Wednesday 23rd September 2009
| 08:30 | Registration of SIB attendants (Aula CUS,CittàUniversitaria, Via S.Sofia 64, Viale A.Doria, 6) |
| 09:00-13:30 | Meeting of SIB groups (Dipartimento di Matematica, rooms 2, 3, 126, 127, 128 , Città Universitaria, Via S. Sofia 64, Viale A. Doria, 6) |
| 09:00-11:00 | Gruppo Sviluppo, Differenziamento e Apoptosi (Dipartimento di Matematica, room 128, Città Universitaria, Via S. Sofia 64, Viale A. Doria, 6) |
| 11:30-13:30 | Gruppo Biochimica della Nutrizione (Dipartimento di Matematica, room 128, Città Universitaria, Via S. Sofia 64, Viale A. Doria, 6) |
| 09:00-11:00 | Gruppi Biochimica Cellulare ed Immunologia Biochimica (Dipartimento di Matematica, room 3, Città Universitaria, Via S. Sofia 64, Viale A. Doria, 6) |
| 11:30-13:30 | Gruppo Nucleotidi, Acidi Nucleici e Genomi (Dipartimento di Matematica, room 3, Città Universitaria, Via S. Sofia 64, Viale A. Doria, 6) |
| 09:00-11:00 | Gruppo di Neurochimica (Dipartimento di Matematica, room 127, Città Universitaria, Via S. Sofia 64, Viale A. Doria, 6) |
| 11:30-13:30 | Gruppo Membrane e Bioenergetica (Dipartimento di Matematica, room 127, Città Universitaria, Via S. Sofia 64, Viale A. Doria, 6) |
| 09:00-11:00 | Gruppo Ammine Biogene (Dipartimento di Matematica, room 126, Città Universitaria, Via S. Sofia 64, Viale A. Doria, 6) |
| 09:00-13:30 | Simposio congiunto Gruppi “Proteine” ed “Enzimologia e regolazione metabolica”: Evolution and regulation of the enzymatic function (Dipartimento di Matematica,
room 2, Città Universitaria, Via S. Sofia 64, Viale A. Doria, 6) Chairpersons: Menico Rizzi (Novara) Maria Antonietta Vanoni (Milano) |
| 09:00 | Gianfranco Gilardi
(University of Turin) Going beyond nature? The making of new enzymes by directed evolution |
| 09:30 | Alessio Peracchi
(University of Parma) Catalytic DNA: shedding light on substrate binding and catalysis by a small deoxyribozyme |
| 10:00 | Fabrizio Chiti
(University of Florence) The birth of the enzymatic function along the folding pathway |
| 10:30 | Presentation selected from submitted abstracts |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | Maria Di Girolamo
(Consorzio Mario Negri Sud) The evolution of macro-domains as target-recognition sites within enzymes that regulate ADP-ribosylation |
| 12:00 | Nadia Raffaelli
(University Polytechnic of Marche) Linking enzymatic function to transcription regulation: the case of NAD biosynthesis |
| 12:30 | Stefania Hanau
(University of Ferrara) X-ray escaping conformational changes affecting the enzymatic function |
| 13:00 | Presentation selected from submitted abstracts |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | Poster Session 1 |
| 17:00 | Opening Cerimony Aula Magna, Palazzo Centrale Università di Catania
(Piazza Università) - Welcome Addresses Antonino Recca (Rector of the University of Catania) Giuseppe Ronsisvalle (Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Catania) Antonio De Flora (SIB President) Anna Maria Giuffrida Stella (Meeting Honorary President) Angelo Vanella (Meeting President) |
| 18:00 | Antonini Lecture “Emilia Chiancone” (University “La
Sapienza” of Rome) Dps proteins, an efficient means to detoxify iron and protect DNA in the bacterial response to oxidative stress |
| 19:00 | Cocktail |
Thursday 24th September 2009
| 08:30-11:00 | Symposium A: Biochemistry and biotechnology of cell engineering Chairpersons: Cesare Balduini (Pavia) Mauro Magnani (Urbino) |
| 08:30 |
Giuseppe Astori
(Cell Therapy Unit, Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano) What you must know if you would like to enter in the cell therapy arena |
| 09:00 |
Paola Romagnani (Excellence Center for Research, Transfer and High
Education Denothe, University of Florence) Toward the identification of a human renal progenitor system |
| 09:30 |
Mauro Magnani
(University of Urbino) Engineering red blood cells for the delivery of drugs and contrasting agents |
| 10:00 | Presentation
selected from submitted abstracts |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| Removal of posters Session 1 | |
| 11:00-13:30 | Symposium B: Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases Chairpersons: Anna Maria Giuffrida Stella (Catania) Tommaso Russo (Napoli) |
| 11:00 | Agata Copani
(University of Catania) Beta-amyloid not just toxic anymore |
| 11:30 | Giuseppe Rotilio (University
"Tor Vergata" of Rome) New insights into the role of oxidative stress in ageing and neurodegeneration |
| 12:00 | Giorgio Lenaz
(University of Bologna) Mitochondrial Complex I and neurodegeneration |
| 12:30 | Vincenzo Nicoletti (University of Catania) Glycating conditions affect aggregation and toxicity of amyloidogenic peptides |
| 13:00 | Gianfrancesco Goracci (University of Perugia) Brain low molecular weight phospholipases A2 (sPLA2): role in neuronal functions and in neurodegerative diseases |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | Poster Session 2 |
| 15:00-17:00 | Symposium C: micro-RNA: Novel players of gene regulation Chairpersons: Giuseppe Macino (Roma) Irene Bozzoni (Roma) |
| 15:00 | Giuseppe Macino (University
“La Sapienza” of Rome) The micro RNA world |
| 15:30 | Ana Eulalio (Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin) Mechanisms of micro RNA-mediated gene silencing |
| 16:00 | Irene Bozzoni (University
“La Sapienza” of Rome) Role of small non coding RNAs in the physiopathology and therapy of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy |
| 16:30 | Luigi Naldini ("S. Raffaele"
Hospital of Milan) Exploiting and antagonizing microRNA regulation for therapeutic applications |
| 17:00 | Coffee break |
| 17:30-20:00 | Symposium D: Epigenetic modifications in health and disease Chairpersons: Lorenzo Chiariotti (Napoli) Filiberto Cimino (Napoli) |
| 17:30 | Paola Caiafa
(University “La Sapienza” of Rome) Epigenetics: poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of PARP-1 regulates genomic methylation patterns |
| 18:00 | Gioacchino Natoli (European Institute of Oncology,
of Milan) The epigenome and the control of inflammatory gene expression |
| 18:30 | Nicoletta Landsberger (University of Insubria, Varese) Molecular genetics of Rett Syndrome: when epigenetic signals go unrecognized |
| 19:00 | Lorenzo Chiariotti
(University “Federico II” of Naples) Epigenetics of human behaviour |
| 20:00 | Removal of posters Session 2 |
| 21:30 | Party, wine and cheese (Città Universitaria Viale A. Doria, 6; Via S. Sofia 64, Catania) |
Friday 25th September 2009
| 08:30-11:00 | Symposium E: Glycobiology of human diseases Chairpersons: Alessandro Prinetti (Milano) Bruno Venerando (Milano) |
| 8:30 |
Jin-ichi Inokuchi
(Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Japan) Insulin Resistance as a Membrane Microdomain Disorder |
| 9:00 |
Antonio Rossi
(University of Pavia) Glycosaminoglycan sulfation and skeletal dysplasias |
| 9:30 |
Giuseppe Campo (University of Messina) Hyaluronan: double role in inflammation |
| 10:00 |
Carla Emiliani
(University of Perugia) Acidic glycohydrolases localization and regulation: pathological implications |
| 10:30 | Presentation selected from submitted abstracts |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:30-13:30 | Symposium F: Biochemical mechanisms of metabolic diseases and their vascular complications Chairpersons: Patrizia Galletti (Napoli) Bruno Barbiroli (Bologna) |
| 11:30 | Giovanni Solinas (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) Pro-inflammatory pathways in obesity-related disorders |
| 12:00 | Massimo Federici
(University "Tor Vergata" of Rome) Proteases at the interface of metabolic diseases and vascular inflammation |
| 12:30 | Diego Ingrosso (Second University of Naples) Molecular Mechanisms of Hyperhomocysteinemia as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor |
| 13:00 | Francesco Paolo Mancini (University of Sannio) The dietary antioxidant resveratrol and cardiovascular disease |
| 13:30 | Mauro Maccarrone (University of Teramo) Endocannabinoid metabolism and glucose transport |
| 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | Poster Session 3 |
| 15:00-18:00 | Symposium G: Nitric oxide and Carbon monoxide in biology and medicine Chairpersons: Richard Roman (Milwakee) Giovanni Scapagnini (Campobasso) |
| 15:00 | Nader G. Abraham
(New York Medical College, USA) Nitric oxide-Carbon monoxide interaction and Oxidative stress in obesity and diabetes |
| 15:40 | Maurizio Brunori
(University
“La Sapienza” of Rome) Nitrite reduction, a function emerging from a pre-aerobic past |
| 16:05 | Emilio Clementi
(University of Milan) The role of nitric oxide and its control of mitochondrial dynamics in differentiating myoblasts |
| Chairpersons: Ferdinando Palmieri (Bari) Hisanori Suzuki (Verona) |
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| 16:40 | Francisca Rodriguez (University of Murcia, Spain) Carbon monoxide and Nitric Oxide interactions: implications for renal pathophysiology |
| 17:00 | Roberto Motterlini
(Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa) Carbon monoxide-releasing molecules: vasodilatory and anti- ischemic properties |
| 17:20 | Giovanni Li Volti (University of Catania) NO/CO crosstalk in oxidative stress and organ protection |
| 17:40 | Shinya Yoshikawa
(University of Hyogo, Japan) X-ray structures of CO, NO and cyanide derivatives of bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase |
| 18:30-19:30 | Assemblea Soci e Premio Medaglia SIB |
| 19:00 | Removal of posters Session 3 |
| 21:30 | Social dinner |
Saturday 26th September 2009
| 09:00-11:30 | Symposium H: Basic biochemistry and biology of vascular function Chairpersons: Mario Alberghina (Catania) Italia Di Liegro (Palermo) |
| 9:00 |
Magali Saint-Geniez (Harvard Medical School, USA) Role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the adult |
| 9:30 |
Adam Odell (University of Leeds, UK) Phospholipase A2 enzymes in the endothelial cells: novel targets for treating cardiovascular disease and cancer |
| 10:00 | Domenico Ribatti
(University of Bari) The role of inflammatory cells in angiogenesis |
| 10:30 | Italia Di Liegro (University of Palermo) Neurons and astrocytes shed extracellular membrane vesicles containing angiogenic factors |
| 11:00 | Luca Munaron (University of Turin) Calcium signaling and control of angiogenesis progression |
| 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 12:00 | Poster Session 4 |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Removal of posters Session 4 |
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