Tentative program for the ISPP 2019 Meeting
Feb 14th, 2019 at Mishkenot Shaananim, Jerusalem
Throughout the meeting, each session will consist of three long (25 minutes) lectures presented by PIs and one short lecture (20 minutes) presented by research students and postdocs.
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8:00-9:30 – Registration
9:30-11:10 – Parallel sessions
Session 1 (Big hall)
Physiology of cellular signalling
Chairs: Prof. Sivan Korenblit (Bar-Ilan University), Prof. Michal Hershfinkel (Ben-Gurion University)
Meital Oren (Weizmann Institute of Science): Dimorphic connectivity is established by sex-specific synapse pruning during development
Tami Geiger (Tel-Aviv University): Proteomic analysis of melanoma response to immunotherapy
Adi Kimchi (Weizmann Institute of Science): The protein interaction map of programmed cell death: from basic principles to a therapeutic vision
Eran Schmukler (Tel-Aviv University): Altered autophagy and mitochondrial dynamics in APOE4-expressing astrocytes
Session 2 (Small hall)
Environmental Stress: preconditioning and adaptive memory
Chair: Prof. Michal Horowitz (The Hebrew University)
Noam Meiri (Volcani Center): Early-life heat exposure influence resilience or vulnerability to heat stress later in life by an epigenetic mechanism
Mirit Eynan (Israel Naval Med Institute): Day night activity at the underwater environment
Oren Froy (The Hebrew University): Timing of macronutrient intake: underlying mechanisms and endocrine outcomes
Oded Rechavi and Itamar Lev (Tel-Aviv University): Transgenerational inheritance of small RNAs in C.elegans
11:10-11:30 – Coffee break
11:30-12:30 – Plenary Lecture 1 – Prof. Baruch Minke (The Hebrew University)
Analysis of the first human loss of function mutation in TRPV1: implications on the role of TRPV1 in inflammatory pain
12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch
13:00 – 13:30 – General (business) meeting of the society members:
1) ISPP financial report and approval of changes in the bylaws.
2) Report from Prof. John Finberg, Chairman of the Inter-University Forum for Biomedical Research in Israel
13:15-14:30 – Poster sessions
Every poster presenter will give a 5-min oral presentation at the poster, to a committee composed of senior scientists; 3 prizes (500$, 300$, 200$) will be awarded to best posters presented by students.
14:30-16:10 – Parallel sessions
Session 3 (Big hall)
Physiology and pathophysiology of excitable tissues
Chair: Dr. Moran Rubinstein (Tel-Aviv University)
Ilya Fleidervish (Ben Gurion University): Mechanism of persistent Na+ current generation in axon initial segment of layer 5 pyramidal neurons.
Bernard Attali (Tel Aviv University): Intrinsic and synaptic homeostatic interplay triggered at different temporal scales by M-current inhibition in hippocampal neurons
Firas Mawase (Technion): Brain and music: piano-like skill learning for stroke rehabilitation
Ana Turchetti-Maia (Tel Aviv University; Moran Rubinstein lab): Visual system dysfunction in Dravet Syndrome epilepsy
Session 4 (Small hall)
Aging
Chair: Prof. Yael Yaniv (Technion)
Sivan Henis-Korenblit (Bar-Ilan University): Endo-siRNA induced inactivation of a neddylation suppressor promotes longevity and HSF-1 activation in germline-less animals
Itamar Harel (Hebrew University): The African turquoise killifish: a model for exploring vertebrate aging and diseases in the fast lane
Mickey Scheinowitz (Tel Aviv University): Physiological effects of exercise with aging
Joachim Behar (Technion): Pacemaker from aged perspective
16:10-16:30 – Coffee break
16:30- 16:45 – Announcement of the Garty Student Prizes for best posters.
16:45 – 17:45 – Magnes Plenary Lecture (Introduction: Prof. Nathan Dascal)
Prof. Annette Dolphin (University College London)
Neuronal calcium channel trafficking and function: relevance to chronic pain