2022 Israeli-American Kavli Frontiers of Science

Sessions:

• Brain-Machine Interfaces
• Breaking the Law: Probes of Physics beyond the Standard Model
• Emptied Ecosystems
• Immune Metabolism: What you (and your cells) eat is what you fight
• Ionic Materials
• Microbiomes in Selective Environments
• Twist and Shout: the rise of moiré two-dimensional materials

A full playlist of symposium session presentations may be found here.

Organizers: Yaniv Ziv, Weizmann Institute of Science and Alex Huth, The University of Texas at Austin
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Brain-Machine Interfaces, Alexander Huth, University of Texas at Austin
SPEAKER: Active and Passive Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Theory to Practice, Oren Shriki, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
SPEAKER: Brain-Computer Interfaces for Spoken Language Communication, Gopala Anumanchipalli, University of California, Berkeley

Organizers: Jon Simon, University of Chicago and Doron Chelouche, University of Haifa
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Breaking the Law: Probes of Physics beyond the Standard Model, Ranny Budnik, Weizmann Institute
SPEAKER: Searching for the Rarest Particles, Isobel R. Ojalvo, Princeton University
SPEAKER: New directions in Particle Physics and Cosmology, Michael Geller, Tel Aviv University

Organizers: Beverly Goodman, University of Haifa, Asa Rennermalm, Rutgers University and Adrienne Correa, Rice University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Emptied Ecosystems – Introduction, Haldre Rogers, Iowa State University
SPEAKER: Linking Landscapes to Soundscapes: Uncovering the Relationships between Acoustic Diversity, Habitat Structure and Anthropogenic Pressure, Florencia Sangermano, Clark University
SPEAKER: The Challenges of Apex Marine Predators Research and Conservation in Israel: 2 Case Studies, Aviad Scheinin, University of Haifa

Organizers: Cyrille Cohen, Bar-Ilan University and Wendy Gordon, University of Minnesota
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: An introduction to Immunometabolism, Noga Ron-Harel, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
SPEAKERS: Generating Metabolically Superior T Cells as a Novel Immunotherapy to Treat Solid Tumor, Michael Berger, The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
SPEAKER: Impaired Immune and Metabolic Function during Aging, Christina Camell, Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism; Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology; University of Minnesota

Organizers: Sharon Ruthstein, Bar Ilan University and Shane Ardo, University of California, Irvine
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Ionic Materials, Marco Rolando, University of California, Santa Cruz
SPEAKERS: Ionic Conduction in Solids, Kimberly See, California Institute of Technology
SPEAKER: Ionic Bio-Materials, Nadav Amdursky, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Organizers: Eyal Privman, University of Haifa, Oren Kobiler, Tel Aviv University and Adrienne Correa, Rice University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: New Age Microbiome Science: Studying Viruses as Missing Links In Microbiomes, Karthik Anantharaman, University of Wisconsin – Madison
SPEAKER: Functional Plasticity in gut microbe-host interactions, Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Rapapport Technion Integrated Cancer Center, Technion Institute of Technology, Israel

Organizers: Rafael Fernandes, University of Minnesota and Doron Chelouche, University of Haifa
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Designing Strongly Correlated Electronic Phases: Magic Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene And Beyond, Stevan Nadj-Perge, California Institute of Technology
SPEAKER: 2D moiré quantum materials, Jie Shan, Cornell University
SPEAKER: Exotic Superconductors, One Atomic Layer at a Time, Erez Berg, Weizmann Institute of Science

The Israeli-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation, with additional funding from the National Academy of Sciences.