Date & Time: 02/05/2010

View excerpts from the opening session: Prof. Menahem Yaari - President of the Academy, Prof. Ruth Arnon - Vice-President of the Academy, and Prof. Michael Sela - Chairperson
 
View excerpts from the lecture of Ada Yonath - Structural Biology
 
View excerpts from the lecture of Prof. Matthias Mann Revitalizing Biochemical Approaches in Biology via High Accuracy Quantitative Proteomics, and an interview with Prof. Mary-Claire King

View excerpts from the lectures of Prof. Leroy Hood - Systems Biology and Systems Medicine: Catalyzing a Revolution from Reactive to Proactive Medicine, and Prof. Eric Lander - Structure, Function and Secrets of the Human Genome - part 1

View excerpts from the lectures of Prof. Eric Lander - Structure, Function and Secrets of the Human Genome - part 2 and Prof. Arthur Beaudet - The Impact of Chromosomal Microarray Analysis on Medical Genetics
 

Sunday, 2 May
 
9:00-9:15 Opening - Welcome and Greetings
Menahem Yaari, President of the Academy
Ruth Arnon, Vice-President of the Academy
 
First Session
9:15 Chairperson’s Remarks - Michael Sela
9:20-10:10 Ada Yonath Structural Biology
10:10-11:00 Matthias Mann Revitalizing Biochemical Approaches in Biology via High Accuracy Quantitative Proteomics
 
11:00-11:30 COFFEE
 
11:30-12:20 Leroy Hood Systems Biology and Systems Medicine: Catalyzing a Revolution from Reactive to Proactive Medicine
12:20-13:10 Eric Lander Structure, Function and Secrets of the Human Genome
 
13:10-14:10 LUNCH
 
Second Session
14:10 Chairperson’s Remarks - Raphael Mechoulam
14:15-15:05 Arthur Beaudet The Impact of Chromosomal Microarray Analysis on Medical Genetics
15:05-15:55 Fotis Kafatos The Malaria Problem: Understanding and Controlling the World’s Most Important Infectious Disease
15:55-16:45 Rino Rappuoli Vaccines: a Health Insurance for the 21st Century
 

 
Monday, 3 May
 
Third Session
9:00 Chairperson’s Remarks - Chaim Cedar
9:05-9:55 Mary-Claire King Common Diseases Caused by Multiple Rare Alleles: an Exploration of Genomic Heterogeneity
9:55-10:45 Axel Ullrich Genetic Determinants for Cancer Therapy
 
10:45-11:10 COFFEE
 
11:10-12:00 David Scadden Prospects for Stem Cell Based Medicine
12:00-12:50 Michel Revel Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Cells: are the Bioethical Issues an Obstacle for their Applications?
 
12:50-13:50 LUNCH

 
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Albert Einstein Square
43 Jabotinsky St. Jerusalem
 
 
 
 
 

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