Program

Symposium Program
2:00 – 2:30 pm: Registration and refreshments
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2:30 pm – Welcome Remarks
Lina Deshilton, Executive Director, Zuckerman Institute, Israel
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2:45 pm – New Zuckerman Faculty Scholars Present Their Research and Aspirations for the Future
- Alex Brodsky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- David Deutsch, University of Haifa
- Gali (Galit) Fichman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Ariella Glasner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
- Assaf Hamo, Bar-Ilan University
- Yaara Oren, Tel Aviv University
- Osip Schwartz, Weizmann Institute of Science (Zoom)
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3:15 pm – The Impact of Social Media on Scientific Discovery
- Moderator: Ambassador David Saranga, Director, Digital Diplomacy Bureau, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Full Professor, Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
- Meital Salmor, Founder and Director, SciComm Skills
3:50 pm – Coffee Break
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4:20 pm – Greetings
James S. Gertler, Trustee, Zuckerman Institute (Zoom)
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4:25 pm – Keynote: Creating Synthetic Embryos in the Lab
Ex Utero Embryogenesis: Naive Pluripotent Stem-cells-derived Embryoid Models (SEMs)
Jacob H. Hanna, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science
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5:00 pm – Greetings
Eric J. Gertler, Trustee, Zuckerman Institute (Zoom)
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5:04 pm – The Power of Community: Where to Begin?
- Moderator: Omri Wurtzel, Zuckerman Faculty Scholar, Tel Aviv University
- Danny Ben-Zvi, Zuckerman Faculty Scholar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Thomas Ng, Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
- Michal Ramot, Zuckerman Faculty Scholar, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Shani Stern, Zuckerman Faculty Scholar, University of Haifa
- Michelle Talal, Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar, Tel Aviv University
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5:45 pm – The Community Moves