Celebrating the 70th birthday of the State of Israel
The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities cordially invites you to a conference on
The Grand Challenges in the Chemical Sciences
Sunday–Thursday, June 3–7, 2018
Organizing Committee: Prof. Raphael Levine (Chair),
Prof. Joshua Jortner, Prof. Dan Shechtman, Prof. Itamar Willner
Monday, June 4, 2018
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Greetings
Nili Cohen, President, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (IASH)
Session 1 | Drug Discovery
Chair
Michael Sela, IASH member; Weizmann Institute of Science
Ruth Arnon, IASH member; Weizmann Institute of Science
Copaxone: From laboratory polymer to clinical use
Session 2 | Chemical & Biochemical Design
Chair
Raphael Mechoulam, IASH member; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
George Whitesides, Harvard University
Molecular recognition in water is different. The hydrophobic effect, and enthalpy/entropy compensation
Frances Arnold, California Institute of Technology
Engineering by evolution: Bringing new chemistry to life
Arieh Warshel, 2013 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry; University of Southern California
Progress and challenges in rational computer – aided enzyme design
Session 3 | Chemistry and the Science of Materials
Chair
Helmut Schwarz, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Dan Shechtman, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry; IASH member; Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Quasi-periodic materials discovery – The role of TEM
Gabor Somorjai, University of California, Berkeley
Interface materials on the nanoscale. Dominant media of chemical change and evolution
Chair
David Milstein, IASH member; Weizmann Institute of Science
Omar Yaghi, University of California, Berkeley
Reticular chemistry
Makoto Fujita, The University of Tokyo
Self-assembly goes far beyond
Ira Weinstock, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Structure and reactivity at the interface between molecules and solid-state materials
Full Program:
https://www.academy.ac.il/SystemFiles...
Program, Biographies and Abstracts:
https://www.academy.ac.il/SystemFiles...
