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January 12, 2015
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Date:11WednesdayMarch 2015Lecture
"Molecular Switches and Motors"
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Ben L. Feringa
University of Groningen Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesOrganizer Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials ScienceContact -
Date:11WednesdayMarch 2015Lecture
Future accelerator facilities
More information Time 11:00 - 12:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer Brian Foster
OxfordOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsContact -
Date:11WednesdayMarch 2015Lecture
Decoupling theory uncertainties from measurements & RECAST
More information Time 13:15 - 13:15Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer Kyle Cranmer
NYUOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about I will review the approach being taken to test the predictio...» I will review the approach being taken to test the predictions for the Standard Model Higgs boson and the summarize most recent results from Run 1. I will outline a new approach to disentangle theoretical uncertainties from the experimental measurements and RECAST, an effort to increase the scope for new physics searches in Run 2. -
Date:12ThursdayMarch 2015Lecture
Giant protein assemblies in nature and by design
More information Time 11:00 - 12:00Location Michael Sela AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Todd Yeates
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry UCLAOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyContact -
Date:12ThursdayMarch 2015Colloquia
The universe beyond the horizon
More information Time 11:15 - 12:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer Alexander Vilenkin
TuftsOrganizer Faculty of PhysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Cosmic inflation is generically a never ending process, with...» Cosmic inflation is generically a never ending process, with new "bubble universes" constantly being formed. I will discuss the origin of this "multiverse" worldview, its possible observational tests, and its implications for the beginning and the end of the universe. -
Date:12ThursdayMarch 2015Lecture
Yad Chaim Weizmann series of lectures
More information Time 19:30 - 19:30Title Liquid Modernity Life and Crisis in a Multidisciplinary EraLocation Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumOrganizer Yad Chaim WeizmannHomepage Contact -
Date:12ThursdayMarch 2015Cultural Events
Irish story
More information Time 20:30 - 22:00Title songs and dance from "Lord of the dance"Location Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:14SaturdayMarch 2015Cultural Events
Avi Nussbaum - Stand up
More information Time 21:30 - 22:45Location Michael Sela AuditoriumContact -
Date:15SundayMarch 2015Lecture
The biology of artificial DNA machines
More information Time 10:00 - 11:00Title By Ido BacheletLocation Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchOrganizer Department of Molecular Cell BiologyContact -
Date:15SundayMarch 2015Lecture
Application of compound specific sulfur isotope analysis for the study of thermochemical sulfate reduction
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Sussman Family Building for Environmental SciencesLecturer Alon Amrani
Earth Science institute The Hebrew University of JerusalemOrganizer Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesContact -
Date:15SundayMarch 2015Lecture
Instability of Polyion Suspensions
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Location Perlman Chemical Sciences BuildingLecturer Prof. Phil Pincus
Depts. Physics and Materials, University of California at Santa BarbaraOrganizer Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials ScienceContact -
Date:15SundayMarch 2015Lecture
Cognition from Action
More information Time 12:30 - 12:30Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Gyorgy Buzsaki
NYU Neuroscience InstituteOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Summary: Gyorgy Buzsaki aims at understanding how neuronal c...» Summary: Gyorgy Buzsaki aims at understanding how neuronal circuitries of the brain support its cognitive capacities, with a primary interest in brain oscillations, synchronization and memory. His major goal is to provide rational, mechanistic explanations of cognitive functions at a descriptive level.
Over the past 35 years, Buzsaki has led the way in analyzing the functional properties of cortical neurons acting within their natural networks. He pioneered the experimental exploration of how coordinated, rhythmic neuronal activity serves physiological functions in the cerebral cortex, and in particular, how information is exchanged between the hippocampus and neocortex. For this aim, Buzsaki's lab has established some of the most difficult approaches necessary to solve these problems. His work includes innovative techniques to monitor neural activity and brain oscillation in behaving rodents from the cellular level to whole network activation.
In addition to his numerous publications and reviews, Gyorgy Buzsaki is the author of the book "Rhythms of the Brain", which discusses mechanisms and functions of neuronal synchronization. He explains the field of brain oscillations, and how oscillatory timing is the brain’s fundamental organizer of neuronal information. Among many other distinguished awards, he is the recipient of the 2011 European brain prize.
http://www.buzsakilab.com/
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Date:15SundayMarch 2015Lecture
Radiowave detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays
More information Time 12:30 - 13:30Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Physics BuildingLecturer Dave Besson, University of Kansas Organizer Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for AstrophysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about We discuss two experiments to increase the statistics of ult...» We discuss two experiments to increase the statistics of ultra-high energy cosmic rays detected via radio emissions, viz. the TARA experiment (Delta, Utah, USA) and the ANITA experiment (Antarctica). The former is based on observation of radar reflections from the plasma surrounding the core of an extensive air shower (EAS), while latter is based on detection of geomagnetic+Askaryan radiation produced as an EAS develops. Current status, calibration and future prospects will be presented. -
Date:15SundayMarch 2015Lecture
To be announced
More information Time 13:00 - 13:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Amitai Mandelbaum
Eran Hornstein's group, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, WISContact -
Date:15SundayMarch 2015Lecture
Elasticity of Random Networks and of Amorphous Solids
More information Time 14:15 - 14:15Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer Marija Vucelja
Marija Vucelja The Rockefeller UniversityOrganizer Department of Physics of Complex SystemsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about The mechanical, dynamical and thermodynamical properties of ...» The mechanical, dynamical and thermodynamical properties of amorphous solids are far less understood than those of crystalline solids. The analysis of these systems is complicated due to the presence of emerging disorder and vastly different interaction strengths between the constituents of these materials. In this talk, I will focus on the elasticity. More precisely I will look at spectral properties of random elastic networks and argue in which sense they provide a good toy model of disordered solids. Using the Cavity method, a sort of Bethe-Peierls iterative method, in the limit of small heterogeneities of the graph connectivity, I will derive approximate analytical expressions for the spectral density of such graphs. Finally, I will point out implications of these result on the macroscopic properties of amorphous solids.
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Date:16MondayMarch 2015Lecture
Foundations of Computer Science Seminar
More information Time 02:30 - 04:00Title Old and new PCP constructionsLocation Jacob Ziskind BuildingLecturer Prof. Irit Dinur
Weizmann Institute of ScienceContact -
Date:16MondayMarch 2015Colloquia
Life Sciences Colloquium
More information Time 11:00 - 11:00Title Shaping of the host immune response by the commensal microbiotaLocation Dolfi and Lola Ebner AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Dan Littman
Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine New York University School of MedicineHoward Hughes Medical InstituteContact -
Date:16MondayMarch 2015Colloquia
"On the design of efficient photochromic systems"
More information Time 11:00 - 12:30Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Stefan Hecht
Department of Chemistry, Humboldt University of Berlin, GermanyOrganizer Faculty of ChemistryContact -
Date:16MondayMarch 2015Lecture
Secondary sources of high energy particles and photons in the laser-matter interactions
More information Time 11:30 - 11:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical SciencesLecturer N.E. Andreev
JIHT RAS, Moscow, RussiaOrganizer Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Theoretical research in the Joint Institute for High Tempera...» Theoretical research in the Joint Institute for High Temperature of RAS on the intense laser interaction with matter are discussed in view of current and future experiments, in particular with PHELIX at GSI-FAIR, Darmstadt.
A wide-range models elaborated in JIHT RAS are used for the description of material response on the intense laser action. Comparison of experimental findings with the results of simulation is used both for the numerical model verification and for estimations of the interaction parameters that cannot be measured directly in experiments.
Electron acceleration mechanisms are discussed and analysis of the experimental data on X-ray generation at relativistic laser intensities is presented. Generation of energetic electron bunches in the laser interaction with low density targets, and also with preplasma created by laser prepulses at grazing incidence to solid targets are under discussion.
The theoretical support of laser-matter experiments and optimization of secondary sources of high energy particles and photons for warm dens matter diagnostics are considered.
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Date:16MondayMarch 2015Lecture
Student Seminar
More information Time 12:00 - 13:00Title By: Idan Alyagor-‘Deciphering the genetic program of developmental axon remodeling’. By: Benjamin Towbin- 'Optimal control of gene expression: How E. coli responds to inhibition and mutation of its carbon pumps'Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical ResearchLecturer Benjamin Towbin + Idan Alyagor Organizer Department of Molecular Cell BiologyContact