May 1-2, 2016

The David Lopatie Conference Centre

Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

2016 JUSTEN PASSWELL SYMPOSIUM

Gaps in Translational

Hemato-Oncology

For information and registration, seewww.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/passwell2016

Symposium SecretaryBarbara Morgenstern b.morgenstern@weizmann.ac.il

Conference CoordinatorIrit Veksler irit.veksler@weizmann.ac.il

Keynote Speakers Karl SkoreckiRambam Health Care Campus, Israel

Seishi OgawaKyoto University, Japan

This year’s Passwell Symposium will bring together both active researchers and physicians, with the intention of improving our understanding of the mechanisms underlying hematological malignancies, and how we can better translate them into effective therapies. While tremendous advances have already been made in leukemia biology, curative treatments have not kept pace.

Scientific co-Chairs Martin EllisYinon Ben-NeriahTsvee Lapidot Liran Shlush

Scientific Committee Liran ShlushBenjamin GeigerEran ElinavAyelet Erez

Invited Speakers Ido AmitWeizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Irit AviviTel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel

Olivier BernardInstitut Gustave Roussy, France

Ruud DelwelErasmus Medical Center, The Netherlands

Shai IzraeliSafra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Israel

Tsvee LapidotWeizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Ravi MajetiStem Cell Institute, Stanford School of Medicine, USA

Michael MilyavskySackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Florence Nguyen KhacUnité de Cytogénétique Hematologique, France

Yishai OfranRambam Health Care Campus, Israel

Seishi OgawaKyoto University, Japan

Elli PapaemmanuilMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Jacob RoweRambam Health Care Campus and Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel

Uri RozovskiTel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel

Liran ShlushWeizmann Institute of Science, and Visiting Physician, Rambam Health Care Campus, Israel, and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Canada

Karl SkoreckiRambam Health Care Campus, Israel

Jean SoulierUniversité Paris Diderot, France

John WelchWashington University, USA

Sponsored by

MICCThe MorossIntegrated Cancer Center

The Chorafas Institute for Scientific Exchange