About Us

Welcome Remarks from Organizing Committee

Peleg Hasson, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Izhak Kehat MD, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Avraham Levy, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

David J. Pinsky, MD - University of Michigan

Session 1: COVID Science

Moderator: Marilia Cascalho, MD, PhD - University of Michigan

Yotam Bar-On, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

"Isolation and characterization of rare SARS-CoV-2 variants by single-genome sequencing"

Salim Hayek, MD - University of Michigan

“Inflammation in COVID-19: Quantifying it and Implications for Patient Care”

David Markovitz, MD - University of Michigan
“Nose drops to prevent or treat SARS-CoV-2 and other coronavirus infections”

Break | Poster Voting

Session 1 Continued: COVID Science

Moderator: Marilia Cascalho, MD, PhD - University of Michigan

Noam Stern-Ginossar, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

“The coding capacity of SARS-CoV-2”

Yogen Kanthi, MD - National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute/University of Michigan

“Thrombo-inflammation in COVID”

Nir London, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

“Crowdsourcing a COVID-19 drug”

Keynote Lecture

 Moderator: Peleg Hasson, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Aaron Ciechanover, MD, DSc - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

“Bioethics in the interface between up-to-date technologies and their customer - the sick patient: relevance to the Corona Pandemic.”

Break | Poster Voting

Session 2: Biomedical Devices

Moderator: Parag Patil, MD, PhD - University of Michigan

Yonatan Savir, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

"AI-based Thermal Imaging for Non-Contact Remote Monitoring of Patients Vital Signs"

Efrat Shema, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

“Single-Molecule Epigenetics: Decoding the Epigenome for Cancer Research and Diagnostics”

Cynthia Chestek, PhD - University of Michigan

“Neural Interfaces for high speed control of orthotics and prosthetics"

Amir Landesberg MD, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

“Optimization of mechanical ventilation of Covid-19 patients with some myocardial dysfunction, the role of the cardiopulmonary vicious cycle”

Yonina Eldar, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

“Point of Care Image Analysis for COVID-19”

Presidential Panel Discussion

Mark Schlissel, MD, PhD - University of Michigan

Uri Sivan, PhD, MSc - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Alon Chen, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

Closing Remarks from Organizing Committee

Autonomous Systems Satellite Symposium

Overview of the Autonomous Systems Megaproject and Introductions

Shai Revzen, PhD - University of Michigan

Yizhar Or, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Daniel Harari, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

New Aerial Vehicles Goal

Daniella Raveh, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Human-Robot Interaction Goal

Dimitra Panagou, PhD - University of Michigan

Daniel Harari, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

All Terrain Mobility Goal

Shai Revzen, PhD - University of Michigan

Welcome Remarks from Organizing Committee

Session 3: Precision Health

Moderator: Roy Kishony, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Amos Tanay, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

“Personalized and quantitative models for clinical evaluation of standard lab tests”

Liran Shlush, MD - Weizmann Institute of Science

“Clonal hematopoiesis and the early diagnosis and prevention of AML”

Mathew Stracy, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

“Predicting emergence of antibiotic resistance during treatment of urinary tract infections”

Betsy Foxman, PhD - University of Michigan

“Overview on ongoing UM projects”

Lona Mody, MD, MSc - University of Michigan

“Dynamics of nose/throat microbiome among nursing home residents: A cohort study”

Jenna Wiens, PhD - University of Michigan
“Optimizing nanopore technology using machine learning”

Break | Last Call for Poster Votes

Session 4: Aging

Moderator: Ofer Binah, PhD, MSc - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Daniel Goldstein, MD - University of Michigan

“Novel mechanisms of age enhanced cardiovascular disease”

Ami Aronheim, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

“Crosstalk between the heart and cancer”

Valery Krizhanovsky, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

“Senescent cells as drivers of aging and age-related diseases”

Adi Kimchi, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

“Combining functional perturbations with proteomic signatures for identifying molecular pathways driving cellular senescence”

Henry Paulson, MD, PhD - University of Michigan

“The Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center: building networks to understand age-related brain diseases”

Break

Vice Presidential Remarks

Roee Ozeri, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

Jacob (Koby) Rubinstein, PhD, MSc - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Srijan Sen, MD, PhD, Associate Vice President - University of Michigan

Remarks on Behalf of the Kahn Family

Andrea (Kahn) Wolfe

Poster Awards Announced

Closing Remarks from Organizing Committee

Peleg Hasson, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Izhak Kehat MD, PhD - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Avraham Levy, PhD - Weizmann Institute of Science

David J. Pinsky, MD - University of Michigan