כנס ישראל איטליה לזכרו של פרופ' אשל בן יעקב: מערכות ביולוגיות - "ממורכב לפשוט"
PROGRAM - Italy-Israel meeting "Simplifying Complex Biological Systems" |
In Memory of Prof. Eshel Ben-Jacob |
Tuesday May 31st |
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Registration |
08:30-10:10 |
Opening Session - In memory of professor Eshel Ben-Jacob |
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Prof. Joseph Klafter, president of Tel Aviv University |
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H. E. Francesco Maria Talo, ambassador of Italy to Israel |
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Prof. David Andelman, Tel Aviv University |
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Prof. Alfred Tauber, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University. Currently a visiting professor at Tel Aviv University. |
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Prof. Uri Ashery, head of Sagol School of Neuroscience Announcement of the Eshel Ben-Jacob’s "The Sagol School of Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Partnership Grants (SNIP)". |
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TAU Honorary Doctor Sami Sagol, founder of Sagol Brain Network |
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Dana Venkrat "high school student" |
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Dr. Dror Kenett Eshel PhD Student |
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Prof. Herbert Levine, Rice University, Houston, TX |
Session 1 Understanding the complexity of brain Diseases Chairperson: Leonard Sander |
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10:15 |
10:35 |
Shai Efrati |
The Braintherapeutic Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen |
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10:35 |
10:55 |
Illana Gozes |
Mechanisms in Autism, Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease: the Case of ADNP and NAP (davunetide) |
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10:55 |
11:15 |
Michal Schwartz |
Immune checkpoint blockade to fight against Alzheimer's disease and dementia |
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11:15 |
11:35 |
Roy Beck-Barkai |
Physics, biology and multiple sclerosis |
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11:35 |
12:05 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 2 Collective dynamics in microorganisms Chairperson: Nigel Goldenfeld |
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12:05 |
12:25 |
Arieh Zaritsky |
Is Nucleotide Complexity Limited by The Eclipse? |
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12:25 |
12:45 |
Avraham Be'er |
Swarming Bacteria Migrate by Levy Walk |
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12:45 |
13:05 |
Alin Finkelshtein |
Cooperation by day, predation by night – the light sensitive relationship between the swarming bacterium Paenibacillus vortex and the algae Chlorella vulgaris. |
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13:05 |
14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Session 3 Understanding the complexity of Neoplastic Diseases Chairperson: Inbal Hecht |
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14:00 |
14:20 |
Herbert Levine |
Cancer progression via the dissemination of hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal cells |
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14:20 |
14:40 |
José Onuchic |
The Genetics and Biophysics of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT): Can Theory Help Cancer Biology |
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14:40 |
15:00 |
Gideon Rechavi |
The Expanding Epitranscriprome: A New Layer of Regulation |
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15:00 |
15:20 |
Ronit Satchi-Fainaro S |
Identifying molecular signatures of tumor dormancy as a basis for the rational design of precision nanomedicines |
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15:20 |
15:40 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 4 Modeling collective behavior Chairperson: Avraham Be’er |
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15:40 |
16:00 |
Nir Gov |
Physical modeling of collective motion in animal groups: carrying ants |
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16:00 |
16:20 |
Amir Ayali |
Collective behavior: lessons from the locust model |
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16:20 |
16:40 |
Sorin Solomon |
In the survival struggle, populations of winners are losers |
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16:40 |
17:00 |
David Kessler |
Non-Local Fisher Growth: From Brownian Bugs to Evolution to Fisher-KPP |
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PROGRAM - Italy-Israel meeting "Simplifying Complex Biological Systems" |
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In Memory of Prof. Eshel Ben-Jacob |
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Wednesday June 1st |
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Lola Hall, Sackler Faculty of Medicine |
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Session 5 Neuronal Networks Chairperson: Ari Barzilai |
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9:00 |
9:20 |
Leonard Sander |
Formation and Dynamics of Waves in a Cortical Model of Cholinergic Modulation |
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9:20 |
9:40 |
Paolo Bonifazi |
Structural-functional brain resting-state subnetworks: identification, description and application as biomarkers |
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9:40 |
10:00 |
Pablo Blinder |
Function-form organization of the neurovascular unit: from systems to microcircuitry |
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10:00 |
10:20 |
Yael Hanein |
Modularity induced gating and delays in neuronal networks |
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10:20 |
10:40 |
Amotz Zahavi |
The evolution of recognition traits |
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10:40 |
11:10 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 6 Unraveling the human brain complexity Chairperson: Paolo Bonifazi |
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11:10 |
11:30 |
Ari Barzilai |
The role of astrocyte alterations in early changes in the dynamics of cultured cerebellar networks |
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11:30 |
11:50 |
Leenoy Meshulam |
Place and Non-Place: Collective Coding in the Hippocampus |
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11:50 |
12:10 |
Orit Shefi |
Do neurons need synapses to interact? |
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12:10 |
12:30 |
Nigel Goldenfeld |
Inspired by Eshel: What can theoretical physics tell us about the origin and evolution of early life? What can theoretical physics tell us about modern life? |
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12:30 |
12:50 |
Uri Nevo |
The Immune Self-Tolerance Ether |
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12:50 |
13:45 |
Lunch Break |
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Session 7 From meta-networks to solid structures Chairperson: Stefano Boccaletti |
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13:45 |
14:05 |
Shlomo Havlin |
Cascading Failures and Recovery in Networks of Networks |
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14:05 |
14:25 |
Stefano Boccaletti |
Complex and multilayer networks: from structure to dynamics |
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14:25 |
14:45 |
Itamar Procaccia |
Mechanical Yield in Complex Amorphous Solids: a First-Order Phase Transition |
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14:45 |
15:05 |
Raz Kupferman |
Homogenization of defects: the emergence of torsion and non-metricity |
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15:05 |
15:25 |
Gerd Schoen |
Josephson junctions and single-electron effects: review and recent developments |
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15:25 |
15:45 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 8 Breaking the code of cancer complexity Chairperson: José Onuchic |
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15:45 |
16:05 |
Silvia Giordano |
Resistance to Met Inhibitors: What Is the Role of Tumor Microenvironment? |
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16:05 |
16:25 |
Ilan Tsarfaty |
HGF/SF-Met Signaling: A Major Regulator of Tumor Cell Motility Plasticity Leading to Metastasis |
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16:25 |
16:45 |
Inbal Hecht |
Blebbing during cancer migration: From inter-cellular to intra-cellular dynamics |
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16:45 |
17:05 |
Dan Peer |
RNA Therapeutics: New Era in Molecular Medicine? |