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