13:30 |
Welcome [Galoppatoio] |
14:00-15:00 |
The EMBO Keynote Lecture Chair: Giulia Piaggio (Rome) Angela Nieto (Alicante, Spain) |
15:00-15:30 |
Coffee Break [first courtyard] |
15:30-17:00 |
Posters vision 1 P1 • Environmental, Evolutionary and Developmental Biology (odd-numbered posters) [Room 1] P2 • Genetics, Epigenetics and Chromosome Biology (all posters) [Room 7] P4 • Current trends in Biotechnology (odd-numbered posters) [Room 2] P6 • Health and Disease (odd-numbered posters) [Galoppatoio] |
17:00-17:15 |
Takis presentation [Galoppatoio] |
17:15-17:30 |
Preclinics Italia presentation [Galoppatoio] |
17:30-19:30 |
Parallel Symposia 1a. From plastics revolution to bioplastics evolution [Galoppatoio] Chairs: Raffaele Porta (Naples) and Paola Chiarugi (Florence) Vincenzo Busico (Naples) Loredano Pollegioni (Varese) Loredana Mariniello (Naples) Fabrizio Adani (Milan) 1b. Diversity and evolution of genomes [Room 1] Chairs: Omar Rota-Stabelli (Trento), Maria Raffaella Ercolano (Naples), Luca Sineo (Palermo) Manuela Sironi (Lecco) Donato Giovannelli (Naples) Giorgio Bertorelle (Ferrara) Stefania Vai (Florence) |
19:30 |
AMA Choir in concert [Galoppatoio] |
20:00 |
Welcome cocktail [first courtyard] |
9:00-11:00 |
Parallel Symposia 2a. Microbiome modulation for improving human and plant health [Galoppatoio] Chairs: Franco Faoro (Milan) and Loredana Baccigalupi (Naples) Gabriele Berg (Graz, Austria) Maria Rescigno (Milan) Duccio Cavalieri (Florence) Silvia Perotto (Turin) 2b. The COVID-19 pandemic/tsunami: a scientific revolution from mechanisms to drugs [Room 1] Chairs: Giulia Piaggio (Rome) and Gianni Sava (Trieste) Mario Capasso (Naples) Giuseppe Nocentini (Perugia) Mirko Cortese (Naples) Marta Giovanetti (Rome) |
11:00-11:30 |
Coffee Break [first courtyard] |
11:30-13:00 |
Tavola rotonda [Galoppatoio] Chairs: Michele Morgante (Udine) and Gennaro Ciliberto (Rome) Nuove opportunità per la ricerca Italiana. Responsabili |
13:00-13:30 |
Lunch Break [first courtyard] |
13:30-15:00 |
Posters vision 2 P1 • Environmental, Evolutionary and Developmental Biology (even-numbered posters) [Room 1] P3 • Genomics, Proteomics and Systems Biology (all posters) [Room 8] P4 • Current trends in Biotechnology (even-numbered posters) [Room 2] P5 • Food and Nutrition (all posters) [Room 7] P6 • Health and Disease (even-numbered posters) [Galoppatoio] |
15:00-17:00 |
Parallel Symposia 3a. Plant adaptation and resilience to climate change [Galoppatoio] Chairs: Maria Manuela Rigano (Naples) and Francesco Loreto (Naples) JosepPeñuelas (Barcelona, Spain) Luisa Maria Sandalio (Granada, Spain) Anca Macovei (Pavia) Matthew Haworth (Florence) 3b. Updates in neuroscience: a comparative and phylogenetic glance [Room 1] Chairs: Roberto Feuda (Leicester, UK) and Giuditta Gambino (Palermo) Emiliano Bruner (Burgos, Spain) Maria Ina Arnone (Naples) Marina Boido (Turin) Marco Rasile (Milan) |
17:00-17:30 |
Coffee break [first courtyard] |
17:30-18:00 |
Cornelius Gross (EMBL, Monterontondo) [Galoppatoio] |
18:00-20:00 |
Societies' time AGI [Room 1] |
20:15 |
Social dinner at Villa Signorini |
8:45-9:45 |
FEBS National Lecture [Galoppatoio] Chairs: Paola Chiarugi (Florence) and Martino Bolognesi (Milan) Carlo Catapano (Institute of Oncology Research, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland) |
9:45-10:00 |
Sequentia presentation [Galoppatoio] |
10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break [first courtyard] |
10:30-13:30 |
6 Parallel Mini Symposia |
1. Environmental, Evolutionary and Developmental Biology [Room 1]
Chairs: Michela Zottini (SIBV), Alessandro Achilli (AGI), Emiliano Trucchi (SIBE)
Maria Teresa Vizzari (Ferrara)
Robust demographic inference from low-coverage whole-genome data through Approximate Bayesian Computation
Sara Del Duca (Sesto Fiorentino)
Molecular mechanisms for the evolution of gene structure and organization: the histidine case
Anna Olivieri (Pavia)
Barn swallows: mitogenome relationships and phylogeography
Andrea Silverj (San Michele all'Adige)
Large-scale genome reconstructions from human gut metagenomes to study phage-host relationships
Sonia Renzi (Sesto Fiorentino)
The transition from a traditional to a Western lifestyle and its effect on the interrelation between diet, gut microbiome and health
Costanza Cannariato (Florence)
A molecular portrait of ancient Pompeians
Serena Capitanio (Turin)
Investigating the role of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in Myc-factors perception in arbuscular mycorrhizas
Edoardo Tosato (Bologna)
The likely role of Arabidopsis thaliana cytochromes b561 in intracellular ascorbate redox homeostasis and ROS-mediated signaling
Andrea Pagano (Pavia)
Genotoxic damage and nucleolar stress response in primed and overprimed Medicago truncatula seeds
Serena Farrotti (Rome)
The air is dry: an integrative quest to safeguard crops from a hotter and drier future
Riccardo Di Mambro (Pisa)
Auxin dynamics during developmental programmed cell death events in the Arabidopsis root
Simone Landi (Naples)
The circle of reductants to respond to low temperature: the role of the oxidative pentose pathway
2. Genetics, Epigenetics and Chromosome Biology [Room 7]
Chairs: Domenico Carputo (SIGA), Gianni Cenci (AGI), Tiziana Bonaldi (SIBBM), Fulvio Chiacchiera (SIBBM)
Giovanni Messina (Rome)
Evolutionary conserved relocation of chromatin remodeling complexes to the mitotic apparatus: a new class of moonlighting proteins preventing genetic instability
Fulvio Chiacchiera (Trento)
ARID1A preserves tissue homeostasis by preventing genomic instability and chronic inflammation
Rodolfo Negri (Rome)
A truncated and catalytically inactive isoform of KDM5B histone demethylase accumulates in breast cancer cells and regulates H3K4 tri-methylation and gene expression
Stefano Zoroddu (Sassari)
Recovery of the correct balance of EZH2 and EZH1 proteins as a new strategy for the treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma
Liliana Tullo (Rome)
Assessing an unprecedented role for Heterochromatin Protein 1a (HP1a) at
mitochondria
Romina Burla (Rome)
The nuclear envelope-associated ESCRT factor CHMP7 is needed for telomere integrity
Francesca Gorini (Naples)
8-oxodG accumulation within super-enhancers marks fragile CTCF-mediated chromatin loops
Tiziana Angrisano (Naples)
Retinoic Acid promotes a totipotent-like stem cell through Zscan4 epigenetic activation
Vittoria Brambilla (Milan)
Molecular control of flowering in rice
Sebastiano Giallongo (Catania)
Lactate rewires uveal melanoma metabolic profile promoting cellular quiescence
Armando Di Palo (Caserta)
The long non-coding RNA SPACA6-AS1, miR-125a and its mRNA targets establish a novel ceRNA regulatory network in hepatocarcinoma cells
Cinzia Calvio (Pavia)
The power of SwrA: from a minor protein to a game changer in B. subtilis biofilms
3. Genomics, Proteomics and Systems Biology [Room 9]
Chairs: Maria Benedetta Mattei (SIBV), Alessio Mengoni (SIMGBM), Gianni Cuda (SIBBM)
Martina Aulitto (Naples)
Genomic analysis reveals new insights into the biotechnological and industrial potential of Weizmannia coagulans
Mariarita Brancaccio (Naples)
Identification of key microRNAs in preeclampsia by bioinformatics analysis
Sara Bruschini (Rome)
Leveraging malignant pleural effusions from lung adenocarcinoma patients to investigate the immune landscape of advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Lisa Cangioli (Sesto Fiorentino)
Study of the regulatory cascade involved in the megaplasmids conjugation in the model plant symbiotic bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti by the creation of a GFP-based reporter system
Michele Costanzo (Naples)
Proteomic study of the interactions of MMACHC protein
Guido Domingo (Varese)
Phosphoproteomic analysis reveals novel mechanisms by which cAMP affects cellular processes and response to heat in tobacco cells
Nicolaj Jeran (Milan)
Study of three putative Plastid Peptide Transporters mediating chloroplast-to-nucleus signalling in response to folding stress in Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts
Cristiana Lucia Rita Lipari (Catania)
Deletion of VDAC1 in human cells affects mitochondrial respiration
Michele Menotta (Urbino)
Multi-omics approaches for ataxia telangiectasia therapy development
Elena Perrin (Sesto Fiorentino)
A system biology approach to study microbial adaptation to global warming
Francesca Pirozzi (Naples)
A specific lipidomic signature defines serum lipid content of patients affected by glycogen storage disease Ia (GSDIa)
Anna Santin (Naples)
Integrative molecular analyses and first functional characterization of low-affinity nitrate transporters in diatoms, diNPFs
4. Current trends in Biotechnology [Room 2]
Chairs: Rachele Isticato (SIMGBM), Matteo Ballottari (SIBV), Vittoria Brambilla (SIBBM SIGA), Gerardo Puopolo (SIPAV)
Ivan Baccelli (Sesto Fiorentino)
New fungicides inspired by natural molecules: plant disease protection by targeted modifications of the Trichoderma peptaibol Trichogin GA IV
Michele Perazzolli (San Michele all'Adige)
Taxonomic and functional analysis of the microbiota associated with cold-adapted plants
Sara Ragucci (Caserta)
Sodins, ribosome-inactivating proteins from Salsola soda L.
Michela Cecchin (Verona)
RNA interference-based techniques to increase sustainability and safety in the fruit and vegetable supply chain
Tania Vanzolini (Urbino)
Development of new biological drugs for the treatment of fungal infections
Nicola Zambrano (Naples)
Strategies for development of H. simplex-based oncolytic viruses in cancer immunotherapy
Massimo Zollo (Naples)
Long-chain polyphosphates impair SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication: prophylactic and therapeutic options against the 6th wave
Daniela Eletto (Fisciano, SA)
Potential role of trefoil factor 1 as bioactive peptide in Helicobacter infection
Miriam Carbonaro (Naples)
More than just a cellulase: Cel9_Am a new multifunctional GH9 enzyme from Alicyclobacillus mali FL18
Riccardo D’Incà (Rome)
Solanum lycopersicum CRISPR/Cas9 mutants for a polyamine oxidase gene exhibit improved drought stress tolerance and water-use efficiency
Gabriella Fiorentino (Naples)
A hyperthermoactive-Cas9 editing tool reveals the role of an arsenite methyltransferase in the arsenic resistance system of Thermus thermophilus HB27 and provides a new sensitive arsenic bioreporter
Valeria Bontà (Pavia)
Applications of engineered Bacillus subtilis strain for agri-food waste valorization
5. Food and Nutrition [Room 8]
Chairs: Katia Petroni (AGI), Francesca Marcon (SIMAG), Stefania Iametti, Francesco Bonomi (SIB)
Stefany Castaldi (Naples)
Halotolerant PGP Bacillus amyloliquefaciens enhance the salinity stress tolerance of Lotus japonicus cv gifu
Maurizio Chiurazzi (Naples)
LjNRT2.3 plays a hierarchical role on the control of root nitrate uptake in L. japonicus
Nadia Lombardi (Portici, NA)
Biological treatments of grapevines improve the phenolic composition and sensory properties of Aglianico wine
Roberta Marra (Portici, NA)
Sustainable approaches to improve productive and qualitative traits of industrial tomato plants using biostimulants and mulch biofilms
Francesca Messina (Pavia)
Sustainable seed priming treatments to improve germination in lettuce
Angelo Santino (Lecce)
Biofortification strategies for the improvement of the nutritional value of tomato
Antonio Caporale (Portici, NA)
Fostering food safety and quality in Neapolitan contexts of sustainable urban agriculture
Paola Antonia Corsetto (Milan)
Selective impact of polyunsaturated fatty acids on lipid composition and metabolism in breast cancer cells
Mattia Di Nunzio (Milan)
Modulation of proteolytic activity by dietary polyphenols is dependent on both substrate and enzymes
Katia Petroni (Milan)
Anthocyanins confer cardioprotection against Doxorubicin by modulating the AMPK-SIRT1-p53 pathway
Giuditta Heinzl (Milan)
Investigating the mechanisms of action of conglutin-γ in regulating D-glucose uptake: the role of intestinal barrier
Manuela Leri (Florence)
Olive polyphenols act as biomimetic molecules in hormone replacement therapy for Alzheimer's disease prevention in menopausal women
Giulia Magni (Milan)
Purple corn anthocyanins as a nutraceutical approach to control the progression of multiple sclerosis and associated trigeminal pain: role of the gut-brain axis
Laura Mosca (Naples)
"Greco" grape canes as a valuable source of bioactive compounds with antioxidant properties and anticancer activity on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
6. Health and Disease [Galoppatoio]
Chairs: Marco Oggioni (SIMGBM), Paola Minghetti (ADRITELF), Giuseppe De Rosa (ADRITELF), Sheridan Lois Woo (SIPAV)
Andrea Bosso (Naples)
GVF27, a new human host defence peptide, shows anti-inflammatory and anti-biofilm activity against the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc)
Lorenzo Ceccarelli (Pisa)
Human microglia derived Extracellular Vesicles: effects of inflammatory stimuli on production, content, and biological function
Costanza Cicchi (Florence)
Characterization of the enzymatic activity of Lscβ and Lscγ, two levansucrases from Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
Luigi Fattore (Rome)
Systemic delivery of miRNA-loaded nanoparticles blunts resistance to therapy in BRAF-mutant melanoma
Barbara Giordani (Bologna)
Nanocarriers for the delivery of Lactobacillus crispatus BC1 biosurfactant: alternative strategies to fight Candida biofilms
Sarah Giulietti (Viterbo)
Elucidation of the Arabidopsis NPK1-related protein kinases (ANPs) role in cell wall biosynthesis and signalling
Vittoria Nicolis di Robilant (Rome)
Inactivation of the nijmegen breakage syndrome protein (NBS1) abrogates SHH-driven cerebellar development/tumorigenesis through the primary cilium
Marco Rinaldo Oggioni (Bologna)
Ex vivo perfusion of the human spleen to study infection
Lara Russo (Pisa)
Biomimetic scaffolds for tendon/ligament regeneration
Chiara Siniscalchi (Caserta)
Human microRNAs binding to SARS-CoV-2 sequences: computational analysis and experimental validation
Mariavittoria Verrillo (Portici, NA)
Antiflammatory activity and potential dermatological applications of characterized humic acids from a lignite and a green compost
Guendalina Zuccari (Genoa)
Fenretinide-loaded mesenchymal stem cells-derived extracellular vesicles as novel drug carriers against human neuroblastoma
13:30-14:30 |
Lunch Break [first courtyard] |
14:30-16:00 |
Parallel Symposia 4a. Insights into insect biology to control pathogen vectors and agricultural pests [Galoppatoio] Chairs: Guido Favia (Camerino) and Laura Rinaldi (Naples) Guido Favia (Camerino, Italy) Paolo Gabrieli (Milan) Francesco Pennacchio (Naples) 4b. Spatial profile of gene expression [Room 1] Chair: Lucia Altucci (Naples) and Massimiliano Corsi Romanelli (Milan) Raffaele Calogero (Turin) Tiziana Bonaldi (Milan) Francesca Ciccarelli (London, UK) |
16:00 |
Conclusion and Prizes [Galoppatoio] |
Posters will be discussed in presence in the specific parallel sessions, at the time and in the room that are shown in the programme (check the specific day). For Poster Session 1 (Wednesday, 14 September from 15:30 to 17:00), odd-numbered posters will be presented for topics P1, P4 and P6, as well as all posters for topic P2. For Poster Session 2 (Thursday, 15 September from 13:30 to 15:00), even-numbered posters will be presented for topics P1, P4 and P6, as well as all poster for topics P3 and P5.