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2021 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel Symposium: Science of Tomorrow
Monday, August 2, 2021
3:30 PM - 7:45 PM IST
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Albert Einstein Square, 43 Jabotinsky Street, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
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The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel are one of the largest prizes ever created for early-career researchers. Given annually to three outstanding, early-career faculty from Israeli Universities in three categories — Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry — the awards recognize extraordinary scientific achievements and promote excellence, originality, and innovation. This half-day, multidisciplinary symposium, chaired by Israel Prize Winner Adi Kimchi, PhD, will feature a series of 5 scientific lectures by the 2021 and 2020 Laureates of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel.
Program attendees will learn about the latest scientific advances regarding:
- The secret life of bats, and how the brain shapes animal behavior
- How genetic information in unchartered areas of the human genome—known as long noncoding RNA—could be used to develop treatments for cancer, brain injury, and epilepsy
- Use of self-assembling nanoparticles to create novel, ‘life-like’ materials for use in data storage and drug delivery
- Creative ways of generating light, X-rays, and other types of radiation for practical applications such as medical imaging and security scanners
- The intricate choreography of protein assembly within cells, and how this dance may go awry in disease
A closing panel discussion, featuring former Blavatnik Awards recipients and chaired by Israel Prize Winner, Moti Segev, PhD, will include predictions by these young innovators about exciting future directions of Israeli science. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in interactive Q&A sessions with speakers, and to meet the awardees at a networking reception immediately following the lectures.
The program is intended for a broad audience—including academic and industry scientists, high school and university students, as well as science enthusiasts from the general public.
Attendance for the in-person event is free and open to the public. Please click here to register for the in-person event. As seating is limited, advance registration is required.
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Registration
Monday
August 02, 2021
Registration and Gathering
Greetings
Speakers
Session I: Life Sciences of Tomorrow
From Bat Brains to Navigating Robots
Speaker
Decoding the Functions of Long Non-coding RNA
Speaker
Session II: Chemistry of Tomorrow
Nanoparticle Self-Assembly: From Fundamental Studies to Developing New Materials
Speaker
Playing LEGO with Proteins: Principles of Protein Assembly in Cells
Speaker
Break
Session III: Physical Sciences & Engineering of Tomorrow
Shining Light on the Quantum World with Ultrafast Electron Microscopy
Speaker
Video: The Science of Information Security in the World of Digital Data
Speaker
Session IV: The Future of Science in Israel
Panel Discussion
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