View excerpts from the lectures of Prof. Eric Lander - Structure, Function and Secrets of the Human Genome - part 2, and Prof. Arthur Beaudet - The Impact of Chromosomal Microarray Analysis on Medical Genetics Sunday, 2 May h9:00-9:15 Opening - Welcome and Greetings
Menahem Yaari, President of the Academy
Ruth Arnon, Vice-President of the Academy
First Sessionh9:15 Chairperson’s Remarks - Michael Sela
h9:20-10:10 Ada Yonath Structural Biology
h10:10-11:00 Matthias Mann Revitalizing Biochemical Approaches in Biology via High Accuracy Quantitative Proteomics
h11:00-11:30 COFFEE
h11:30-12:20 Leroy Hood Systems Biology and Systems Medicine: Catalyzing a Revolution from Reactive to Proactive Medicine
h12:20-13:10 Eric Lander Structure, Function and Secrets of the Human Genome
h13:10-14:10 LUNCH
Second Sessionh14:10 Chairperson’s Remarks - Raphael Mechoulam
h14:15-15:05 Arthur Beaudet The Impact of Chromosomal Microarray Analysis on Medical Genetics
h15:05-15:55 Fotis Kafatos The Malaria Problem: Understanding and Controlling the World’s Most Important Infectious Disease
h15:55-16:45 Rino Rappuoli Vaccines: a Health Insurance for the 21st Century
Monday, 3 May Third Sessionh9:00 Chairperson’s Remarks - Chaim Cedar
h9:05-9:55 Mary-Claire King Common Diseases Caused by Multiple Rare Alleles: an Exploration of Genomic Heterogeneity
h9:55-10:45 Axel Ullrich Genetic Determinants for Cancer Therapy
h10:45-11:10 COFFEE
h11:10-12:00 David Scadden Prospects for Stem Cell Based Medicine
h12:00-12:50 Michel Revel Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Cells: are the Bioethical Issues an Obstacle for their Applications?
h12:50-13:50 LUNCH