The Israel Cancer Association USA (ICA USA) underwrites fellowships for research conducted by scientists at more than 38 hospitals, universities and institutions in Israel. On January 20th, five of these renowned scientists: Yosef Yarden, Ph.D., Department of Biological Regulation, The Weizmann Institute; Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, Ph.D., Physiology-Pharmacology Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University; Doron Ginsberg, Ph.D., Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University; Shai Izraeli, M.D., Ph.D., Tel Aviv University’s Sackler School of Medicine and Sheba Medical Center; Bat Sheva Kerem, Ph.D., The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, visited Scripps Florida in Jupiter for the first-ever Israel Cancer Association/Scripps Florida Cancer Symposium Collaboration for a Cure.
Initiated and coordinated by the Israel Cancer Association USA based in West Palm Beach, FL, the Symposium brought together the scientists to meet and share cancer research being conducted at the various institutions. This effort is the first step toward fostering scientific and grant collaborations, creating joint publications, advancing science, and developing new drugs for cancer prevention and therapy. ICA will host the Scripps Florida scientists in Israel in 2012.
