Agenda of Nobel days in Yerevan

April 11, 2016  20:14

Yerevan State Medical University will host five Nobel Laureates under one roof in the frames of a unique scientific event “Nobel days in Yerevan” which is aimed at discovering facts about the scientific achievements worth sharing the Nobel heritage.

Here's the agenda of Nobel days in Yerevan:

12 April (Day 1)Venue: K. Demirchyan Sport and Concert Complex 08.30 – 09.50 Participant Registration 10.00 – 10.55 Opening Ceremony Konstantin Yenkoyan, Organizing Committee HeadMikael Narimanyan, Host RectorHovik Abrahamyan, RA Prime MinisterLevon Mkrtchyan, Minister of Education and ScienceArmen Ashotyan, President of YSMU Board of Trustees FAMILY PHOTO 11.00 – 11.40 The Revolution of Personalized Medicine: Are We Going to Cure All Diseases and at What Price? (public lecture) Speaker: Aaron Ciechanover 11.40 – 12.00 Q&A 12.00 – 12.30 Coffee Break 12.30 – 13.10 Pursuit of My Dreams for Half-a-Century (public lecture) Speaker: Ei-ichiNegishi 13.10 – 13.30 Q&A 13.30 – 14.10 Fostering Scientific Education (public lecture) Speaker: Dan Shechtman 14.10 – 14.30 Q&A 14.30 – 15.30 Lunch Break 15.30 – 16.10 From basic science to advances in contemporary medicine (public lecture) Speaker: Ada Yonath 16.10 – 16.30 Q&AConclusion 13 April (Day 2)Venue: Session Hall, YSMU Administrative Building 09.00 – 09.50 Participant Registration 10.00 – 11.00 Discovering Helicobacter (specialized lecture) Speaker: J. Robin Warren 11.00 – 11.30 Q&A 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee Break 12.00 – 13.00 Quasi-Periodic Crystals, a Paradigm Shift in Crystallography (specialized lecture) Speaker: Dan Shechtman 13.00 – 13.30 Q&A 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch Break 14.30 – 15.30 Transition Metal Catalysis for a Sustainable and Prosperous World (specialized lecture) Speaker: Ei-ichi Negishi 15.30 – 16.00 Q&A Conclusion 14 April (Day 3)Venue: Session Hall, YSMU Administrative Building 09.00 – 09.50 Participant Registration 10.00 – 11.00 The Ubiquitin System for Intracellular Proteolysis: From Basic Mechanisms thru Human Diseases and on to Drug Targeting (specialized lecture) Speaker: Aaron Ciechanover 11.00 – 11.30 Q&A 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee Break 12.00 – 13.00 Species-specific antibiotics and microbiome preservation (specialized lecture) Speaker: Ada Yonath 13.00 – 13.15 Q&AConclusion 13.15 – 14.00 Scientific Lunch Break 14.00 – 19.00 Meeting with high school childrenVenue: UWC Dilijan College 15 April (Day 4) 19.00 GALA DINNER

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