Preliminary Programme
Thursday, 3 June
| 14.30-14.45 | Welcome |
| Session I |
NON CODING RNA Chair: Valerio Orlando |
| 14.45-15.30 |
Keynote Lecture: Ruggero De Maria From biomarkers to biotherapeutics: the new frontier of microRNAs in cancer |
| 15.30-15.55 |
Luigi Naldini Exploiting and antagonizing microRNA regulation in gene therapy |
| 15.55-16.15 | Coffee Break |
| 16.15-17.25 | Poster Session I |
| 17.25-17.50 |
Stefano Volinia Reprogramming of miRNA networks in cancer and leukemia |
| 17.50-18.15 |
Claudio Schneider The stromal microenviroment, its precursor cells and role in serous ovarian carcinoma |
| 18.15-18.30 |
Silvia Barabino Genotoxic stress modulates alternative pre-mRNA splicing by modifying the intracellular distribution of SRPK2 |
| 18.30-18.45 |
Maria Cristina Onorati Functional interaction between chromatin remodelers and non-coding RNA’s |
Friday, 4 June
| Session II |
GENOMIC STABILITY, PLASTICITY AND DIFFERENTIATION Chair: Giulia Piaggio |
| 9.00-9.45 |
Keynote Lecture: Marco Foiani [Podcast sponsored by QIAGEN]Mechanisms controlling genome integrity |
| 9.45-10.10 |
Maria Pia Longhese Regulating processing of accidental and specialized chromosome ends |
| 10.10-10.35 |
Enrico Avvedimento Transcription driven by oxidation: chromatin loops |
| 10.35-11.00 |
Claudio Brancolini Isopeptidases in the control of apoptosis: exploring new therapeutic potentials |
| 11.00-11.20 | Coffee Break |
| 11.20-11.35 |
Chiara Lanzuolo Maintenance of PcG mediated epigenetic signatures through S phase in Drosophila melanogaster |
| 11.35-11.50 |
Elena Longobardi Expression and function of the TALE proteins in mouse mammary gland stem cell and progenitors |
| 11.50-12.05 |
Simona Pilotto Design and development of new inhibitors of the histone demethylases LSD1 and LSD2 |
| Session III |
SIGNALING PATHWAYS Chair: Giannino Del Sal |
| 12.05-12.50 |
Keynote Lecture: Pier Paolo Di Fiore [Podcast sponsored by QIAGEN] Decoding the endocytic matrix |
| 12.50-13.50 | Lunch |
| 13.50-14.15 |
Alberto Gulino Regulation of Hedgehog/Gli function in neural stem/progenitor and medulloblastoma cells |
| 14.15-14.40 |
Francesca Granucci CD14 regulates the dendritic cell life cycle through NFAT activation following LPS encounter |
| 14.40-14.55 |
Barbara Stecca Hedgehog-Gli signaling controls neural stem cell and tumor cell numbers |
| 14.55-15.10 |
Fiamma Mantovani BRD7 is a candidate tumor suppressor gene required for p53 function |
| 15.10-15.25 |
Fabiana Aceto Mechanism of retinoic acid-induced transcription: epigenetic changes, DNA oxidation and formation of chromatin loops |
| 15.25-16.35 | Poster Session II |
| 16.35-16.55 | Coffee break |
| Session IV |
SIGNALING PATHWAYS AS THERAPEUTIC TARGETS Chair: Francesco Cecconi |
| 16.55-17.40 |
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| 17.40-18.05 |
Giovanni Blandino Therapeutic targets in breast cancer |
| 18.05-18.30 |
Antonello Pietrangelo Targeting the hepcidin signalling pathway to cure human iron disorders |
| 18.30-18.45 |
Anna Montesano Resveratrol promotes myogenesis and hypertrophy in murine myoblasts |
| 18.45-19.00 |
Alessio Valletti Identification of tumor-associated alternative splicing events in human cancer through EST-based computational prediction and experimental validation |
| 19.00-19.15 |
Simona Pedrotti The RNA-binding protein Sam68 regulates SMN2 exon 7 alternative splicing in spinal muscular atrophy |
| 20.30 | Social dinner |
Saturday, 5 June
| Session V |
CELL BIOLOGY & CELL THERAPY Chair: Enrico Avvedimento |
| 9.00-9.45 |
Keynote Lecture: Rosario Rizzuto Mitochondria, calcium, and cell death |
| 9.45-10.10 |
Francesco Cecconi Autophagy regulation in cell death and survival |
| 10.10-10.35 |
Michele De Luca Epithelial stem cells and regenerative medicine |
| 10.35-10.55 | Coffee Break |
| 10.55-11.20 |
Luca Scorrano Size matters: mitochondrial elongation is a conserved and protective step of autophagy |
| 11.20-11.35 |
Paolo Grumati Autophagy is defective in dystrophic muscle and its reactivation rescues myofiber degeneration |
| 11.35-11.50 |
Marco Tripodi Epithelial differentiation and liver zonation of hepatocyte imply coordinate activation and repression of HNF4α target genes |
| 11.50-12.55 | Chiara D'Onofrio "Giovani" Award |
| 12.55 | Final remarks |
Podcasts
Deadlines
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Abstract submission and registration
26 April 2010
Organisers
Stefano Piccolo
Giannino Del Sal
