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דצמבר 01-31, 2016
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Date:18ראשוןדצמבר 2016הרצאה
The non-receptor tyrosine kinase c-Abl controls genomic integrity by coordinating the cell cycle with the DNA damage response
More information שעה 13:00מיקום בניין ארתור ורושל בלפר למחקר ביורפואי
Botnar Auditoriumמרצה Vicky Meltzer
Yosef Shaul's group, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, WISמארגן המחלקה לגנטיקה מולקולריתצרו קשר -
Date:18ראשוןדצמבר 2016אירועים אקדמיים
2016 Weizmann Memorial Lectures
More information שעה 15:00 - 17:00כותרת Symmetry Protected Topological Semimetals and Insulatorsמיקום מרכז כנסים על-שם דויד לופאטי
Kimmel Auditoriumמרצה Prof. Charles Kaneצרו קשר -
Date:18ראשוןדצמבר 2016הרצאה
The contribution of amino -acid metabolism to carcinogenesis
More information שעה 15:00 - 16:00מיקום
Botnar Auditoriumמרצה Dr. Ayelet Erez
Department of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Scienceמארגן מדעי החיים
Metabollic Research Forumצרו קשר -
Date:19שנידצמבר 2016כנסים
Michael Sela Symposium
More information שעה 08:00 - 13:30מיקום מרכז כנסים על-שם דויד לופאטי
Kimmel Auditoriumיושב ראש Idit Shacharדף בית צרו קשר -
Date:19שנידצמבר 2016הרצאה
Genetic media
More information שעה 14:00מיקום בניין ארתור ורושל בלפר למחקר ביורפואי
Botnar Auditoriumמרצה Prof. Yaniv Erlich
Columbia University, New York, USAמארגן המחלקה לגנטיקה מולקולריתצרו קשר תקציר Show full text abstract about Abstract: In the last decade, the human population has prod...» Abstract:
In the last decade, the human population has produced zettabytes (10^21) of digital data. This creates immense opportunities and challenges for biology research. In this talk, I will present two research directions of my groups on the intersection between genetics and data, which we dub “genetic media”.
First, I will speak about crowd sourcing massive genetic data using social media. We collected over 80 million profiles from the largest social-media website driven by genealogy and constructed a single family tree of 13 million people. Using this data, we analyzed the genetic architecture of longevity. I will also speak about our on-going efforts to crowd source genomes and social media phenotypes to this massive pedigree.
In the second part of my talk, I will present using synthetic DNA as a medium for long-term data storage. Previous studies in leading journal have presented this concept but failed to show reliable data retrieval. Here, we report a storage strategy, called DNA Fountain, that is highly robust and approaches the Shannon limit. The success of our strategy relies on careful adaptation of coding theory to the domain-specific constraints of DNA molecules. To demonstrate its power, we stored a full computer operating system, movie, and other files in DNA oligos and perfectly retrieved the information. We explored the limit of our architecture in terms of bytes per molecules and obtained a perfect retrieval from a density of 215Petabyte/gram of DNA, orders of magnitudes higher than previous techniques. -
Date:19שנידצמבר 2016הרצאה
The Host Pathogen Interactions Club (see titles below)
More information שעה 15:00 - 16:00מיקום בניין ע"ש מקס ולילאן קנדיוטי
Seminar Roomמרצה Anna Pasechnek & Dvir Mintz
Anna Pasechnek - Anat Herskovits lab, TAU. Dvir Mintz - Sagi lab, WISמארגן המחלקה לאימונולוגיה ורגנרציה ביולוגיתצרו קשר פרטים נוספים Show full text description of Anna Pasachnek "Active lysogeny - a new bacteria-phage ...» Anna Pasachnek "Active lysogeny - a new bacteria-phage interaction that promotes infection"
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Date:20שלישידצמבר 2016הרצאה
The natural history of the infant gut microbiome in health and disease
More information שעה 09:00מיקום בניין ארתור ורושל בלפר למחקר ביורפואי
Botnar Auditoriumמרצה Dr. Moran Yassour
Postdoctoral fellow, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvardמארגן המחלקה לגנטיקה מולקולריתצרו קשר -
Date:20שלישידצמבר 2016הרצאה
"Tuning an Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone"
More information שעה 11:00מיקום אולם הרצאות ע"ש גרהרד שמידטמרצה Prof. David Ron
University of Cambridgeמארגן המחלקה לביולוגיה מבנית וכימיתצרו קשר -
Date:20שלישידצמבר 2016הרצאה
Decomposition of plant detritus in drylands – emerging drivers of the carbon cycle under a changing climate
More information שעה 11:15מיקום בניין אולמן למדעי החיים
Aharon Katzir Hallמרצה Dr. José Grünzweig
The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovotמארגן המחלקה למדעי הצמח והסביבהצרו קשר פרטים נוספים Show full text description of http://departments.agri.huji.ac.il/plantscience/staff-eng/gr...» http://departments.agri.huji.ac.il/plantscience/staff-eng/gruenzweig/
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Date:20שלישידצמבר 2016הרצאה
ד"ר אילנה קולודקין גל - מתחת לפני השטח: סיור בקהילות חיידקים שיתופיות
More information שעה 12:00 - 13:00כותרת מתחת לפני השטח: סיור בקהילות חיידקים שיתופיותמיקום אולם ע"ש דולפי ולולה אבנר
Auditoriumמרצה ד"ר אילנה קולודקין גל
המחלקה לגנטיקה מולקולריתמארגן המחלקה לתקשורת ודוברותדף בית צרו קשר פרטים נוספים Show full text description of ההרצאה בעברית ומתומללת לכבדי שמיעה...» ההרצאה בעברית ומתומללת לכבדי שמיעה -
Date:20שלישידצמבר 2016הרצאה
Similarity matching: a new principle of neural computation
More information שעה 12:30מיקום אולם הרצאות ע"ש גרהרד שמידטמרצה Prof. Dmitri "Mitya" Chklovskii
Simons Foundation and NYU Medical Centerמארגן המחלקה למדעי המוחצרו קשר פרטים נוספים Show full text description of Host: Prof. Misha Tsodyks misha@weizmann.ac.il tel: 2157 ...» Host: Prof. Misha Tsodyks misha@weizmann.ac.il tel: 2157
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תקציר Show full text abstract about Abundance of recently obtained datasets on brain structure (...» Abundance of recently obtained datasets on brain structure (connectomics) and function (neuronal population activity) calls for a normative theory of neural computation. In the conventional, so-called, reconstruction approach to neural computation, population activity is thought to represent the stimulus. Instead, we propose that the similarity of population activity matches the similarity of the stimuli under certain constraints. From this similarity matching principle, we derive online algorithms that can account for both structural and functional observations.
Bio: Dmitri "Mitya" Chklovskii is Group Leader for Neuroscience at the Simons Foundation's new Flatiron Institute in New York City. He received a PhD in Theoretical Physics from MIT and was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He switched from physics to neuroscience at the Salk Institute and founded the first theoretical neuroscience group at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1999, where he was an Assistant and then Associate Professor. From 2007 to 2014 he was a Group Leader at Janelia Farm where he led a team that assembled the largest-ever connectome. His group develops software for experimental data analysis and constructs normative theories of neural computation.
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Date:20שלישידצמבר 2016הרצאה
Molecular Neuroscience Forum Seminar
More information שעה 15:00 - 16:00כותרת The Importins of Anxietyמיקום בניין ארתור ורושל בלפר למחקר ביורפואי
Botnar Auditoriumמרצה Nicolas Panayotis
Weizmannמארגן המחלקה למדעים ביומולקולרייםדף בית צרו קשר -
Date:20שלישידצמבר 2016הרצאה
"The protein folding problem: Slow progress using ultrafast spectroscopy and kinetics"
More information שעה 15:00מיקום בניין הלן ומילטון קימלמן
Dov Elad Roomמרצה Prof. Elisha Haas
Head - Biophysics Program BIUמארגן המחלקה לביולוגיה מבנית וכימיתצרו קשר -
Date:20שלישידצמבר 2016אירועי תרבות
מנחה מוזיקלית: שירים מסוכנים - הנרי פרסל
More information שעה 16:30מיקום אולם ע"ש מיכאל וחנה ויקסצרו קשר פרטים נוספים Show full text description of יעלה אביטל-סופרן אהוד שפירא-בס עם להקת בא רוק יבצעו שירים...» יעלה אביטל-סופרן
אהוד שפירא-בס
עם להקת בא רוק יבצעו שירים הומוריסטים וחתרניים אשר היו רלוונטים באנגליה לפני שלוש מאות שנה ובמפתיע גם כיום בישראל. -
Date:21רביעידצמבר 2016הרצאה
Chemical Physics Department Guest Seminar
More information שעה 10:00כותרת Second-law-like constraints on higher energy moments in small open quantum systemsמיקום אולם הרצאות ע"ש גרהרד שמידטמרצה Dr Raam Uzdin
Hebrew University of Jerusalemמארגן המחלקה לפיסיקה כימית וביולוגיתצרו קשר תקציר Show full text abstract about Quantum thermodynamics deals with thermodynamic effects and ...» Quantum thermodynamics deals with thermodynamic effects and thermodynamic constraints (e.g. the 2nd law) that emerge in out-of-equilibrium microscopic open quantum systems, and in microscopic heat machines. Presently, the technology developed for quantum computing is sufficient for exploring quantum thermodynamic experimentally (new experimental results will be shown). On top of the second law, thermodynamic resource theory predicts additional mathematical constraints on thermal transformation of microscopic systems. Unlike the second law, these constraints cannot be related to thermodynamic observables. Consequently, they are useful for some theoretical purposes, but not for making concrete predictions on realistic scenarios. In this talk I will present a new formalism that yields additional “seconds laws” that follow the logic and structure of the standard 2nd law. While the 2nd law deals with the first moment of the energy (average heat, average work), the observables in the new laws are higher moments of the energy. I will show several scenarios where these laws provide concrete answers to “blind spots” that are not addressed by the standard 2nd law. In other cases tighter bounds are obtained compared to the standard 2nd law. Potentially, this formalism can significantly extend the thermodynamic framework, and put additional practical bounds on thermal transformations and microscopic heat machines. Finally, I will discuss the connection to quantum coherence measures and list several research directions. -
Date:21רביעידצמבר 2016הרצאה
Adaptive Plasticity by Individual-Specific Improvisation
More information שעה 10:00מיקום בניין ארתור ורושל בלפר למחקר ביורפואי
Botnar Auditoriumמרצה Yoav Soen
Dept. of Biomolecular Sciencesמארגן מדעי החיים
Developmental Clubצרו קשר -
Date:21רביעידצמבר 2016הרצאה
"Neuronal Gtf2i-dependent myelination deficits as a novel pathophysiological mechanism in Williams syndrome"
More information שעה 14:00מיקום אולם הרצאות ע"ש גרהרד שמידטמרצה Dr. Boaz Barak
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, McGovern Institute, MITמארגן המחלקה למדעי המוחצרו קשר פרטים נוספים Show full text description of Host: Dr. Ofer Yizhar ofer.yizhar@weizmann.ac.il tel: 6957 ...» Host: Dr. Ofer Yizhar ofer.yizhar@weizmann.ac.il tel: 6957
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תקציר Show full text abstract about Williams syndrome (WS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caus...» Williams syndrome (WS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a heterozygous microdeletion of about 26 genes from chromosomal region 7q11.23, characterized by hypersociability and unique neurocognitive abnormalities. Of those deleted, general transcription factor II-i (Gtf2i), has been shown to affect hypersociability in WS, although the cell type and neural circuitry critical for the hypersociability are poorly understood. To dissect neural circuitry related to hypersociability in WS and to characterize the neuron-autonomous role of Gtf2i we conditionally knockedout Gtf2i in forebrain excitatory neurons and found this recapitulate WS features, including increased sociability and anxiety and neuroanatomical defects. Unexpectedly, we found that in the mutant mouse cortex 70% of the significantly downregulated genes were involved in myelination, together with a reduction in mature oligodendrocyte cells number, disrupted myelin ultrastructure and fine motor deficits. Analyzing the transcriptome in human frontal cortex, we found similar downregulation of myelination-related genes, suggesting a novel pathophysiological mechanism in WS, based on neuron-oligodendrocytes signaling deficits. Overall, our data detail the cellular processes that may lead to the WS typical phenotype and developmental abnormalities, and suggest new paths to explore and treat WS, as well as social and cognitive abnormalities.
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Date:22חמישידצמבר 2016הרצאה
The regulatory role of short structural variants and the implication to neurodegenerative diseases in aging
More information שעה 10:00מיקום בניין ארתור ורושל בלפר למחקר ביורפואי
Botnar Auditoriumמרצה Prof. Ornit Chiba-Falek
Department of Neurology Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Center for Genomic and Computational Biology Duke University Medical Centerמארגן המחלקה לגנטיקה מולקולריתצרו קשר תקציר Show full text abstract about In the post genome-wide association studies (GWAS) era we ar...» In the post genome-wide association studies (GWAS) era we are shifting gears toward translation of genetic disease loci to molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis and pinpointing the causal genetic factors and their functional effects. It has been suggested that changes, even subtle, in the expression levels of wild-type genes in the brain can, over years, lead to neurodegenerative diseases. Moreover, differences in gene expression profiles between brain tissues from neurodegenerative disease patients compared to healthy controls have been reported. Short structural variants (SSVs) are short genomic variants (<50 bp) other than SNPs. Recently, there has been increased support for the idea that SSVs, which are largely ignored in large-scale genetic studies, may be involved in many complex diseases, and may also contribute significantly to variation in gene expression in human. We have been studying the expression regulation of key genes implicated in Alzheimer’s (AD) and Parkinson’s (PD) diseases and a wide-spectrum of related disorders. In particular, we focus on noncoding SSVs and their cis-regulatory effects on gene expression using a comprehensive strategy that combines multiple-level approaches. (1) in silico: we have developed a new bioinformatics tool for prioritizing candidate functional/causal SSVs. The tool is a searchable, annotated database of SSVs, with associated customizable scoring software that is designed to evaluate and prioritize SSVs that are most likely to have significant biological effects and impact on disease risk. (2) in vitro: we have established induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC)-derived neurons, dopaminergic and cholinergic, from a normal subject and PD patients. We are currently using this model system to determine how cis-variants modulate expression of disease risk genes via their interactions with the trans-acting factors, by applying CRISPR/Cas9 – mediated genome editing. (3) in vivo: we have quantified cell-type specific gene expression in neurons, astrocytes, and microglia by single-cell gene expression assays using cells isolated from frozen human brain samples via LCM. We have implemented this strategy in studies of genomic loci implicated in Lewy body and AD diseases, specifically SNCA gene and the TOMM40-APOE cluster. Collectively, the innovative approaches we developed represent a cohesive strategy for discovering potentially functional and causal variants within candidate risk-genes associated with AD-PD spectrum disorders. -
Date:22חמישידצמבר 2016הרצאה
Molecular Neuroscience Forum Seminar
More information שעה 10:00 - 11:00כותרת The regulatory role of short structural variants and the implication to neurodegenerative diseases in agingמיקום בניין ארתור ורושל בלפר למחקר ביורפואי
Botnar Auditoriumמרצה Ornit Chiba-Falek
Duke Universityמארגן המחלקה למדעים ביומולקולרייםדף בית צרו קשר -
Date:22חמישידצמבר 2016הרצאה
Working successfully with WIS new institutional review board principles and a practical guide to human research at WIS
More information שעה 11:00מיקום בניין ארתור ורושל בלפר למחקר ביורפואי
Botnar Auditoriumמרצה Prof. Eran Hornstein
Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Scienceמארגן המחלקה לגנטיקה מולקולריתצרו קשר