On the 29th of October, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center hosted its 10th Silicon Valley event, in Los Altos Hills, California. The event was a unique assembly of 3 recent Nobel Prize winners, who come together to provide an exciting glimpse into their vision and aspirations after the prize.
The event started with a cocktail reception for over 120 attendees, whom are community leaders from San Francisco and Silicon Valley. The reception opened with welcoming words from both Dr. Karin Lachmi the Managing Director, Western Region, TASMC (Ichilov) US and Dr. Andy David the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest Region. The welcoming words were followed by 20-minute talks, given by each Nobel Laureate:
Prof. Roger Kornberg (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2006)
Professor of Structural Biology
Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor in Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Prof. Arieh Warshel (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2013)
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Southern California
Prof. Michael Levitt (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2013)
Professor of Structural Biology
Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor in Cancer Research
Stanford University School of Medicine
Professors Levitt and Warshel both hold dual American-Israeli citizenship, and are leading examples of the wonderful academic exchanges and inter-relationships that are constantly growing between Israel and the US.
The event closed with engaging wording from Mr. Itzik Agam, who shared his personal story and connection to Ichilov after getting injured during the Yom Kippur war. He also explained his perspective on the importance and need to support our hospital to maintain its excellence, and to help it active new goals. Mr. Agam mentioned two important projects that we hope will receive support: 1) Purchase of a Genome Sequencer, 2) Revamping of the PICU.
The event was covered by the Israeli press: Lady Globes and Israel Hayom, and was also featured in the US newspaper: The J. Weekly in San Francisco.
Dr. Lachmi, who hosted the event, would like to express her deepest gratitude to all who volunteered in support of this event and its compelling mission, including: Ms. Chami Lerner (for photographing the event) and Mr. Daniel Levitt (for help with organization), as well as Mrs. Nancy and Mr. Oren Dobronsky (for providing the delicious food from their restaurant “Oren’s Hummus”). I would also like to express my sincerest gratitude to the three honorable speakers and to our TASMC, US Western Region, board of advisors: Mrs. Yael Landan, Mrs. Yasmin Lukatz, Mrs. Hanna Shacham, Mrs. Haya Perlmutter, Mrs. Hagit Zeev, Mr. Itzik Agam, Prof. Michael Levitt and Mrs. Nancy and Mr. Oren Dobronsky.
For more information please contact: Dr. Karin Lachmi at karinw@tlvmc.gov.il or telephone: +1-650-283-0391.
