Program

Israel Immunological Society Meeting 2014 Program

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Thursday, February 19

Time Session/Lecture info
08:30-09:00
Gathering
 
09:00-09:20
Opening Remarks and Dedication
Ruth Arnon and Idit Shachar 
09:20-10:45
Session I
Chairs: Ronen Alon and Adit Ben-Baruch 
09:20-10:00
Alberto Mantovani, Universita degli Studi di Milano
Interplay between cellular and humoral innate immunity in inflammation and cancer
10:00-10:25
Yinon Ben-Neriah, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Parainflammation in Cancer
10:25-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-12:25
Session II
Chairs: Ramit Mehr and Yehudit Bergman 
10:45-11:10
Ofir Hakim, Bar-Ilan University
Direct association of transcription factors with the genome orchestrates its 3D organization in differentiation and response
11:10-11:35
Vered Padler-Karavani, Tel Aviv University
Immune recognition of a non-human acidic sugar and its consequences
11:35-12:00
Yifat Merbl, Weizmann Institute of Science
PTM profiling as a new window on cell state
12:00-12:25
Orly Avni, Bar-Ilan Faculty of Medicine, Safed
Aspects of the triple interaction: social stress-microbiota-immune response
12:25-13:30
Lunch and Poster session
 
13:30-14:40
Session III
Chair: Ron N. Apte 
13:30-13:55
Ziv Shulman, Weizmann Institute of Science
Dynamic signaling by T follicular helper cells during germinal center B cell selection
13:55-14:20
Nathan Karin, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
The role of chemokines in directing the polarization and biological function of CD4+ T cells
14:20-14:40
Coffee break
14:40-16:15
Session IV
Chairs: Amiram Ariel and Doron Melamed 
14:40-15:05
Angel Porgador, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Natural killer immunity: lessons from cancer and Ebola
15:05-15:30
Ofer Mandelboim, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Recognition of bacteria by Natural Killer cells
15:30-15:55
Roi Gazit, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Stem-Cells to immune cells and back again
15:55-16:15
Coffee break
16:15-16:55
Sseeion V
Chair: Doron Melamed 
16:15-16:55
Facundo Batista, London Research Institute
Dynamic imaging of Lymphocyte activation - from single molecule to living tissue
16:55-17:25
Oral presentations by selected abstracts
Chairs: Idit Shachar and Amnon Peled 
16:55-17:00
Karin Cristina Golan- Weizmann Institute of Science
17:00-17:05
David Benhamou- Technion
17:05-17:10
David Hassin- Tel-Aviv Medical Center
17:10-17:15
Netali Ben Baruch- Tel Aviv University
17:15-17:20
Osnat Almogi-Hazan- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center
17:20-17:25
Ran Afik- Weizmann Institute of Science
17:25-17:40
Prize announcement for the best poster