tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70793168865741136232024-03-13T19:53:55.698+02:00Disruptive and Fun - Sharing my passion for turning dreams into reality.Mel Rosenberg pursues parallel careers as a scientist (international expert on the diagnosis and treatment of bad breath, with a book just out), inventor (Dentyl pH, the second bestselling mouthwash in the UK, and various other concoctions and gizmos, some available on the site), jazz singer and musician (with several jazz festivals and two CDs under his belt), writer of illustrated children's books (now becoming available online and offline).Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-89710071572099915962010-06-23T15:02:00.006+03:002010-06-24T10:47:52.098+03:00Independence Day Jazz ConcertThe HED big band is an Israeli phenomenon. Composed of some 16 professional musicians, most of them immigrants from Russia, they have been delighting audiences for years with their renderings of classic American tunes from the 1940s jazz era. They have performed with leading vocalists and musicians from Israel and abroad. Their classy club in south Tel Aviv is the perfect venue for hearing this Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-39417381584987153942010-06-13T11:32:00.001+03:002010-06-13T11:34:09.955+03:00ריח פה, ריח גוף ומיניות - פרופ' מל רוזנברג<!--[if !mso]> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} p\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} v\:textbox {display:none;} <![endif]-->Slide 1<!--[if !ppt]--> .O {font-size:149%;} <!--.sld {left:0px !important; width:6.0in !important; height:4.42in !important; font-size:103% !important;} --> <!--[endif]--> "ריח פה, ריח גוף Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-50767918658910712642010-04-08T16:01:00.014+03:002010-04-08T16:17:03.666+03:00Dr. Rosenberg 6D, meet Dr. Rosenberg 6F Or “A Rosenberg by any other Name”
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right; mso-pagination:Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-25814167063059316752010-03-28T16:12:00.001+03:002010-03-28T16:12:35.872+03:00Elvis is SephardiElvis, our beloved dog, has a dilemma. It is the day before Passoverand the house is full of good food. Will he go for Granny's home mademeat balls, or the store-bought gefilte fish? It's a tight contest.Enjoy.Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-37981618167014822572010-03-16T15:35:00.005+02:002010-03-16T15:54:45.919+02:00Periodontal Disease and Bad Breath – Are They Related?7th Workshop of the ARPA FoundationMel Rosenberg presenting onPeriodontal Disease & Bad Breath Are They Related? Friday, 2010-03-19 - 2.15 pm, MunichDentists often assume that periodontal disease is a major cause of badbreath. Indeed, bad breath is often cited as being a warning sign ofperiodontal disease. But is it? This is the issue which I will addressin my presentation. Indeed, various Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-55516443188549507802010-03-14T11:38:00.004+02:002010-03-15T17:08:42.617+02:00How Bird Brain was Hatched
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<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-40452970200788269352009-12-30T11:31:00.006+02:002010-01-05T09:51:02.709+02:00The Wheel Comes Full CircleEight or nine autumns ago, I met Rick Birman for the first time. We were playing a rather large open air gig at the Ziv Towers in Ramat Hahayal. Rick Birman came up to me at intermission and introduced himself, saying that he was enjoying our music. Rick was a well known pianist here in Tel Aviv, and knowing that he was in the crowd made me very nervous during our second set! This was the Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-59649903287883575532009-11-01T14:39:00.007+02:002009-11-01T14:57:57.629+02:00A Door Closes, A Window OpenA Door Closes, A Window Opens In December, 1973, I flew back to Ottawa for my brother David's bar mitzvah. A week or so after the simha, I was surprised to receive a telegram (phone call? I can't remember) from Tel Aviv University. "Where are you?" they wanted to know. A week before the Yom Kippur war, I had taken the bus from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv to interview for a graduate position there Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-27298039837213288302009-08-20T13:58:00.010+03:002009-08-20T14:13:37.739+03:00My Children's Books Come to Life My Children's Books Come to LifeI have been writing children's books, stories and plays for over thirty years. My first story, "Bacteria Galore by Sunday at Four" was the first to be published (in Hebrew) in 1996, followed by Arabic and English versions.Today I chanced upon the very first version of this story, written in a lab notebook in 1975. I had prepared it for a young child in Kiryat Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-33426583863665475972009-08-16T16:46:00.011+03:002009-08-17T11:24:26.055+03:00Bye Bye Love (Pictured from left Professor Mel Rosenberg, Professor Danny Levitan, Rector, Tel Aviv University)Bye Bye Love I have spent most of my life at Tel Aviv University, student, lecturer, professor. I started out 36 years ago as a starry-eyed young M.Sc. student, right after the Yom Kippur war. Lat week I submitted my letter requesting early retirement. There are many reasons for my desire to retireDr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-41184555442207556242009-08-11T12:21:00.010+03:002009-08-11T13:32:43.750+03:00All Roads Lead to RhodesAll Roads Lead to RhodesActually, no roads lead to Rhodes, an undeniably beautiful Greek island. But, people come to this magical island for just that, to relax and be removed from the hustle and bustle of everday life. If you need to be online 24/7, this isn't the place. Do not come to this lovely island if you like to be stressed out. This is a place to hang loose.If you do come, make sure to Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-42206084514789595892009-08-02T14:45:00.004+03:002009-08-02T15:01:13.534+03:00A fellow scientist reviews my bookA Review of Children's Science Books: “Bacteria Galore by Sunday at Four,” My first review will combine two of Jonathan's faves: Microbiology and Open Access. The book is "Bacteria Galore by Sunday at Four" by Mel Rosenberg, a Professor of Microbiology at Tel-Aviv University who wrote the text and Tali Niv-Dolinksy, the illustrator.The book is Microbiology 101 Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-48476326325929987272009-07-21T11:42:00.012+03:002009-07-21T12:41:14.207+03:00Sex, Sheep and New ZealandOde to an Up and Coming BloggerSex, Sheep and New Zealand I have written a bunch of amazing blogs about my life and the world over the past year. Sadly, only about three people a day visit my blog. For example, over the past year, only three visitors from New Zealand have visited my blog. I have never been to New Zealand but have heard it's a swell place with great people.I went to my blogging Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-68338842952397942942009-07-20T17:01:00.001+03:002009-07-20T17:01:59.285+03:00Mustard SallyIt was a great time making this with you guys!Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-16057889264982783372009-07-19T11:47:00.007+03:002009-07-19T12:35:12.837+03:00Mahane Yehuda Shuk - JerusalemMahane Yehuda - The Jerusalem ShukA Walk Down Memory LaneThe famous shuk of Mahane Yehuda in Jerusalem has undergone some major facelifts since I was a student in the early seventies. Still, the stalls are much the same, as well as the espirit of the people selling their varied wares. Nowadays, it's not just fruits and veggies, fish and meat, but also coffeehouses, fancy shmancy candles and halvaDr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-37202381269873459862009-07-15T15:51:00.017+03:002009-07-22T14:27:29.953+03:00The Witch and the ToothbrushThe Witch and the Toothbrush -A Story about Dental Hygiene A dozen years ago, Prof. Herb Judes, then Head of the Dental Faculty of Tel Aviv University, asked me start a dental outreach program in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Israel. Outreach for me means reaching out to kids. After all, when you teach a child good oral hygiene, his teeth will likely last a lifetime. Soon we were bringing small Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-18579408685954388762009-07-12T13:09:00.006+03:002009-07-12T13:31:30.135+03:00What should the un-iversity be about?What should the un-iversity be about?Nothing, and everything. The curriculum should resemble a me-nu more than a syllabus. It should be a resource for learning, for thinking, for creating new ideas, new paradigms (whatever those are). It shouldn't compete with regular universities (we have enough of those) in offering standard courses. The courses we offer should be 'off the wall'. It is likely Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-1426100856806203652009-07-06T16:24:00.007+03:002009-07-07T10:48:50.775+03:00The ten minutes that changed your life.To Be or Not to Be!The ten minutes that changed your life.Just yesterday I was talking to Jeff Pulver about his thoughts on chance, providence, and good old luck. I was thinking that each of us must have experienced an episode that changed our life, shaped our career, secured our financial well-being or brought about fame. Some of us have had several, but if I asked you to recount the most Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-41050416642705023492009-06-29T14:11:00.008+03:002009-07-07T10:55:19.313+03:00The Ultimate Elevator "Peach" (Pitch)
<!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-40320462564122866962009-06-22T10:12:00.006+03:002009-07-07T10:56:50.587+03:00The Un-iversity<?xml:namespace prefix = o /> The Un-iversityOnce in a while, my dream of starting an un-iversity comes back to "haunt" me. After over thirty years at a regular university (Tel Aviv University), I am aware of the shortcomings of ordinary academia. 1. The students are degree-oriented. The want to take a course, get a y average, to get a degree in z. 2. Teaching is mostly mediocre. This is because Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-8877003498199029302009-06-18T14:59:00.008+03:002009-06-22T11:44:59.537+03:00Save Your Breath - A general book on how to solve bad breathSave your Breath"Save Your Breath" is a book on bad breath that I have written for the general public. I wish me luck! I have already sold over 120 books and it isn't even published yet. This book is very valuable because it's an easy read and yet extremely informative and explanatory. I hope it will better many the many people l around the globe who suffer from issues of bad breath on a daily Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-69932081929627523502009-06-14T11:31:00.015+03:002009-06-18T11:53:13.514+03:00My First Start-UpUs kids at the house, 1963My First Start-Up: Still going strong at fifty!I have been back to my home in Ottawa only a few times over the past forty years. So when I met Nicole, a scientist from Ottawa at the recent American Society for Microbiology (ASM) meeting in Philadelphia, I implored her to take a few photos of my old home.So here is the picture of the place we grew up in fifty years ago. Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-53458372718918885662009-05-31T11:29:00.014+03:002009-06-14T22:51:19.803+03:00A Trip to DortmundMy Trip to DortmundTraveling to Germany is always an issue for me. For decades, I wouldn't go at all. Then, when I was about forty-five, I broke the ice and started going there for business. I found three things: i. A lovely country; ii. Nice people (with a few exceptions, like anywhere); iii. Ghosts. I keep coming back to the war, wherever I am. Where did the Jews live here? Where were they Dr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079316886574113623.post-61560802958130790132009-05-25T16:22:00.005+03:002009-05-27T09:14:02.541+03:00Yossi Vardi Walks into my LifeYossi Vardi Walks into my LifeYossi Vardi is an enormously successful entrepreneur who spearheaded the Israeli internet hi-tech revolution of the past fifteen years (and before that he had an amazing career as well). We met several years ago, through the auspices of Prof. Dov Lichtenberg (Yossi's classmate and my Dean at the Medical School). For whatever reasons, we hit it off. Yossi connected meDr. Mel Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597461665853406230noreply@blogger.com0