SCIENTIFIC
PROGRAM
Tuesday, October 24, 2000
18:00 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED BIOSCIENCES, followed by dinner
08:00-09:00 REGISTRATION
09:00-09:20 OPENING SESSION
Sonnenfeldt
Auditorium (HALL A)
09:00 Welcome
Greetings:
Shimona Geresh, Head, Organizing Committee,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Hagit Messer-Yaron, Chief Scientist, Ministry of
Science, Culture and Sports, Israel
Avishay Braverman, President, Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev, Israel
Shoshana Arad, Head, Institute for Applied
Biosciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
09:20-11:00 SESSION I HALL A
Co-Chairpersons: Michael Sela, The Weizmann Institute of
Science, Israel
Raymond A. Dwek, Oxford Institute of Glycobiology,
U.K.
Meir Wilchek, The Weizmann Institute of Science,
Israel
The applicationof bi0recognition
for BIOTECHNOLOGY
Baruch S. Blumberg, Fox Chase Center, U.S.A.
FROM
BASIC SCIENCE TO APPLICATION. THE
HEPATITIS B VACCINE
Rita Colwell, National Science Foundation, USA
Fulfilling the Promise of Biotechnology
11:00-12:00 POSTER SESSION I AND COFFEE BREAK Senate
Building
12:00-13:30 SESSION II
HALL
A
Co-Chairpersons: Meir Wilchek, The
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Melvin I. Simon, Caltech, U.S.A.
12:00 Albert J. Libchaber, Rockefeller University and NEC Research Institute, U.S.A.
THE
FLOW OF MOLECULAR INFORMATION IN BIOLOGY
12:45 Itamar Willner,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
ELECTRONIC TRANSDUCTION OF DNA/RNA RECOGNITION AND REPLICATION ON SURFACES
13:30-14:30 L U N C H
14:30-16:00 SESSION III: CASE STUDIES HALL A
Chairperson: G. Kirk Raab, Chairman, Oxford GlycoSciences, Plc, Connetics Corp.
and Accumetrics, Inc. U.S.A.
14:30 Melvin I. Simon,
Caltech, U.S.A.
A TALE OF TWO COMPANIES
15:00 Shoshana Arad,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Kenneth D. Marenus, The Estee Lauder Co., U.S.A.
SULFATED
POLYSACCHARIDES OF RED MICROALGAE: FROM THE LABORATORY TO THE PRODUCT
15:30 Joseph Kost,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
ULTRASOUND
FOR NEEDLE-LESS INJECTIONS AND DIAGNOSTICS
16:00-16:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:30-18:30 ROUND TABLE: FROM RESEARCH
TO COMMERCIALIZATION (Senate Hall) HALL B
In the Presence of Mr.
Matan Vilnai, Minister of Science, Culture and Sports, Israel
Moderator:
David Haselkorn, Director General, Clal Biotechnology Industries, Ltd. Israel
Presenter:
G. Kirk. Raab, Chairman, Oxford GlycoSciences,
Plc, Connetics Corp. and Accumetrics, Inc. U.S.A.
THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF ACADEMIC COLLABORATIONS AND THE CREATION OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY
Speakers:
Avishay Braverman, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Israel
Edgar de Picciotto, Geneva, Switzerland
Baruch S. Blumberg, Fox Chase Center, U.S.A.
Michael Larkin, Questor, Ireland
Ronit Bendori, Evergreen, Israel
Benad Goldwasser, Biomedical Investments, Israel
19:00 CONFERMENT CEREMONY OF HONORARY
DOCTORATE DEGREES
The ceremony will be followed by a reception
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2000
08:00-09:00 REGISTRATION
09:00-10:50 SESSION IV HALL A
Co-Chairpersons: Baruch S. Blumberg, Fox Chase Center, U.S.A.
Lechaim Naggan, BGU, Israel
09:00 Raymond A. Dwek, Oxford Institute of Glycobiology, U.K.
ABNORMAL
GLYCOSYLATION IN DISEASE AND THERAPY
09:50 Nathan Sharon, The Weizmann Institute of Science,
Israel
CARBOHYDRATES
AS ANTIADHESION DRUGS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES:
ACHIEVEMENTS,
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
10:20 Timor Baasov,
Yaakov Beneson, Dmitry Solomon,
Technion
- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
TOWARDS
CARBOHYDRATE-BASED CATALYTIC SYSTEMS: AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW ON THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
10:50-11:20 Coffee Break
11:20-13:00 SESSION V HALL A
Co-Chairpersons:
Albert J. Libchaber, Rockefeller University and NEC Research
Institute, U.S.A.
11:20 David R. Walt,
Tufts University, U.S.A.
SOLVING
COMPLEX BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEMS WITH ARRAY BIOSENSORS
12:00 Uri Sivan,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
INTERFACING
BIOTECHNOLOGY WITH MICROELECTRONICS
12:30 Robert S. Marks, Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev, Israel
OPTICAL
FIBER BIOSENSORS
13:00-14:00 L
u n c h
14:00-15:30 SESSION VI HALL
A
Co-Chairpersons: David R. Walt, Tufts University, U.S.A.
Roberto
De Phillipis, UniversitaÕ degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
14:00 Krishna Mallia,
Kim Hines, Kelli Feather-Henigan, Ineabel Horneij, Carrie Clothier,
Pierce
Chemical Company, U.S.A.
CHEMILUMINESCENT
DETECTION SYSTEMS
14:30 Shuguang Zhang,
MIT, U.S.A.
EMERGING
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS THROUGH MOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLY
15:00 Razi Vago,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel &
Dan Atar, Daniel
Plotquin, Nissim Ohana, Andrei Podolski, Alex Bunin,
Soroka Medical Center, Israel
HARD
TISSUE REMODELING FROM BIOFABRICATION OF CORALLINE BIOMATERIALS
15:30-16:30 POSTER SESSION II AND COFFEE BREAK
16:30-18:00 SESSION VII HALL A
Co-Chairpersons: Aviv Bergman, Stanford University, U.S.A.
Gad Galili, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
16:30 Robert Last, Cereon Genomics LLC, U.S.A.
FUNCTIONAL
GENOMICS APPROACHES TO UNRAVELING COMPLEX PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS WITH
ARABIDOPSIS
17:00 Arthur Grossman, L. Zaslavskaia, J. C. Lippmeier,
C. Shih, D. Ehrhardt, K. Apt, Carnegie Institution,
U.S.A.
DIATOMS:
FROM BIOLOGY TO BIOTECHNOLOGY
17:30 Salomon Z. Langer, Compugen Ltd., Israel
THE
HUMAN TRANSCRIPTOME: EXPRESSION PATTERNS AND SPLICE
VARIANTS
FORM A POWERFUL DISCOVERY TOOL
20:00
RECEPTION, Paradise Hanegev Hotel
Abraham Tamir, Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev, Israel
ART
AND SCIENCE: FROM MONA LISA TO EINSTEIN
Prizes for the three most outstanding posters will be awarded by the rector of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Nachum Finger
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27,
2000
08:00-09:00 REGISTRATION
09:00-10:00 Session VIII:
THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY AND VENTURE CAPITAL COMMUNITY HALL A
Chairperson: Reuven
Horesh Director General, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Israel
09:00 Opening Remarks
09:15 Carmel Vernia, Chief Scientist, Ministry of
Industry and Trade, Israel
09:30 Yigal Koltin,
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Israel
THE NEXT WAVE OF GENOMICS DISCOVERY.
THE ISRAELI CONTRIBUTION: A SPECTATOR OR ACTIVE PARTICIPANT
09:45 Uri Attir,
Bi-National Industrial Research & Development (BIRD), Israel
10:00 Robert Shorr, SUNY Center for Advanced
Technology, U.S.A.
UNLOCKING THE VALUE OF DISCOVERY
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:25 PRESENTATIONS BY BIOTECHNOLOGICAL COMPANIES HALL A
Chairperson: Yaffa Beck, D-Pharm, Israel
10:45 Meir Elran, Hi-Tech Park BGU, Israel
10:55 Stanley Hirsch, CBD Technology Ltd., Israel
11:05
Yoram Palti, Carmel Biosensors Ltd.,
Israel
11:15
Eyal Vardi, Hazera Ltd. Israel
11:25
Dror Melamed, InSight Ltd., Israel
11:35
Jack Peretz, Biomedical Incubator,
Rad Ramot Ltd., Israel
11:45 Yaacov Skuler-Sella, Ofakim Incubator and Mesora Investment Funds Ltd., Israel
11:55
Einat Wilf, Koor, Israel and Medabiotech, Switzerland
12:05
Aharon Rosenstein, MATIMOP, Israel
12:15
Ariel
Darvasi, idGene Ltd., Israel
12:25
Paz Einat, Quark Biotech, Inc. (QBI), Israel
Please note: The program is subject
to last minute changes