Program
The 2nd Bilateral Israel-Taiwan Life Sciences Conference - From Basic to Translational Research in Life Sciences - 7-9 June, 2015, Tel Aviv University
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08:20 - 09:00 |
Morning Coffee |
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Session 3 (cont’d): Microbiome and CRISPR
Chair: Udi Qimron (TAU)
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09:00 - 09:25 |
Udi Qimron - TAU |
Self versus foreign discrimination by the CRISPR-Cas bacterial immune system |
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09:25 - 09:50 |
Jun-Yi Leu - AS |
Protein translocation in quiescent cells: What can we learn from yeast about aging? |
Session 4: Cell Growth and Cell Cycle
Chair: Yu-Ju Chen (AS)
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09:50 - 10:10 |
Yaron Shav-Tal - BIU |
Dynamics of gene expression in Real-Time measured on single genes in single living cells |
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10:10 - 10:35 |
Amit Tzur - BIU |
Extracting cell cycle from immunity |
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10:35 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
Session 5: Cancer Biology
Chairs: Gideon Rechavi (Sheba/TAU), Hsing-Jien Kung (NHRI)
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11:00 - 11:25 |
Varda Rotter - WIS |
Role of mutant p53 in the life of stem cells |
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11:25 - 11:50 |
Hsing-Jien Kung - NHRI |
A novel long-coding RNA connects c-myc to tumor metabolism |
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11:50 - 12:15 |
Gideon Rechavi - Sheba/TAU |
Epitranscriptomics enters the clinic |
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12:15 - 12:40 |
Pan-Chyr Yang - NTU |
Cancer stem cell directed therapy for lung cancer |
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12:40 - 13:40 |
Lunch and Poster Viewing |
Session 6: Ubiquitin
Chairs: Ruey-Hwa Chen (AS), Gali Prag (TAU)
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13:40 - 14:20 |
Keynote Lecture |
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Aaron Ciechanover (2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) - Technion |
The Ubiquitin System – From basic mechanisms thru human diseases and on to drug targeting |
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14:20 - 14:45 |
Ruey-Hwa Chen - AS |
Ubiquitination controls autophagy termination |
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14:45 - 15:10 |
Gali Prag - TAU |
Structural insight into mechanisms for deciphering ubiquitin signals |
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15:10 - 15:35 |
Hsiu-Ming Shih - AS |
Regulation of SUMO binding and conjugation |
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15:35 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
Session 7: Genetics: Implications in Stem Cells and Pathologies
Chairs: Jacob Hanna (WIS), Hung-Chih Kuo (AS)
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16:00 - 16:25 |
Yosef Shiloh - TAU |
Ataxia-telangiectasia: crosstalk between bench and bedside |
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16:25 - 16:50 |
Hung-Chih Kuo - AS |
Exploiting pluripotency for a greater understanding of human development and diseases |
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16:50 - 17:15 |
Jacob Hanna - WIS |
Molecular mechanisms for assembling and resolving mammalian pluripotency |
Session 8: Bioengineering, Bionano and Nanomedicine
Chair: Shulamit Levenberg (Technion)
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17:15 -17:40 |
Shih-Kang Fan - NTU |
Constructing in vitro microenvironment on an electro-microfluidic platform |
