Conference Program
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
08:30 - 09:15 Registration, Coffee, Poster Mounting and Exhibition
| 09:15 - 10:30 Opening Plenary Session |
Chair: Hanna Rapaport, Ben-Gurion University
09:15 - 09:30 Welcome Address
Hanna Rapaport
Conference Chairperson,
Razi Vago
Head, Department of Biotechnology Engineering,
Ben
Dean, The Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion
Nicholas Harris
Head, Department of Biotechnology Engineering,
09:30 - 10:30 Plenary Lectures
09:30 - 10:00 THE ERA OF TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Yuval Shoham, Technion
10:00 - 10:30 BIO-INSPIRED ENGINEERING STRATEGIES FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Smadar Cohen, Ben-Gurion University
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
| 11:00 - 12:35 | Parallel Sessions (A,B,C) |
11:00 - 12:35 Session A – Biosensors
Chairs: Robert Marks, Ben-Gurion University and Ester Segal, Technion
11:00 - 11:20 TOWARDS MICROBIAL SENSOR CELL ARRAYS
Shimshon Belkin, The Hebrew University
11:20 - 11:40 LOCALIZED PLASMON SENSING OF BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS
Alexander Tesler, Weizmann Institute
11:40 – 12:00 NANOPARTICLES FOR IN-VIVO BIO-SENSING AND IMAGING
Rachela Popovtzer, Bar-Ilan University
12:00 – 12:20 LABEL FREE, KINETIC ANALYSIS OF BIO-MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS USING A HIGH
THROUGHPUT PROTEIN INTERACTION ARRAY SYSTEM
Dalia Shezifi, Bio-Rad Laboratories
12:20 – 12:25 INFRARED WAVEGUIDE AND SURFACE PLASMON SPECTROSCOPY FOR
STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF ADHERENT CELLS
Victor Yashunsky, The Hebrew University
12:25 – 12:30 DNA-DIRECTED IMMOBILIZATION OF PROTEASES ONTO NANOSTRUCTURED
POROUS SI: TOWARDS REVERSIBLE LABEL-FREE OPTICAL BIOSENSORS
Giorgi Shtenberg, Technion
12:30 – 12:35 OPTICAL BIOSENSOR FOR METHYL PARAOXON, FEATURING ORGANOPHOSPHORUS
HYDROLASE IMMOBILIZED IN POROUS SIO2/POLY(DMAEMA) HYBRIDS
Maksym Krepker, Technion
11:00 - 12:35 Session B - Pharmaceuticals and Bioprocessing
This session is sponsored by Medent - Scientific Equipment
Chairs: Ayelet Fishman, Technion and Yoseph Shaaltiel, Protalix Biotherapeutics
11:00 – 11:20 FROM SEA ANEMONE TO A DELIVERY SYSTEM: THE DISCOVERY OF A NOVEL
FUNCTIONAL PERMEATION ENHANCER
Ami Schlesinger, NanoCyte (Israel) Ltd.
11:20 – 11:40 DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING IN CELL THERAPY BIO-MANUFACTURING
Barak Zohar, Pluristem
11:40 – 12:00 PRODUCTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PROTEINS USING PLANT CELL CULTURE
Yoseph Shaaltiel, Protalix Biotherapeutics
12:00 – 12:20 PRODUCION CONTROL AND MONITORING BY PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER
AND HMI SYST
Orly Kozinsky, KAMADA
12:20 – 12:25 IMPROVED TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS BASED ON HII MESOPHASE
AND CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDES
Marganit Cohen-Avrahami, The Hebrew University
12:25 – 12:30 HYDROPHOBIC MICROSPHERES FOR IN SITU REMOVAL OF 2-PHENYLETHANOL
FROM YEAST FERMENTATION
Yigal Achmon, Technion
12:30 – 12:35 MODELING OF HUMAN PROKINETICIN RECEPTORS: INTERACTIONS WITH NOVEL
SMALL-MOLECULE BINDERS AND POTENTIAL OFF-TARGETS DRUGS
Anat Levit, The Hebrew University
11:00 - 12:35 Session C - Functional Biomaterials
Chairs: Dganit Danino, Technion and Levi Gheber, Ben-Gurion University
11:00-11:20 NANOMEDICINES IN PERSONALIZED THERANOSTICS
Dan Peer, Tel-Aviv University
11:20-11:40 FROM MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS TO COMPLEX TISSUES: LONG TRIP AND ROUGH
TERRAIN
Razi Vago, Ben-Gurion University
11:40-12:00 BETA CASEIN NANOVEHICLES FOR TARGETED ORAL DRUG DELIVERY: TOWARDS
CHEMO-TREATMENT OF GASTRIC CANCER
Yoav Livney, Technion
12:00-12:20 NEW STRATEGY FOR PEPTIDES SELF-ASSEMBLY
Meital Reches, The Hebrew University
12:20-12:25 USING FRATRICIDE TO FIGHT BACTERIA: DISCOVERY OF A NEW BACTERIOCIN
Avraham Be’er, Ben-Gurion University
12:25-12:30 ACRYLATED POLYMERS: A NEW CONCEPT IN THE DESIGN OF MUCOADHESIVE DRUG
DELIVERY SYSTEMS
Maya Davidovich-Pinhas, Technion
12:30-12:35 QUADRUPLE DETECTOR SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY (SEC)/ GEL
PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY (GPC) FOR ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION OF
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL MACROMOLECULES”
Yael Shaked, Dr. Golik Chemical Instrumentation
12:35 - 13:30 Posters and Exhibition
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Exhibition
| 14:00 - 15:20 | Parallel Sessions (D,E,F) |
14:00 - 15:20 Session D - Medical Biotechnology
Chairs: Assaf Friedler, The Hebrew University and Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, Tel-Aviv University
14:00 – 14:20 CHEMICAL BIOLOGY WITH THE UBIQUITIN SIGNAL
Ashraf Brik, Ben-Gurion University
14:20 – 14:40 DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF METABOLIC REPROGRAMMING
Yaakov Nahmias, The Hebrew University
14:40 – 15:00 NOVEL APPROACH FOR TURN-ON NEAR-INFRARED PROBES FOR IN-VIVO IMAGING
Doron Shabat, Tel-Aviv University
15:00 – 15:20 UTILIZING RATIONAL AND COMBINATORIAL ENGINEERING TO DEVELOP VEGFR2 AND
αvβ3 INTEGRIN TARGETING DUAL-SPECIFIC ANTAGONISTIC LIGANDS FOR CANCER
IMAGING AND THERAPY
Niv Papo, Ben-Gurion University
14:00 - 15:20 Session E - Regenerative Medicine
Chairs: Rosa Azhari, ORT Braude College and Marcelle Machluf, Technion
14:00 – 14:20 NANOSCALE CARDIOLOGY
Tal Dvir, Tel-Aviv University
14:20 – 14:40 ECM AS A PLATFORM FOR CARDIOVASCULAR REGENERATION
Marcelle Machluf, Technion
14:40 – 15:00 STEM CELL THERAPY FOR SKELETAL INJURIES AND DISEASES
Dan Gazit, The Hebrew University
15:00 – 15:20 CELL-COMPATIBLE HYDROGELS DESIGNED FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Dror Seliktar, Technion
14:00 - 15:20 Session F - Environment and Energy
Chairs: Ed Bayer, Weizmann Institute and Ariel Kushmaro, Ben-Gurion University
14:00 – 14:20 BIO-REMEDIATION OF PERCHLORATE IN UNSATURATED SOIL
Zeev Ronen, Ben-Gurion University
14:20 – 14:40 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY FROM BIOSYSTEMS: IS THIS THE SOLUTION TO OUR FUTURE
ENERGY NEEDS?
Stefan Rokem, The Hebrew University
14:40 – 15:00 ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS BY PROTEIN DESIGN
Dror Noy, Weizmann Institute
15:00 – 15:20 EZ- SEXUAL BREEDING PROCEDURE IN GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF
SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
Yechezkel Kashi, Technion
15:20 - 15:30 Break
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Closing Plenary Session |
15:30 - 16:00 Plenary Lectures
Chair: Shosh Arad, Ben-Gurion University
האתגר בהעצמת ומימוש החדשנות
ישראל מקוב, יו"ר גיוון אימג'ינג ויו"ר ביולייט.מנכ"ל טבע ויו"ר נטפים לשעבר
THE CHALLENGE OF EMPOWERING & REALIZING INNOVATION
Israel Makov, Chairman of Given Imaging and Chairman of BIOLIGHT Life Sciences
Investments. Former President and CEO of Teva and former Chairman of Netafim
16:00 - 16:10 PRESENTATION OF "BEST POSTER" AWARDS
Hanna Rapaport, Conference Chairperson
16:10 - 16:30 הרצאה והדגמה: בישול מולקולרי
Lecture and Demonstration: MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY
Serjio Broido, Texturot - Innovative Gastronomy
This lecture and beverages are sponsored by Bargal Analitical Instruments Ltd.
16:30 Tasting of molecular beverages
