Pages
Event search results
-
Date:27WednesdaySeptember 2023Lecture
Environmental performance using lifecycle assessment (LCA) for decision making - examples from NZ and AU
More information Time 13:00 - 14:00Title SAERI - Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative Seminar SeriesLocation Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Room 690Lecturer Dr. Noa Meron
Team lead LCA, thinkstep-anzOrganizer Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative (SAERI)Contact Details Show full text description of Host: Prof. Ron Milo...» Host: Prof. Ron Milo -
Date:28ThursdaySeptember 2023Lecture
Experience-dependent genetic and synaptic regulation of stability and plasticity in cortical circuits
More information Time 11:00 - 12:15Location The David Lopatie Hall of Graduate Studies
Room CLecturer Dahlia Kushinsky-Student Seminar PhD Thesis Defense
Advisor-Dr. Ivo SpiegelOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Neural circuits in the brain must be plastic enough to allow...» Neural circuits in the brain must be plastic enough to allow an animal to adapt to and learn from new experiences yet they must also remain functionally stable such that previously learned skills and information are retained. Thus, fundamental questions in neuroscience concern the molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms that balance the plasticity and stability of neural circuits. During my studies, I investigated these mechanisms in three studies that focused on sensory- and behavioral state-dependent changes in transcription and GABAergic inhibition in the visual cortex of adult mice. In my Ph.D. defense, I will elaborate on the novel molecular-cellular mechanisms that I discovered in these studies and discuss their role in conveying both plasticity and stability to visual processing and perception.
-
Date:28ThursdaySeptember 2023Lecture
Dissecting the immune-controlled signaling networks driving breast cancer progression
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Location Max and Lillian Candiotty Building
AuditoriumLecturer Dr. Merav Cohen
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, The Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv UniversityOrganizer Dwek Institute for Cancer Therapy Research
Cancer Research ClubContact Details Show full text description of Meeting URL: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/5065402023?pwd=a3Z6K...» Meeting URL: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/5065402023?pwd=a3Z6KzRCU0xJaUFoM2Y5emZwZm1oZz09
-
Date:09MondayOctober 2023Lecture
Joint Guest Seminar: Dr. Shira Weingarten-Gabbay
More information Time 10:00 - 12:00Title Shedding light on the dark matter of viral proteomes to advance our understanding of antiviral immunityLocation Wolfson Building for Biological Research
AuditoriumLecturer Dr. Shira Weingarten-Gabbay
Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardOrganizer Department of Molecular Cell BiologyContact -
Date:09MondayOctober 2023Colloquia
Dynamics of dry intrusion air streams and their relevance for extreme weather
More information Time 11:00 - 12:15Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Dr. Shira Raveh-Rubin
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, WISOrganizer Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesHomepage Contact Abstract Show full text abstract about Dry intrusion (DI) air streams are fundamental to the global...» Dry intrusion (DI) air streams are fundamental to the global atmospheric circulation, typically comprising the cold sector of extratropical cyclones. These air parcels descend slantwise from the midlatitude upper troposphere towards the surface in lower latitudes, where the airstreams fan out behind the cyclone’s trailing cold front. In this talk I will review recent results based on a Lagrangian-based global climatology of DIs, allowing the quantification of the intrusions’ occurrence frequencies and key association with extreme weather for the first time.
Using representative case studies and longer-term climatologies we find that DIs are generated in the upper troposphere behind anomalies in the tropopause. When interacting with cyclones in the storm tracks, they are associated with strong cold fronts and with marked dry and cold anomalies in the lower troposphere, inducing unstable conditions that strongly influence heat and moisture exchange with the oceans.
The modification of the lower troposphere by DIs entails strong associations with a diverse set of weather extremes, from heavy precipitation ahead of the dry air, strong winds and extreme temperatures, to wildfires and dust storms. We further reveal that DI impact may extend beyond the midlatitudes, into the tropics, opening new directions in understanding tropical-extratropical interactions. -
Date:09MondayOctober 2023Lecture
Life Science colloquium- Prof. David Bartel
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Title “Regulation of mRNA translation and decay”Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
AuditoriumLecturer Prof. David Bartel
“Regulation of mRNA translation and decay”Organizer Life SciencesContact -
Date:10TuesdayOctober 202312ThursdayOctober 2023Academic Events
Minerva Annual meeting 2023 - Confirmed
More information Time All dayContact -
Date:10TuesdayOctober 202312ThursdayOctober 2023Conference
Minerva 2023
More information Time 08:00 - 08:00Chairperson Igal NevoContact -
Date:10TuesdayOctober 2023Lecture
Roots, Cell Types and their Integration with the Environment
More information Time 11:30 - 12:30Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
AuditoriumLecturer Siobhan Brady
University of California, DavisOrganizer Department of Plant and Environmental SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about A plant’s roots serve as a major line of defense against env...» A plant’s roots serve as a major line of defense against environmental stress to protect the plant as a whole. Roots of diverse plant species have found ways to deal with stress by devising responses, often within individual cell types, to resist drought, flooding, mineral deficiencies and other insults that impair plant growth. I will present my lab’s research that uses systems, synthetic and developmental biology approaches to interrogate the transcriptional networks that function in response to many of these environmental stresses in tomato and sorghum.
-
Date:12ThursdayOctober 2023Conference
New Frontiers in Membrane Protein Research
More information Time 08:00 - 08:00Location Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumChairperson Nir FlumanContact -
Date:12ThursdayOctober 2023Lecture
From Morphology to Molecular Mechanisms in Cancer Medicine: Sarcomas as a Microcosm of Cancer Complexity
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Location Max and Lillian Candiotty Building
AuditoriumLecturer Prof. George Demetri
Senior Vice-President for Experimental Therapeutics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of the Ludwig Center at Harvard; Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts USAOrganizer Dwek Institute for Cancer Therapy Research
Cancer Research ClubContact Details Show full text description of Meeting URL: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/5065402023?pwd=a3Z6K...» Meeting URL: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/5065402023?pwd=a3Z6KzRCU0xJaUFoM2Y5emZwZm1oZz09
-
Date:15SundayOctober 2023Lecture
TBA
More information Time 11:00Location Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
M. Magaritz Seminar RoomLecturer Dr. Katinka BellomoOrganizer Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesContact -
Date:16MondayOctober 2023Conference
Israeli RNA Meeting 2023 in memory of Prof. Yossi Sperling
More information Time 08:00 - 08:00Location The David Lopatie Conference CentreChairperson Schraga SchwartzOrganizer Abisch-Frenkel RNA Therapeutics CenterContact -
Date:16MondayOctober 2023Colloquia
The Southern Lights — Rhodopsin Complexes Discovered in an Algae Near Antarctica Can Help Unravel the Secrets of the Brain
More information Time 11:00 - 12:15Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Dr. Moran Shalev-Benami
Department of Chemical & Structural Biology, Faculty of Chemistry, WISOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyHomepage Contact Abstract Show full text abstract about Rhodopsins are a ubiquitous family of light sensing/signalin...» Rhodopsins are a ubiquitous family of light sensing/signaling proteins. In recent work, our group discovered an intriguing family of rhodopsins in algae: the bestrhodopsins. Through cryo-EM and comprehensive biochemical and electrophysiological studies, we showed that bestrhodopsins are fusions of rhodopsins and ion channels which assemble as mega-complexes to enable light-controlled passage of ions across membranes. Regulation of a classical ion channel by an attached photoreceptor has never been found before in nature, and previous attempts to engineer light-regulated fused channels have yielded limited success. The discovery and characterization of bestrhodopsins thus provide a new template for designing proteins with light-sensing and ion-conducting activities, as well as represent a platform for regulating cellular signaling in living organisms using light. These findings are therefore not only important as a basic scientific discovery but also for the field of optogenetics where neural activity is controlled by light.
In the present talk, I will present the discovery of the bestrhodopsins, and explain how we use our cryo-EM work for structure-based design of dramatically improved tools to manipulate signaling cascades in cells by light control, paving the way for the next generation of optogenetics tools to study brain function in vivo. -
Date:16MondayOctober 2023Lecture
Rigidity at the Nanoscale:Engineering (super)selectivity at the bio-interface with DNA
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Maartje Bastings
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)Organizer Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials ScienceContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Understanding and manipulating precise interactions between ...» Understanding and manipulating precise interactions between materials and biology – the biointerface – is key to ensure optimal performance of diagnostics and therapeutics. Functional materials for biological applications, e.g. vaccines or implants, work best when their interaction with cells is precise. If not, side effects and toxicity might occur. Interactions are labeled superselective, when they happen only in a very specific (cellular) context and as such, present a strategy to enhance the therapeutic effect of bioactive materials.
Selective multivalent interactions are traditionally engineered with a focus on the balance of valency and affinity, and often a good amount of structural flexibility is present. In my laboratory, we hypothesized that rigidity at the nanoscale could be a strong determinant of super-selectivity. We combine insights from biophysics and tools from DNA nanotechnology to engineer materials with a controlled flexibility/rigidity balance which allows to present molecules and organize interactions in precise spatial patterns. I will show how structural mechanical properties on the nanoscale determine the self-assembly mechanisms of supramolecular crystals, how they are critical for super-selective Multivalent Pattern Recognition (MPR) and how spatially controlled multivalent interactions are key in the fine-tuning of immune activation pathways. Exploiting programmable flexibility within the well-defined DNA molecule, our research presents a new engineering strategy to investigate the impact of nanorigidity in functional soft matter, surface order and communication with life.
-
Date:18WednesdayOctober 2023Lecture
Immunology and Regenerative Biology Colloquium
More information Time 11:00Title Multi-Potent Lung Stem Cells for Lung RegenerationLocation Max and Lillian Candiotty Building
AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Yair Reisner
Professor Emeritus, Weizmann Institute of Science Head, Stem Cell Research at the Department of Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy; MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston, TexasOrganizer Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyContact -
Date:22SundayOctober 202326ThursdayOctober 2023International Board
SAAC Meeting 2023 1/2
More information Time All dayLocation The David Lopatie Conference CentreLecturer עינת דקלContact -
Date:22SundayOctober 2023Lecture
Using artificial intelligence to help cows go green
More information Time 13:00 - 14:00Title SAERI - Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative Seminar SeriesLocation Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Room 690Lecturer Dr. Yaniv Altshuler
MIT Media LabOrganizer Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative (SAERI)Contact Details Show full text description of Host: Prof. Ron Milo...»
Host: Prof. Ron Milo -
Date:22SundayOctober 2023Lecture
Special Guest Seminar with Prof. Ziv Bar-Joseph
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Title "AI / ML in big pharma – From omics to clinical trials"Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
Botnar AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Ziv Bar-JosephOrganizer Azrieli Institute for Systems BiologyContact Abstract Show full text abstract about While students and faculty are very aware of current state o...» While students and faculty are very aware of current state of the art experimental and computational technologies, there is less awareness of how these are used in practice by the pharma industry. I have been leading the AI / ML work for R&D at one of the largest pharma companies for almost two years and will share some of the methods we have been developing and using to address computational challenges across all stages of the drug discovery and development process. I Will also try to share some of the lessons I have learned over this period.
-
Date:23MondayOctober 2023Conference
10x genomics User Group Meeting 2023
More information Time 08:00 - 08:00Location Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumChairperson Hadas Keren-ShaulContact