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The Weizmann Institute of Science ScientificScientific ActivitiesActivities The Weizmann Institute of Science 2004 Scientific Activities 2004 Rehovot, Israel Edited, Designed and Typeset by Aviva Ovadia Cover Design by Shlomit Davidzon, Graphics Department We wish to thank all the secretarial staff who worked on this project, without whose help this publication would not be possible. Printed in Israel By Publishing Department Weizmann Institute of Science ISSN 0083-7849 Contents Board of Governors vii Scientific and Academic Advisory Committee xv Officers of the Weizmann Institute xvii Weizmann Institute of Science xix Faculty of Biochemistry Faculty of Biochemistry - Overview 3 Biological Chemistry 5 Molecular Genetics 15 Plant Sciences 23 Biological Services 31 Avron-Wilstätter Minerva Center for Research in Photosynthesis 33 Y. Leon Benoziyo Institute for Molecular Medicine 35 Dr. Josef Cohn Minerva Center for Biomembrane Research 37 Crown Human Genome Center 39 Mel Dobrin Center for Nutrition 41 Leo and Julia Forchheimer Center for Molecular Genetics 43 Kekst Family Center for Medical Genetics 45 Charles W. and Tillie K. Lubin Center for Plant Biotechnology 47 M.D. Moross Institute for Cancer Research 49 David and Fela Shapell Family Center for Genetic Disorders Research 51 Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Center for Plant Molecular Genetics Research 53 Faculty of Biology Faculty of Biology - Overview 57 Biological Regulation 59 Immunology 69 Molecular Cell Biology 77 Neurobiology 93 Veterinary Resources 99 Helen and Norman Asher Center for Human Brain Imaging 101 Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases 103 Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurosciences 105 Carl and Micaela Einhorn-Dominic Institute for Brain Research 107 Murray H. and Meyer Grodetsky Center for Research of Higher Brain Functions 109 Belle S. and Irving E. Meller Center for the Biology of Aging 111 Gabrielle Rich Center for Transplantation Biology Research 113 Willner Family Center for Vascular Biology 115 iii iv Women's Health Research Center 119 Yad Abraham Research Center for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy 121 Faculty of Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry - Overview 125 Chemical Physics 129 Environmental Sciences and Energy Research 133 Materials and Interfaces 137 Organic Chemistry 141 Structural Biology 147 Solar Research Facilities Unit 151 Chemical Research Support 153 Center for Energy Research 163 Fritz Haber Center for Physical Chemistry 165 Ilse Katz Institute for Material Sciences and Magnetic Resonance Research 167 Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science 169 Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Molecular Design 171 Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Nanoscale Science 173 Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly 175 Joseph and Ceil Mazer Center for Structural Biology 177 Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Minerva Center for Supramolecular Architecture 179 Sussman Family Center for the Study of Environmental Sciences 181 Faculty of Physics Faculty of Physics - Overview 185 Condensed Matter Physics 187 Particle Physics 193 Physics of Complex Systems 201 Physics Services 207 Center for Experimental Physics 209 Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics 211 Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Center for Submicron Research 215 Albert Einstein Minerva Center for Theoretical Physics 219 Maurice and Gabriella Goldschleger Center for Nanophysics 221 Minerva Center for Nonlinear Physics of Complex Systems 223 Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science - Overview 229 Computer Science and Applied Mathematics 231 Mathematics 237 Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science 243 Ida Cohen Center for Mathematics 247 Minerva Center for Formal Verification of Reactive Systems 249 v Feinberg Graduate School Feinberg Graduate School 255 Science Teaching 315 Young@Science 325 Aharon Katzir-Katchalski Center 329 Institute-Wide Centers Clore Center for Biological Physics 335 Dolfi and Lola Ebner Center for Biomedical Research 337 J&R Center for Scientific Research 339 Center for New Scientists 341 Center for Scientific Excellence 343 Prospective Center for Systems Biology 345 Directorate for Research and Academic Affairs Directorate for Research and Academic Affairs - Overview 349 Academic Affairs Office 351 Appointments and Promotions 352 Awards 353 Honors 355 Summer Science Program for Students 364 Visiting Professors Program 366 Weizmann Memorial Lectures 367 Weizmann Professorial Chairs, CDCs and Fellowships 369 Research Grants and Projects Office 387 Visiting Scientists Office 389 Division of Information Systems 391 Division of Logistics and Research Services 401 Amos de-Shalit Foundation 405 Davidson Institute for Science Education 407 Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd. 413 Weizmann Institute Activities on the Internet Current Research Activities 415 Keyword Search for Institute Researchers 415 Scientific Activities 415 The Board of Governors Stuart E. Eizenstat*, Washington, DC, USA, Chair of the Board H. Thomas Beck*, Toronto, Ont, Canada, Deputy Chair of the Board Lawrence S. Blumberg*, New York, NY, USA, Deputy Chair of the Board Lester Crown*, Chicago, IL, USA, Deputy Chair of the Board (from November 2004) Robert J. Drake*, Wassenaar, The Netherlands, Deputy Chair of the Board Dame Vivien Duffield*, Geneva, Switzerland, Deputy Chair of the Board (until November 2004) Prof. Yoram Groner*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, Deputy Chair of the Board (from November 2004) Prof. Michael Sela*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, Deputy Chair of the Board (until November 2004) S. Donald Sussman*, Greenwich, CT, USA, Deputy Chair of the Board Abraham Ben-Naftali*, Tel Aviv, Israel, Chair of the Executive Council Oded Aboodi*, New York, NY, USA Ayala Zacks Abramov, Jerusalem, Israel Gary M. Abramson, N. Bethesda, MD, USA Sem Almaleh, Geneva, Switzerland Sally Leafman Appelbaum, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Prof. Ruth Arnon*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel Prof. Zvi Artstein*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel Helen S. Asher, Chicago, IL, USA Robert H. Asher*, Chicago, IL, USA, ex-officio member (also elected member) David Assia, Or-Yehuda, Israel Yehuda Assia*, Tel Aviv, Israel Prof. John M. Ball, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Prof. David Baltimore, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA Prof. Allen J. Bard, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA Robert G. Begam*, Phoenix, AZ, USA Robert A. Belfer, New York, NY, USA Prof. Haim Ben-Shahar, Tel Aviv, Israel Dr. Emile Benassayag, Paris, France Marshall Bennett, Northbrook, IL, USA Prof. Sir Michael V. Berry, FRS, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK *Member of the Executive Council vii viii Maks L. Birnbach*, New York, NY, USA René Braginsky, Zurich, Switzerland Frances Brody, Los Angeles, CA, USA L. Yehuda Bronicki*, Yavne, Israel Stanley Chais*, Beverly Hills, CA, USA Prof. Ilan Chet*, President, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel Joseph Ciechanover, Tel Aviv, Israel Doron Cohen*, Ramat-Gan, Israel Prof. Marvin L. Cohen, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Norman D. Cohen*, New York, NY, USA Sir Ronald Cohen, London, UK Prof. Mildred Cohn, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Samy Cohn*, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Prof. Paul J. Crutzen, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany Dr. Hubert Curien, Paris, France Prof. Constantine M. Dafermos, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Leslie L. Dan, Scarborough, Ont, Canada The Hon. Mrs. Janet de Botton, London, UK Raoul de Picciotto, Monte Carlo, Monaco Meir de Shalit, Herzliya Pituach, Israel Helen Diller, Woodside, CA, USA Prof. Charles A. Dinarello, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA Dr. Zvi Dinstein, Tel Aviv, Israel Ido Dissentshik*, Tel Aviv, Israel Sonnie Dockser, Bethesda, MD, USA Prof. Jonathan Dorfan, SLAC, Menlo Park, CA, USA (from November 2004) Prof. Israel Dostrovsky*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel Prof. Sidney D. Drell, SLAC, Menlo Park, CA, USA Prof. Mildred S. Dresselhaus, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, USA Prof. Aryeh Dvoretzky*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel Ralph S. Dweck, Washington, DC, USA (until November 2004) Maurice M. Dwek*, Geneva, Switzerland Robert Equey, Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland Michael Federmann*, Tel Aviv, Israel Prof. Mitchell J. Feigenbaum, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA Prof. Sir Alan R. Fersht*, FRS, MRC Centre for Protein Engineering, Cambridge, UK Alan A. Fischer*, Larchmont, NY, USA Prof. Edmond H. Fischer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Prof. Michael E. Fisher, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Michael R. Forman, Los Angeles, CA, USA William Frankel, Philadelphia, PA, USA (until November 2004) *Member of the Executive Council ix Moshe Gavish*, Tel Aviv, Israel Dr. Martin L. Gecht, Chicago, IL, USA Mauricio Gerson, Mexico, D.F., Mexico Martin S. Gerstel*, Jerusalem, Israel Henny Gestetner, OBE, London, UK (until November 2004) David Ginsburg*, Washington, DC, USA Françoise Glasberg, Paris, France Prof. Michel E. Goldberg, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Bram Goldsmith, Beverly Hills, CA, USA Abraham M. Goldwasser*, Savyon, Israel Carol Gordon, Toronto, Ont, Canada (from November 2004) Prof. Michael B. Green, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Scott D. Greenberg, Lincolnshire, IL, USA Baroness Susan A. Greenfield, CBE (from November 2004) Prof. François Gros*, Academy of Sciences, Paris, France Joseph Gurwin, New York, NY, USA Wilhelm Haas, Bonn, Germany Joseph D. Hackmey*, London, UK Gideon J. Hamburger*, Ramat-Gan, Israel Prof. Haim Harari*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot,
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