It will happen on Tuesday, May 24, at 20:30 p.m. Dozens of senior scientists and a number of outstanding research students from the Weizmann Institute of Science will arrive at 50 selected bars in Tel Aviv, and will talk with the revelers about the open scientific questions and life "on the edge" at the forefront of knowledge.
It will happen on Tuesday, May 24, at 20:30 p.m. Dozens of senior scientists and a number of outstanding research students from the Weizmann Institute of Science will arrive at 50 selected bars in Tel Aviv, and will talk with the revelers about the open scientific questions and life "on the edge" at the forefront of knowledge.
Do trees necessarily contribute to delaying climate warming? What is the secret of the cooperation of the ants? When can we settle on Mars? Is it possible to create an artificial brain? How does the sense of smell shape our lives? And how, really, is a scientist born?
Science and the big city: The Weizmann Institute of Science considers itself an obligation and a privilege to share scientific knowledge, and the feelings of enthusiasm for the great adventure of expanding human knowledge. This is the seventh time that the institute's scientists bring the good news of science to bars in Tel Aviv. This is a resounding success story, which changed the entertainment habits and introduced a new, original and unexpected element to the night life in the big city. "Science on the bar" is a model to follow, and many organizations - in Israel and around the world follow the Institute's footsteps and hold various events "on the bar".
Science on the bar Held in collaboration with "Time Out Tel Aviv".
More information, photos and scheduling interviews: Weizmann Institute of Science spokesperson's office 08-9343856 News@weizmann.ac.il
Science on the bar 2016 - talks and locations
- Prof. Yitzhak Papel
Jimmy who?, Rothschild 24, 050-6667337
Present Evolution
How can the computer be a central player in the evolutionary engineering of various creatures, and perhaps even of man. Is it desirable?
- Prof. Ernesto Yoslevitz
Kuli Alma, Mikve Israel 10, 03-6565155
Does size matter? Nanomaterials that will change our lives
What is nanotechnology? How can we "grow" nanotubes and nanowires, and design them as we wish? What applications will be possible in the future thanks to this discovery?
- Prof. Yuval Org
Leo Bloom's, Raul Wallenberg 24, 03-6482126
A tiny quantum world
How is it possible to understand quantum theory by looking at the beach, the waves and the breakwaters in Tel Aviv? And what is a quantum computer and how can it be created?
- Dr. Nir Kempf
Main Bazar, Oli Zion 7, Jaffa flea market, 03-5183927
forces in the field
How can you measure and learn about what is really happening on surfaces? What does this say about what is happening in the joints of our bodies? And how can it contribute to advanced medicine?
- Anat Zimmer
Mate (Dizengoff), 226 Dizengoff, 03-5558200
Mix & Match: Custom made cocktails
How do you adjust medical treatment to a patient? Why is one treatment not suitable for all patients? And what is the connection between personalized medicine and drug cocktails?
- Dr. Igor Olitsky
Mate (Florentine), Vital 2, 03-5558200
תינוק Genetically modified: dream or nightmare?
New technologies make it possible to change the genetic load of embryos. How does it work? What can we change? And how close is the day when we will have to decide whether to engineer babies?
- Elad Bashet
Molly Bloom's, Yarakon 100, 03-5221558
First hand from a doctor - spare parts for the body
Many creatures are able to repair injuries to their bodies. Man cannot do this, but scientists are trying to create artificial organs for us. How do they do it, and what will the future look like when spare parts for the body will be at our disposal.
- Shaam rose
Par Derriere, Bat Ami 7 Jaffa, 03-6292111
The miraculous journey of the fetus
The most important moments in our lives take place before we are born, while we are developing, as embryos, from the moment of fertilization until birth. What happens when genetic faults and mutations interfere with the process?
- Prof. Ron Milo
Radio EPGB, Shadl 7, 03-5603636
Food and fuel from air: plants, bacteria and us
Humanity's fuels and food are created in a biochemical process of absorbing carbon dioxide from the air and turning it into sugar - something that strongly affects climate change. Is it possible to invent new ways to carry out the process?
- Prof. Daniel Zeifman
Suramare, Saadia Gaon 24, 050-7158388
A born scientist
How are scientists admitted to the Weizmann Institute of Science? What needs to happen for a curious child to develop and become a scientist? Is everything in the gardens? Or does the state, society and family have a significant role here?
- Dr. Ayelet Erez
Toma, Ibn Gvirol 23, 058-6622923
How does the study of a rare disease advance the treatment of a common disease?
What makes us genetically unique? What are we similar to? And how can you learn from the different and the exceptional about the common and common? How do scientists and doctors combine efforts and shorten the transition of ideas and discoveries from the research laboratory to the world of medicine?
- Prof. Eran Segal
Abraxas, 40 Lilinblum, 03-5104435
Tell me who your germs are and I'll tell you who you are
The composition of the intestinal bacteria, which is unique to each person, constitutes a kind of "second genome" of ours, which affects our health, its response to food, medicines, and more. Fortunately, unlike the genes we are born with - the bacteria can be changed, and in this way our health can be reshaped.
- Prof. Ehud Shapira
Ozenber, 48 King George, 03-6215210
Will the internet save democracy?
The internet has caused revolutions in almost all areas of life, but in one area - the democratic regime - things will get messy. Is there democracy on the Internet? What are the obstacles to perfecting democracy through the Internet? How will they be removed? And what will be the future of democracy?
- These are Orion Lachman
Onza, 3 Rabbi Hanina, Jaffa flea market, 03-6486060
Superconductivity - life-size quantum physics
Welcome to the strange world of quantum physics. What is superconductivity? How can it lead to the development of hovercrafts and advanced medical applications?
- Prof. Maya Schuldiner
Ismi Salma, Esther Hamalka 2, 052-8880169
Between complexity, simplicity and medicine
Can and how can neurodegenerative brain diseases, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, be studied in brainless creatures such as baker's yeast? And maybe you just need to wash them with a little soap and water?
- Dr. Osherit Navon
El Vecino, 192 Ibn Gvirol, 03-5460679
Fibers, nanotubes and Nobel prizes
What is fiber? Where are the fibers around us? And what is the connection between fibers and the Nobel prizes in chemistry awarded to Israeli scientists in the last decade?
- Prof. Ehud Ahisher
Lenny's, Vital 7, 03-5186637
What is science?
What can brain research learn about the scientific process? Is scientific research similar to sensory perception? On objects, subjects, and society.
- Dr. Kafir Baruch Omansky
Begbie, Ben Yehuda 89, 03-5563631
Between genetics, technology, science and ethics
What can the genome of each of us teach about us? Who can receive and analyze this information? Is it possible to reshape our genome and give us new traits?
- Prof. Elisha Mozes
Billie Jean, Rothschild 10, 03-6482126
Nerves, computers and the future of the brain
Is it possible to design and grow "smart" networks from nerve cells that can perform calculations and process information? Will such networks lead to the construction of an artificial brain? And how does it relate to the feeling of pain and sleep?
- Prof. Elam Gross
Bascula - Bascula, 72 Harevat, 077-5416529
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Gravitational Waves
The music of the black holes: not long ago the gravitational waves were discovered in the merging of two black holes. What are gravitational waves? And why is this one of the most important discoveries of the 21st century?
- Dr. Orli Lakish-Zlait
Backy bar, 13 Ibn Gvirol, 054-6333686
People, materials and everything in between
What materials made life possible? How materials store solar energy, are used as fuel for living things, shape our lives, control our minds and our communication with other people, and also food, love, health, education, war and peace.
- Ran with me
The Streets (Even Gvirol), 114 Even Gvirol, 03-5281616
the journey Following the dark matter
For 80 years, astronomers have been struggling with a difficult puzzle: apparently 80% of the universe consists of unknown matter. Are these particles a new type? Did we "miss" something? And maybe the laws of physics should be corrected?
- Dr. Alon Zilberman
The Streets (Dizengoff), 302 Dizengoff, 03-6129299
Re-tracking computers: Breakthroughs in cancer research
What are the latest discoveries in cancer research? What tools do scientists use? What is the role of intracellular pathways, and how does understanding them help us recalculate a pathway?
- Dr. Shakma Bresler
Hostel 51 – Hostel 51, Yehuda Halevi 51, 03-5277306
Why accelerate particles?
In the large particle accelerator in Saran, near Geneva, scientists face questions that lie at the foundation of our existence: What is the matter in the universe composed of? What else is there in the universe besides matter? What basic forces operate in nature? And what is the place of symmetry in this world picture?
- Dr. Shirley Shulman Dauba
The Bastion, 32 King George, 054-3112161
A new genetic code for artificial cells on a chip
How can different parts of a living cell be assembled on a chip, and their activity studied? On a new approach to the production of an artificial living cell.
- Adi Goldenzweig
The Refuge of the Northern Circle, Haim Levanon 54, 03-6544870
Who said scientists know what they are talking about?
Scientific discoveries change reality and affect the way we understand life. But what is a scientific theory? How is it different from so-called scientific ideas? Is the fact that scientific theories are sometimes disproven a positive thing? or negative? And a word and a half about evolution.
- Dr. Shelly ref
The Prince, Nachalat Binyamin 18, 058-6061818
We like chemistry
Is it possible to learn chemistry on the social network? Scientists tried to test this. What happened to the experiment? What can be learned from him? And what does this mean for the future of education in the technological age?
- Prof. Dan Yakir
The Passage, 94 Allenby, 03-5603636 Reservation by email: pasazclub@gmail.com
About climate warming, forests - and everything in between
When and where do forests contribute to curbing climate warming? Are there forests that increase warming? And what is the uniqueness of forests planted on the border of the desert?
- Roit Netzer
ZooZoo, Rothschild 32, 054-4428688
Reinventing nature - computerized protein design
All the activities of life are carried out by proteins. How scientists try to use advanced algorithms to design proteins that do not exist in nature, with the aim of curing diseases, improving the quality of the environment and better understanding the secrets of life.
- Prof. Gilad Haran
Tutus Karex, 48 King George, 054-7363565
Looking through the microscope, looking into the future
In 2014, a Nobel Prize was awarded for the development of new microscopes, which are based on light and can see structures 10 times smaller than their predecessors. How do they work, and why are they revolutionizing the life sciences?
- Dr. Daniel Lelouch
Sachemo - 2 Vital St. Florentin, 052-5508285
the big Bang
13 billion years ago the universe was very small and very hot, and it expanded very quickly, in a process that earned the unfortunate name "The Big Bang". Alongside this insight, there are also unsolved questions: what are dark matter and dark energy? And how do you try to decipher these mysteries?
- Gideon Lapidot
Tasting Room - Tasting Room, Eliezer Kaplan 36 (Sharona Complex), 03-5333213
Immune system 2.0
Antibodies recognize foreign agents that have invaded our body, and mobilize the immune system to eliminate them. But there are disease agents that evade detection, and manage to cause the disease. How can a computer algorithm help create antibodies against incurable diseases.
- Dr. Avi Ben Simon
Tangier - Yehuda Halevi 93, Tangier, 050-6475040
Look mom, no hands
How can nanometric materials organize themselves? Why do they do this? And whether and how can this phenomenon be used to build new and advanced materials, which will have properties that do not currently exist in nature?
- Prof. Muni Noor
Louis, Malki Israel 4, Rabin Square, 050-3222596
Between Sharing and Secret: Encryption and Decryption in the Modern Age
How can confidentiality be maintained in communication and computing systems? How can you share a secret and still keep it confidential? How scientists deal with problems that arise in information security, and their solution may affect the lives of all of us.
- Dr. Neta Regev-Rotsky
Malish, 49 Maza, 054-5725282
Talking with malaria
Malaria causes the death of about a million children every year, especially children under the age of five. Do the malaria parasites, living inside red blood cells, communicate with each other? How might this understanding help fight the disease?
- Ilan Manolis
Malki, Malki Israel 5, Rabin Square, 058-4645444
Health in space, or: why we won't reach Mars soon
What happens to the body of an astronaut who spends a long time in a space station, in microgravity conditions? Can we ever send humans on very long space flights? How do astronauts bathe? And what do they eat in space?
- Prof. Nahum Ulanovsky
Norma Jean, Eliphalet 23, 03-6837383
I will navigate - on brain and spatial memory in bats and humans
Fruit bats fly on dark nights to their favorite fruit tree - tens of kilometers away from them. Insect bats identify a single insect in a thicket of vegetation, in total darkness. How do they do it? And what can bats teach us about our brains?
- Elena Mirzada
Sylvia Bumper, 38 Ibn Gvirol, 054-4566228
symmetry of materials
How does the microscopic structure of a substance dictate its behavior in the "big world"? How can you use a substance that produces an electric voltage as a result of a temperature change? And what is it good for?
- Dr. Adi Sommer
Sputnik - Sputnik, 122 Allenby, 052-6426535
Beyond space
In 1905, Einstein published the special theory of relativity and changed our understanding of the perception of space and time. What is this Torah? And why - to this day - does she challenge common sense?
- Anat Akiva
Spicehaus, Dizengoff 117, 050-5989212
talking On the skeletons in the closet
What does an architectural plan of a bone look like? What are the first steps in building a mineral skeleton? What are the differences between different bones and will we be able to produce a bone in the laboratory?
- Dr. Boaz Karni
Cerveza, 174 Dizengoff, 052-3335454
it's all relative
What is Einstein's general theory of relativity? What are gravitational waves? And is it possible that we have found a new way to explore space?
- Prof. Daniela Goldfarb
Patio – Patio Bar, Yarkon 114, 054-5908100
Women in science - why are they so few?
If excellence is the determining criterion in science, why are there significantly more scientists than women scientists? And how does the Weizmann Institute of Science work to reduce the gap?
- Prof. Dan Oron
Frishman's, Frishman 39, 03-5232323
Visualization without limits
The wave theory of light places clear limits on the resolution that can be achieved with a microscope, and on the ability to see through a scattering medium such as fog or body tissues. How can this limitation be dealt with? And what does this mean for the future ability of doctors to look inside our bodies?
- Prof. Ilan Koren and Dr. Assaf Vardi
The Container, Warehouse 2, Jaffa Port, 03-6836321
Algal blooms are changing the world
How do microscopic organisms affect the oceans, atmosphere and climate? What is the connection between viruses, tiny algae, the smell of the sea, clouds and global radiation balances?
- Prof. Avigdor Shertz
Yom Tov Cafe, 30 Yom Tov, Kerem Hatimen, 054-5544784
How to make medicine
The long and winding road, from the scientific research laboratory to the world of practical medicine. How was an idea born, why does it take so many years to implement it? The case of "Toked", an advanced medicine for the treatment of cancer, based on a combination of light and herbal substances.
- Prof. Yoav Soan
Movieing, 25 Yeremiahu, 03-5444434
Artificial life?
What are the minimum requirements for a "living machine" that can reproduce and deal with problems? If we answer this question, can we create living machines? Does artificial life require deviation from the "operating instructions"? And what can be learned from this?
- Prof. Noam Sobel
Rosh Pina, Brodtsky 17, 054-6789998
How the sense of smell shapes our lives
How does our sense of smell work? How does the brain process information that comes to it in the form of smells? And how do smells affect behavior?
- Dr. Ofer Finnerman
Rosa Parks – Rosa Parks Bar, 265 Dizengoff, 054-7800055
נ Nam port ant? ants
Man and the ant are the most dominant creatures on earth. Both are characterized by the ability to exist in huge companies. How is human society similar to ant society? Why are ants so successful? And what can we learn from their success about ourselves?
- Prof. Zohar Komargodsky
Rothschild 12, Rothschild 12, 03-5106430
String theory - the music of the universe
What are the big problems facing 21st century physics? What is string theory? What have we learned from string theory and what does the future hold for us?
- Prof. Gideon Schreiber
Bookworm, Maza 7, 03-5357907/03-5298490
Communication between proteins and life processes
Precise links between proteins are the basis of many life processes. How do proteins manage to bind each other quickly and accurately? And how does this understanding affect medicine?
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Wow, really interesting topics, I hope they take pictures and upload them to YouTube.
Confused and wondering, the goal is probably to make people interested in science and critical thinking, in my opinion it is much more important (and interesting) than all the trash shows on TV.
It turns out that a lot of people like the lectures, you don't have to go to them.
What's the point of this nonsense?