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SIBBM 2024 • Frontiers in Molecular Biology

SIBBM 2024 • Frontiers in Molecular Biology

The time of Molecular Biology:
development, homeostasis and aging

The time of Molecular Biology:
development, homeostasis and aging

Trento, Italy • 17-19 June 2024

Trento, Italy • 17-19 June 2024

SIBBM 2024 • Frontiers in Molecular Biology

The time of Molecular Biology:
development, homeostasis and aging

Trento, Italy • 17-19 June 2024

Preliminary Programme

Programme

  • 12:20-13:20 Light lunch and registration
    13:20-13:30 Welcome address
    Francesca Demichelis, Prorettrice alla Ricerca, University of Trento
    Session I - RNA, from basic science to advanced therapies
    CHAIRS: Angela Gallo (Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome) and Francesco Nicassio (IIT, Milan)
    13:30-14:00 Danny Incarnato (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
    14:00-14:30 Dafne Campigli Di Giammartino (Center for Human Technologies IIT, Genoa, Italy)
    3D chromatin hubs support oncogenic programs in glioblastoma
    14:30-15:50 4 Talks chosen from submitted abstracts
    15:50-17:20 Poster Session 1 and coffee break
    17:20-18:20 Symposium: Science and Society
    Scienza e Politica: L'influenza delle conoscenze scientifiche nelle decisioni politiche

    Paolo Vineis (Imperial College, London, UK)
    Valeria Poli (University of Turin, Italy)
    Lucia Busatta (University of Trento, Italy)

    18:30 Bus from Trento to Toblino
    19:00 Social dinner in Toblino Castle
  • Session II - Epigenetic modifications in health and disease
    CHAIRS: Tiziana Bonaldi (University of Milan) and Ian Marc Bonapace (University of Insubria, Varese)
    8:30-9:00 Maxim Greenberg (Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France)
    9:00-9:40 2 Talks chosen from submitted abstracts
    9:40-9:50 Tea Kacman (IMMAGINA Biotechnology)
    Unlock the power of tRNA with Nano-tRNAseq
    9:50-11:20 Poster Session 2 and coffee break
    11:20-12:20 3 Talks chosen from submitted abstracts
    12:20-12:50 Luca Magnani (The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom)
    Sleepwalking through evolution: a tale of dormancy and hormone dependent breast cancer
    12:50-13:00 Sponsor Talk NEGEDIA
    13:00-14:00 Lunch
    Session III - Aging and senescence
    CHAIRS: Caterina Missero (CEINGE, University of Naples) and Cosima T. Baldari (University of Siena)
    14:00-14:30 EMBL Lecture
    Paolo Vineis (Imperial College, London, UK)
    Ageing: a Molecular Epidemiology perspective
    14:30-15:00 Francesco Neri (University of Turin, Italy)
    15:00-15:30 Valerio Orlando (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
    15:30-16:50 4 Talks chosen from submitted abstracts
    16:50-17:00 Short Talk by ILLUMINA (Gold Sponsor)
    17:00-18:30 Poster Session 3 and coffee break
    18:30-19:30 SIBBM members’ general assembly
  • Session IV - Stem cells and organoids for development and disease
    (joint Session with Associazione di Biologia Cellulare e del Differenziamento - ABCD)
    CHAIRS: Massimo Gulisano (University of Catania and SCRB, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA) and Alessandro Fiorenzano (CNR Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples)
    8:30-9:50 4 Talks chosen from submitted abstracts
    9:50-10:00 Emma Di Capua (AHSI Biotechnology)
    Measure what’s Important to your Cell: Agilent Seahorse XF Analysis opens up live-cell kinetic windows into cell function
    10:00-10:30 Irene Faravelli (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA)
    10:30-11:10 Coffee break
    11:00-11:30 Ernesto Guccione (Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA)
    11:30-12:00 Graziano Martello (University of Padua, Italy)
    12:00-12:30 Riccardo Cortese Lecture
    Gabriella Minchiotti (CNR Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples, Italy)
    12:30-13:00 Prizes and wrap-up