33a Riunione Nazionale
"
A. Castellani"
dei Dottorandi di Ricerca in
Discipline Biochimiche

(33rd “A. Castellani” Meeting of PhD students in biochemical sciences)

BRALLO DI PREGOLA (Pavia)

6-9 June 2022

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SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Cesare Balduini
Vittorio Bellotti
Roberta Besio
Antonella Forlino
Sofia Giorgetti
Francesco Malatesta
Giampaolo Minetti
Marina Porcelli
Antonio Rossi
Maria Enrica Tira
Francesca Tonelli
Mauro Torti

 SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT

Università degli Studi di Pavia

Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Lazzaro Spallanzani”

Laboratori di Biochimica

Via A. Bassi, 21 - 27100 PAVIA

 Tel. 0382/987236 - Fax 0382/987240

E-mail: riundott@unipv.it  - Homepage: http://www.unipv.it/bralweb

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PROGRAM

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                       MONDAY, JUNE 6th, 2022

 17:00-20:00   Registration & check-in

 20:00             DINNER

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                       TUESDAY, JUNE 7th, 2022

 8:50-9:00     Opening remarks

 9:00-9:50     Prof. Michele Caraglia, Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli:
Long non coding RNAs/miRNA loop in the control of tumour development: new diagnostic and therapeutic tools

 9:50-10:10   Alessandro Bregalda (Urbino)
Myelin basic protein recovery during PKU mice development and the potential role of microRNAs on its regulation

10:10-10:25   Federica Melisi (Napoli)
Regulatory role of miR-449a as a potential biomarker in head and neck carcinoma

10:25-10:45   Miriam Lucariello (Napoli)
Pharmacological targeting of CtBP1/BARSs protein in cancer and in viral infection

                      COFFEE BREAK

11:15-11:30   Martina Bevilacqua (Padova)
Extending the repertoire of tandem repeat structures

11:30-11:50   Pamela De Falco (Roma)
Role of NAT8L in the metabolic rewiring of Hepatocellular carcinoma

11:50-12:10   Carlo Caputo (Napoli)
A pilot study of miRNA expression profile in surgically resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: initial report from a bi-institutional cohort

12:10-12:30   Valentina Daponte (Pavia)
Bone cell differentiation during caudal fin regeneration is differentially affected in two zebrafish models of dominant and recessive Osteogenesis imperfecta

13:00             LUNCH

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14:30-15:20   Prof. Gianna Ferretti, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona:
Nutrition, health and environmental sustainability

15:20-15:35   Daniel Di Risola (Roma)
ERp57 chaperon protein protects neuronal cells from Aβ-induced toxicity

15:35-15:55   Valentina Mondani (Pavia)
Filling the gap for transthyretin amyloidosis: biochemical and structural studies of in vitro and in vivo assembled amyloid fibrils

15:55-16:10   Carolina Paula Miguel (Pavia)
Bone marrow modeling for platelet production

                      COFFEE BREAK

16:40-16:55   Elena Palmieri (Trieste)
Investigation of alternative technologies for the development of polysaccharide-based vaccines

16:55-17:15   Emma Veronica Carsana (Milano)
SARS-CoV-2 affects dopamine homeostasis in dopaminergic neurons

17:15-17:30   Roberta Piacentini (Roma)
Lactoferrin inhibition of the complex formation between ACE2 receptor and SARS CoV-2 recognition binding domain

19:30             DINNER

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                      WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8th, 2022

 9:00-09:50   Prof. Giovanni Li Volti, Università di Catania:
Heme oxygenase and its metabolites: new biological implications

 9:50-10:10   Elisa Di Fabio (Roma)
Biocatalytic applications of Lathyrus cicera amine oxidase

10:10-10:25  Martina Roberta Nastasi (Roma)
Cytochrome bd-II oxidase from Escherichia coli shows an additional hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity

10:25-10:40   Maria Laura Matrella (Bari)
Biochemical and molecular characterization of differentiated SH-SY5Y cells as an “in vitro” model in neuroscience researchù

                       COFFEE BREAK

11:10-11:30   Lorenzo Ceccarelli (Siena)
Human microglia derived Extracellular Vesicles: different donor cells for different content and biological function

11:30-11:45  Silvia Breviario (Milano)
Evaluation of the role of acid sphingomyelinase inhibition in GBA-dependent Parkinson’s disease

11:45-12:00  Rosamaria Militello (Firenze)
Sex-related adaptations to chronic in-season training

12:00-12:15  Chiara Pacelli (Roma)
In silico design and evaluation of exon skipping-inducing antisense oligonucleotides for therapeutic intervention in rare cancers

12:15-12:35   Ignazio Restivo (Palermo)
Cigarette smoke extract-induced eryptosis is modulated by p38 MAPK-ceramide axis and inhibited by indicaxanthin

13:00              LUNCH

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14:30-14:45   Filippo Molinari (Varese)
Whole cell biocatalyst for the sustainable production of vanillin and cis,cis-muconic acid

14:45-15:00   Lucia Piazza (Pisa)
Aldose reductase differential inhibitors from natural sources

15:00-15:15   Monica Cozzi (Parma)
Evaluation of disruptors of the protein-protein interaction between human hemoglobin and S. aureus hemophore IsdB by elisa assay and STD-NMR

15:15-15:30   Roberta Seccia (Bari)
Effect of citrate on the Ggc1p transport

15:30-15:50   Massimo Genovese (Firenze)
Looking for new PTP1b and LMW-PTP inhibitors as tools for human chronic diseases treatment: nature is still our best teacher

15:50-16:05   Dorina Dobi (Milano)
CFTR modulators and ganglioside GM1: possible therapeutic approach in cystic fibrosis

                      COFFEE BREAK

16:40-17:30  Prof. Andrea Segré, Università di Bologna:
Andrea Segré will present his new unreleased book

19:30             DINNER

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21:00-23:00 Serata caminetto:
Enviromental impact of population nutrition: a challange for the future

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                      THURSDAY, JUNE 9th, 2022

 9:00-9:50     Prof. Francesco Malatesta, Università di Roma Sapienza:
Structure and function of cytochrome c oxidase, a mysterious enzyme

9:50-10:10    Luca Galgano (Pavia)
Role of the proline-rich tyrosine kinase Pyk2 in platelet activation in a murine model of endotoxemia

10:10-10:25  Gabriele Coluccino (Udine)
Structural role of the N-terminal tail of mitochondrial cyclophilin D: an NMR characterization

10:25-10:45  Chiara Gramegna Tota (Pavia)
Impairment of calcium-activated nucleotidase 1 affects proteoglycan synthesis and cell homeostasis

 10:45           CLOSING REMARKS

                     DEPARTURE

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