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January 01, 2013
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Date:06WednesdayMarch 2013Lecture
Informal workshop with prof. Michel Mayor
More information Time 10:00 - 16:30Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Physics BuildingOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsContact -
Date:06WednesdayMarch 2013Lecture
"Strategies to improve protein quality of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) by modifying storage protein composition or sulphur metabolic pathways"
More information Time 11:15 - 11:15Location Ullmann Building of Life SciencesLecturer Dr. Frederic Marsolais, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Government of CanadaOrganizer Department of Plant and Environmental SciencesHomepage Contact -
Date:06WednesdayMarch 2013Lecture
Spotlight on Science Seminar
More information Time 12:00 - 13:30Title Building neutrino telescopes at the South Pole: IceCube and ARALocation Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Dr. Hagar Landsman
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsContact -
Date:07ThursdayMarch 2013Lecture
Chaim Leib Pekeris Memorial Lecture
More information Time All dayLocation Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumOrganizer Department of Computer Science and Applied MathematicsContact -
Date:07ThursdayMarch 2013Lecture
Magnetic Resonance Seminar
More information Time 09:30 - 10:30Title Extending the observation window of hyperpolarised MRILocation Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Irene Marco-Rius
University of Cambridge, UKOrganizer Department of Chemical and Biological PhysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Hyperpolarised NMR is a valuable technique for grading tumou...» Hyperpolarised NMR is a valuable technique for grading tumours and detecting treatment response through real-time, monitoring of bio-chemical reactions in vivo, which may also be resolved spatially. At present, however, the range of detectable reactions is limited, due to fast T1-dependent decay of the nuclear hyperpolarisation. Use of coupled spins-1/2 may improve this situation, since these may decay more slowly than T1 when the polarisation is trapped in the nuclear singlet (spin-0) state [1, 2]. Singlet order escapes many of the processes that result in signal loss, thereby preserving spin order over longer timescales [3], and potentially allowing detection of slower metabolic processes. Singlet order may also preserve hyperpolarization during transport to sites of interest in vivo, such as tumours, or allow more handling time of the sample before injection.
REFERENCES
1. Levitt, M. H. Singlet and other states with extended lifetimes, In Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Wasylishen, R. K. H. a. R. E., Ed.), John Wiley, Chichester.
2. Levitt, M. H. (2012) Singlet nuclear magnetic resonance, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 63, 1-17.
3. Tayler, M. C., Marco-Rius, I., Kettunen, M. I., Brindle, K. M., Levitt, M. H., and Pileio, G. (2012) Direct enhancement of nuclear singlet order by dynamic nuclear polarization, J. Am. Chem. Soc.
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Date:07ThursdayMarch 2013Colloquia
SEARCHING FOR EARTH-TWINS AROUND SOLAR-TYPE STARS
More information Time 11:15 - 12:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer MICHEL MAYOR
Geneva UniversityOrganizer Faculty of PhysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about At the present time a few low mass exoplanets have already b...» At the present time a few low mass exoplanets have already been detected in the so-called habitable zone (HZ) of their host stars. On one hand a limited number of planets with a few times the mass of the Earth orbiting bright stars in the solar vicinity have been characterized. However measurements of transiting super-earths seem to indicate that these planets could have massive atmospheres and may not be optimum for life development. On another hand, a large number of exoplanets with radii comparable (or even smaller) to the Earth's one have been identified by the Kepler space mission. However these potentially rocky planets are not in the HZ . In addition the host stars of these planets are faint and at quite large distance: A difficult situation for further studies as mass determination or differential spectroscopy during transits. In this lecture we will discuss the perspectives in that exciting search towards the discovery of potential sites for life development. -
Date:07ThursdayMarch 2013Lecture
Art + : Intersections of Art and Mathematics
More information Time 16:00 - 16:00Location Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumLecturer Ingrid Daubechies
Duke UniversityOrganizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:07ThursdayMarch 2013Lecture
Scientists' Peletron Series
More information Time 17:00 - 19:00Location The David Lopatie Conference CentreContact -
Date:10SundayMarch 2013Lecture
Intensity of redox conditions in Eastern Mediterranean Sapropels deduced from metal stable isotopes
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Sussman Family Building for Environmental SciencesLecturer Alan Matthews
The Hebrew UniversityOrganizer Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesContact -
Date:10SundayMarch 2013Lecture
the development of the tendon- bone attachment
More information Time 13:00 - 13:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Neta Maayan
Elazar Zelzer's group, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, WISContact -
Date:10SundayMarch 2013Cultural Events
Orchestra of Exiles
More information Time 19:30 - 22:00Location Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumOrganizer Yad Chaim WeizmannContact -
Date:10SundayMarch 2013Cultural Events
Harsh People
More information Time 20:30 - 20:30Title The Haifa TheaterLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:11MondayMarch 2013Lecture
Cyclic elements in semisimple Lie Algebras
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Alexander Elashvili
I.Javachishvili UniversityOrganizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:11MondayMarch 2013Lecture
Catalytic Reforming of Biogas for Syngas Production
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Sussman Family Building for Environmental SciencesLecturer McKenzie Primerano Kohn
Columbia UniversityOrganizer Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Biogas is a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced f...» Biogas is a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced from the anaerobic microbial digestion of biomass. It is an inexpensive, local source of energy but is usually wasted because the high CO2 content reduces the quality of the fuel. Catalytic dry and auto-thermal reforming is investigated as a means to completely utilize the CH4 and CO2 to produce syngas, H2 and CO, a valuable product that can be used to produce liquid fuels, provide H2 for fuel cells, or improve the combustion of biogas. The effect of the chlorocarbon methyl chloride (CH3Cl), a common biogas impurity, on the catalyst is also considered. Chlorocarbons are potential catalyst poisons that are unique to bio-derived fuels due to the natural presence of chlorinated compounds in organic material that are released during thermal treatment. Despite their presence in biogas, the effect of chlorocarbons on the dry reforming reaction has not been extensively studied. This work investigates the effect of CH3Cl in particular on the activity and selectivity of methane dry and auto-thermal reforming using a Rh/γAl2O3 catalyst.
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Date:11MondayMarch 2013Lecture
Hierarchical Nanostructured 3D Flowerlike BiOClxBr1−x Semiconductors with Exceptional Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman BuildingLecturer Prof. Yoel Sasson
Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of JerusalemOrganizer Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials ScienceContact -
Date:11MondayMarch 2013Lecture
The Role of Mass Spectrometry in Clinical Molecular Testing and Personalized Genomics
More information Time 12:30 - 14:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Dr. Charles Cantor
Chief Scientific Officer, SEQUENOM Inc.Organizer Department of Biomolecular SciencesContact -
Date:11MondayMarch 2013Lecture
Breast Cancer Heterogeneity; a Challenge for Molecular Classification and Treatment Evaluation
More information Time 14:00 - 14:00Location Max and Lillian Candiotty BuildingLecturer Prof. Annelise Borreson-Dale Organizer Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyContact -
Date:11MondayMarch 2013Lecture
Fluctuation scaling in complex systems
More information Time 14:15 - 14:15Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer Nadav Shnerb
Bar-Ilan UniversityOrganizer Department of Physics of Complex SystemsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Spatio-temporal analysis of fluctuations may reveal a lot of...» Spatio-temporal analysis of fluctuations may reveal a lot of information about a complex system. In particular, it may allow one to quantify the strength of stabilizing mechanisms, and to estimate the distance from a subcritical bifurcation. However, to achieve a reliable analysis, the characteristics of the process noise, and, more important, the statistics of the measurement noise have to be known with reasonable accuracy. The capabilities of our new techniques will be demonstrated using large-scale social and ecological databases. We will show how drunk are bird population and their observers are, why you cannot see the (rain) forest for the trees, and why parents make wrong choices when they pick a name for their baby. -
Date:11MondayMarch 2013Lecture
Properties and Applications of Boolean Function Composition
More information Time 14:30 - 14:30Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Avishay Tal
Organizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:11MondayMarch 2013Cultural Events
The Israel Ballet
More information Time 18:00 - 18:00Title Sleeping BeautyLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact