TENTATIVE PROGRAM

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2000

      Afternoon
    INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE BUILDING OF THE INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED BIOSCIENCES
      Evening
    DESERT FESTIVE DINNER
    UNDER THE AUSPICES OF: Linda and Edgar de Picciotto, Geneva, Switzerland
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2000

     
    R. Colwell, NSF, U.S.A.
    FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
    B. Blumberg, Fox Chase Cancer Center, U.S.A.
    BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCE: THE DISCOVERY OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS AND ITS APPLICATION TO DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
    A. Libchaber, Rockefeller University, U.S.A.
    THE FLOW OF MOLECULAR INFORMATION IN BIOLOGY
    D. R. Walt, Tufts University, U.S.A.
    SOLVING COMPLEX BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEMS WITH ARRAY BIOSENSORS
    I. Willner, Hebrew University, Israel
    AMPLIFIED AND SPECIFIC ELECTRONIC TRANSDUCTION OF DNA RECOGNITION EVENTS
      Case Studies
    D. Shalon, Harvard University, U.S.A.
    GENE EXPRESSION MICROARRAYS
    M. Simon, Caltech, U.S.A.
    A TALE OF TWO COMPANIES
    M. Petitou, Sanofi Recherche, France
    DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF POTENT ANTITHROMBOTIC OLIGOSACCHARIDES
    S. Arad, BGU, Israel & K. Marenus, Estee Lauder, U.S.A
    SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDES OF RED MICROALGAE: FROM THE LAB TO PRODUCTS
    J. Kost, BGU, Israel
    ULTRASOUND FOR NEEDLE-LESS INJECTIONS AND DIAGNOSTICS
      Round Table Discussion
    PRESENTATIONS WITH PARTICIPATIONS OF PEOPLE FROM BANKING, ACADEMIA AND THE VENTURE CAPITAL COMMUNITY
    K. Raab, California, U.S.A
    THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ACADEMIC COLLABORATIONS AND THE CREATION OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
    L. Nelsen, MIT, U.S.A.
    TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRY IN THE CAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MAKING IT WORK
      Evening
    CONFERRING OF HONORARY DOCTORATES ON:
    PROF. B. BLUMBERG and PROF. R. COLWELL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2000

     
    R. A. Dwek, Oxford Glycobiology Institute, U.K.
    GLYCOBIOLOGY -NEW DISEASE TARGETS AND THERAPEUTICS
    N. Sharon, Weizmann Institute, Israel
    CARBOHYDRATES AS ANTI-ADHESION DRUGS FOR MICROBIAL DISEASES: PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS
    T. Baasov, Technion, Israel
    TOWARDS CARBOHYDRATE-BASED CATALYTIC SYSTEMS: AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW ON THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
    D. Atar, Soroka Medical Center, Israel and R. Vago, BGU, Israel
    HARD TISSUE REMODELING FROM BIOFABRICATION OF CORALLINE BIOMATERIALS
    S. Zhang, MIT, U.S.A.
    EMERGING BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS THROUGH MOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLY
    U. Sivan, Technion, Israel
    INTERFACING BIOTECHNOLOGY WITH MICROELECTRONICS
    R. Marks, BGU, Israel
    OPTICAL FIBER BIOSENSORS
    R. Last, Cereon Genomics & Monsanto-Millenium, U.S.A.
    FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS APPROACHES TO UNRAVELING COMPLEX PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS WITH ARABIDOPSIS
    A.R. Grossman, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, USA.
    ALGAL GENOMICS AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPORTANCE
      Evening
    RECEPTION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2000