February 10, 2025
8:30-9:00 REGISTRATION
9:00 - 9:15 INTRODUCTION: Conference chairs (S. De Marino, M. Fenice, D. Schillaci )
9:15 - 9:30 WELCOME SPEECHES
Session one Marine Fungal Biological and Chemical Diversity
9:30-10:15 PLENARY LECTURE
Chairs: M. V. D'Auria, M. Fenice
PL1. Pieter van West (University of Aberdeen, U.K.)
"Diversity of Marine pathogenic fungi and oomycetes"
ORAL SESSION
10:15- 10:45 O1. Maria Chiara Monti (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy),
Invited Speaker
"A functional proteomics-based multidisciplinary strategy for natural products
target deconvolution"
10:45- 11:20 Coffee Break
Chairs: G. Della Sala, M. Pasqualetti
11:20-11:40 O2. Massimiliano Fenice (University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy)
"Production and characterization of new bioactive molecules against emerging and/or multidrug-resistant pathogens by neglected poly- extremophilic marine fungi" (The MYCOSEAS Project, PRIN 2022)
11:40 - 12:00 O3. Martina Braconcini (University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy)
"Halocynthia papillosa: an unexpected repository of new marine fungi"
12:00 - 12:20 O4. Valerio Mazzella (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Ischia, Italy)
"Marine fungi appear in random associations in Mediterranean sponge holobionts"
12:20 - 12:40 O5. Carmen Festa (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy)
"Exploring the diversity of marine natural products and current challenge in drug discovery"
12:40-14:55 Light Lunch
14:55-15:40 PLENARY LECTURE
Chairs: S. De Marino, D. Schillaci, C. Finamore
PL2. Cristina Giovanna Varese (University of Turin, Italy)
"The role of culture collections in the biodiversity preservation and valorisation of marine fungi in different biotechnological sectors"
ORAL SESSION
15:40-16:00 O6. Gerardo Della Sala (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy)
"Top-down and bottom-up strategies to mine marine extremophiles for bioactive natural products"
16:00-16.20 O7. Susanna Gorrasi (University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy)
"Chlonostachys rosea IG119: a polyextremophilic chitinolytic marine strain"
16:20-16:40 O8. Valentina Catania (University of Palermo, Italy)
"Antibacterial, antifungal and antibiofilm activities from marine fungi"
16:40- 17:15 Coffee Break
17:15-18:15 POSTER SECTION
Free Dinner and Time
February 11, 2025
ORAL SESSION
Chairs: C. Festa, S. Gorrasi
09:30 - 10:00 O9. Donatella De Pascale (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy), Invited Speaker
"Revealing the biotechnological potential of marine extremophilic microorganisms for the production of novel biosurfactants and other bioactive compounds"
10:00 - 10:20 O10. Emilia Palazzotto (University of Palermo, Italy)
"Antiviral activity evaluation of Tamaricicola sp PN38 and Clonostachys rosea IG119 extracts against Echovirus 11"
10:20 - 10:40 O11. Silvia Scarpato (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy).
"Feature-based molecular networking to mine the metabolome of Zostera marina-associated microbiome and the siderophore- producing extremophile Vibrio gigantis P47"
10:40-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:00 CLOSING REMARKS
12:00- 13:30 SOCIAL ACTIVITY: Tour of the A. Dohrn structure
13:30 END of the WORKSHOP