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April 23, 2012
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Date:30TuesdayApril 2013Lecture
"From microbes to neurons - optogenetic interrogation of brain circuits"
More information Time 11:15 - 11:15Location Ullmann Building of Life SciencesLecturer Prof. Ofer Yizhar
Department of Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, WIS, http://www.weizmann.ac.il/neurobiology/labs/yizhar/Organizer Department of Plant and Environmental SciencesContact -
Date:30TuesdayApril 2013Lecture
Predictive information and the brain's internal time
More information Time 12:30 - 12:30Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Naftali Tishby
Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation The Hebrew University, JerusalemOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Abstract: One of the most intriguing questions in cognitiv...»
Abstract: One of the most intriguing questions in cognitive neuroscience is how our sensation and perception of time is related to the physical (Newtonian) time axis. In this talk I will argue that our sensation of time is scaled non-linearly with the information we have about the relevant past and future. In other words, we scale our internal clock with the number of "bits" of perceptual and actionable information, as determined by our sensory and planning tasks. To this end, I will introduce a Renormalisation Group procedure of the Bellman equation for Partially Observed Markov Decision Processes (POMDP), and argue that such renormalisation (non-linear rescaling of time) can explain the subjective discounting of rewards, and the emergence of hierarchies and reverse hierarchies in perception and planing.
Finally, I will argue that the structure of our natural language reflects the "fixed point" of this renormalisation group - namely, the divergence of our planning and perception horizons.
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Date:30TuesdayApril 2013Lecture
At the interface of inflammation and growth
More information Time 13:30 - 13:30Location Wolfson Building for Biological ResearchLecturer Prof. Yinon Ben-Neriah
Department of Immunology, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical SchoolOrganizer Department of Systems ImmunologyContact -
Date:30TuesdayApril 2013Cultural Events
Magical Melodies
More information Time 17:30 - 17:30Title Raanana Symphonette OrchestraLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:01WednesdayMay 2013Lecture
Forum on Mathematical Principles in Biology
More information Time 10:00 - 11:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Nir Friedman Organizer Department of Molecular Cell BiologyContact -
Date:01WednesdayMay 2013Lecture
On Quasi-Frobenius biparabolic subalgebras
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Prof. Anthony Joseph
Organizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:01WednesdayMay 2013Lecture
A short probabilistic proof of the Brascamp-Lieb inequality
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Joseph Lehec
University of Paris-Dauphine, CEREMADEOrganizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:01WednesdayMay 2013Lecture
g-factor measurements on hydrogen-like ions as test of bound-state QED
More information Time 15:15 - 15:15Location Weizmann HouseLecturer Guenter Werth
Johannes Gutenberg Universitat MainzOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Atomic g-factor measurements on hydrogen-like ions serve as ...» Atomic g-factor measurements on hydrogen-like ions serve as a test of bound-state QED. Recently we completed an experiment on 28Si13+ and by comparison to theory we obtain a new value of the electron mass, about 15 times more accurate than the previously accepted value. -
Date:01WednesdayMay 2013Cultural Events
“Hipa’zon and Ze’hiron”
More information Time 17:30 - 17:30Title Children’s Theater, based on the book.Location Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:02ThursdayMay 2013Colloquia
A serendipitous stroll in scientific tranquility and political turmoil
More information Time 11:15 - 12:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesOrganizer Faculty of PhysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about I went to the United States in the late 70's with the i...» I went to the United States in the late 70's with the intent to get a degree in engineering, return home and make millions. Things did not quite go according to plans. The Iranian revolution happened, ushering in tectonic fissures in Iran and across the region. Life changed in many miserable ways for the Iranians. In desperation, I switched to physics.
In this talk, I hope to give the perspective of a diaspora physicist from Iran who is now di-recting a research institute in the United States and is enjoying it. It is also true that no challenge in science has been for me as forceful and as intense as those set upon me, my family and everyday Iranians by the maniacal mullahs. I will share with you some of these experiences and discuss a few scenarios on how things may change in Iran.
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Date:02ThursdayMay 2013Cultural Events
Classical Women
More information Time 12:30 - 12:30Title Music at NoonLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:05SundayMay 2013Lecture
Ice Age Dynamics on Mars
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Sussman Family Building for Environmental SciencesLecturer Norbert Schorghofer
University of HawaiiOrganizer Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesContact -
Date:05SundayMay 2013Lecture
To be announced
More information Time 13:00 - 13:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Yulia Shwartz
Elazar Zelzer's group, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, WISContact -
Date:05SundayMay 2013Lecture
"The Israel Alternative Fuels Initiative - Mission and Goals"
More information Time 13:15 - 13:15Location Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumLecturer Dr. Anat Bonshtien
Alternative Fuels Administration, Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/PrimeMinistersOffice/DivisionsAndAuthorities/OilFree/Pages/IsraelOilFreeInitiative.aspxOrganizer Weizmann School of ScienceContact -
Date:05SundayMay 2013Lecture
Optical manipulation of charge dynamics in organic and hybrid electronic devices
More information Time 14:00 - 14:00Lecturer Dr. Artem Bakulin
Institute AMOLF, The NetherlandsOrganizer Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials ScienceContact -
Date:06MondayMay 201309ThursdayMay 2013Conference
Computational Biology: Then and Now
More information Time All dayLocation The David Lopatie Conference CentreChairperson Koby LevyHomepage Contact -
Date:06MondayMay 2013Lecture
Genetic research using integrated fluidic circuits, CNV gene chips and NGS
More information Time 10:00 - 11:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Prof. Dani Bercovich
Head of the MSc Biotechnology program, Tel Hai College, Migal – Galilee Research InstitutedHomepage Contact Abstract Show full text abstract about The flexibility of the BioMarkReal-Time PCR System, allow us...» The flexibility of the BioMarkReal-Time PCR System, allow us to preform genetic research using different types of nano-fluidic (48.48 or 96.96) chips setup, in the thermal cycle of these chips and image the data in real time for quantity determination of DNA copy numbers (CNV) or mRNA expression in multiple loci locations or genes, and can also to be used as an endpoint image reader for analyzing different allelic genotyping frequencies in a panel of 90 common mutations, in the Israeli populations, for 42 different mono genetic disorders, and 15-14 common mutations in Breast/Ovarian and Colon cancers. A panel of 47 novel Canis (dogs) SNPs was used, for the determination of a phylogenetic tree in 45 different Canis DNA samples.
Digital-PCR gene chip were used to determine the number of a human gene which were incorporated in a plant cells for the production of this protein to treat human disease. CGH array and NGS technologies were used to locate new genes associated with complex clinical genetic diseases.
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Date:06MondayMay 2013Colloquia
Faculty of Chemistry Colloquium - Prof. Robert Langer
More information Time 11:45 - 13:00Title Chemistry in medicine: From the discovery of angiogenesis inhibitors to the development of controlled drug delivery systems and the foundation of tissue engineeringLocation Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Robert S. Langer
2013 Wolf Prize Laureate in Chemistry David H. Koch Institute Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139Organizer Faculty of ChemistryContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Advanced drug delivery systems are having an enormous impact...» Advanced drug delivery systems are having an enormous impact on human health. We start by discussing our early research on developing the first polymeric controlled release systems for macromolecules and their use in the isolation of angiogenesis inhibitors and how this led to numerous new therapies. We then discuss new ways of using nanotechnology based systems to deliver DNA and siRNA. Approaches for creating new biomaterials are then evaluated and examples where such materials are used in brain cancer and shape memory applications are discussed. Finally, by combining mammalian cells, including stem cells, with synthetic polymers, new approaches for engineering tissues are being developed that may someday help in treating various diseases. Examples in the areas of cartilage, skin and spinal cord repair are discussed. -
Date:06MondayMay 2013Lecture
Functional interplay between transcription factors and chromatin
More information Time 14:00 - 14:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Dr. Randall H. Morse
Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics Wadsworth Center, NY, USAOrganizer Department of Molecular GeneticsContact -
Date:06MondayMay 2013Lecture
Dense fluids of colloidal spheres form denser non-crystalline packings.
More information Time 14:15 - 14:15Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer Eli Sloutskin
Eli Sloutskin Bar-Ilan UniversityOrganizer Department of Physics of Complex SystemsContact