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April 01, 2015
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Date:19SundayApril 2026Lecture
The Clore Center for Biological Physics
More information Time 13:15 - 14:30Title A Langevin model for human aging and longevityLocation Nella and Leon Benoziyo Physics LibraryLecturer Prof. Uri Alon
LUNCH AT 12:45Contact Abstract Show full text abstract about Aging is characterized by several quantitative regularities:...» Aging is characterized by several quantitative regularities: mortality and disease incidence rise exponentially with age, organ function declines linearly, and species with very different lifespans exhibit similarly shaped survival curves. I will present recent developments that unify these quantitative phenomena within the framework of the Saturating Removal (SR) model. The SR model is a biologically motivated stochastic differential equation that describes aging as a damage accumulation process with linearly increasing production with time and saturating removal, with death and disease modeled as first-passage-time processes. I will discuss the statistical properties of the model, including how the exponential mortality increase emerges from a Kramers escape rate over a barrier. I will then present recent results showing how the model organizes aging across species into two distinct aging regimes- ballistic and quasi steady state. Comparing the model to human data, indicates that late-life survival and the extreme-value tail of exceptionally long-lived individuals constrain damage production and removal parameters in human populations. This model can help prioritize longevity interventions. I will discuss future directions and open questions. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND CONTENT ON SOFT MATTER AND BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS AT THE WEIZMANN, VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://www.bio -
Date:20MondayApril 2026Cultural Events
In Memory of Or Moses (in Hebrew)
More information Time 12:00 - 13:00Title Light refreshments will be served in the lobby at 11:45Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Plant and Environmental Sciences
Auditorium floor 1Lecturer Yochi Moses
You are invited to a lecture (in Hebrew) by Yochi Moses about her daughter, Or Moses (of blessed memory), who fell on October 7, 2023, while bravely defending her soldiers at the Zikim training base.Organizer Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences -
Date:23ThursdayApril 2026Lecture
Revisiting Immune Checkpoints: New Targets, Glycans, and the Future of Cancer Immunotherapy
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Location Max and Lillian Candiotty Building
AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Angel Porgador Organizer Dwek Institute for Cancer Therapy Research -
Date:27MondayApril 2026Lecture
PhD Defense seminar by Daniel Kovarsky (Prof. Itay Tirosh Lab)
More information Time 13:00 - 14:30Title Treating Glioblastoma Patients with Immunotherapy at Single-Cell ResolutioLocation Benoziyo Auditorium -
Date:27MondayApril 2026Academic Events
Seminar for PhD thesis defense
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Title "Ubiquitination regulates granulostasis and DRiP accumulation in SGs under heat stress via the E3 ligase MKRN2"Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
Botnar AuditoriumLecturer Emmanuel Amzallag -
Date:28TuesdayApril 2026Lecture
iSCAR Breakfast Seminar
More information Time 10:00 - 11:00Title The Aging of the Blood SystemLocation Max and Lillian Candiotty Building
AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Liran Shlush Organizer Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyContact -
Date:28TuesdayApril 2026Lecture
Mathematics Colloquium
More information Time 11:10 - 12:15Title Noncommutative inclusion-exclusion, bands, and the Tsetlin libraryLocation Jacob Ziskind Building
Room 155 - חדר 155Lecturer Uzi Vishne
Bar Ilan UniversityOrganizer Department of MathematicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about The dimension of the space of Specht polynomials is n!/e to ...» The dimension of the space of Specht polynomials is n!/e to the nearest integer. I will explain how the search for a combinatorial reason behind this unexpected formula leads to a web of ideas involving Markov models, semigroups, partial representations, exact complexes, and covering problems for distributions on permutations. -
Date:28TuesdayApril 2026Lecture
Probing and Modulating Transcription Factor–DNA Interactions with Chemically Modified Proteins
More information Time 11:15 - 12:15Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Dr. Muhammad Jbara Organizer Department of Chemical and Structural Biology -
Date:28TuesdayApril 2026Lecture
PES Department Seminar – Dr. Yotam Zait (HUJI)
More information Time 11:30 - 12:30Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Plant and Environmental Sciences
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Date:28TuesdayApril 2026Lecture
Dissociating vicarious distress from prosocial motivation using the rat helping behavior test
More information Time 12:30 - 13:30Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Inbal Ben Ami Bartal Organizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Abstract Show full text abstract about What are the neural processes that lead to a decision to app...» What are the neural processes that lead to a decision to approach another individual in need and help them out of a tight spot? Multiple factors weigh in on this decision, including empathic arousal and social identity. The drive to act prosocially in response to others distress is evolutionarily rooted in mechanisms underlying parental behavior and group living. In humans, helping involves socio-emotional and cognitive components, and recruits brain regions involved in affective empathy arousal, executive function and motivation. This talk will present an overview of the rat Helping Behavior Test, which investigates the complex response leading to rescue of trapped conspecifics, and examine evidence to ask whether similar capacities are involved in rat helping. We’ll explore the idea that rat helping is motivated by empathy, what is the difference between social and prosocial reward, and whether helping is motivated by valuation of others’ outcomes. I will share what we’ve learned about the distinct neural network that is associated with empathy and prosocial behavior, and discuss findings of ingroup bias, adolescent helping, and interactions with rat immune function and wellbeing. We’ll ask what is the link between prosocial motivation and aggression, and what is the role of the social group in these behaviors. -
Date:29WednesdayApril 2026Academic Events
Seminar for PhD thesis defense
More information Time 22:00 - 23:00Title Developmental parthanatos cell death is mediated by lipid dropletsLocation Arnold R. Meyer Building
106Lecturer Guy Hadary -
Date:04MondayMay 2026Cultural Events
Weizmann Ornithology monthly lecture: Migration timing and routes of GPS-tagged European Turtle-doves from Israel
More information Time 14:30 - 16:30Title Refreshments served14:10 zoom passcode 311626Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Plant and Environmental Sciences
590C between the elevatoreLecturer Dr. Yoav Perlman Contact -
Date:06WednesdayMay 2026Lecture
Life Sciences Luncheon
More information Time 12:30 - 14:00Title Prof. Schraga SchwartzLocation Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Schraga Schwartz Contact -
Date:11MondayMay 2026Colloquia
Chemistry colloquium
More information Time 11:00 - 12:15Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Ron Naaman Homepage -
Date:12TuesdayMay 2026Conference
Sela Biomedical Award
More information Time 08:00 - 14:00Title Sela Biomedical AwardLocation Michael Sela AuditoriumChairperson Rony PazContact -
Date:13WednesdayMay 2026Academic Events
Scientific Council Meeting - Steering 2026
More information Time 10:00 - 12:00Title SC Budget , SC annual project topicLocation The David Lopatie Conference Centre
KIMELContact -
Date:13WednesdayMay 2026Lecture
ABC CHATS: Immanuel Lerner, Pepticom
More information Time 14:00 - 15:30Title Envisioning and starting a biotech company in IsraelLocation Sagan BuildingOrganizer BINA - Translational Research UnitContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Lessons learned from our experience in Pepticom as far as th...» Lessons learned from our experience in Pepticom as far as the vision and execution: Business plan, building a team, raising capital, pivoting on ideas, securing deals and more. -
Date:14ThursdayMay 2026Lecture
Reprograming T cell immunity to enhance immunotherapy: from protein engineering to bedside
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Location Max and Lillian Candiotty Building
AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Cyrille Cohen Organizer Dwek Institute for Cancer Therapy Research -
Date:15FridayMay 2026Cultural Events
Children's Triathlon Event
More information Time 14:00 - 18:00Location רחבי מכון ויצמן -
Date:17SundayMay 202620WednesdayMay 2026Conference
NeuroTheory
More information Time 08:00 - 08:00Location The David Lopatie Conference CentreChairperson Elad SchneidmanOrganizer Department of Brain Sciences