ScientificScientific ActivitiesActivities The Weizmann Institute of Science Scientific Activities 2003 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 29 Avron-Wilstätter Minerva Center for Research in Photosynthesis 31 Y. Leon Benoziyo Institute for Molecular Medicine 33 Dr. Josef Cohn Minerva Center for Biomembrane Research 35 Crown Human Genome Center 37 Mel Dobrin Center for Nutrition 39 Leo and Julia Forchheimer Center for Molecular Genetics 41 Kekst Family Center for Medical Genetics 43 Charles W. and Tillie K. Lubin Center for Plant Biotechnology 45 M.D. Moross Institute for Cancer Research 47 David and Fela Shapell Family Center for Genetic Disorders Research 49 Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Center for Plant Molecular Genetics Research 51 Faculty of Biology Faculty of Biology - Overview 55 Biological Regulation 57 Immunology 65 Molecular Cell Biology 73 Neurobiology 87 Veterinary Resources 93 Helen and Norman Asher Center for Human Brain Imaging 95 Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurosciences 97 Carl and Micaela Einhorn-Dominic Institute for Brain Research 99 Murray H. and Meyer Grodetsky Center for Research of Higher Brain Functions 101 Belle S. and Irving E. Meller Center for the Biology of Aging 103 Gabrielle Rich Center for Transplantation Biology Research 105 Willner Family Center for Vascular Biology 107 Women's Health Research Center 111 iii iv Yad Abraham Research Center for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy 113 Faculty of Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry - Overview 117 Chemical Physics 121 Environmental Sciences and Energy Research 127 Materials and Interfaces 131 Organic Chemistry 135 Structural Biology 141 Solar Research Facilities Unit 147 Chemical Research Support 149 Center for Energy Research 157 Fritz Haber Center for Physical Chemistry 159 Ilse Katz Institute for Material Sciences and Magnetic Resonance Research 161 Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science 163 Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Molecular Design 165 Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Nanoscale Science 167 Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly 169 Joseph and Ceil Mazer Center for Structural Biology 171 Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Minerva Center for Supramolecular Architecture 173 Sussman Family Center for the Study of Environmental Sciences 175 Faculty of Physics Faculty of Physics - Overview 179 Condensed Matter Physics 181 Particle Physics 187 Physics of Complex Systems 195 Physics Services 201 Center for Experimental Physics 203 Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics 205 Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Center for Submicron Research 209 Albert Einstein Minerva Center for Theoretical Physics 213 Maurice and Gabriella Goldschleger Center for Nanophysics 215 Minerva Center for Nonlinear Physics of Complex Systems 217 Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science - Overview 223 Computer Science and Applied Mathematics 225 Mathematics 231 Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science 237 Ida Cohen Center for Mathematics 241 Minerva Center for Formal Verification of Reactive Systems 243 v Feinberg Graduate School Feinberg Graduate School 249 Science Teaching 307 Young@Science 315 Aharon Katzir-Katchalski Center 317 Institute-Wide Centers Clore Center for Biological Physics 323 Dolfi and Lola Ebner Center for Biomedical Research 325 J&R Center for Scientific Research 327 Center for New Scientists 329 Center for Scientific Excellence 331 Prospective Center for Systems Biology 333 Directorate for Research and Academic Affairs Directorate for Research and Academic Affairs - Overview 337 Academic Affairs Office 339 Appointments and Promotions 340 Awards 342 Honors 344 Summer Science Program for Students 352 Visiting Professors Program 353 Weizmann Memorial Lectures 354 Weizmann Professorial Chairs, CDCs and Fellowships 356 Research Grants and Projects Office 373 Visiting Scientists Office 375 Division of Information Systems 377 Division of Logistics and Research Services 387 Amos de-Shalit Foundation 391 Davidson Institute for Science Education 393 Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd. 397 Weizmann Institute Activities on the Internet 399 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 Robert J. Drake*, Wassenaar, The Netherlands, Deputy Chair of the Board Dame Vivien Duffield*, Geneva, Switzerland, Deputy Chair of the Board Prof. Michael Sela*, 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 Ayala Zacks Abramov, Jerusalem, Israel Gary M. Abramson, N. Bethesda, MD, USA Sem Almaleh, Geneva, Switzerland Sally Leafman Appelbaum, Scottsdale, AZ, USA (from November 2003) 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 Hanan Bar-On, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel (deceased June 4, 2003) 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, Chicago, IL, USA 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 *Member of the Executive Council **Member of the Executive Council from November 2003 vii viii 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 Lester Crown*, Chicago, IL, USA 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. 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 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, Cambridge University Chemical Laboratory, 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 Louise Gartner, Dallas, TX, USA (until November 2003) Moshe Gavish*, Tel Aviv, Israel Dr. Martin L. Gecht, Chicago, IL, USA *Member of the Executive Council ix Mauricio Gerson, Mexico, D.F., Mexico Martin S. Gerstel*, Jerusalem, Israel Henny Gestetner, OBE, London, UK David Ginsburg*, Washington, DC, USA Françoise Glasberg, Paris, France Prof. Michel E. Goldberg, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Prof. Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA (deceased July 31, 2003) Bram Goldsmith, Beverly Hills, CA, USA Abraham M. Goldwasser*, Savyon, Israel Prof. Michael B. Green, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Scott Greenberg, Lincolnshire, IL, USA (from November 2003) Prof. Yoram Groner*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel Prof. François Gros*, Academy of Sciences, Paris, France Joseph Gurwin, New York, NY, USA Wilhelm Haas, Bonn, Germany Joseph D. Hackmey*, Tel Aviv, Israel Gideon J. Hamburger*, Ramat-Gan, Israel Prof. Haim Harari*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel Shimshon Harel, Herzliya Pituach, Israel Irving B. Harris, Chicago, IL, USA Lilian Hertzberg, New York, NY, USA Prof. Michael J. Higatsberger, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (deceased January 7, 2004)