Program

AULA A

Chairs: Giorgia Puleo, Fabiola Vaglica, Emanuele Vitale

• 14:15 - 15:00

Opening

Valeria Vetri, Dean of the PhD Course

Antonina Pirrotta, Dean of the PhD School - University of Palermo

Vincenzo Arizza, Head of STEBICEF Department

Gioacchino Massimo Palma, Head of DiFC Department

Delia Francesca Chillura Martino, Head of ATeN Center

Simone Dario Scilabra, Fondazione Ri.MED

Adelaide Carista, Representative of PhD Students in the PhD School for Macroarea I

• 15:00 - 16:00

Invited Talk: Anna Piccinini - Macrophage Rhapsody: the Molecular and Cellular Orchestra of Macrophage Fusion and Foreign Body Response

• 16:00 - 16:45

Mattia Romeo - Performance Quality Assurance for AI tool in radiotherapy

Francesca Terracina - Production of Modified-release Microparticles Produced by Spray-Drying for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Emanuela Peri - New Perspectives On The Epithelial-To-Mesenchymal Transition In Breast Cancer

• 16:45 - 16:55

Flash Talks: Enrico Tornatore, Paolo Accardo, Mattia Biondo

Coffee break and Poster Session 16:55 - 17:25

• 17:25 - 17:30

Flash Talks: Tommaso Butini, Flavia Cannizzaro, Paola Sofia Cardinale

• 17:30 - 18:15

Silvia La Scala - The role of plant growth promoting bacteria in growth and bioactive molecule production of Mediterranean aromatic plants

Salvatore Martino - DNA methylation regulates chromosome segregation during mitosis

Francesco La Monica - A regenerative medicine approach for the treatment of chronic wounds

AULA A

Chairs: Emanuela Peri, Francesca Terracina, Enrico Tornatore

• 14:30 - 15:15

Invited Talk: Alice Sciortino - Carbon Nanodots: Exploring Fundamental Properties and Biomedical Uses

• 15:15 - 16:00

Giorgia Puleo - Targeting Bacterial Lipid Membranes using the Synergistic Effects of N-Doped TiO₂ and AuNRs in Photodynamic Therapy

Fabiola Vaglica - Effects of anti-MMP-14 antibody response in Dupuytren’s disease: looking forward to novel therapeutic strategies

Federica Affranchi - Unlocking Grape Pomace's Health Power: Subcritical Water Method to the Extraction of Potent Anti-oxidant Compounds

• 16:00 - 16:10

Flash Talks: Lucia Condorelli, Alessandra Cusimano, Flaviana Falci, Serena Gargano

• 16:10 - 16:20

Emanuele Pedicone - DL Rappresentanze scientifiche Srl

Coffee break and Poster Session 16:20 - 16:50

• 16:50 - 17:05 

Flash Talks:  Chiara Massaro, Sara Ragusa, Elisabetta Scalia, Giuseppe Siragusa 

• 17:05 - 17:50

Lisa Longo - A biophysical approach to study an orphan disease: the case of cblC,  a rare inborn disorder of vitamin B12 intracellular metabolism

Emanuele Vitale - Assessing readthrough in nonsense diseases: studying the mechanism of action (MoA) of NV molecules using the advanced in vitro model PURE-LITE system

Adele Cicio - Toxicity, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of Brassica macrocarpa Guss leaf extract in copper sulfate-induced inflammation in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo

AULA E

Chairs: Emanuela Peri, Giorgia Puleo, Francesca Terracina

• 14:30 - 15:15

Invited Talk: Calogero Fiorica - Polymeric Biomaterials: Developing New Solutions for Regenerative Medicine Applications

• 15:15 - 16:00

Gabriele Lo Buglio - Enhancing doxorubicin uptake and efficacy through degradation of extracellular matrix in primary tumor spheroids

Francesco Cancilla - Development of injectable bioresponsive hybrid hydrogels based on waterborne polyurethane and hyaluronic acid for targeted intratumoral drug delivery

Simona Titoli - RNA editing therapeutic strategies for the correction of nonsense mutations for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis

Coffee break and Poster Session 16:00 - 16:30

• 16:30 - 17:15 

Fazal Subhan - Innovative Nonsense Suppressors: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation

Sara Volpes - Epigenomic and epigenetic studies of Anderson Fabry Disease:  from GLA Gene Methylation to Creation of an In Vitro Cell Model

Raffaele Sabbatella - RNA Binding Proteins in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection

• 17:15 - 18:15

Round Table

• 18:15 - 18:30

Closing and Awards ceremony