This year's JBC Annual Retreat, was held at Kibbutz Maagan Sunday, May 13 - Tuesday, May 15 at Kibbutz Maagan. This retreat was a great opportunity to meet colleagues from various disciplines, share and exchange ideas, and form new collaborations. Over 45 JBC members, as well as guests from other Universities , presented an interdisciplinary view on the current issues in Brain Science, (Click here for program details). 45 students participated in the Poster Exhibition Contest. 10 students were chosen to present their posters at our annual Poster Blitz. 

Congratulations to Blitz Winners:

1st Prize to Noam Siegelman, for his poster: Are replications good for you?  The non-optimality of direct
replications

2nd Prize (two winners) to:

A very special thanks to all of the speakers, who took time to present talks, during the retreat

Special Guest Lecturers: Prof. Arnon Lotem and Prof. Ronnie Ellenblum

Speakers: Prof. Ram Frost, Prof. Yonatan Loewenstein, Dr. Omri Abend, Prof. Tali Tishby, Prof. Dominique Lamy, Prof. Ran Hassin, Prof. Rafi Malach, Prof. Merav Ahissar, Prof Ilan Lampl, Dr. - Izhar Bar Gad, Prof. Eilon Vaadia, Prof. Roy Mukamel, Prof. Yossi Yovel, Dr. Shlomo Wagner, Dr. Galit Ophir, Prof. Mickey London, Dr. Dalit Sela-Donenfeld, Dr. Ithai Rabinowitch, Dr. Itamar Harel and Dr. Adi Inbal. 

For Photos from the event please click here