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Over 350 leading Israeli and British medical researchers are meeting at the University of Oxford this week, in the largest such bilateral gathering of recent years.
Despite recent calls to boycott academic cooperation with Israel, the 3rd BIRAX Conference was attended by more than 250 British researchers from 33 institutions across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as nearly 100 researchers from Israel’s research universities.
BIRAX <https://www.britishcouncil.org.il/en/birax2015> , a joint UK-Israel research initiative tackling some of the world’s most debilitating diseases, has invested over £7 million in bilateral research since it was founded in 2011. The 15 joint research projects funded by BIRAX so far include the use of heart cells to restore damaged heart muscle; and the use of breath tests for the diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease.
Over 350 leading Israeli and British medical researchers are meeting at the University of Oxford this week, in the largest such bilateral gathering of recent years.
Despite recent calls to boycott academic cooperation with Israel, the 3rd BIRAX Conference was attended by more than 250 British researchers from 33 institutions across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as nearly 100 researchers from Israel’s research universities.
BIRAX <https://www.britishcouncil.org.il/en/birax2015> , a joint UK-Israel research initiative tackling some of the world’s most debilitating diseases, has invested over £7 million in bilateral research since it was founded in 2011. The 15 joint research projects funded by BIRAX so far include the use of heart cells to restore damaged heart muscle; and the use of breath tests for the diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease.
The 3rd BIRAX Conference will showcase the latest developments
in regenerative medicine, including joint research by UK and Israeli
researchers to fight diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, heart conditions, and other
global health challenges. The conference is also aimed at creating more
opportunities for scientists from both countries to collaborate.
Simultaneously, the UK Israel Science Council will meet at the conference to agree new bilateral scientific priorities for focus until 2020. The Council will also review a year of unprecedented successes that include the launch of a suite of bilateral research programmes; as well as over 20 scientific visits with hundreds of scientists going back and forth.
Simultaneously, the UK Israel Science Council will meet at the conference to agree new bilateral scientific priorities for focus until 2020. The Council will also review a year of unprecedented successes that include the launch of a suite of bilateral research programmes; as well as over 20 scientific visits with hundreds of scientists going back and forth.
Prof. Ada Yonath from Israel, a 2009 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, who was a founding member of the UK Israel Science Council, said: “there is no substitute for international collaboration between scientists, and UK-Israeli partnerships are no exception. As a founding member of the UK Israel Science Council, I see scientists from both countries meet, discover and grow through partnerships like BIRAX that advances medical research. The results benefit not only both countries, but the entire world.”
Prof. Raymond Dwek of Oxford University and co-Chair of the UK Israel Science Council, added: “The scientific partnership between the UK and Israel continues to flourish and in so doing, to benefit not only British and Israeli scientists but the global research community. Through existing, new, and upgraded programmes, hundreds of UK and Israeli researchers are working together on some of this generation’s greatest challenges; from access to clean water to some of the toughest diseases to cure. The UK Israel Science Council, together with our partners in the UK Government, the British Council and the Israeli National Academy for Science and Humanities, are working to expand joint research in innovative fields such as nanoscience, neuroscience and water sciences.”
Other events will also take place in Oxford parallel to the conference: a meeting of the BIRAX Funders and Partners, bringing together UK, Israeli and U.S medical research foundations and other supporters of the programme; a Student and Young Researchers Symposium and structured networking sessions
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