International Women’s Day: Science at the Bar
Six pubs in Haifa will be serving up science along with drinks on Sunday, March 10, 2019, as part of International Women’s Day events offered by Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Called “Science at the Bar,” the six parallel lectures by leading female Technion researchers are free to the public. The six lectures begin at 20:00 at six bars around the city. The event was organized by Prof. Ayellet Tal of Technion’s Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering and advisor to the Technion President for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering.
Below is a list of the events:
Syncopa Bar, 5 Khayat Street, Haifa
Prof. Ruth Hershberg
Genetics Prof. Ruth Hershberg of Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine will speak on, “From Abundance to Deficiency – the Evolution of Bacteria Under Prolonged Hunger.”
Prof. Hershberg researches the evolution of bacteria in an attempt to understand their wonderful ability to produce variation rapidly and how this ability makes it possible for bacteria to adapt quickly to extreme changes in their environment.
Shanan Street Bar, 3 Shalom Aleichem Street, Haifa
Dr. Oksana Stalnov
Dr. Oksana Stalnov of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering will lecture on “Sound Waves and Aircraft.”
Dr. Stalnov is involved in interdisciplinary research on the interaction between air flow and the formation of sound waves. Among other things, she develops miniature sampling systems and advanced algorithms for acoustic cameras to identify sound sources.
Nola Socks Pub, 4, Shalom Aleichem Street, Haifa
Prof. Shenhav Cohen
Prof. Shenhav Cohen, of Technion’s Faculty of Biology and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI), will speak about: “How maintenance of normal muscle mass promotes health.”
Prof. Cohen has developed a new field of research that combines the biology of muscle and the biochemistry of the ubiquitin-proteosome system. She studies molecular mechanisms associated with muscle weakness (atrophy) due to obesity or starvation, aging, neural damage, and various diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and heart failure.
HaPina Café, 43, Masada Street, Haifa
Prof. Kinneret Teodorescu
Prof. Kinneret Teodorescu of the Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management will lecture on: “The Search for Searching Behaviors.”
Prof. Teodorescu studies the interaction between optimal search and human behavior – Why do people go beyond optimal searches? When do they search too little or and when do they search too much?
Tea Pool Café, 1, Masada Street, Haifa
Prof. Matanya Sack
Prof. Matanya Sack of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning will lecture on: “The Landscape of an Urban Designer.”
Sack is an assistant professor at Technion’s Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning and founding partner of Sack and Reicher Architecture and Landscape Studio in Tel Aviv-Jaffa that specializes in integrated open spaces and structures, based on regional and national mapping and the relationship between man and his environment.
After Dark Bar, 30, Jaffa Road, Haifa
Prof. Ayelet Baram-Tsabari
Prof. Ayelet Baram-Tsabari of the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology will lecture on “Science Communication in the Post-Truth Era.”
Prof. Baram-Tsabari is head of the Science Communications Research Group and a former science journalist. She is also a member of the Israel Young Academy. Her research investigates how non-scientists use science in their lives and how to support scientists who want to involve the public in their research.
All lectures begin at 20:00. The number of seats is limited. Please secure your place in advance.