Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences BtBs
January 18 - 19, 2024
organized by Silvia Nicolis and Silvia Brunelli
Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences and Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca
Venue: University of Milano-Bicocca,
Building U18-YGEIA, Room 06, via Podgora, 20854 Vedano al Lambro (MB)
The seminar is OPEN to everyone.
Attendance certificates are also valid for the acquisition of CFUs, only for participants in classrooms U18-06 (Jan. 18-19) and U3-01 (Jan. 18 only, 4:15 to 6 p.m.).
Tuesday 19 December 2023, 11 am, room U7-17
Sara Molinari, Fischell Department of Bioengineering University of Maryland College Park
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
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