Wolf Prize Symposium

馃弲Today, the Wolf Prize symposium was held at the Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment of the Hebrew University.

The Wolf Prize is a prestigious accolade awarded to scientists for their exceptional achievements and unique contributions to humanity.

Prof. Benny Chefez, Director General of the Volcani Institute, and Prof. Saul Bordman gave opening remarks. Dr. Ido Nir and Dr. Elisa Korenblum presented fascinating lectures: “Development Meets Environment: How plants adapt stomatal development to climate”聽and “Finding biological principles in rhizosphere complexity”.

We congratulate this year鈥檚 distinguished laureates for their profound dedication to advancing scientific progress.

Prof. Caroline Dean from the John Innes Centre, Prof. Venkatesan Sundaresan, from UC Davis, Prof. Elliot M. Meyerowitz from Caltech & Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Prof. Brian J.Staskawicz from the University of California, Berkeley, and Prof. Jonathan D.G Jones from the University of East Anglia, and Prof. Jeff Dangl from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Howard Hughes Medical Institute.