Australia-Israel Scholar Seminars

Mission: The Australia-Israel scholar seminar series showcases Israeli academics and some Australian counterparts to exchange knowledge and foster research collaboration between Israel and Australia. As always, international collaboration is vital for advancing knowledge, addressing global challenges, and fostering cooperation and understanding among researchers and institutions worldwide. In the case of this series, the focus is on strengthening ties between Israeli scholars and Australian institutions, through a series of accessible short talks.

Seminars: The nature of the seminars is geared towards a broad audience with the purpose of enlightening students and researchers on any topic in the sciences, technology, or humanities. Seminars are held every Tuesday and Thursday at 4 pm AEST in Australia and 9 am in Israel. The seminar duration is 15 to 20 mins in English, followed by a moderated question and answer session. It is important to keep politics out of the series and focus on the science and scholarly work.

In Australia: The Australian student and research community attends one or more physical rooms and views the seminar at their university or research institution (currently only at The University of Queensland, UQ). In certain cases seminars are recorded and shared on our YouTube Channel.

Seminars are hosted at The University of Queensland and from time to time also at Victoria University. Learn how to host the seminar in a room at your Australian university by contacting the organizers, Jo Savill or Yoni Nazarathy.

Here is the Zoom Link. Please contact the organizers for the passcode.

The series is currently paused. Please contact the organizers if you wish to be scheduled to present a talk.

Previous Talks:

Sep 17, 2024 Pavel Goldstein University of Haifa How to heal chronic pain: mechanisms and therapy
Aug 29, 2024 Jonathan Ben-Dov Tel Aviv University What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls and Why Are They Important?
Aug 22, 2024 Vered Irihimovitch Volcani Institute Molecular Events Involved in Fruitlet Abscission in Mango
Aug 15, 2024 Dror Minz Volcani Institute From Microbial Ecology to Application
Aug 6, 2024 Ran Erel Volcani Institute The Phosphorus Challenge: a Case Study from the Israeli Eco-Agrosystem
Aug 1, 2024 Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Screen Exposure and Child Brain Development - Are We Progressing or Regressing?	Video available upon demand (contact organizors).
July 29, 2024 Ariel Knafo-Noam Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Development of Children's Values
July 25, 2024 Elisheva Baumgarten Hebrew University of Jerusalem From Inclusion to Expulsion: The Jews of Medieval Europe
July 23, 2024 Lilac Amirav Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Towards Solar Factories
July 18, 2024 Assaf Shwartz Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Planning Cities for Nature Positive Future
July 16, 2024 Ghil'ad Zuckermann Flinders University and Visiting Scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia
July 11, 2024 Liad Mudrik, Tel Aviv University Who and What is Conscious? Developing a Test for Consciousness
July 9, 2024 Helena Vitoshkin, Volcani Institute Open field solar energy system (Agrivoltaics)
July 4, 2024 Nirit Bernstein, Volcani Institute Advances in Mineral Nutrition of Medical Cannabid Plants
July 2, 2024 Eddie Cytryn, Volcani Institute Antibiotic Resistance in Agroenvironments
June 27, 2024 Avi Zadok, Bar Ilan University Silicon Photonic Circuits: a short overview
June 25, 2024 Ittai Herrmann, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Can we estimate what we do not see? Spectral sensing of crop traits
June 18, 2024 Nehama Lewis, University of Haifa Merging data science with behavioural science to predict and influence individual health behaviour at scale: Opportunity, Obstacles and Ethics
June 13, 2024 Yafit Cohen, Volcani Institute Data-oriented studies in precision agriculture and in pest dynamics
June 6, 2024 Liat Ayalon, Bar Ilan University Addressing ageism towards a world for all ages
May 30, 2024 Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Does science education help people identify science-related misinformation?
May 28, 2024 Lior David, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem What determines the sex of fish and how manipulating sex ratios benefits aquaculture
May 23, 2024 Tom Bielik, Beit Berl College Supporting the Development of University Students’ Critical Thinking
May 16, 2024 Ido Goldstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The biology of fasting and its link to our genome
May 14, 2024 Sergei Talanker, Western Galilee College Consequences in education: assessment, discipline, and punishment
May 9, 2024 Yuval Nov, University of Haifa The math of stringed musical instruments. Note that the talk was not recorded and the video here is just an intro to the series.

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