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May 01-31, 2016
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Date:17TuesdayMay 2016Lecture
Deciphering membrane-protein energetics using deep sequencing
More information Time 10:30 - 11:00Location Wolfson Building for Biological Research
AuditoriumLecturer Dr. Assaf Elazar
Dept. of Biomolecular SciencesOrganizer Department of Biomolecular SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Abstract (form the eLife paper:) ): Insertion of helix-formi...» Abstract (form the eLife paper:) ): Insertion of helix-forming segments into the membrane and their association determines the structure, function, and expression levels of all plasma membrane proteins. However, systematic and reliable quantification of membrane-protein energetics has been challenging. We developed a deep mutational scanning method to monitor the effects of hundreds of point mutations on helix insertion and self-association within the bacterial inner membrane. The assay quantifies insertion energetics for all natural amino acids at 27 positions across the membrane, revealing that the hydrophobicity of biological membranes is significantly higher than appreciated. We further quantitate the contributions to membrane-protein insertion from positively charged residues at the cytoplasm-membrane interface and reveal large and unanticipated differences among these residues. Finally, we derive comprehensive mutational landscapes in the membrane domains of Glycophorin A and the ErbB2 oncogene, and find that insertion and self-association are strongly coupled in receptor homodimers. -
Date:17TuesdayMay 2016Lecture
SUPERSYMMETRIC RENYI ENTROPY AND DEFECTS
More information Time 10:30 - 12:00Location Neve ShalomLecturer Itamar Yaakov
UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
High Energy Theory Joint SeminarHomepage Contact Details Show full text description of 10:20 Gathering and coffee ...» 10:20 Gathering and coffee
Abstract Show full text abstract about The computation of the Renyi entropy of a QFT, when the Reny...» The computation of the Renyi entropy of a QFT, when the Renyi parameter is an integer, can be reformulated in terms of defect operators and their expectation values. I will make this correspondence precise for the case of supersymmetric Renyi entropy of an SCFT and supersymmetric defects, both of which can be computed exactly using localization. -
Date:17TuesdayMay 2016Lecture
From Frustrated Carbene-Borane Lewis Pairs to Anionic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands
More information Time 11:00 - 12:00Location Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Building
Dov Elad RoomLecturer Prof. Tamm Matthias
Technische Universität BraunschweigOrganizer Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials ScienceContact -
Date:17TuesdayMay 2016Lecture
Science Time - Popular Lecture
More information Time 12:00 - 13:00Location Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Lia Addadi
Biomineralization –hundreds of million years old futuristic technologiesOrganizer Communications and Spokesperson DepartmentHomepage Contact Details Show full text description of In Hebrew...» In Hebrew -
Date:17TuesdayMay 2016Lecture
TBA
More information Time 12:00 - 13:30Location Neve ShalomLecturer Djordje Radicevic
STANFORDOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
High Energy Theory Joint SeminarContact -
Date:17TuesdayMay 2016Lecture
Continuous symmetry measures in protein structural analyses
More information Time 14:00Location Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Building
Dov Elad RoomLecturer Prof. David Avnir
The Institute of Chemistry, Hebrew UniversityOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyContact -
Date:17TuesdayMay 2016Cultural Events
Svetlana Portnansky - Russian Singer
More information Time 20:00 - 22:30Location Michael and Anna Wix AuditoriumContact -
Date:18WednesdayMay 2016Lecture
Do you read me? Soma-Germline communication and the making of a functional stem cell unit.
More information Time 10:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
Botnar AuditoriumLecturer Lilach Gilboa
Dept. of Biological Regulation, WISOrganizer Life Sciences
Developmental ClubContact -
Date:18WednesdayMay 2016Lecture
The dark matter implications of two scenarios with light scalars within the MSSM
More information Time 11:00 - 12:00Location TAU - Melamed HallLecturer Chris Kelso
U. North FloridaOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Joint particle physics seminarContact Details Show full text description of 10:45 Refreshment 12:00 Lunch...» 10:45 Refreshment
12:00 LunchAbstract Show full text abstract about Recent experimental results from the LHC have placed strong ...» Recent experimental results from the LHC have placed strong constraints on the masses of colored superpartners. The MSSM parameter space is also constrained by the measurement of the Higgs boson mass, and the requirement that the relic density of lightest neutralinos be consistent with observations. Although large regions of the MSSM parameter space can be excluded by these combined bounds, leptophilic versions of the MSSM can survive these constraints. We consider a scenario in which the requirements of minimal flavor violation, vanishing CP-violation, and mass universality are relaxed, specifically focusing on scenarios with light sleptons. We find a large region of parameter space, analogous to the original bulk region, for which the lightest neutralino is a thermal relic with an abundance consistent with that of dark matter. We find that these leptophilic models are constrained by measurements of the magnetic and electric dipole moments of the electron and muon, and that these models have interesting signatures at a variety of indirect detection experiments. We also consider a related scenario in which dark matter is bino-like and dark matter-nucleon spin-independent scattering occurs via the exchange of light squarks which exhibit left-right mixing. We show that direct detection experiments such as LUX and SuperCDMS will be sensitive to a wide class of such models through spin-independent scattering. Moreover, these models exhibit properties, such as isospin violation, that are not typically observed for the MSSM LSP if scattering occurs primarily through Higgs exchange. The dominant nuclear physics uncertainty is the quark content of the nucleon, particularly the strangeness content. -
Date:18WednesdayMay 2016Lecture
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More information Time 12:45 - 14:15Location TAU - Melamed HallLecturer Mattias Schlaffer
Weizmann InstituteOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Joint particle physics seminarContact -
Date:18WednesdayMay 2016Lecture
BRAF and NRAS signalling in melanoma: basic biology to clinical responses
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Title CANCER RESEARCH CLUB SEMINARLocation Wolfson Building for Biological Research
LobbyLecturer Prof. Richard MaraisOrganizer Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyContact -
Date:19ThursdayMay 2016Lecture
Pelletron meeting- by invitation
More information Time All dayContact -
Date:19ThursdayMay 2016Conference
BREAKTHROUGHS IN CANCER RESEARCH: THE FUTURE IS NOW
More information Time 08:00 - 18:30Location David Lopatie Conference CentreChairperson Varda RotterHomepage Contact -
Date:19ThursdayMay 2016Conference
The 8th ISCR Meeting on Breakthroughs in Cancer Research: The Future is Now
More information Time 08:00 - 08:00Location Michael and Anna Wix AuditoriumChairperson Varda RotterHomepage Contact -
Date:19ThursdayMay 2016Colloquia
Theoretical applications of topological insulators: a new window into quantum matter
More information Time 11:15 - 12:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical Sciences
AuditoriumLecturer Senthil Todadri
MITOrganizer Faculty of PhysicsContact Details Show full text description of 11:00 – coffee, tea, and more...» 11:00 – coffee, tea, and moreAbstract Show full text abstract about The discovery of topological band insulators is one of the m...» The discovery of topological band insulators is one of the most exciting developments in condensed matter physics in the last decade. In this talk I will describe how insights from the study of the relatively simple topological insulators are revolutionizing our theoretical understanding of more complex quantum many body systems. The latter include states of strongly interacting quantum matter which have been at the forefront of research in the last 3 decades. Specific examples include quantum spin liquid states of insulating magnets, and the theory of composite fermions in quantum Hall systems.
The theory of topological insulators unifies these seemingly diverse problems, and provides a new window through which to view them leading to many new and fundamental results.
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Date:19ThursdayMay 2016Lecture
"Advances in the synthesis and biomedical application of peptide turn mimics”
More information Time 14:00Title Special Joint Seminar Organic Chemistry & Structural Biology - Prof. William D. LubellLocation Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Building
Dov Elad RoomLecturer Prof. William D. Lubell
Department of Chemistry University of Montréal CanadaOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyContact -
Date:19ThursdayMay 2016Lecture
"Molecular dissection of bone marrow stroma"
More information Time 14:00 - 14:30Title THE OFER LIDER RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS SEMINARS 2016Location Wolfson Building for Biological Research
Lecture HallLecturer Dr. Chiara MedagliaOrganizer Department of Systems ImmunologyContact -
Date:19ThursdayMay 2016Lecture
"Lung Repair by Fetal Lung Cells Across Major Genetic Barriers"
More information Time 14:30 - 15:00Title THE OFER LIDER RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS SEMINARS 2016Location Wolfson Building for Biological Research
Lecture HallLecturer Carmit Hillel-Karniel
Yair Reisner's labOrganizer Department of Systems ImmunologyContact -
Date:20FridayMay 2016Conference
AMEN Annual Meeting
More information Time 08:00 - 14:00Location Michael and Anna Wix AuditoriumChairperson Benjamin GeigerContact -
Date:21SaturdayMay 2016Cultural Events
Mevashlim Zugiut - Interactive show about love, relationship, divorce and food
More information Time 21:00 - 22:30Location Michael and Anna Wix AuditoriumContact