Sunday morning, February 4
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Kaplun bldg. Auditorium 118
​10:00-10:30 Registration and refreshments
Monday Afternoon, February 5
NYU Tel Aviv, 17 Brandeis Street, Tel Aviv
​11:45 - 12:05 Coffee Break
​10: 30 - 10:45
Opening remarks: Prof. Raanan Rein, TAU Vice President
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10:45 - 11:15
Gil Markovich (TAU), Amplification of chirality in lanthanide phosphate nanocrystals
​11:15 - 11:45
Mike Ward (NYU), Stopping pathological crystallization through molecular design: therapies for kidney stone prevention
​13:05 - 14:00 Lunch
12:35 - 13:05
Stefano Sacanna (NYU), Patchy particles made by colloidal fusion
12:05 - 12:35
Doron Shabat (TAU), Unlocking the potential of chemiluminescence in water
​11:30 - 12:00
Moshe Kol (TAU), Ring opening polymerization: new catalysts lead to new polymeric architectures
10:00- 10:30 Refreshments
​18:00 Conference Dinner in BELLINI, Yechieli 6, Suzanne Dellal Center, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv
​14:00 Excursion
A 3.5-hour historical walking tour in old Jaffa, guided by Israel Scheck (TAU)
Rain plan: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Monday morning, February 5
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Kaplun bldg. Auditorium 118
PROGRAM
10:30- 11:00
Micha Fridman (TAU), Small-molecule mediated inhibition of fungal membrane assembly
11:00-11:30
Keith Woerpel (NYU), Stereoelectronic effects, reactivity, and stereoselectivity of reactions of carbon electrophiles
12:00-12:20 Coffee Break
12:20 - 12:50
Tianning Diao (NYU), Ni-catalyzed functionalization of alkenes: method development and mechanisms
12:50-13:20
Amit Sitt (TAU), Polymeric fibers as micro-reactors
14:00-15:30 Lunch at NYU Tel Aviv, meet NYU TA faculty and staff
15:30-16:10
Irit Sagi (WIS), Chemical biology for medicine: new approaches for utilizing protease enzymes for therapeutic applications
16:30-17:10
Israel Scheck (TAU), A way to the state of Israel
9:15-9:45 Refreshments
19:30 NYU's President's reception at DAN Tel Aviv hotel, 99 HaYarkon Street
Tuesday morning, February 6
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Kaplun bldg, Auditorium 118
9:45-10:00
Joseph Klafter (TAU President)
10:00-10:30
Shlomi Reuveni (TAU), Feller's paradox and the ever-fluctuating enzyme
10:30-11:00
Jim Canary (NYU), Reconfigurable molecules and molecular assemblies
11:00-11:20 Coffee Break
11:20-11:50
Andy Hamilton (NYU President), Synthetic mimics of protein structure and function
11:50-12:20
Yoram Cohen (TAU), Recent applications of water soluble pillar[n]arenes
12:20-12:50
Alexei Jerschow (NYU), Nondestructive microscopy of batteries and battery materials by MRI
12:50-13:00
Closing remarks
13:00-14:30 Lunch and Adjournment
16:10-16:30
Assaf Friedler (HUJI and NYU Tel Aviv), Disordered proteins as new anti-cancer drug targets
Sponsored by:
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Tel Aviv University: School of Chemistry; Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences; Office of the Vice President; Raymond and Beverly Sackler Inst. of Chemical Physics; Ratner Inst. for Single Molecule Chemistry; Center for Physics and Chemistry of Living Systems
New York University: NYU Global Research Initiatives, Office of the Provost; Dep. of Chemistry; NYU Tel Aviv; NYU MRSEC