Scientific Program
Scientific Program
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Day 1
Wednesday, June 18th
Wednesday, June 18th
📝 13:00 –14:00 Registration
14:00-14:15
Kick-off for DCSB 2025
Kick-off for DCSB 2025
Alessandra Magistrato
14:15-16:40
Session 1 (part A) Chairpersons: Francesco Musiani & Michael Assfalg
Session 1 (part A) Chairpersons: Francesco Musiani & Michael Assfalg
14:15- 14:55 IL01: Kourosh Ebrahimi, King’s College, London, UK"Metalloproteins in immune response and platform for developing"
14:55-15:10 OR01: Luca Mazzei, University of Bologna"Isothermal Titration Calorimetry as a powerful technique for comprehensive characterization of enzyme inhibition mechanisms"
15:10-15:25 OR02: Luisa D’Anna, University of Palermo“On the G4 binding and anticancer effects of copper(II) Schiff base complexes”
15:25 – 15:40 OR03: Deborah Grifagni, University of Florence“Structural investigation of FDX2 pathogenic variants reveals molecular mechanisms driving the rare mitochondrial disorder MEOAL”
15:40 –16:40 Coffee Break & Poster Session* ☕📜
16:40-18:30
Session 1 (part B) Chairpersons: Edoardo Cellupica & Cecilia Pozzi
Session 1 (part B) Chairpersons: Edoardo Cellupica & Cecilia Pozzi
16:40-16:45 Italfarmaco “G. De Santis” Award Ceremony 🏅
16:45 – 17:05 AL01: Jana Aupic, CNR-IOM, Trieste "Sugar puckering controls the enzymatic activity of an artificial ribozyme"
17:05 – 17:20 OR04: Laura Rigobello, University of Bologna"A computational study to investigate mitochondrial Complex I variants associated with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy"
17:20 – 17:35 OR05: Cosimo Ciofalo, University of Florence"Benchmarking Zinc-Binding Site Predictors: A Comparative Analysis of Structure-Based Approaches"
17:35-18:30 Assembly of the Members of the Division of Chemistry of Biology Systems
16:45 – 17:05 AL01: Jana Aupic, CNR-IOM, Trieste "Sugar puckering controls the enzymatic activity of an artificial ribozyme"
17:05 – 17:20 OR04: Laura Rigobello, University of Bologna"A computational study to investigate mitochondrial Complex I variants associated with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy"
17:20 – 17:35 OR05: Cosimo Ciofalo, University of Florence"Benchmarking Zinc-Binding Site Predictors: A Comparative Analysis of Structure-Based Approaches"
17:35-18:30 Assembly of the Members of the Division of Chemistry of Biology Systems
Day 2
Thursday, June 19th
Thursday, June 19th
09:00-11:20
Session 2 (part A) Chairpersons: Angelo Spinello & Silvia Marchesan
Session 2 (part A) Chairpersons: Angelo Spinello & Silvia Marchesan
09:00 - 09:40 IL02: Monika Fuxreiter, University of Padova"Fuzzy protein interactions in the cell"
09:40 – 09:55 OR06: Jussara Amato, University of Naples“G-Quadruplex-Targeting Peptides: A Novel Class of Promising Anticancer Agents”
09:55 – 10:10 OR07: Alessia De Santis, University of Florence"Application of the PROTAC-based approach to trigger proteolysis of the Coxsackievirus B3 main protease"
10:10 – 10:25 OR08: Martina Garbagnoli, University of Pavia"Interfering in the formation of HuR-mRNA complexes with small molecules: A New Approach in Cancer Therapy"
10:25 -11:20 Coffee Break and & Poster Session* ☕📜
11:20-12:45
Session 2 (part B) Chairpersons: Francesco Peri & Cristina Forzato
Session 2 (part B) Chairpersons: Francesco Peri & Cristina Forzato
11:20 – 11:25 Angelini Pharma Prize for Best PhD thesis 🏅
11:25 - 11:45 AL02: Francesco Rinaldi, IIT, Genoa"Elucidating the BRCA2-RAD51 interaction through an integrated biophysical and structural biology approach"
11:45 – 12:00 OR09: Valentina Arciuolo, University di Naples"Exploring synergic dual-targeting: Iron chelators and G-quadruplex binders"
12:00 – 12:15 OR10: Claudio Pino, University of Bologna"Precision medicine in cancer: drug repurposing strategies targeting DNApolymerase ε for cancer therapy"
12:15 – 12:30 OR11: Giorgio Bonollo, University of Pavia"Discovering Protein Conformational Motions through Enhanced Descriptors Analysis: FAN Method"
12:30 – 12:45 OR12: Alessandra Ritacca, University of Calabria"Light-absorbers compounds interacting with cellular membranes for therapeutic approaches"
🍝12:45 - 14:15 Lunch
14:15-16:25
Session 2 (part C) Chairpersons: Alessandra Magistrato & Federico Berti
Session 2 (part C) Chairpersons: Alessandra Magistrato & Federico Berti
14:15 - 14:55 IL03: Gregor Anderluh, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, SI"The structure of protein nanopore reveals intricate protein-lipid and lipid-lipid interactions"
14:55 – 15:10 OR13: Alessio Bartocci, University of Milan "Allosteric Pathways in Ligand-Sigma-1 Receptor Complexes: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
15:10 – 15:25 OR14: Pasquale Sacco, University of Trieste"Agarose hydrogels as platform for 3D mechanobiology investigation: from macromolecular arrangement to biological response"
15:25 – 15:40 OR15: Margherita Piccardi, University of Pisa"Engineering a High-Affinity Fibronectin-Based Scaffold for Targeting Mesothelin in Cancer Therapy"
15:40 -15:55 OR16: Francesca Paoletti, CNR-IC, Trieste"Differential Interactions between ATP and NGF / proNGF: Chance or Necessity?"
15:55 -16:25 Coffee Break and & Poster Session* ☕📜
16:25-17:45
Session 2 (part D) Chairpersons: Francesco Musiani & Alessio Romerio
Session 2 (part D) Chairpersons: Francesco Musiani & Alessio Romerio
16:25 – 16:30 Angelini Pharma Prize for Best Master Thesis 🏅
16:30 – 16:45 AL03: Silvia Oliveti, University of Florence"Novel methods to investigate multidomain proteins"
16:45 – 17:00 OR17: Christian Buratto, University of Padova"Ruthenium-based polyoxometalates as a possible chaperone in cryo-EM protein structure determination: a case study"
17:00 – 17:15 OR18: Chiara Pizzo, University of Trieste"Structural study on a new class of HIV-1 protease inhibitors"
17:15 – 17:30 OR19: Gabriele Travagliante, University of Catania"Porphyrins as multifunctional probes for nucleic acid structures"
17:30 – 17:45 OR20: Pavel Janos, CNR-IOM, Trieste"RNA recognition-triggered conformational changes of splicesome via machine learning enhanced simulations"
17:45
Free-time for visiting Trieste 🏰⛵
Free-time for visiting Trieste 🏰⛵
20:30
Day 3
Friday, June 20th
Friday, June 20th
09:30-11:10
Session 3 (part A) Chairpersons: Francesco Peri & Rita De Zorzi
Session 3 (part A) Chairpersons: Francesco Peri & Rita De Zorzi
09:30 – 09:35 Medal “G. Barone” Award Ceremony 🏅
09:35 – 10:15 AL04: Massimo Coletta, IRCCS Fondazione Bietti"ALLOSTERIC MODULATION OF CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN PROTEASOME"
10:15 - 10:30 OR21: Marilisa Leone, CNR-IBB"Cancer-related mutations in the Sam domains of EphA2 receptor and its binding partners: a computational pipeline to get insights into structure-function relationships"
10:30 – 10:45 OR22: Jacopo Sgrignani, Institute for research in biomedicine, Bellinzona, CH"Reawakening PTEN: A Ubiquitin Pathway Approach"
10:45 -11:10 Coffee Break and & Poster Session* ☕📜
11:10-12:45
Session 3 (part B) Chairpersons: Federico Berti & Silvano Geremia
Session 3 (part B) Chairpersons: Federico Berti & Silvano Geremia
11:10 - 11:15 Best Poster Prize 🎖️
11:15 – 11:30 OR23: Barbara Zambelli, University of Bologna"Phosphorylation of the intrinsically disordered region of NDRG1, a lung cancer-associated protein, changes its interactions with lipids and nickel"
11:30– 11:45 OR24: Giovanna Viola, University of Verona "Stable ubiquitin conjugation provides a new approach for biological study of Tau protein"
11:45 – 12:00 OR25: Rita Pagano, University of Naples"Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Silybin–Carnosinol Hybrids as Multitarget Agents for Inflammation-Related Disorders"
12:00 – 12:15 OR26: Valentina Monaci, University of Florence"Optimizing vaccine design for prevention of neonatal sepsis"
12:15 – 12:30 OR27: Sara Cascone, University of Bologna"Exploiting Lysozyme as Carborane Supramolecular Carrier for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy"
12:30 – 12:45 OR28: Davide Marin, University of Trieste"Tyrosine Photocrosslinking in Peptide Hydrogels: the Importance of Position and Chirality"
12:45-13:00
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
*The poster sessions will be held in the Council Hall of the same Department (first floor)
*The poster sessions will be held in the Council Hall of the same Department (first floor)
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