The 24th Jerusalem School in Life Sciences
Frontiers in Cell Biology
Organizers:
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Tommer Ravid (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel )Dana Reichmann (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel )
General Director:
Roger Kornberg, Stanford University
List of speakers:
Daphne Atlas, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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Natalie Balaban, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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Naama Barkai, Weizmann Institute | |
Andrea SchatzNobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover |
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Zvuluun Elazar, Weizmann Institute | |
Eran Elinav, Weizmann Institute | |
Nobel Laureate Avram Hershko, Technion |
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Joy Hirsch, Yale University | |
Alex Levitzki, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | |
Vivek Malhotra, Centre for Genomic Regulation | |
Kim Nasmyth, University of Oxford | |
Nathan Nelson, Tel Aviv University | |
Tom Rapoport, Harvard Medical School | |
Nobel Laureate Jim Rothman, Yale University | |
Michal Schwartz, Weizmann Institute | |
Jesper Svejstrup, Francis Crick Institute |
Cell biology lies at the heart of life science. Its objective is to describe the unit of life, the cell, in chemical terms. From unicellular organisms, such as fungi, to humans, with 100 trillion cells of 200 types, there are activities common to all cells. Key activities include membrane trafficking, chromosomal DNA transactions, and regulation at all levels, from transcription to protein turnover. Coordination of these cellular activities underlies complex functions, as in the nervous system. Aberrations lead to disease, such as cancer. The 24th Jerusalem School in Life Sciences will present the historical basis and current status of research on key cellular activities and their implications for complex functions and disease.
The School will feature lectures from four Nobel Laureates and international leaders in cell biology of no less repute. Participants in the School will become familiar with the state-of-the-art and the challenges for the future. Many great questions in cell biology remain unanswered, and participants in the School will be directed towards these questions and methods to address them.