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May 01-31, 2017
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Date:01MondayMay 2017Lecture
Ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism
More information Time 11:00 - 11:45Location Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman BuildingContact -
Date:03WednesdayMay 201708MondayMay 2017Conference
Structural Mass Spectrometry Workshop
More information Time 08:00 - 08:00Location David Lopatie Conference Centre
Kimmel AuditoriumChairperson Michal SharonHomepage Contact -
Date:03WednesdayMay 2017Lecture
Wrinkling of Human Brain Organoids on a Chip Driven by Mechanical Instabilities
More information Time 10:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
Botnar AuditoriumLecturer Eyal Karzbrun
Orly Reiner's group, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, WISOrganizer Life SciencesContact -
Date:03WednesdayMay 2017Lecture
"Biogenesis and Quality Control of Membrane Proteins"
More information Time 11:00 - 12:00Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Dr. Ramanujan Hegde
Sir John C. Kendrew Memorial Lecture Cambridge UKOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyContact -
Date:03WednesdayMay 2017Lecture
"Biogenesis and Quality Control of Membrane Proteins"
More information Time 11:00 - 12:00Title 2017 Sir John C. Kendrew Memorial LectureLocation Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Dr. Ramanujan Hegde
group leader MRC Laboratory of Molecular BiologyOrganizer Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyContact -
Date:03WednesdayMay 2017Cultural Events
Festive Independence Party
More information Time 19:30 - 21:00Location Michael and Anna Wix AuditoriumContact Details Show full text description of Festive concert with international stars: Ballet-show &quo...» Festive concert with international stars:
Ballet-show "Vizavi"
Dou dancers: Irina & Alexey Bgantsev
Singers: Felix Livshitz, Avi Ventura & Hila Ben David , Frank Oz & Timothy
Sand painting
Good News band
Colorful and unforgatable evening
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Date:04ThursdayMay 2017Lecture
The Yin and Yang of JAK-STAT signaling in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
More information Time 09:30 - 10:15Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
Botnar AuditoriumLecturer Shai Izraeli, MD
Head of Research and Development, Children's Hospital Sheba Medical CenterOrganizer Department of Molecular Cell BiologyContact -
Date:04ThursdayMay 2017Colloquia
Physics Colloquium
More information Time 11:15 - 12:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical Sciences
AuditoriumLecturer TBAOrganizer Faculty of PhysicsContact Details Show full text description of 11:00 – coffee, tea, and more...» 11:00 – coffee, tea, and moreAbstract Show full text abstract about TBA ...» TBA -
Date:07SundayMay 201708MondayMay 2017International Board
Executive Board and Committees Meeting - 2017
More information Time All dayLocation David Lopatie Conference Centre
Kimmel AuditoriumContact -
Date:07SundayMay 2017Lecture
From tooth to gut: epithelial renewal and regeneration
More information Time 11:00Location Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research
Botnar AuditoriumLecturer Dr. Ophir Klein
University of California, San Francisco, USAOrganizer Life Sciences
Developmental ClubContact -
Date:07SundayMay 2017Lecture
The curious case of Tycho’s impact ejecta
More information Time 11:00Location Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
M. Magaritz Seminar RoomLecturer Ivy Curren Department of
Earth and Planetary Sciences Weizmann Institute of ScienceOrganizer Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesContact -
Date:08MondayMay 2017Lecture
A Grid in the Brain
More information Time 10:00Location Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Brain ResearchLecturer Saikat Ray
Postdoc, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Humboldt University BerlinOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Details Show full text description of Dept of Neurobiology-Students & Postdocs Seminar Benozi...» Dept of Neurobiology-Students & Postdocs Seminar
Benoziyo Building Room 113
Host: Prof. Nachum Ulanovsky nachum.ulanovsky@weizmann.ac.il tel: 6301
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Abstract Show full text abstract about The analysis of spatial cells in the hippocampus and the med...» The analysis of spatial cells in the hippocampus and the medial entorhinal cortex has been a remarkable success story. Extracellular recordings have revealed astonishing functional abstractness in how single neurons encode concepts such as a place, direction, borders and grids. Though we know a great deal about these functional phenotypes of neuronal activation, information about their underlying microcircuits is sorely lacking. In this talk I will explore the structural underpinnings of this functional specificity in the superficial layers of the medial entorhinal cortex and what the components and architecture of the microcircuits involved in this reveal across evolution and development. -
Date:08MondayMay 2017Colloquia
"The discovery of carbon nanotubes"
More information Time 11:00 - 12:15Title Chemistry colloquium in the memory of Prof. Mildred DresselhausLocation Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Sumio Iijima
Meijo University, JapanOrganizer Faculty of ChemistryContact -
Date:08MondayMay 2017Lecture
Proteasome plasticity and cancer
More information Time 14:00 - 15:00Title Cancer Research ClubLocation Max and Lillian Candiotty Building
Seminar RoomLecturer Prof. Yosef Shaul
Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann InstituteOrganizer Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyContact Details Show full text description of N O T E - CHANGE OF DATE TO MAY 8th...» N O T E - CHANGE OF DATE TO MAY 8thAbstract Show full text abstract about Proteasomes are large intracellular complexes degrading prot...» Proteasomes are large intracellular complexes degrading proteins. The major complex is the 26S particle that is formed by association of the 20S catalytic particle with one or two 19S regulatory complex (RC). We show that high levels of 26S proteasome diagnoses cancer cells and Ras transformed cell lines. The increase in the 26S level is uncoupled from rate of cells proliferation. Remarkably shRNA designed to reduce the 19S RC levels proved eἀective in killing the tumor but not the normal cells. The more the tumor cell lines are aggressive the better are killed. We propose to target the 19S RC as a therapeutic strategy of the aggressive tumors. -
Date:09TuesdayMay 201711ThursdayMay 2017Lecture
Molecular Genetics retreat
More information Time All dayOrganizer Department of Molecular GeneticsContact -
Date:09TuesdayMay 2017Lecture
Human exposure to wastewater-derived pharmaceuticals in fresh produce: Current knowledge and Challenges
More information Time 11:15Location Ullmann Building of Life Sciences
Aharon Katzir HallLecturer Dr. Benny Chefetz
Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry, Columbia Foundation Chair in Soil and Water Sciences, Vice Dean for Research, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, RehovotOrganizer Department of Plant and Environmental SciencesContact Details Show full text description of CV: Dr. Benny Chefetz Professor of Soil and Environmental C...» CV: Dr. Benny Chefetz
Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry
Columbia Foundation Chair in Soil and Water Sciences
Vice Dean for Research
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Research
My research interests relate to physico-chemical processes of organic pollutants occurring in water, reclaimed wastewater, soils and sediments. An overarching goal is to elucidate physical, chemical and biological processes that influence the fate of organic molecules in the environment with special emphasize on the agricultural environment.
Special interests are: (1) Fate of pharmaceutical compounds in soil and water; (2) Sorption-desorption behavior of xenobiotics in soils and sediments; (3) Irrigation with reclaimed wastewater: effects on human health; (4) Nano particles in the environment: fate and processes; (5) Nature and reactivity of dissolved organic matter.
Tasks at the Hebrew University
2011- to date Director, The Hebrew University Center of Excellence in Agriculture and Environmental Health.
2013- to date Vice Dean for Research and Development of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Editorial Services
2007- to date Editorial Board of the Journal Geoderma.
2009 - to date Editorial Advisory Board for Environmental Science & Technology.
2012 - to date Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Quality
Selected Publications
1. Goldstein et al. 2014. Insights into the uptake processes of wastewater-borne pharmaceuticals by vegetables. Environ. Sci. Technol. 48:5593–5600.
2. Malchi et al. 2014. Irrigation of root vegetables with treated wastewater: Evaluating uptake of pharmaceuticals and the associated human health risks. Environ. Sci. Technol. 48: 9325−9333.
3. Golan-Rozen et al. 2015. Transformation pathways of the recalcitrant pharmaceutical compound carbamazepine by the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus: Effects of growth conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 49:12351-12362.
4. Engel and Chefetz. 2016. Adsorption and desorption of dissolved organic matter by carbon nanotubes: Effects of solution chemistry. Environmental Pollution 213:90-98.
5. Fedorova et al. 2016. Environmental exposure to pharmaceuticals: A new technique for trace analysis of carbamazepine and its metabolites in human urine. Environmental Pollution 213:308-313.
6. Paltiel et al. 2016. Human exposure to wastewater-derived pharmaceuticals in fresh produce: A randomized controlled trial focusing on carbamazepine. Environmental Science and Technology (DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b06256).
Contact info
Email: benny.chefetz@mail.huji.ac.il; Tel: +972 (8) 948-9384; Cell: +972 (54) 8820492
Web: http://departments.agri.huji.ac.il/soils/chefetz/
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Date:09TuesdayMay 2017Lecture
AMO Special Seminar
More information Time 11:30 - 12:30Title Cold molecules - a new playground for quantum and chemical physicsLocation Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical Sciences
AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Jun Ye
JILA, NIST & UC BoulderOrganizer Department of Physics of Complex Systems
Optics and Atomic Physics SeminarContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Molecular interactions control everything from making new ma...» Molecular interactions control everything from making new materials to generation of energy. However, the complexity of molecular structure and interactions has challenged accurate study and precise control of dynamics. A new scientific frontier is emerging in recent years with the work of cooling molecules to low temperatures, aiming to achieve precise control of molecular interaction processes. This is motivated by new opportunities where fundamental insights of how molecule interact and evolve will allow us to design and control chemistry and quantum materials.
The capability of tracking how molecules approach each other, form short-lived intermediates, and then reemerge with final products can help illuminate the most fundamental aspects of reaction processes. When a quantum gas of molecule is produced, we can arrange molecules in particular spatial configurations and precisely manipulate their interactions via external electromagnetic fields. The long-range dipolar interaction between trapped molecules presents an interconnected spin system where correlated many-body dynamics can be explored.
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Date:09TuesdayMay 2017Lecture
Special Magnetic Resonance Seminar
More information Time 12:00Title NMR Experiments for One and Two ReceiversLocation Perlman Chemical Sciences Building
Room 404Lecturer Eriks Kupce
Bruker Biospin, Coventry, UKOrganizer Department of Chemical and Biological PhysicsContact Abstract Show full text abstract about Can 13C-direct detection experiments be more sensitive than ...» Can 13C-direct detection experiments be more sensitive than their 1H detected counterparts? We show one such example focusing on the impact of t1-noise and the ways to reduce it or avoid it altogether. The applications include so far difficult measurements of 15N-13C couplings at the natural isotopic abundance [1].
NMR experiments involving multiple receivers provide a unique way of increasing the sensitivity and information content of data recorded in a given period of time [2-4]. We present a comprehensive series of such experiments designed for simultaneous detection of abundant nuclei, such as 1H, 19F and 31P, as well as samples enriched with magnetically active isotopes including 13C and 15N. The multiple receiver experiments are categorized into three main types – (a) parallel acquisition, (b) sequential acquisition and (c) interleaved experiments. The optimum implementation is shown to depend on the relaxation properties of the involved nuclei as well as the intrinsic sensitivity of the directly observed nuclei.
Many of these experiments are amenable to further reduction of experiment time by combining them with other fast NMR techniques, such as Hadamard NMR, non-uniform sampling, spatial encoding or rapid pulsing methods. We believe that the multi-receiver technology will boost the development of new NMR experiments as well as NMR research in general, making the NMR instruments more efficient and making the NMR spectroscopy even more unique in the universe of analytical tools and experimental techniques.
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Date:09TuesdayMay 2017Lecture
MCB - Students seminar
More information Time 12:15Title TBALocation Wolfson Building for Biological Research
AuditoriumOrganizer Department of Molecular Cell BiologyContact -
Date:09TuesdayMay 2017Lecture
Genetic TRAPing of Cortical Plasticity
More information Time 12:30Location Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture HallLecturer Prof. Adi Mizrahi
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences Hebrew University of JerusalemOrganizer Department of Brain SciencesContact Details Show full text description of Host: Dr.Yaniv Ziv yaniv.ziv@weizmann.ac.il tel: 4275 For a...» Host: Dr.Yaniv Ziv yaniv.ziv@weizmann.ac.il tel: 4275
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