34a Riunione Nazionale
"
A. Castellani"
dei Dottorandi di Ricerca in
Discipline Biochimiche

(34th “A. Castellani” Meeting of PhD students in biochemical sciences)

BRALLO DI PREGOLA (Pavia)

5-9 June 2023

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 PROGRAM

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                      MONDAY, JUNE 5th, 2023

17.00-20.00   Registration & check-in

20.00           DINNER

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                       TUESDAY, JUNE 6th, 2023

 8.50-9.00      Opening remarks

 Chair:             t.b.d.

 9.00-9.40      Prof. ALBERTO PASSI (Università dell'Insubria)
Hyaluronan journey from biological glue to biological cue

 9.40-10.00    Barbara Maria Contento (Università di Pavia)
Altered CaMKII-SMAD signalling and cell junctions  in a mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta type XIV

 10.00-10.20  Ruhi Anjum (Università di Urbino)
CRISPR/CAS9-mediated UBC gene knockout in gastric cancer cell lines as a potential therapeutic strategy

COFFEE BREAK

Chair:         

10.50-11.10   Matteo Prisinzano (Università di Firenze)
Sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling axis mediates neuropeptide S-induced invasion of endometriotic cells

 11.10-11.30   Silvia Breviario (Università di Milano)
Acid sphingomyelinase inhibition in GBA-dependent Parkin-son’s disease in vitro models: protective or damaging effect?

 11.30-11.50   Maura D’Amato (Università di Pavia)
Development of a strategy to inhibit human neutrophil elastase in COVID-19 patients

 11.50-12.10   Michela Capraro (Università di Genova)
Identification of a potential biomarker predicting the efficacy of therapies in cystic fibrosis: downregulation of plasmatic matrix metalloproteinase 9

 13.00             LUNCH

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 Chair:         

 15.00-15.40  Prof. MARIANNA CATERINO (Università di Napoli Federico II)
Metabolomics and lipidomics: new tools for dissecting Inherited Metabolic Disorders

 15.40-16.00  Dorina Dobi (Università di Milano)
Effect of the lipid environment on the F508del-CFTR rescue and stability at the plasma membrane

 16.00-16.20  Marta Tesi (Università di Pisa)
Recovery of human type 2 diabetes beta cell function associates with transcriptomic signatures that point to novel therapeutic targets

COFFEE BREAK

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17.00-18.00   BLITZ PRESENTATIONS (A) (5 min)

1                 Ornella Xynomilakis (Università di Milano)
Endocannabinoids, eicosanoids and essential lipids: composition of human milk compared to infant formula, a chance to improve infant formula nutritional benefits

2                 Giusi Sabatini (Università di Teramo)
The endocannabinoid system and Lactiplantibacillus (Lpb.) plantarum: a connection involved in the autism spectrum disorder

3                 Costanza Cicchi (Università di Firenze)
Effect of sustainable feeding strategy with olive oil pomace in Holstein lactating cows on bioactive peptides derived from milk proteins

4                 Lorenzo Casbarra (Università di Firenze)
Pathlay: a novel graphical server for -omics integration and interpretation

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 20.00                             DINNER

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                       WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7th, 2023

Chair:         

 9.00-9.40      Prof. Nazzareno Capitanio (Università di Foggia)
Mitochondria and Clock-genes interplay: a Time to Sleep, a Time to Wake up
 

9.40-10.00    Matteo Amadei (Sapienza Università di Roma)
Genetic incorporation of dansylalanine in human ferroportin to probe the alternating access mechanism of iron transport

10.00-10.20   Rachele Agostini (Università di Urbino)
Caveolin-1-overexpression stimulates extracellular vesicle secretion and modulates tumor microenvironment in a model of rhabdomyosarcoma

COFFEE BREAK

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Chair:         

 10.50-11.10  Federica Biancucci (Università di Urbino)
Multiomics approaches for therapeutic developments in ataxia telangiectasia

 11.10-11.30  Laura Bottoni (Università di Siena)
NRF2 activation by cysteine uptake as a mechanism of survival for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer cells

 11.30-11.50  Emma Nicol Serritelli (Università Politecnica delle Marche)
Involvment of the enzyme nicotinamide N-methyltransferase in proliferation, invasive capacity and chemosensitivity of human osteosarcoma

 11.50-12.10  Cecilia Astigiano (Università di Genova)
Sirtuin 6 regulates the activation of the ATP/purinergic axis in endothelial cells

   13.00             LUNCH

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Chair:         

 15.00-15.40  Prof. Lucio Luzzatto (Università di Firenze)
From biological chemistry to molecular medicine

 15.40-16.00  Martina De Felice (Università di Pisa)
Intermittent hypoxia and mild cognitive impairment: from a new in vitro model to promising peripheral plasma biomarkers of cognitive decline

 16.00-16.20  Francesca Monittola (Università di Urbino)
Dynamic changes in immunoproteasome complex assembly and capping with regulatory particles in an in vitro model of senescing macrophages

COFFEE BREAK

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 20.00                             DINNER

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21.00-23.00 Serata caminetto

Il merito scientifico, come riconoscerlo, come valutarlo, come premiarlo

 Interverranno nella discussione:

Prof. Giovanni Apolone  Direttore Scientifico dell’Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

Prof. Lucio Luzzatto      Università degli Studi di Firenze

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                      THURSDAY, JUNE 8th, 2023

 Chair:         

9.00-9.40      Prof. Santina Bruzzone (Università di Genova)
Therapeutic potential of targeting the NAD world

 9.40-10.00    Ilaria Nesi (Università di Firenze)
Monocytes - derived microvesicles as cargo to transfer antigens to target cells

 10.00-10.20  Silvia Maria Grazia Trivigno (IUSS Pavia)
The C-type lectin CD93 regulates platelet activation induced by Par4 stimulation

  COFFEE BREAK

 Chair:         

 10.50-11.10  Azza Anan Dabous (Università della Campania)
Novel probiotic formulation containing hydroxyectoine for the treatment of IBD on enterocyte based in vitro model

 11.10-11.30   Joseph Silverberg Jr (Università di Ferrara)
Expanding the toolbox of ubiquitous promoters for gene therapy

 11.30-11.50  Sofia Masini (Università di Urbino)
Redox perturbation in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induced by thiol molecules

   13.00             LUNCH

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 Chair:         

 15.00-15.20  Ambra Selene Parmagnani (Università di Torino)
Iron-sulfur cluster assembly proteins: potential plant magnetoreceptors

 15.20-15.40  Annalisa Givonetti (Università del Piemonte Orientale) Proteomic analysis and in vitro testing of hempseed flour and its hydrolysate

COFFEE BREAK

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 16.10-17.00   BLITZ PRESENTATIONS (B) (5 min)

1                 Faiza Abbas (Università di Urbino)
RBC-derived extracellular vesicles as a drug delivery system: flow cytometric analyses and challenges

2                 Maria Sofia Bertilacchi (Università di Pisa)
ACE2 signaling drives lung injury in lung bronchial epithelial cells: a focus on a possible ACE2 nuclear fraction activity

3                 Alessia Giglio (IUSS Pavia)
Engineered PLGS nanoparticles targeting the MET receptor for intracellular delivery of verteporfin

4                 Cecilia Masiero (Università di Pavia)
A new combined treatment for the dominant osteogenesis imperfecta zebrafish model Chihuahua

 

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 20.00                             DINNER

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                      FRIDAY, JUNE 9th, 2023

 Chair:         

 9.30-10.10    Prof. Elisa Margherita Maffioli (Università di Milano)
Proteomics: one approach to answer many biological questions

10.15           CLOSING REMARKS

11.00            DEPARTURE

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SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Paola Chiarugi
Claudia Martini
Raffaele Porta
Cesare Balduini
Vittorio Bellotti
Antonella Forlino
Sofia Giorgetti
Giampaolo Minetti
Chiara Paganini
Giampiero Pietrocola
Maria Enrica Tira
Francesca Tonelli
Mauro Torti
Livia Visai

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 SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT

Università degli Studi di Pavia

Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Lazzaro Spallanzani”

Laboratori di Biochimica

Via Agostino Bassi, 21 - 27100 PAVIA

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

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