Invitation to Women at the Bar
The Technion presents: Science at the Bar, to mark International Women’s Day
Tuesday, March 7, 2017, starting at 20:00, at bars throughout the city of Haifa
In honor of International Women’s Day, which will be celebrated next week, seven Haifa bars will host leading female researchers from the Technion. “International Women’s Day is an excellent opportunity to present some of the groundbreaking research conducted by female researchers at the Technion,” said Professor Ayellet Tal, Advisor to the President of the Technion for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering. “The researchers will present surprising answers to questions at the forefront of current research in electrical engineering, medicine, biology, chemistry, biotechnology and architecture.” At the event, each of the seven researchers will lecture at one of Haifa’s bars, as follows:
Assistant Professor Asya Rolls
Let the Brain do the Healing (Sleek Bar & Restaurant, 20:00). The placebo effect is one of the most interesting effects in medicine. Assistant Professor Rolls, faculty member at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, is using new technological tools to study the mechanism that connects the brain to the immune system, and the effect of anticipation on physical condition.
Assistant Professor Meytal Landau
Drugs, Bacteria and Particle Accelerators (Barbarossa, 20:00). Assistant Professor Meytal Landau from the Technion Faculty of Biology recently decoded a fiber used by the bacterium golden staphylococcus aureus to attack the organism’s cells and immune system. The dramatic breakthrough, which was reported in the journal Science, is expected to lead to the development of a unique drug that will deal more effectively with the aggressive bacterium.
Assistant Professor Lilac Amirav
Light + Water = Fuel? ( Shaanan, 21:00). The development of green and renewable energy sources is a key worldwide goal in view of population growth and global energy consumption. Solar energy that reaches the earth from the sun is an ideal energy source, and Assistant Professor Amirav from the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry is developing new ways to produce hydrogen fuel from water through the use of energy.
Professor Adi Salzberg
What do Flies teach us about Ourselves? (Eli’s Pub, 21:00). The studies carried out by Professor Adi Salzberg from the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine focus on how different cells that develop in a specific organ acquire different characteristics that enable them to function as a single unit. One of her principal research topics is the genetic basis for the development of the peripheral nervous system in a fruit fly model.
Professor Lihi Zelnik-Manor
What do Cameras see? (Venya Bistro, 21:00). Security cameras and smartphones constantly take pictures of us, often without our knowledge. Professor Zelnik-Manor from the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering tells what these cameras actually “see” and what we can learn from them.
Dr. Yael Allweil
Homeland – Israeli Public Housing (Urban, 21:00). The great housing protest of 2011 came as a surprise to many people in Israel, when the housing issue inspired hordes of Israelis to take to the streets. Dr. Allweil from the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning will speak, through the study of the object itself – concrete residential architecture beginning in the early settlement period – about the history of Zionism as the history of civil residence and the resulting implications thereof.
Professor Ayelet Fishman
The Connection between Darwin and Biodiesel (Tea Pool Café, 21:00). Random mutations occur spontaneously in all organisms, but only mutations that give the organism an advantage are passed down to future generations. Professor Fishman from the Faculty of Food Engineering and Biotechnology mimics nature in her lab and develops improved enzymes through in vitro evolution.
The event is held under the auspices of Professor Ayellet Tal, Advisor to the President of the Technion for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering.
Space is limited – advance reservations required.
Reporters and photographers are welcome.
For further details: Doron Shaham – 050-3109088