Hadassah BioMed Innovation Day
Hadassah BioMed Innovation Day brings together the Hadassah community and external ecosystem partners to showcase groundbreaking innovations emerging from the medical center. The event will feature three tracks: Breakthrough Research, Applied Innovation, and Digital & AI Transformation, highlighting advances led by Hadassah researchers, clinicians, and healthcare professionals. Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in a poster competition presenting innovative projects and research. The event is open to all Hadassah researchers, clinicians and nurses, as well as partners from industry and academia. The event is powered by the Hadassah Research & Development Fund, Hadasit - Hadassah Innovation and Entrepreneurship company, and Chief Innovation Office of Hadassah Prof. Chaim Lotan. AGENDA 8:30 – 9:00 – Registration and light refreshments 9:00 – 9:10 – Opening remarks – Dalia Itzik, Chair of the HMO Board of Directors, Prof. Yoram Weiss, Director General of the Hadassah Medical Organization 9:10 – 10:30 – Breakthrough Research at Hadassah (5 talks on recent prominent research) 09:10 – 09:15 – Opening remarks – Prof. Eyal Mishani, Director General, Research Fund and R&D Division 09:15 – 09:30 – "Lower airway microbiome effect on immune response in lung cancer"– Dr. Fares Darawshy, Pulmonary Institute 09:30 – 09:45 – "Beyond the microscope: quantitative histology and the next era of cancer subtyping"– Dr. Nir Pillar, Department of Pathology 09:45 – 10:00 – "The NK cell line YTS as a novel platform for cellular therapies" – Dr. Shlomo Elias, Department of BMT and Cancer Immunotherapy 10:00 – 10:15 – "Seeing in the dark: visual functions and brain mapping in rod-only vision"– Prof. Neta Levin, Department of Neurology 10:15 – 10:30 – "From the Field to the Lab: Evidence-Based Identification of Burnt Dental Remains"– Prof. Esi Sharon, Department of Dentistry 10:45 – 11:45 – Innovation in action (Applied research projects, startup talks and venture building