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Hematological Malignancies Bridging the Translational Gap - The 2^nd Dotan International Symposium | 05.09.2017 | Beit Hatfutsot,  Tel Aviv University Campus

The 2^nd Dotan Center International Symposium, titled "Hematological Malignancies - Bridging The Translational Gap" was held on September 5^th 2017, at the Tel Aviv University campus.

The symposium focused on six key hematological malignancies. For each disease, a renowned Israeli physician described the "translational gap" - the unmet needs of patients requiring solutions by translational research. Each such introduction was followed by a lecture by an internationally acclaimed scientist including:

• Prof. Raj Chopra from Institute of Cancer research London
• Prof. John Crispino from Northwestern University
• Prof. Ruud Delwel from Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
• Prof. Joop Jansen from Nijmegen Medical Center
• Prof. Adele Fielding from University College London
• Prof. Radek Skoda from University of Basel
• Prof. David Weinstock from Harvard Medical School 
   

They were joined by nine esteemed scientists from Israel:
 

• Irit Avivi MD , Sourasky Tel-Aviv Medical Center
• Avigdor Avraham MD Sheba Medical Center
• Dina Ben Yehuda MD, Hadassa Medical Center Jerusalem
• Shai Izraeli MD, Sheba Medical Center
• Tsvee Lapidot PhD Weizmann Institute of Science
• Maya Koren-Michowitz MD Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
• Yishai Ofran MD Rambam Health Care Campus 
• Avichai Shimoni MD Sheba Medical Center
• Ofir Wollach MD  Rabin Medical Center

They described the latest research that is ready to "cross" the translational bridge from the laboratory to the clinic. This was a unique opportunity for the scientific community of Tel Aviv University to meet these scientists and to establish future collaborations and joint ventures that ultimately aim at curing hematological cancers.

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