(In alphabetical order)
Plenary Sessions
Dr. Tehila Ben-Moshe
Biond Biologics Ltd., Misgav Industrial Park
Biond Biologics
Dr. Helen Domeshek
R&D, LabSuit Project Ltd.
Making your Lab Work Smarter
Dr. Ofer Dubinsky
Senior Director, Scientific Affairs, BTG – Bio-technology General Israel Ltd.
Minefields on the Way to Biotech Product
Prof. Hossam Haick
The Department of Chemical Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology,
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Non-invasive Disease Diagnosis Using Wearable Technologies
Prof. Avi Israeli
Chief Scientist, Israel Ministry of Health
Mr. Lior Raviv
Vice President Development, Pluristem Therapeutics Inc.
Scaling up a Company – the Evolution of a Startup Biotech Company towards Marketing
Dr. Yonatan Shachaf
Materials Scientist, Regentis Biomaterials Ltd.
A Bio-synthetic Hydrogel Implant for Cartilage Repair
Parallel Sessions
Prof. Edward A. Bayer
Department of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science
Designer Cellulosomes: A broad Platform for Synthetic Biotechnology
Prof. Galia Blum
Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, The Institute for Drug Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Protease Sensitive Particles for Molecular Imaging of Cancer by CT
Dr. Zvi Hayouka
Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Development of Novel Antimicrobial Agents
Prof. Emmanuel Levy
Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science
In Vivo Self-assembly of Protein Nanogels with Tunable Dynamic Properties
Dr. Efraim Lewinsohn
Newe Ya’ar, Agricultural Research Organization – the Volcani Center
Biosynthetic Pathways to Tropane Alkaloids in Solanaceae Species. Potential and Limitations
Prof. Marcelle Machluf
Biotechnology & Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Nature Based Electrospun Biomaterial: Harnessing the Advantages of ECM in a Tailor-made Tissue-specific Scaffold
Dr. Ben Maoz
SEAS, Harvard University, USA
New Physiological Insights with Organs-on-chip
Prof. Gil Rosenman
The Henry and Dinah Krongold Chair of Microelectronics, School of Electrical Engineering-Physical Electronics, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University
Peptide Nanophotonics: From Optical Waveguiding to Implantable BioChips
Dr. Dina Schneidmann
Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Modeling Antibody-antigen Complexes Using Integrative Approach
Prof. Doron Shabat
School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University
Unlocking the Potential of Chemiluminescence in Water
Prof. Orit Shefi
Faculty of Engineering, Institute of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University
Nano-based Platforms Combined with Growth Factors for Promoting Neuronal Differentiation and Growth
Dr. Zohar Yakhini
IDC Herzelia School of Computer Science and The Computer Science Department at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Synthetic DNA, Metabolic Modelling and Improving Biofuel Production Systems