Meeting Program
2025 May 6
Meeting Program :
The scientific program will include plenary lectures, invited lectures, oral presentations and posters.
Abstracts, reflecting scientific results in all branches of microscopy , are encouraged. Only registered participants will be able to present at the conference.
08:30 - 09:30 Registration, Light Refreshments, Vendors Exhibition & Posters Mounting
OPENING SESSION - Hall A2-A3
Session Chair: Yaron Kauffmann , ISM Chairperson
09:30 - 10:00 Opening Remarks Presentation of the Yael Mutsafi Prizes Presentation of the Eyal Shimoni Travel Scholarship
PLENARY SESSION - Hall A2-A3
Session Chair: Inna Popov , Hebrew university of Jerusalem, Israel
10:00 - 10:45 Plenary Lecture 1: Aaron Lewis , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelNSOM AND THE EVOLUTION OF NEAR-FIELD OPTICS: FROM FUNDAMENTAL BREAKTHROUGHS TO FUTURE FRONTIERS Plenary
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break and Vendors Exhibition
Session Chair: Natalie Elia , Ben-Gurion University, Israel
11:15 - 12:00 Plenary Lecture 2: Takashi Kawashima , Weizmann Institute of Science, IsraelTERABYTE-SCALE MICROSCOPY IN STUDYING BRAIN FUNCTIONS Plenary
SOUND BITES SESSION - Hall A2-A3
Session Chair: Einat Zelinger , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
12:00 - 12:30 Posters Sound Bites
LUNCH SESSION
12:30 - 13:10 LIFE SCIENCES POSTERS
MATERIALS SCIENCE POSTERS
VENDORS EXHIBITION
MICROGRAPH COMPETITION ISM GENERAL ASSEMBLY - Hall A2-A3
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch and Vendors Exhibition
PARALLEL SESSIONS I
14:00 - 15:35 Life Science Materials Science
15:35 - 16:00 Coffee Break and Vendors Exhibition
PARALLEL SESSIONS II
16:00 - 17:35 Life Science Materials Science
CLOSING SESSION
Session Chair: Yaron Kauffmann , ISM Chairperson
17:40 - 18:00 Closing Remarks, Best Poster and Best Micrograph Nominations
Handover and Nominations of the new ISM chairperson & secretary
18:00 Departure
Afternoon Parallel Sessions :
Session : Life Science
Session : Materials Science
Hall name : Hall A3 Hall name : Hall A2
Session Chair : Gili Bisker , Tel-Aviv University, IsraelSession Chair : Louisa Meshi , Ben-Gurion University, Israel
14:00 - 14:25 Invited
Leah Gheber , Ben-Gurion University, IsraelFROM SINGLE MOLECULE TRACKING TO CRYOEM EXPERIMENTS, MICROSCOPY TOOLS IN STUDYING THE BI-DIRECTIONAL MOTILITY OF MITOTIC KINESIN MOTORS 14:00 - 14:25 Invited
Sharon Shwartz , Bar-Ilan University, IsraelHIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY MICROSCOPY
VIA GHOST IMAGING
14:25 – 14:37 Mutsafi
Zohar Persky , Weizmann Institute, IsraelDISSECTING THE PHENOTYPIC LANDSCAPE OF BACTERIAL POPULATIONS VIA IMAGING TRANSCRIPTOMICS 14:25 – 14:40
Avia Greenberg , Tel-Aviv University, IsraelMICROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF TUNGSTEN REINFORCED MAX PHASE COMPOSITES
14:37 – 14:49 Wajdi Nicola , Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, IsraelLAMIN A/C: SHAPING GENOME DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION
14:40 - 14:55
Shashanka Indri , Ben-Gurion University, IsraelGUANINE CRYSTALLIZATION BY PARTICLE ATTACHMENT
14:49 - 15:01 Ofir Sade , Tel-Aviv University, IsraelQUANTITATIVE CHARACTERISATION OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN DISTRIBUTION THROUGH SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY IN SYNUCLEINOPATHIES
14:55 - 15:10
Biswas Protap , Weizmann Institute, IsraelRESOLVING THE DYNAMICS OF BIOINSPIRED SILICIFICATION USING CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
15:01 - 15:13 Yael Shalev Ezra , Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, IsraelHIGH-THROUGHPUT DNA REPAIR MONITORING IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE REVEALS SSB- AND DSB-INDUCED CHROMATIN RECONFIGURATION
15:13- 15:38 Invited
Shahar Alon , Bar-Ilan University, IsraelSUPER-RESOLVED INTERROGATION OF MOLECULES WITHIN
THICK BRAIN TISSUES USING EXPANSION SEQUENCING
15:10 - 15:35 Invited
Alon Litman , Applied Materials, IsraelCHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS IN SEM SYSTEMS
FOR THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
15:38 - 16:00 Coffee Break and Vendors Exhibition
Session : Life Science
Session : Materials Science
Hall name : Hall A3 Hall name : Hall A2
Session Chair : Sharon Wolf , Weizmann Institute, IsraelSession Chair : Assaf Ben-Moshe , Bar-Ilan University, Israel
16:00 - 16:25 Invited
Yael Heifetz , Hebrew University, IsraelIT TAKES TWO TO TANGO: THE DYNAMICS OF EMBRYO-MATERNAL CROSS-TALK 16:00 - 16:25 Invited
Boris Rybtchinski , Weizmann Institute, IsraelELUCIDATING CRYSTALLIZATION MECHANISMS WITH ADVANCED ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
16:25 - 16:37 Eitan Lerner , Hebrew University, IsraelSUPER-RESOLVING DIRECT PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS USING FRETSAEL
16:25 - 16:40
Ariel Cohen , Hebrew University, IsraelMODULATING THE CURVATURE OF PROTEIN SELF-ASSEMBLED SPIRAL NANOTUBULES
16:37 - 16:49 Peter Kirchweger , Weizmann Institute, IsraelPHASE CONTRAST IN CRYO-STEM TOMOGRAPHY
16:40 - 16:55
Rachel Marder , Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, IsraelCOMBINED FIB-EBSD ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE
THE EQUILIBRIUM CRYSTAL SHAPE OF Ca-DOPED ALUMINA
16:49 - 17:01 Amit Cohen , Ben-Gurion University, IsraelVISUALIZING MINERAL-CELL INTERACTIONS IN 3D BREAST TUMOR MODELS WITH CRYO-SEM IMAGING
16:55 - 17:10
Xiao-Meng Su , Weizmann Institute, IsraelQUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE MICRO-CT STUDIES
ON METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK (MOF) SINGLE CRYSTALS
17:01 - 17:13 Narkis Arbeli , Bar-Ilan University, IsraelESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGH CONTENT SCREENING PLATFORM TO INVESTIGATE MISFOLDED PROTEIN ACCUMULATION AND IDENTIFY THERAPEUTICS
17:13 - 17:38 Invited
Tali Ilovitsh , Tel-Aviv University, IsraelNEW HORIZONS IN OPTICALLY-INSPIRED MEDICAL ULTRASOUND 17:10 - 17:35 Invited
Roy Shiloh , Hebrew University, IsraelON-CHIP ULTRAFAST ACCELERATION: A REVOLUTIONARY
TECHNOLOGY FOR ADVANCED ELECTRON MICROSCOPY