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View past eventsDevelopmental Club Series 2019-20
Type: LectureDate: Feb 26, 2020Time10:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Talila Volk
OrganizerDevelopmental Club
Molecular Genetics special guest seminar
Type: LectureDate: Feb 27, 2020Time11:00 - 12:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Gilad Barnea
OrganizerSeminar
Contactsandra.britton@weizmann.ac.il
AbstractI will present trans-Tango, a new technique for anterograde transsynaptic circuit tracing and manipulation that we have established in fruit flies. At the core of trans-Tango is a synthetic signaling pathway that is introduced into all neurons in the animal. This pathway converts receptor activation at the cell-surface into reporter expression through site-specific proteolysis. Specific labeling is achieved by presenting a tethered ligand at the synapses of genetically defined neurons, thereby activating the pathway in their postsynaptic partners. Activation of the pathway culminates in expression of a reporter that can be visualized. Because our system is modular, it can be easily adapted to experiments in which the properties of specific circuits are modified and the functional consequences are analyzed. We first validated trans-Tango in the Drosophila olfactory system and then implemented it in the gustatory system, where projections beyond the firstorder receptor neurons are not well characterized. We identified second-order neurons within the sweet and bitter circuits and revealed that they target brain areas involved in neuromodulation with similar but distinct projection patterns. I will also present experiments in which we use trans-Tango in functional analysis of the gustatory circuits. Using our studies in flies as proof of concept, we are currently establishing an equivalent technique for labeling circuits in vertebrate models, such as mice and zebrafish. These experiments establish trans-Tango as a flexible platform for comprehensive transsynaptic analysis of neural circuits.Departmental Seminar by Rami Tshuva & Dvir Schirman
Type: LectureDate: Mar 01, 2020Time13:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il
Developmental Club Series 2019-20
Type: LectureDate: Mar 04, 2020Time10:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Ben-Zion Shilo
OrganizerDevelopmental Club
Azrieli Institute for Systems Biology
Type: LectureDate: Mar 04, 2020Time14:00 - 15:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Dieter Ebert
OrganizerSystem Biology
Departmental Seminar by Gat Krieger & Kamalesh Kumari
Type: LectureDate: Mar 15, 2020Time13:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il
Developmental Club Series 2019-20
Type: LectureDate: Mar 18, 2020Time10:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Eli Zelzer
OrganizerDevelopmental Club
Developmental Club Series with Elazar Zelzer
Type: LectureDate: Mar 25, 2020Time10:00 - 11:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerElazar Zelzer
OrganizerDevelopmental Club
Developmental Club Series 2019-20
Type: LectureDate: Mar 25, 2020Time10:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Eran Hornstein
OrganizerDevelopmental Club
Departmental Seminar by Daria Amiad-Pavlov & Lia Yerushalmi
Type: LectureDate: Mar 29, 2020Time13:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il
Braginsky Center for the interface between the Science and the Humanities
Type: LectureDate: Mar 30, 2020Time14:00 - 15:00
LocationDolfi and Lola Ebner Auditorium
LecturerProf. Steve Fuller
Contactsandra.britton@weizmann.ac.il
AbstractAt the height of the Cold War in the 1960s, Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn staged a wide-ranging and well-publicized debate over the nature of ‘scientific revolutions’, which has had far-reaching implications for both our understanding of the history and philosophy of science and the terms on which future science policy should be set. Whereas Popper argued that scientists should try to revolt against the dominant paradigm in their fields, Kuhn contended that they should carry on working within the paradigm until it self-destructs on its own accord. Behind this debate lay conflicting visions of the psychology and sociology of the scientific community. I shall revisit this debate, defending an updated version of Popper’s positionDevelopmental Club Series 2019-20
Type: LectureDate: Apr 01, 2020Time10:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerDr. Efrat Shema
OrganizerDevelopmental Club
Decoding transcriptional regulation in Drosophila
Type: LectureDate: Apr 06, 2020Time09:00 - 11:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Alexander Stark
OrganizerPhysics distinguished
Contactigor.ulitsky@weizmann.ac.il
Departmental Seminar by Nir Cohen & TBD
Type: LectureDate: Apr 19, 2020Time13:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il
Braginsky Center for the Interface between the Sciences and the Humanities
Type: LectureDate: Apr 20, 2020Time15:00 - 16:00
LocationGerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
LecturerAvshalom C. Elitzur
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il
Frontiers in Systems Biology
Type: LectureDate: Apr 21, 2020Time10:00 - 11:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
OrganizerThe Azrieli Institute for Systems Biology
Developmental Club Series 2019-20
Type: LectureDate: Apr 22, 2020Time10:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerDr. Yonatan Stelzer
OrganizerDevelopmental Club
Frontiers in Systems Biology
Type: LectureDate: Apr 28, 2020Time10:00 - 11:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerEdo Kussell
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il
Departmental Seminar by Lihi Ben Reuven & Miri Shnayder
Type: LectureDate: May 03, 2020Time13:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il
Frontiers in Systems Biology
Type: LectureDate: May 05, 2020Time10:00 - 11:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Nassos Typas
OrganizerThe Azrieli Institute for Systems Biology
Developmental Club Series
Type: LectureDate: May 06, 2020Time10:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerDr. Amir Sapir
OrganizerDevelopmental Club
Developmental Club Series 2019-20
Type: LectureDate: May 13, 2020Time10:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Gil Levkowitz
OrganizerDevelopmental Club
Departmental Seminar by Aya Shkedy & TBD
Type: LectureDate: May 17, 2020Time13:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il
Braginsky Center for the interface between the Science and the Humanities
Type: LectureDate: May 25, 2020Time14:00 - 15:00
LocationDolfi and Lola Ebner Auditorium
LecturerProf. Menachem Fisch
Developmental Club Series 2019-20
Type: LectureDate: May 27, 2020Time10:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Eli Arama
OrganizerDevelopmental Club
Departmental Seminar b Romano Strobelt & TBD
Type: LectureDate: May 31, 2020Time13:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il
Frontiers in Systems Biology
Type: LectureDate: Jun 02, 2020Time10:00 - 11:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerDebie Marks
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il
Frontiers in Systems Biology
Type: LectureDate: Jun 09, 2020Time10:00 - 11:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Lacra Bintu
OrganizerThe Azrieli Institute for Systems Biology
Developmental Club Series 2019-20
Type: LectureDate: Jun 10, 2020Time10:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerDr. Ori Avinoam
OrganizerDevelopmental Club
Departmental Seminar - Molecular Genetics Dept.
Type: LectureDate: Jun 14, 2020Time13:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerTBD
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il
Molecular Genetics special guest seminar
Type: LectureDate: Jun 14, 2020Time15:00 - 16:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
LecturerProf. Dmitri Petrov
OrganizerSpecial Guest Seminar
Departmental Seminar by Mira Rosenthal & Aditya Kshirsagar
Type: LectureDate: Jun 28, 2020Time13:00
LocationArthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
ContactEvi.ben-ami@weizmann.ac.il