Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences BtBs

BtBsDay2013

Giornata del Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze 2013

5 December 2013 - room U3-05

Program
    
09:00  REGISTRATION

09:30 OPENING OF WORK: Marina Lotti – Director of the BtBs Department

Chair: Carolina Lenzken, Giusy Adamo, Paola Sperandeo

09:45 Telmo Pievani – Department of Biology - University of Padua
“Scienza e Democrazia: le Analogie e le Differenze”
10:30 Andrea Becchetti – “Cholinergic and peptidergic transmission in the cerebral cortex: physiology and pathology”
10:45 Roberto Cighetti – “Small molecules: from design to biological characterization”

11:00  COFFEE BREAK

11:30 Ferdinando Chiaradonna – “Cancer cell death induced by glucose starvation involves Hexosamine Biosynthesis Pathway and Unfolded Protein Response activation”
11:45 Laura Dato – “L-ascorbic acid-producing yeast and the role of oxidative stress tolerance in conditions relevant for industrial fermentations”
12:00 Luca Sala – “An alternative approach to electrophysiology: the dynamic clamp technique”
12:15 Yoram Rudy – Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center - Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
“Mechanisms of human cardiac arrhythmias: noninvasive studies with electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI)”

12:40 LUNCH and POSTER SESSION

Chair: Laura Dato, Andrea Galimberti, Reinaldo Alvarez

14:30 Giovanni Sannia – Department of Chemical Sciences - University of Naples Federico II
“Frontiers in Chemistry: laccases as a solution for the green chemistry demand of our future”
15:00 ROUND TABLE
- Armando De Crinito – Attività Produttive Ricerca e Innovazione - Regione Lombardia
“Opportunità offerte dalla regione Lombardia per le relazioni Università-Impresa”
- Danilo Porro – “Sviluppo di un brevetto, valorizzazione commerciale e Horizon 2020 workflow”
- Le 3 Missioni dell'Università nel rapporto con le imprese:  Alessandra Polissi (1° missione: Formazione), Francesco Peri (2° missione: Ricerca),  Massimo Labra (3° missione: Reti di Impresa)
- Imprese BtBs e altre realtà: Emanuele Ferri (FEM2-Ambiente S.r.l. - UNIMIB), Davide Prosperi e Francesca Granucci (inTHEna S.r.l. -  UNIMIB/UNIMI), Giovanni Sannia (BioPox S.r.l. - UNINA)
- Francesco Nicotra  – Conclusioni e prospettive

16:45 POSTER AWARD CEREMONY and CONCLUSION OF THE WORK

The conference will be held in Italian

For information: btbsday@unimib.it

The organizers: Paola Sperandeo, Laura Dato, Andrea Galimberti, Giusy Adamo, Reinaldo Alvarez, Carolina Lenzken

Flyer - Program

BtBsDay2012

December 3rd 2012, Room U3-05

Invited speaker:
Professor Gerd B. Müller
Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna

Morning session (chairmen Andrea Galimberti – Paola Sperandeo)

09.45 - 10.00 Opening
10.00 - 10.50 G. B. Müller: “Novelty in Limb Development”
10.50 - 11.15 M. Casiraghi: “Next Generation Sequencing Techniques for Biodiversity Investigation”
11.15 - 11.40 A. Galimberti: “DNA-based Approaches for The Monitoring and Implementation of Biodiversity and Habitat Connectivity”
11.40 - 12.05 G. Strona: “Ecological Frameworks of Host-Parasite Networks”

12.05 - 13.35 Lunch break and Poster session

Afternoon session (chairmen Laura Dato – Alessandra Martorana)

13.35 - 14.00 R. Ambrosini: “Ecology of Glacial Environments”
14.00 - 14.25 G. Adamo: “Evolution of Copper Tolerance in Yeast Cells”
14.25 - 14.50 A Broggi: “Migratory and Not Lymphoid-resident, Dendritic Cells Maintain Peripheral Self-tolerance and Prevent Autoimmunity Via Induction of iTreg Cells”

14.50 - 15.05 Coffee break

15.05 - 15.30 F. Chiaradonna: “Glucose Deprivation Induces Cell Death in Glycolytic K-Ras Transformed Cells by Activating Unfolded Protein Response”
15.55 - 16.20 R. Rizzetto: “Pathophysiology of the Late Sodium Current: From Cardiac to Pancreatic β Cells”
16.20 - 16.35 M. Lecchi - S. Tavazzi: “Biocompatible Materials for Applications in Contact Lenses”
16.35 - 16.50 P. Galli: “MALDIVES: NOT JUST A PARADISE. Hot Topics in Sharing with Mario Negri Institute, MIT Politecnico di Milano”

16.50 - end Poster prize and Closing

The organizing team:
Cristina Airoldi, Laura Dato, Andrea Galimberti, Alessandra Martorana, Paola Sperandeo

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