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February 01, 2010
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Date:15MondayOctober 2012Lecture
Advantages of semiconductor CdZnTe detectors for innovative photon counting medical imaging
More information Time 15:00 - 16:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer Alexander Cherlin
Kromek LTD, Sedgefiled, UKOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Medical imaging is a fast growing field which received a boo...» Medical imaging is a fast growing field which received a boost in the last years due to advances in the new detector materials and read-out electronics. The new detectors combined with the new software greatly improve the photon count statistics allowing reducing the patient dose due to radioactive ex-posure, bringing at the same time the diagnostic capabilities to the new level. Such a rapid progress in the SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography) and CT (Computed Tomography) is of particular interest in the framework of this talk. The most advanced among the existing CT systems utilize scintillating materials coupled with photodiodes to create 2D images used as an input to the 3D image reconstruction. Spectroscopic solid state detectors would allow transforming these systems producing “black and white” images based only on energy-integrated I/I0 information into state of the art photon counting systems known as multi-energy or “true colour” CT. The entry requirements on detectors to be used in these applications is stable operation under X-ray fluxes of 107 to 108 counts•s-1•mm-2.
In this talk I shall discuss the advantages and possible future developments of CdZnTe and CdTe room-temperature semiconductor detectors for developing these innovating medical imaging tech-niques. These detectors have been proven to be the main candidates for that purpose, in particular since their large average atomic mass number combined with the high energy resolution provides ex-cellent quantum efficiency superior to other semiconductor materials.
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Date:16TuesdayOctober 2012Lecture
Feedback control and low order models of fluid flows: a brief review and some parallels to dynamic imaging and video analysis
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Gilead Tadmor
Northeastern UniversityOrganizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:16TuesdayOctober 2012Lecture
"Complete molecular architecture of the 26S proteasome by an integrative approach."
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Location Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman BuildingLecturer Dr. Keren Lasker
School of Medicine, Stanford UniversityOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyContact -
Date:16TuesdayOctober 2012Cultural Events
"Her Last Days" Theatre
More information Time 20:30 - 20:30Title Beit Lessin TheatreLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:17WednesdayOctober 201218ThursdayOctober 2012Conference
Symposium celebrating Prof. Itzhak Tserruya's 70th birthday
More information Time All dayLocation Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesChairperson Ana WekslerHomepage Contact -
Date:17WednesdayOctober 2012Cultural Events
"Her Last Days" Theatre
More information Time 20:30 - 20:30Title Beit Lessin TheatreLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:18ThursdayOctober 2012Colloquia
Hot QCD Matter: Status and Prospects
More information Time 11:15 - 12:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer PETER JACOBS
Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryOrganizer Faculty of PhysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about QCD matter has a complex phase stucture, with a deconfined ...» QCD matter has a complex phase
stucture, with a deconfined Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) expected to be present under conditions of extreme pressure or temperature. The hot QGP filled the universe about 10 microseconds after the Big Bang, and a high-pressure QGP may exist today in the core of neutron stars.
Hot QCD matter can be generated in the laboratory via the collision of heavy atomic nu-clei at high energy. Such collisions are complex, however, generating thousands of parti-cles in the final state, and quantitative study of the QGP in such events presents unprec-edented challenges for both experiment and theory. I will review recent progress in our understanding of the nature and properties of the Quark-Gluon Plasma, based on meas-urements from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, together with theoretical modeling. I will also discuss some surprising connections that have emerged in recent years between study of the QGP and other
areas of physics, including string theory and cold atomic gases.
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Date:18ThursdayOctober 2012Colloquia
Hot QCD Matter: Status and Prospects
More information Time 11:15 - 12:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer PETER JACOBS
Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryOrganizer Faculty of PhysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about QCD matter has a complex phase stucture, with a deconfined ...» QCD matter has a complex phase
stucture, with a deconfined Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) expected to be present under conditions of extreme pressure or temperature. The hot QGP filled the universe about 10 microseconds after the Big Bang, and a high-pressure QGP may exist today in the core of neutron stars.
Hot QCD matter can be generated in the laboratory via the collision of heavy atomic nu-clei at high energy. Such collisions are complex, however, generating thousands of parti-cles in the final state, and quantitative study of the QGP in such events presents unprec-edented challenges for both experiment and theory. I will review recent progress in our understanding of the nature and properties of the Quark-Gluon Plasma, based on meas-urements from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, together with theoretical modeling. I will also discuss some surprising connections that have emerged in recent years between study of the QGP and other
areas of physics, including string theory and cold atomic gases.
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Date:18ThursdayOctober 2012Lecture
The contribution of monoclonal antibodies in cancer immunotherapy, a historical perspective
More information Time 14:00 - 14:00Location Max and Lillian Candiotty BuildingLecturer Prof. Jean Pierre Mach
Dept. of Biochemistry Univ. of Lausanne, SwitzerlandOrganizer Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyContact -
Date:18ThursdayOctober 2012Lecture
"Integrating structural and systems biology: Structure-based prediction of protein-protein interactions on a genome wide scale."
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Barry Honig
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, USAOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyContact -
Date:18ThursdayOctober 2012Lecture
Humans and the Other: Project Nim
More information Time 16:00 - 16:00Location Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact -
Date:18ThursdayOctober 2012Cultural Events
"Her Last Days"- Theater
More information Time 20:30 - 20:30Title Beit Lessin TheatreLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:20SaturdayOctober 2012Cultural Events
"Her Last Days"- Theater
More information Time 20:30 - 20:30Title Beit Lessin TheatreLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:21SundayOctober 2012Lecture
Regeneration in the Animalia: from analysis to synthesis
More information Time 10:00 - 11:00Location Wolfson Building for Biological ResearchLecturer Dr. Yuval Rinkevich
Department of Pathology and Developmental Biology Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford UniversityOrganizer Department of Molecular Cell BiologyContact -
Date:21SundayOctober 2012Lecture
The Explosive Deaths of Massive Stars
More information Time 10:00 - 11:00Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Physics BuildingLecturer Iair Arcavi Organizer Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for AstrophysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Core collapse supernovae (SNe) are highly heterogeneous and ...» Core collapse supernovae (SNe) are highly heterogeneous and mark the various ways in which massive stars end their lives. Explaining the observed diversity remains a key unsolved problem. The effects of mass, metallicity, binarity and rotation on the evolution and subsequent explosions of massive stars are not well understood. Large samples of events, recently collected through single untargeted surveys such as PTF, unlock new observational insights to this problem. By comparing the light curve shapes of numerous SNe we find three distinct sub-types of H-rich events, pointing towards different mechanisms at work and hinting at the effects of binarity. Discovering SNe in a range of host galaxy types and luminosities has allowed us to elucidate the significance of metallicity in creating different types of stripped SN progenitors. Early discovery and rapid followup enable us to constrain additional properties of SN progenitors, including their radius and pre-explosion structure. As more data is gathered, we approach a more complete understanding of the mysteries behind these explosive events. -
Date:21SundayOctober 2012Lecture
Searching for extant Martian subsurface life and geology from Mars orbit
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Sussman Family Building for Environmental SciencesLecturer Prof. Mark Allen
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of TechnologyOrganizer Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about If life ever existed on Mars in the past, life may still exi...» If life ever existed on Mars in the past, life may still exist today in the subsurface if habitable oases have persisted in the subsurface over time. If life exists today and/or habitable oases, then signatures of these processes may be present in the current atmosphere as exotic chemical species with ultratrace abundances. Methane is one example of such a signature of subsurface active processes. While questioned, the Mumma measurement of methane seems to be a real detection for several reasons. However, whether it signifies the presence of active biology or simply habitable oases or other proposed processes requires further measurements. In addition, there is the question of what other exotic chemical species may be present in the atmosphere at ultralow abundances. An orbital inventory of the Mars atmosphere along with a comprehensive characterization of atmospheric dynamices will provide a basis for detecting and localizing atmospheric signatures of active subsurface processes. -
Date:21SundayOctober 2012Lecture
Neural tube closure in the mouse embryo
More information Time 13:00 - 13:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Dr. Rada Massarwa
Benny Shilo's group, Dept. of Molecular GeneticsOrganizer Department of Molecular GeneticsContact -
Date:21SundayOctober 2012Lecture
The Power of Testing in Enhancing Memory
More information Time 14:00 - 14:00Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Dr. Henry L. Roediger III and Dr. Kathleen McDermott
Department of Psychology Washington University in St. LouisOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact -
Date:22MondayOctober 201225ThursdayOctober 2012Conference
DKFZ-WIS meeting
More information Time All dayLocation Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchChairperson Varda RotterHomepage Contact -
Date:22MondayOctober 2012Lecture
Coupling endothelial dysfunction to tumor stem cell demise by a new form of radiotherapy
More information Time 10:00 - 12:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Dr. Richard Kolesnick
Richard Kolesnick, MD Sloan-kettering Institute Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry Program U.S.AOrganizer Department of Biomolecular SciencesContact