First session – Basic Sciences

Reut Shnerb-Ganor
The Bert W. Strassburger Lipid Center, Sheba Medical Center and Tel-Aviv University,
Tel Hashomer

Autophagy regulates macrophage lipid handling in a substrate- and polarization state-dependent manner: possible relevance to adipose tissue versus atherosclerotic foam cell biogenesis

Ms. Sapir Hadadi-Bechor
The Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, and the National Institute of Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva

The role of osteopontin in atherosclerosis

Dr. Talya Wolak
Internal Medicine Division, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem