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January 01, 2013
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Date:29SaturdayMay 2021Cultural Events
Soft Drugs and Hard Liquor:
More information Time 11:30 - 13:00Title A Sixties version of Bach's Coffee CantataLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumHomepage Contact -
Date:30SundayMay 2021Lecture
Molecular Genetics Departmental seminar with Sveta Markman
More information Time 13:00 - 13:00Title Limb development through the lens of single cell analysisLocation Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchOrganizer Department of Molecular GeneticsContact -
Date:31MondayMay 2021Lecture
New Experimental Methods in Cancer Research - Workshop
More information Time 08:00 - 17:00Location Max and Lillian Candiotty BuildingOrganizer Dwek Institute for Cancer Therapy ResearchContact -
Date:01TuesdayJune 2021Lecture
The human body from a quantitative perspective: cells, bacteria and SARS-CoV-2
More information Time 11:30 - 12:30Title Hybrid Dept. SeminarLocation Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological SciencesLecturer Ron Sender
Prof. Ron Milo's lab. Department of Plant and Environmental SciencesOrganizer Department of Plant and Environmental SciencesContact -
Date:01TuesdayJune 2021Lecture
Synthetic and Natural Plasticity in the Auditory Cortex
More information Time 12:30 - 12:30Lecturer Prof. Adi Mizrahi
Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences Hebrew University of JerusalemOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about We often study plasticity of highly synthetic environments t...» We often study plasticity of highly synthetic environments that may not necessarily form the substrate of more realistic conditions. We study sensory systems using both synthetic and more natural forms of plasticity in hope to find common brain mechanisms. On one hand we study perceptual and category learning and on the other hand parental plasticity; both in the auditory and olfactory systems. Using mice we exploit the available experimental toolkit to reveal anatomical, physiological and behavioral manifestation of plasticity in both synthetic and more natural conditions. I will discuss our efforts to study auditory plasticity in the context of mother-infant bonding, an interaction that rapidly develops following parturition. Specifically, I will describe how pup vocalizations are represented in the brain of naïve mice and in mothers, when they first start caring for their newborn pups. I will also share our recent efforts to study perceptual and category learning of synthetic (both simple and complex) environments.
Zoom link to join-
https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/96608033618?pwd=SEdJUkR2ZzRBZ3laUUdGbWR1VFJTdz09
Meeting ID: 966 0803 3618
Password: 564068
Host: Dr. Rita Schmidt rita.schmidt@weizmann.ac.il tel: 9070
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Date:03ThursdayJune 2021Lecture
Metabolic Profiling – a Tool for Discovering Biological Processes
More information Time 09:00 - 10:00Location ZOOMLecturer Dr. Sergey Malitsky
Metabolic Profiling UnitOrganizer Department of Life Sciences Core FacilitiesHomepage Contact -
Date:06SundayJune 2021Lecture
Molecular Genetics Departmental seminar with Yotam David
More information Time 13:00 - 13:30Title Identification of novel Golgi contact sites proteins using high throughput screening yeastLocation Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Yotam David Organizer Department of Molecular GeneticsContact -
Date:06SundayJune 2021Cultural Events
The Israel Camerata Jerusalem
More information Time 20:00 - 21:30Title Waltz & WindsLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumHomepage Contact -
Date:07MondayJune 2021Lecture
An unintended worldwide experiment: Impact of COVID-19 on the global chemical composition of the atmosphere
More information Time 13:00 - 14:00Title SAERI - Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative seminar seriesLocation via zoomLecturer Prof. Dr. Guy Pierre Brasseur
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, GermanyOrganizer Weizmann School of ScienceContact -
Date:07MondayJune 2021Cultural Events
Jerusalem Ballet
More information Time 20:00 - 21:30Title AMORLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumHomepage Contact -
Date:08TuesdayJune 2021Lecture
One-mutation-at-a-time evolutionary trajectories that link two high-specificity pairs of interacting proteins
More information Time 10:00 - 10:00Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological SciencesLecturer Dr. Ziv Avizemer
Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences-WISOrganizer Department of Biomolecular SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about New protein interaction specificities are created in evoluti...» New protein interaction specificities are created in evolution through genetic duplication and mutation of interacting pairs. Due to the stringent molecular constraints on mutations in protein-interaction surfaces and the astronomical number of possible mutational trajectories that may lead from one natural pair to another, no plausible path that connects two interacting pairs has been described. I developed a general strategy to compute minimally frustrated mutational trajectories that connect any two extant pairs. I then demonstrated that a computed path for a bacterial toxin-antitoxin pair is evolutionarily plausible with 18 intermediate mutant pairs that are fully functional in vivo. My results reveal a previously unknown mechanism by which the stringency of the specificity-switch point on the path may be relaxed by mutations that are not observed in the evolutionary record. -
Date:08TuesdayJune 2021Lecture
An overlooked aspect of warming events: extreme rates of onset trigger mass mortality in coral reef fish
More information Time 11:30 - 12:30Title Guest Seminar via ZoomLocation https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/94920680518?pwd=MDhOVUZsQWRaMGZSYndIME5lZGtRdz09 Password 151190Lecturer Prof. Amatzia Genin
Professor (emeritus) of Biological Oceanography and Marine Ecology, The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences and Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, The Hebrew University, EilatOrganizer Department of Plant and Environmental SciencesContact -
Date:10ThursdayJune 2021Lecture
GOING TO EXTREMES: STUDIES WITH RARE EXCEPTIONAL SURVIVORS OF OVARIAN CANCER.
More information Time 09:00 - 10:00Lecturer Prof. David Bowtell
Women’s Cancer Program at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, AustraliaOrganizer Dwek Institute for Cancer Therapy ResearchContact -
Date:11FridayJune 2021Cultural Events
Nathan's friends
More information Time 20:00 - 22:45Location Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:13SundayJune 2021Lecture
Molecular Genetics Departmental seminar with Daoud Sheiban
More information Time 13:00 - 13:30Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Daoud Sheiban Organizer Department of Molecular GeneticsContact -
Date:14MondayJune 202116WednesdayJune 2021Conference
Functional Disulfides in Health & Disease
More information Time 08:00 - 17:00Location Virtual ConferenceChairperson Deborah FassHomepage -
Date:14MondayJune 2021Cultural Events
A magical Parisian swing
More information Time 20:00 - 21:30Title Featuring mentalist Uri Geller, pianist Leonid Ptashka and singer Tilda RejwanLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:15TuesdayJune 2021Lecture
A role for SINE-encoded RNA in neuronal regeneration?
More information Time 10:00 - 10:30Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological SciencesLecturer Dr. Indrek Koppel
Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences-WISOrganizer Department of Biomolecular SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about B2 small noncoding RNAs are transcribed from short intersper...» B2 small noncoding RNAs are transcribed from short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs), which are high copy number transposable elements in the mouse genome. B2 RNAs are upregulated upon cellular stress and may repress mRNA synthesis or affect protein translation. Surprisingly, we observed global upregulation of polyadenylated B2 RNAs in sensory neuron ganglia following periperal nerve injury. Interestingly, similar induction was not seen in optic nerve injury, a model of central nervous system injury. In this talk, I will discuss our efforts to understand the possible involvement of B2 RNAs (and their corresponding human Alu RNA analogs) in neuronal regeneration. -
Date:15TuesdayJune 2021Lecture
Predicting the structure of microbial communities
More information Time 11:30 - 12:30Title Guest Seminar via ZoomLocation https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/94920680518?pwd=MDhOVUZsQWRaMGZSYndIME5lZGtRdz09 Password 151190Lecturer Dr. Jonathan Friedman
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Rehovot Campus)Organizer Department of Plant and Environmental SciencesContact -
Date:15TuesdayJune 2021Lecture
Representation of 3D space in the mammalian brain: From 3D grid cells in flying bats to 3D perception in flying humans
More information Time 12:30 - 12:30Lecturer Dr. Gily Ginosar
Neurobiology Dept, WISOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about While our world is three-dimensional (3D), spatial perceptio...» While our world is three-dimensional (3D), spatial perception is most often studied in animals and humans navigating across 2D surfaces. I will present two cases in which the consideration of the 3D nature of the world has led us to surprising results. The first case regards the neural recording of mammalian grid cells. Grid cells that are recorded over 2D surfaces create a hexagonal-shaped repetitive lattice, which inspired many theoretical studies to investigate the pattern’s mechanism and function. Upon recording in bats flying through 3D space, we found that grid cells did not exhibit a hexagonal global lattice, but rather showed a local order – with grid-fields exhibiting fixed local distances. Our results in 3D strongly argue against most of the prevailing models of grid-cell function, and we suggest a unified model that explains the results in both 2D and 3D. The second case regards the perception of 3D space in humans. Different behavioral studies have shown contradicting evidence of human perception of 3D space being either isotropic or vertically compressed. We addressed this question using human experts in 3D motion and navigation – fighter pilots – studied in a flight simulator. We considered two aspects of the perception of 3D space: surrounding space and travelled space. We show that different aspects of the perception of space are shaped differently with experience: whereas the perception of the 3D surrounding space was vertically compressed in both expert and non-expert subjects, fighter pilots exhibited isotropic perception of travelled space, whereas non-expert subjects retained a distorted perception. Together, our research sheds light on the differences and similarities between the coding of 3D versus 2D space, in both animals and humans.
Zoom link to join-
https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/96608033618?pwd=SEdJUkR2ZzRBZ3laUUdGbWR1VFJTdz09
Meeting ID: 966 0803 3618
Password: 564068
Host: Dr. Rita Schmidt rita.schmidt@weizmann.ac.il tel: 9070