LIYSF students have dinner with Professor Ada Yonath

Four Israeli students have once again participated in the 2016 London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF). They have travelled to London thanks to the continued support of Ann Berger, in association with The Daniel Faulkner Charitable Trust.

The LIYSF is a 2-week programme where students from all over the world come together to learn about, and debate, the challenges facing science around the world. The Israeli students won their places on the forum through previous participation in projects or competitions run by the Davidson Institute, the educational arm of the Weizmann Institute.

Their two-week programme began with a flag ceremony, showing the diversity of young representatives from around the world. After the excitement of the opening ceremony, the students launched straight into their scientific programme, joining debates and hearing lectures given by leading scientists. They have also had the opportunity to visit a variety of leading scientific research centres at UK universities.

This year the closing lecture of LIYSF was given by the Weizmann Institute’s Nobel Prize Winning Chemist, Professor Ada Yonath.

Ann and Geoffrey Berger kindly hosted a dinner in London for the Israeli students. They were joined by Professor Ada Yonath and Weizmann UK, Executive Director, Sheridan Gould.

To find out more about the LIYSF programme please click here.

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Published: August 09, 2016