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September 12, 2014
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Date:01MondayDecember 2014Cultural Events
Age of Bel Canto
More information Time 20:00 - 22:00Title Israel Chamber OperaLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:02TuesdayDecember 2014Lecture
"Unraveling the mechanism of protein disaggregation through Methyl-TROSY NMR"
More information Time 08:30 - 09:30Location Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman BuildingLecturer Prof. Rina Rosenzweig
Department of Biology University of TorontoOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyContact -
Date:02TuesdayDecember 2014Lecture
Distribution of eigenvalues for some classes of operators in Banach space
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Haggai Katriel
Ort-Braude CollegeOrganizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:02TuesdayDecember 2014Lecture
The neuroeconomics of simple choice
More information Time 12:30 - 12:30Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Antonio Rangel
Bing Professor of Neuroscience, Behavioral Biology & Economics CALTECHOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Neuroeconomics studies what are the computations made by the...» Neuroeconomics studies what are the computations made by the brain in different decision situations, and how are these computations implemented and constraints by the underlying neurobiology. This talk describe recent fMRI, EEG and eye-tracking experiments designed to understand how the brain computes and compares values during simple decisions, like choosing between an apple and an orange. -
Date:02TuesdayDecember 2014Lecture
Memoryless nonlinear response: A simple mechanism for the 1/ noise
More information Time 14:15 - 14:15Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer Deepak Dhar
Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchOrganizer Department of Physics of Complex SystemsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Discovering the mechanism underlying the ubiquity of 1=&...» Discovering the mechanism underlying the ubiquity of 1=α noise has been
a long-standing problem. The wide variety of systems showing such long-ranged temporal correlations suggests the existence of some simple and general mechanism. I will argue that memory-less nonlinear response suffices to explain the observed non-trivial values of α: If an input signal S(t) with a power spectrum varying as 1= α, is fed to a non-linear device with response function R, the output R(S(t)) can have a power spectrum 1α with α < α.
As an illustrative example, a bounded Brownian noise (α = 2), fed to a device with a sigmoidal response function R(S) = sgn (S) Sx, with x < 1, produces an output with power spectrum exponent α = 32 +x, for 0 x  1/2. The argument is easily extended to more general input noise and response functions.
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Date:02TuesdayDecember 2014Academic Events
2014 Weizmann Memorial Lectures
More information Time 15:00 - 17:00Location The David Lopatie Conference CentreLecturer Prof. Carlos J. Bustamante
A Journey Through Cellular Processes: One Molecule at a TimeContact -
Date:02TuesdayDecember 2014Cultural Events
"THE WAVE"
More information Time 19:30 - 22:00Title American Drama group Europe - in EnglishLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:03WednesdayDecember 2014Lecture
To be announced
More information Time 10:00 - 11:00Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Cohen Haim
Faculty of Life Sciences Bar-Ilan Univ.Organizer Department of Biomolecular SciencesContact -
Date:03WednesdayDecember 2014Lecture
Epigenetic & Symbiotic Mechanisms of Adaptation to New Environments
More information Time 10:00 - 10:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Prof. Yoav Soen
Dept. of Biological Chemistry, WISContact -
Date:03WednesdayDecember 2014Lecture
Regulation of healthy lifespan by SIRT6
More information Time 10:00 - 11:00Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Cohen Haim Organizer Department of Biomolecular SciencesContact -
Date:03WednesdayDecember 2014Lecture
Deligne categories and Kronecker coefficients
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Inna Entova-Aizenbud
MITOrganizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:03WednesdayDecember 2014Lecture
Quality Preserving Databases: Statistically Sound and Efficient Use of Public Databases for an Infinite Sequence of Tests
More information Time 11:15 - 11:15Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Saharon Rosset
Tel Aviv UniversityOrganizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:03WednesdayDecember 2014Cultural Events
Music at Noon - "Moriah College Band" Sydney Australia
More information Time 12:30 - 13:30Title 45 Young Musicians Orchestra klezmer, jazz and contemporary classics.Location Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:03WednesdayDecember 2014Academic Events
2014 Weizmann Memorial Lectures
More information Time 15:00 - 17:00Location The David Lopatie Conference CentreLecturer Prof. Carlos J. Bustamante
Division of Labor and Coordination Among the Subunits of a Nearly Perfect Biological MachineContact -
Date:03WednesdayDecember 2014Cultural Events
"Mufleta's Concerto" - Morrocan play
More information Time 20:30 - 22:00Title חגיגת בידור וזמר במרוקאית ועבריתLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014Conference
Israel Biochemistry Society Meeting
More information Time 08:00 - 17:30Location The David Lopatie Conference CentreChairperson Michal SharonHomepage Contact -
Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014Lecture
Schmidt Minerva Center Minisymposium on Supramolecular Architectures
More information Time 09:00 - 13:00Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallOrganizer The Gerhardt M.J. Schmidt Minerva Center on Supramolecular ArchitecturesContact -
Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014Lecture
G-INCPM special guest seminar - Inflammatory links between obesity and type 2 diabetes
More information Time 10:00 - 11:30Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Dr. Alan Saltiel
Director, Life Sciences Institute (LSI), University of Michigan, Ann ArborOrganizer Department of Biomolecular SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Obesity is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation th...» Obesity is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation that negatively impacts insulin sensitivity. High fat diet can increase NFB activation in mice, which leads to a sustained elevation in levels of the non-canonical IKKs, IB kinase  (IKK) and TBK1, in liver, adipocytes and adipose tissue macrophages. We explore the role of these enzymes by gene knockout and inhibitor studies. These data suggest that IKKand TBK1 play an important role in chronic inflammation in liver and fat, hepatic steatosis and whole-body insulin resistance. Blockade of the activity of these two kinases produces increased energy expenditure and thermogenesis, along with improved insulin resistance and fatty liver. We will discuss the role of inflammation and the NFkB pathway in the generation of insulin resistance and persistent obesity in metabolic disease. -
Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014Lecture
Whitney numbers of matroids via measure concentration in configuration varieties
More information Time 11:05 - 11:05Location Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Karim Adiprasito
The Hebrew University of JerusalemOrganizer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceContact -
Date:04ThursdayDecember 2014Lecture
New Localization Paradigms for In-Vivo Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
More information Time 11:15 - 12:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer Assaf Tal
Weizmann Institute of ScienceOrganizer Faculty of PhysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used to produce sp...» Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used to produce spatial distribution maps of water in our body. However, by shaping the magnetic fields inside the scanner, one is able to excite and image nuclear magnetic moments in other biochemically interesting molecules. The high degree of control afforded by modern hardware allows us to propose intricate and elegant ways of coherently controlling the nuclear moments, and two such schemes will be presented. The resulting paradigms enable one to monitor in-vivo biochemistry with greater speed and resolution than before, opening up new possibilities of studying brain physiology.