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May 07, 2014
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Date:08TuesdayJuly 2014Lecture
The functional architecture of the ventral stream and its role in visual categorization
More information Time 12:30 - 12:30Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Kalanit Grill-Spector
Dept of Psychology and Neurosciences Institute Stanford University, CAOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Visual categorization is thought to occur in the human ventr...» Visual categorization is thought to occur in the human ventral temporal cortex (VTC), but how this categorization is achieved is still largely unknown. I will consider the computations and representations that are necessary for categorization, and examine how the microanatomical and macroanatomical layout of the VTC might optimize them to achieve rapid and flexible visual categorization. I will propose that efficient categorization is achieved by organizing representations in a nested spatial hierarchy in the VTC. This spatial hierarchy serves as a neural infrastructure for the representational hierarchy of visual information in the VTC and thereby enables flexible access to category information at several levels of abstraction. -
Date:09WednesdayJuly 2014Lecture
Finite multiplicity theorem for spherical pairs
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Andrey Minchenko
Organizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:09WednesdayJuly 2014Cultural Events
Israel Camerata Jerusalem
More information Time 20:30 - 20:30Title The TempestLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:16WednesdayJuly 2014Lecture
Strong and Weak Lensing with HST and High Redshift Galaxies: Recent Advancements
More information Time 11:15 - 12:00Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Physics BuildingLecturer Adi Zitrin Organizer Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for AstrophysicsContact -
Date:17ThursdayJuly 2014Lecture
Magnetic Resonance Seminar
More information Time 09:30 - 09:30Title Molecular-Level fMRI of Dopaminergic SignalingLocation Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Lili Cai
ELSC, Hebrew UniversityOrganizer Department of Chemical and Biological PhysicsContact -
Date:17ThursdayJuly 2014Lecture
Kahler threefolds without subvarieties
More information Time 14:00 - 14:00Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Misha Verbitsky
HSE, Moscow.Organizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:18FridayJuly 2014Cultural Events
Friday Culture: A Meeting with the actress Lia Koenig
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumContact -
Date:20SundayJuly 201426SaturdayJuly 2014Conference
slow-fast Phenomema workshop
More information Time All dayLocation Jacob Ziskind BuildingChairperson Zvi ArtsteinContact -
Date:20SundayJuly 2014Lecture
"How drugs bind and modulate their receptors: revealing the structural basis of GPCR signaling through simulation"
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Location Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman BuildingLecturer Prof. Ron Dror
Stanford UniversityOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyContact -
Date:24ThursdayJuly 2014Lecture
Quenched invariance principle for simple random walk on clusters in correlated percolation models.
More information Time 11:05 - 11:05Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Eviatar Procaccia
Organizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:27SundayJuly 201429TuesdayJuly 2014Conference
Medical Research at the Cutting Edge
More information Time All dayLocation IrelandChairperson Rachel ValdmanHomepage Contact -
Date:29TuesdayJuly 2014Lecture
MCB Seminar - Rand Arafeh
More information Time 12:15 - 13:15Title Identification and Characterization of Rasa2 as a Tumor Suppressor Gene in MelanomaLocation Wolfson Building for Biological ResearchLecturer Rand Arafeh
Organizer Department of Molecular Cell BiologyContact -
Date:29TuesdayJuly 2014Lecture
MCB Seminar - Michal Levo
More information Time 12:15 - 13:15Title To bind or not to bind? Characterizing DNA binding by regulatory proteins, both in-vitro and within a single cellLocation Wolfson Building for Biological ResearchLecturer Michal Levo Organizer Department of Molecular Cell BiologyContact -
Date:03SundayAugust 2014Lecture
Lateral and Normal Adhesion Forces at the Interface between a Liquid Drop and a Substrate
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Perlman Chemical Sciences BuildingLecturer Prof. Rafael Tadmor
Lamar University, TX, USAOrganizer Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials ScienceContact -
Date:04MondayAugust 2014Lecture
Insights into how resistance caqn arise to Hsp90 Inhibitor Drugs
More information Time 14:00 - 14:00Location Max and Lillian Candiotty BuildingLecturer Prof. Peter Piper
Univ. of Sheffield, U.K.Organizer Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyContact -
Date:05TuesdayAugust 2014Lecture
Jacobi identity and intersection of triangle altitudes in non-Euclidean geometry
More information Time 16:00 - 16:00Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Victor Prasolov
Independent University of MoscowOrganizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:06WednesdayAugust 2014Lecture
Linking dynamics of neural activity to movement and decisions
More information Time 12:30 - 12:30Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Brain ResearchLecturer Dr. Mati Joshua
Dept of Neurobiology Duke University, Durham, NC, USAOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Neurons continuously modulate their activity in time and mag...» Neurons continuously modulate their activity in time and magnitude; it is unclear how the dynamics of activity is related to brain computations and to behavior. In the first part of my talk I will show how we link between the dynamics of activity and the computation in the cerebellum-brainstem circuitry that generates eye movement. We found that dynamics of responses of neurons support a hierarchical organization of a neural integrator. In the second part of my talk I will show how we use the smooth pursuit eye movement to continuously readout the decision process. I will present a new framework for studying the neural mechanisms for decisions. -
Date:12TuesdayAugust 2014Lecture
Unraveling principles of cap-independent translation in human genes and viruses using thousands of designed regulatory sequences
More information Time 12:15 - 12:15Location Wolfson Building for Biological ResearchLecturer Shira Weingarten-Gabbay. Organizer Department of Molecular Cell BiologyContact -
Date:12TuesdayAugust 2014Lecture
Mitochondria as a Pharmacological Target For Eliminating Senescent Cells
More information Time 12:15 - 12:15Location Wolfson Building for Biological ResearchLecturer Dominick Burton Organizer Department of Molecular Cell BiologyContact -
Date:13WednesdayAugust 2014Lecture
Spiking patterns and cortical neuron detectability
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Brain ResearchLecturer Guy Doron, PhD
Postdoc Prof. Matthew Larkum Lab Humboldt University of BerlinOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about In recent years, substantial advances have been made towards...» In recent years, substantial advances have been made towards directly linking single-cell activity and sensation. While it was shown that the activity of single cortical neurons can evoke measurable sensory effects, the relation between the regularity, frequency and number of action potentials (APs) to the evoked sensations is unknown and it is still unclear, how these effects depend on cell type and the precise discharge pattern. In a previous study we used nanostimulation, a technique that allows in vivo manipulation of spike activity and identification of individual neurons (Houweling et al., 2010), to provide evidence that individual neurons in the rat barrel cortex can have an impact on behavioral responses in a detection task. In this talk I will discuss the effects of spike train irregularity, frequency and number on the detectability of single-neuron stimulation in rat somatosensory cortex. Our data imply that the behaving animal is sensitive to single neurons' spikes and even to their temporal patterning.