time
    11:05
    Location
    Jacob Ziskind Building
    Room 261
    Lecturer
    Karim Adiprasito
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Organizer
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Geometric Functional Analysis and Probability Seminar
    Contact
    gizel.maimon@weizmann.ac.il
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  • Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014

    New Localization Paradigms for In-Vivo Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

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    Time
    11:15 - 12:30
    Location
    Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical Sciences
    Auditorium
    Lecturer
    Assaf Tal
    Weizmann Institute of Science
    Organizer
    Faculty of Physics
    Contact
    hila.shtudiner@wizmann.ac.il
    DetailsShow full text description of 11:00 – coffee, tea, and more...»
    11:00 – coffee, tea, and more
    AbstractShow full text abstract about Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used to produce sp...»
    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used to produce spatial distribution maps of water in our body. However, by shaping the magnetic fields inside the scanner, one is able to excite and image nuclear magnetic moments in other biochemically interesting molecules. The high degree of control afforded by modern hardware allows us to propose intricate and elegant ways of coherently controlling the nuclear moments, and two such schemes will be presented. The resulting paradigms enable one to monitor in-vivo biochemistry with greater speed and resolution than before, opening up new possibilities of studying brain physiology.

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  • Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014

    Extended Lucas-Kanade Tracking

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    Time
    12:00
    Location
    Jacob Ziskind Building
    Lecture Hall - Room 1
    Lecturer
    Shai Avidan
    Tel Aviv University
    Organizer
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Vision and Robotics Seminar
    Contact
    gizel.maimon@weizmann.ac.il
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  • Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014

    Aptamers targeting growth factor receptors

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    Time
    14:00 - 14:30
    Location
    Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
    Botnar Auditorium
    Lecturer
    Dr. Georg Mahlknecht
    Prof. Michael Sela's lab
    Organizer
    Department of Systems Immunology
    Contact
    orel.yaverbaum@weizmann.ac.il
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  • Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014

    Microbiome Time

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    Time
    14:30 - 15:00
    Location
    Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
    Botnar Auditorium
    Lecturer
    Christoph Thaiss
    Dr. Eran Elinav's lab
    Organizer
    Department of Systems Immunology
    Contact
    orel.yaverbaum@weizmann.ac.il
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  • Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014

    Braginsky Center for the Interface between the Sciences and the Humanities

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    Time
    16:00
    Title
    How scientific tools can reveal in a painting details invisible to the eye
    Location
    Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
    Lecturer
    Doron Lurie
    Tel Aviv Museum
    Organizer
    Department of Physics of Complex Systems
    Contact
    amos.breskin@weizmann.ac.il
    Lecture
  • Date:06SaturdayDecember 2014

    AguaDulce

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    Time
    21:00 - 22:30
    Title
    Compas The Israeli Flamenco dance company
    Location
    Michael and Anna Wix Auditorium
    Contact
    ravit.sagi@weizmann.ac.il
    DetailsShow full text description of A new production in cooperation with Argentine Tango Dancers...»
    A new production in cooperation with Argentine Tango Dancers.
    A unique and original evening in the style of ida y veulta.
    A group of rhythms that “went and came back” from South America (especially Cuba) to Spain
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  • Date:07SundayDecember 2014

    New Frontiers in Spectral Remote sensing.

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    Time
    11:00
    Location
    Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
    M. Magaritz Seminar Room
    Lecturer
    Eyal Agassi
    Israel Institute for Biological Research
    Organizer
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
    Contact
    dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
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  • Date:07SundayDecember 2014

    Epithelial Notch-1 drives mucosal immune responses in the gut

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    Time
    11:00
    Location
    Wolfson Building for Biological Research
    Room 18
    Lecturer
    Dr. Stephanie Dahan
    Division of Clinical Immunology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Organizer
    Department of Systems Immunology
    Contact
    ayelet.rais@weizmann.ac.il
    Lecture
  • Date:07SundayDecember 2014

    Polyelectrolytes in multivalent ionic media: New physics and new materials

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    Time
    11:00
    Location
    Perlman Chemical Sciences Building
    Room 404
    Lecturer
    Prof. Matthew Tirrell
    Pritzker Director and Professor Institute for Molecular Engineering University of Chicago
    Organizer
    Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science
    Soft Matter and Biomaterials
    Contact
    ana.naamat@weizmann.ac.il
    DetailsShow full text description of Multi-valent interactions in systems of polyelectrolytes can...»
    Multi-valent interactions in systems of polyelectrolytes can exhibit dramatic, non-monotonic effects, for example, switching forces from repulsive to attractive, and back to repulsive again, in some cases. We have been studying these patterns of behavior with the surface forces apparatus (SFA) and with electrochemical methods, such as cyclic voltametry, which enables the quantitative determination of the number of multi-valent ions residing in thin layers of charged polymers. At fixed ionic strength, all cause strong shrinkage and condensation of poly(styrene sulfonate) brushes over a narrow range of ratio multi-valent to mono-valent ions. When the multi-valent ion is an oppositely charged polymer, new fluid phases can form. Charged blocks in copolymers leads to materials with new types of ordered phases. Effects of these multi-valent interactions on supermolecular and biomolecular assembly will be discussed. There are many possibilities for the creation of new materials based on electrostatic assembly involving mutli-valent interactions.
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  • Date:07SundayDecember 2014

    Polyelectrolytes in multivalent ionic media: New physics and new materials

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    Time
    11:00
    Location
    Perlman Chemical Sciences Building
    Room 404
    Lecturer
    Prof. Matthew Tirrell
    Pritzker Director and Professor Institute for Molecular Engineering University of Chicago
    Organizer
    Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science
    Soft Matter and Biomaterials
    Contact
    ana.naamat@weizmann.ac.il
    DetailsShow full text description of Multi-valent interactions in systems of polyelectrolytes can...»
    Multi-valent interactions in systems of polyelectrolytes can exhibit dramatic, non-monotonic effects, for example, switching forces from repulsive to attractive, and back to repulsive again, in some cases. We have been studying these patterns of behavior with the surface forces apparatus (SFA) and with electrochemical methods, such as cyclic voltametry, which enables the quantitative determination of the number of multi-valent ions residing in thin layers of charged polymers. At fixed ionic strength, all cause strong shrinkage and condensation of poly(styrene sulfonate) brushes over a narrow range of ratio multi-valent to mono-valent ions. When the multi-valent ion is an oppositely charged polymer, new fluid phases can form. Charged blocks in copolymers leads to materials with new types of ordered phases. Effects of these multi-valent interactions on supermolecular and biomolecular assembly will be discussed. There are many possibilities for the creation of new materials based on electrostatic assembly involving mutli-valent interactions.
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  • Date:07SundayDecember 2014

    A Dynamic Algal-Bacterial Interaction with Implications for Paleo-Temperature Estimates

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    Time
    11:15
    Location
    Ullmann Building of Life Sciences
    Lecturer
    Dr. Einat Segev, PhD
    Kolter lab, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
    Organizer
    Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
    Contact
    nicole.friesem@weizmann.ac.il
    Lecture
  • Date:07SundayDecember 2014

    Polyamines and cellular differentiation

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    Time
    13:00
    Location
    Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
    Botnar Auditorium
    Lecturer
    Shirly Brenner
    Chaim Kahana's group, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, WIS
    Organizer
    Department of Molecular Genetics
    Contact
    cherill.banks@weizmann.ac.il
    Lecture
  • Date:08MondayDecember 2014

    On Cloud States, Transitions, and Sisyphus

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    Time
    11:00
    Location
    Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
    M. Magaritz Seminar Room
    Lecturer
    Graham Feingold
    NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Chemical Sciences Division
    Organizer
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
    Contact
    dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
    Lecture
  • Date:08MondayDecember 2014

    A Simple and Approximately Optimal Mechanism for an Additive Buyer

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    Time
    14:30
    Location
    Jacob Ziskind Building
    Room 261
    Lecturer
    Moshe Babaioff
    Microsoft Research
    Organizer
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Foundations of Computer Science Seminar
    Contact
    gizel.maimon@weizmann.ac.il
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  • Date:09TuesdayDecember 2014

    SCHWINGER PROCESS AND LARGE-ORDER ASYMPTOTICS OF SUPERSYMMETRIC FIELD THEORIES

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    Time
    10:30
    Location
    Neve Shalom
    Lecturer
    SOOJONG REY
    SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Organizer
    Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
    High Energy Theory Joint Seminar
    Contact
    hadar.alper@weizmann.ac.il
    DetailsShow full text description of 10:20 Gathering and coffee...»
    10:20 Gathering and coffee
    AbstractShow full text abstract about I will discuss schwinger pair production in abelian gauge fi...»
    I will discuss schwinger pair production in abelian gauge field and scalar field background and utilize them to understand the structure of perturbation theory in supersymmetric field theories as well as in holomorphic quantities in string theory as computed by the Gopakumar-Vafa invariants.

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  • Date:09TuesdayDecember 2014

    Vortex sheets in domains with boundary

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    Time
    11:00
    Location
    Jacob Ziskind Building
    Lecture Hall - Room 1
    Lecturer
    Helena Nussenzveig Lopes
    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
    Organizer
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Mathematical Analysis and Applications Seminar
    Contact
    gizel.maimon@weizmann.ac.il
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