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ScientificScientific ActivitiesActivities The Weizmann Institute of Science 2005 Scientific Activities 2005 Rehovot, Israel Edited, Designed and Typeset by Aviva Ovadia Cover Design by Graphics Department Weizmann Institute of Science 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 25 Biological Services 33 Avron-Wilstätter Minerva Center for Research in Photosynthesis 35 Y. Leon Benoziyo Institute for Molecular Medicine 37 Dr. Josef Cohn Minerva Center for Biomembrane Research 39 Crown Human Genome Center 41 Mel Dobrin Center for Nutrition 43 Leo and Julia Forchheimer Center for Molecular Genetics 45 Kekst Family Center for Medical Genetics 47 Charles W. and Tillie K. Lubin Center for Plant Biotechnology 49 M.D. Moross Institute for Cancer Research 53 David and Fela Shapell Family Center for Genetic Disorders Research 55 Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Center for Plant Molecular Genetics Research 57 Faculty of Biology Faculty of Biology - Overview 61 Biological Regulation 63 Immunology 71 Molecular Cell Biology 79 Neurobiology 95 Veterinary Resources 101 Helen and Norman Asher Center for Human Brain Imaging 103 Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases 105 Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurosciences 107 Carl and Micaela Einhorn-Dominic Institute for Brain Research 109 Murray H. and Meyer Grodetsky Center for Research of Higher Brain Functions 111 Belle S. and Irving E. Meller Center for the Biology of Aging 113 Gabrielle Rich Center for Transplantation Biology Research 115 Willner Family Center for Vascular Biology 117 iii iv Women's Health Research Center 121 Yad Abraham Research Center for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy 123 Faculty of Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry - Overview 127 Chemical Physics 131 Environmental Sciences and Energy Research 137 Materials and Interfaces 141 Organic Chemistry 147 Structural Biology 153 Solar Research Facilities Unit 159 Chemical Research Support 161 Center for Energy Research 175 Fritz Haber Center for Physical Chemistry 177 Ilse Katz Institute for Material Sciences and Magnetic Resonance Research 179 Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science 181 Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Molecular Design 183 Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Nanoscale Science 185 Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly 187 Joseph and Ceil Mazer Center for Structural Biology 189 Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Minerva Center for Supramolecular Architecture 191 Sussman Family Center for the Study of Environmental Sciences 193 Faculty of Physics Faculty of Physics - Overview 197 Condensed Matter Physics 199 Particle Physics 207 Physics of Complex Systems 215 Physics Services 221 Center for Experimental Physics 223 Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics 225 Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Center for Submicron Research 229 Albert Einstein Minerva Center for Theoretical Physics 233 Maurice and Gabriella Goldschleger Center for Nanophysics 235 Minerva Center for Nonlinear Physics of Complex Systems 237 Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science - Overview 243 Computer Science and Applied Mathematics 245 Mathematics 253 Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science 259 Ida Cohen Center for Mathematics 261 John von Neumann Minerva Center for the Development of Reactive Systems 263 v Feinberg Graduate School Feinberg Graduate School 267 Science Teaching 327 Young@Science 337 Aharon Katzir-Katchalski Center 341 Institute-Wide Centers Clore Center for Biological Physics 347 Dolfi and Lola Ebner Center for Biomedical Research 349 J&R Center for Scientific Research 351 Center for New Scientists 353 Center for Scientific Excellence 355 Prospective Center for Systems Biology 357 Directorate for Research and Academic Affairs Directorate for Research and Academic Affairs - Overview 361 Academic Affairs Office 362 Appointments and Promotions 363 Awards 365 Honors 366 Summer Science Programs for Students 375 Visiting Professors Program 377 Weizmann Memorial Lectures 378 Weizmann Professorial Chairs, CDCs and Fellowships 380 Research Grants and Projects Office 397 Visiting Scientists Office 398 Division of Information Systems 399 Division of Logistics and Research Services 411 Amos de-Shalit Foundation 417 Davidson Institute for Science Education 419 Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd. 429 Weizmann Institute Activities on the Internet Current Research Activities 431 Keyword Search for Institute Researchers 431 Scientific Activities 431 The Board of Governors Stuart E. Eizenstat***, Washington, DC, USA, Chair of the Board (until November 2005) Mandy Moross*, London, UK, Chair of the Board (from November 2005) H. Thomas Beck*, Toronto, Ont, Canada, Deputy Chair of the Board Lawrence S. Blumberg, Esq.*, New York, NY, USA, Deputy Chair of the Board (until November 2005) Lester Crown*, Chicago, IL, USA, Deputy Chair of the Board Robert J. Drake*, Wassenaar, The Netherlands, Deputy Chair of the Board Dame Vivien Duffield*, Geneva, Switzerland, Deputy Chair of the Board (from November 2005) Prof. Yoram Groner*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, Deputy Chair of the Board 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 (until November 2005) 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. Sir John M. Ball, FRS, 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 *Member of the Executive Council **Member of the Executive Council from November 2005 ***Member of the Executive Council until November 2005 vii viii Prof. Sir Michael V. Berry, FRS, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK 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 (deceased February 6, 2005) Prof. Constantine M. Dafermos, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Leslie L. Dan, Scarborough, Ont, Canada The Hon. Mrs. Janet de Botton, CBE, London, UK Raoul de Picciotto, Monte Carlo, Monaco Meir de Shalit, Herzliya Pituach, Israel Helen Diller, Woodside, CA, USA Prof. Charles A. Dinarello, MD, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA Dr. Zvi Dinstein, Tel Aviv, Israel Ido Dissentshik*, Tel Aviv, Israel Sonnie Dockser, Bethesda, MD, USA Prof. Jonathan M. Dorfan, SLAC, Menlo Park, CA, USA 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 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, FRS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Michael R. Forman, Los Angeles, CA, USA Moshe Gavish*, Tel Aviv, Israel *Member of the Executive Council ix Dr. Martin L. Gecht, Chicago, IL, USA (deceased January 3, 2005) Mauricio Gerson, Mexico, D.F., Mexico Martin S. Gerstel*, Jerusalem, Israel David Ginsburg*, Washington, DC, USA Françoise Glasberg, Paris, France (until November 2005) Prof. Michel E. Goldberg, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Bram Goldsmith, Beverly Hills, CA, USA Abraham M. Goldwasser*, Savyon, Israel Carol Gordon, Toronto, Ont, Canada Prof. Michael B. Green, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Scott D. Greenberg, Lincolnshire, IL, USA Baroness Susan A. Greenfield, CBE, London, UK Prof. François Gros*, Académie des 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,