Trip Participant Maria Contreras-Sweet Professor Emeritus David Mirelman

The delegation visited Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science where Professor Emeritus David Mirelman, the Besen-Brender Chair of Microbiology and Parasitology, briefed them on the Institute’s work with a focus on basic research for market penetration. Here, trip participant Maria Contreras-Sweet, founder and Chairwoman of the Board of Los Angeles-based Promerica Bank, speaks with Dr. Mirelman.

The delegation visited Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science where Professor Emeritus David Mirelman, the Besen-Brender Chair of Microbiology and Parasitology, briefed them on the Institute’s work with a focus on basic research for market penetration. Here, trip participant Maria Contreras-Sweet, founder and Chairwoman of the Board of Los Angeles-based Promerica Bank, speaks with Dr. Mirelman.