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Scientific Sessions
Thursday, 8 September
| 11:30-14:00 |
Registration and posters set-up |
| 14:00-14:30 |
Welcome and Opening of the congress |
| 14:30-16:00 |
Molecular Oncology Chairs: Stefano Piccolo (Padua) Stefano Piccolo (Padua) TGFβ signaling and metastasis Pier Giuseppe Pelicci (Milan) Regulation of self renewal in cancer stem cells Ruggero De Maria (Rome) Targeting cancer stem cells in solid tumors |
| 16:00-16:30 |
ABCD Lecture Liz Williams (New York, NY, USA) What's in a picture? The temptation of image manipulation |
| 16:30-17:00 |
Coffee break |
| 17:00-18:00 |
AIRC Lecture Tom Misteli (Bethesda, MD, USA) Genome cell biology |
| 18:00-18:15 |
Special presentation Alberto Luini (Naples) Euro-BioImaging, a diffuse European infrastructure for advanced light microscopy: the Italian side |
| 18:15-20:30 |
Poster session A and buffet dinner |
Friday, 9 September
| 9:00-10:30 |
Novel Mechanisms of Cell Communication and Perspectives for Therapies Chairs: Maria Pia Cosma (Barcelona, Spain) Maria Pia Cosma (Barcelona, Spain) Dissecting functions of Wnt signalling in cell reprogramming Stefano Pluchino (Cambridge, UK) Secreted signalling vesicles and neural stem cell functional plasticity Manuel Álvarez Dolado (Sevilla, Spain) Cell fusion as a regenerative mechanism |
| 10:30-11:30 |
SIBBM Lecture Maria Leptin (Heidelberg, Germany) The genetic determination of complex cell shapes |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Coffee break |
| 12:00-13:30 |
Cell Biology of Disease Chairs: Alessandra Boletta (Milan) Alessandra Boletta (Milan) The role of the polycystins in promoting and maintaing renal tubular structure to prevent cystogenesis Marco Sardiello (Houston, TX, USA) Lysosomal enhancement as a therapeutic strategy for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses Antonella De Matteis (Naples) Cell biology and pharmacology of proximal tubular dysfunction in Lowe syndrome |
| 13:30-15:00 |
Free time |
| 15:00-16:30 |
Neural Development Chairs: Francesca Peri (Heidelberg, Germany) Francesca Peri (Heidelberg, Germany) Microglia: the guardians of the developing brain Carla Margulies (Munich, Germany) Chromatin and Behavioral Plasticity: Toward an understanding of the role of chromatin in long-term memory formation Paolo Macchi (Trento) Send the message: mechanisms and biological significance of mRNA localization in the nervous system |
| 16:30-17:00 |
Coffee break |
| 17:00-18:00 |
Main Lecture Tom Kirchhausen (Boston, MA, USA) Dynamics of endocytosis |
| 18:00-18:15 |
Special presentation Ruggero Pardi (Milan) Promoting High Standards of Graduate Education in Biomedicine and Biotechnology in Italy: the NEIDOS Web Portal |
| 18:15-20:00 |
Poster session B and buffet dinner |
Saturday, 10 September
| 9:00-10:30 |
Systems Biology Chairs: Diego di Bernardo (Naples) Diego di Bernardo (Naples) Systems Biology approaches to understand gene function and drug mode of action Andrea Ciliberto (Milan) Why it is so difficult to make a model of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Neil Lawrence (Sheffield, UK) Between systems and data-driven modeling for computational biology: target identification with Gaussian processes |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:00 |
FIEO Lecture Christer Betsholtz (Stockholm, Sweden) Cell-cell signaling in the regulation of angiogenesis and vascular permeability |
| 12:00-14:30 |
Free time |
| 14:30-18:00 |
Special Interest Groups • Parallel Sessions
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Mechanisms of Signal Transduction Chairs: Annarosa Arcangeli (Florence) |
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| 14:30-15:00 |
Emilio Hirsch (Turin) Genetic modeling of PI3K inhibition |
| 15:00-16:00 |
Veronica Astro (Milan) Exploring liprin-α1-mediated cell migration and invasion Lidia Avalle (Turin) STAT3 enhances migration and invasion in mammary tumor cells: a potential role for microRNAs -143 and -145 Olivia Crociani (Florence) HERG1 potassium channels are able to influence VEGF secretion through a macromolecular complex involving the beta1 integrin and the PI3K subunit p85 |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break |
| 16:30-18:00 |
Giuseppe Fiume (Catanzaro) Human immunodeficiency virus-1 Tat activates NF-κB through direct interaction with IκB-α and p65 Miriam Gaggianesi (Pavia) Sam68 defines tumorigenic and metastatic capacity of colon cancer stem cells via CD44v6 and met Gian Maria Sarra Ferraris (Milan) Non-integrin cell adhesion triggers ligand-independent integrin signaling Alessandro Zannini (Trieste) Pin1 and notch1: a molecular circuitry fueling tumor progression |
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Stem Cells, Development and Regenerative Medicine Chairs: Antonio Musarò (Rome) |
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| 14:30-15:00 |
Luciano Conti (Milan) The multifaceted essence of CNS stem cells in vitro: developmental properties and physiological relevance |
| 15:00-16:00 |
Sara Cioffi (Naples) Tbx1 is required in endothelial cells to establish vascular patterning in the brain Alice Conigliaro (Rome) Stemness in complex epithelial/mesenchymal organ: the liver specific derivatives common origin Marco Crescenzi (Rome) Harnessing the cell cycle to the advantage of regenerative medicine |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break |
| 16:30-18:00 |
Caterina La Porta (Milan) CXCR6, a newly defined biomarker of tissue-specific stem cell asymmetric self-renewal, identifies more aggressive human melanoma cancer stem cells? Giovanni Maroli (Milan) Pericytes resident in post-natal skeletal muscle differentiate into muscle fibers and enter the satellite cell pool Giovanni Morrone (Catanzaro) Inhibition of early B-cell factor 1 activity and modulation of the the B-lymphoid differentiation of primary hematopoietic progenitors by the transcription co-factor zinc finger protein 521 (EHZF/ZNF521) Daniela Tosoni (Milan) Numb controls mode of division, proliferative rate and tumorigenic potential of mammary stem cells by regulating the Notch and the p53 pathways |
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Membrane Trafficking and Organelle Biogenesis Chairs: Bice Chini (Milan) |
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| 14:30-15:00 |
David Stephens (Bristol, UK) COPII-dependent trafficking - implications for morphogenesis and development |
| 15:00-16:00 |
Massimo D'Agostino (Naples) Molecular mechanism of the dominant form of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) Nica Borgese (Milan) Selective activation of ATF6 mediates endoplasmic reticulum proliferation triggered by a membrane protein Stefano Vavassori (Milan) ERp44 acts as a pH-dependent chaperone to retrieve client proteins from the Golgi complex |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break |
| 16:30-18:00 |
Antonino Colanzi (Naples) Mitotic Golgi fragmentation: a G2/M transition checkpoint Maurizio Renna (Cambridge, UK) Autophagic substrates clearance requires activity of the syntaxin-5 SNARE complex Antonella De Jaco (Rome) Neurolign 3 misfolding mutations and activation of the unfolded protein response Alessandra Fratangeli (Milan) Agonists differently regulate endocytic trafficking of the "dual" receptor GPR17 in differentiating oligodendroglial cells |
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Cell Stress: Survival and Apoptosis Chairs: Valeria Matranga (Palermo) |
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| 14:30-15:00 |
Maria Gabriella Santoro (Rome) The Yin-Yang role of HSF1 in cancer cell survival |
| 15:00-16:00 |
Angela Bononi (Ferrara) PTEN localizes at ER-mitochondria sites and regulates calcium signalling and apoptosis Andrea Clocchiatti (Udine) Complex alterations of class IIa HDACs repressive influences observed in breast cancer cell lines: implications for cell survival Anna Comel (Trieste) Ser46 phosphorylation and Pin1 mediated isomerization of p53 are key events in p53-dependent apoptosis induced by mutant Huntingtin |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break |
| 16:30-18:00 |
Lucia Micale (Foggia) Understanding the role of TRIM8, a new p53 target gene that modulates p53 activity, in the progression of glioma Alessandra Montecucco (Pavia) DNA ligase I deficient cells as model to study the cellular response to chronic replicational stress Martina Panattoni (Milan) A role of the COP9 signalosome in modulating DNA-damage responses following DNA replicative stress Marco Sciacovelli (Padua) The mitochondrial chaperone TRAP1 regulates tumorigenesis in cancer cell models |
| 18:30-19:30 |
ABCD Assembly |
| 20:00 |
Social dinner |
Thursday, 8 September
Topic 1: Mechanisms of Signal Transduction
Topic 3: Membrane Trafficking and Organelle Biogenesis
Print poster session A
Topic 1: Mechanisms of Signal Transduction
P1.1 Edoardo Abeni (Brescia)
The study of HCC-cell specific miRs reveals one novel human miR and miR-21, miR-24 and miR-27a differential expression in HCC
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P1.2 Ewa Aladowicz (Milan)
RaLP expression favors the invasive potential of melanoma cells
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P1.3 Veronica Algisi (Milan)
Heterogeneity in EGFR clathrin endocytosis: vesicles composition impact on receptor signaling and fate
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P1.4 Anna Alisi (Rome)
Toll like receptor-4 signaling and downstream transcription factor activated during nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
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P1.5 Italia Anna Asteriti (Rome) The Aurora-A/TPX2 complex: novel regulatory mechanisms and potential role as an oncogenic holoenzyme
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P1.6 Monica Bartucci (Rome)
Therapeutic targeting of CHK1 in NSCLC stem cells during chemotherapy
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P1.7 Chiara Battistini (Florence)
Involvement of bioactive sphingolipids in skeletal muscle atrophy
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P1.9 Jessika Bertacchini (Modena)
Akt phosphorylation at S404 regulates prelamin A through 14.3.3 binding and degradation
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P1.10 Massimo Bonora (Ferrara) Mitochondria dysfunction and differentiation of oligodendrocytes during proinflammatory conditions
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P1.11 Giulia Borghetti (Ancona)
The RNA-binding protein Sam68 contributes to ALK-mediated signalling transduction
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P1.12 Gianluca Bossi (Rome)
IL-1Ra a putative target gene through which mutant p53-R273H contributes to tumor microenvironment
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P1.13 Luca Bravi (Milan)
The absence of CCM3 results in an increase in β-catenin nuclear localization and signaling
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P1.14 Sergio Capaccioli (Florence)
Downregulating uPAR expression in human retinal endothelial cells by an antisense oligonucleotide inhibits angiogenesis in a mouse model of proliferative retinopathy
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P1.15 Anita Capalbo (Rome)
Signaling pathways that control ER-exit
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P1.16 Paola Capitanio (Padua)
The Golgi Apparatus: an heterogeneous intracellular Ca2+ store
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P1.17 Rosanna Dattilo (Rome)
Metastatic potential of BCSCs over their differentiated progeny
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P1.18 Carmela De Marco (Ariano Irpino)
Cancer-associated E17K mutation of Akt1 is oncogenic in lung epithelial cells through the regulation of Oct-4 transcription factor
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P1.19 Diego De Stefani (Padua)
Identification and characterization of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter
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P1.20 Serena Duchi (Milan)
The role of V-ATPase in Notch signaling
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P1.21 Monica Fabbri (Milan)
Role of Mixed Lineage Kinase 3 (MLK3) in beta-arrestin 2 dependent cell migration
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P1.22 Annarita Favia (Rome)
A role for NAADP in Ca2+-dependent pathways activated by VEGF in human endothelial cells
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P1.23 Francesca Ferranti (Rome)
Experimental Morphogenetic Field (EMF) promotes cell adhesion, cell spreading and modifies F-actin distribution pattern of TCam-2 seminoma cells
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P1.24 Valentina Folgiero (Rome)
Blocking ErbB-3/p85 interaction by a phosphotyrosyl-peptide improves Trastuzumab responsiveness of metastatic ErbB-2 positive breast cancers
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P1.25 Angelo Fortunato (Florence)
hERG1 ion channels are involved in cell proliferation and pharmacoresistence in colorectal cancer models.
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P1.26 Luca Gasparoli (Florence)
Identification of a MSCs induced potassium elk-like current in a B- chronic leukemia cell line, MEC1
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P1.27 Antonella Giammarresi (Milan)
Bimodal pattern of chemokine induced Rap1 activation: dissecting the molecular mechanisms
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P1.28 Maria Giubettini (Rome)
Importin beta beyond intracellular transport: a novel regulator of kinetochore function in mitotic cells
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P1.29 Irene Granucci (Florence)
Deregulation of the RNA binding protein KSRP-mediated post-transcriptional control is involved in melanoma metastatic phenotype
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P1.30 Stefania Graziano (Candiolo (TO))
How to modulate Tie2 activity. From a phage display-based approach to a new interacting protein: Neurexin. |
P1.31 Carolina Lage Crespo (Milan)
The PAR/aPKC Complex controls the vectorial migration of medaka macrophages in vivo
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P1.32 Cristian Lazzari (Padua)
Effects of Aβ42 oligomers on Ca2+ homeostasis in primary cortical neurons
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P1.33 Luigi Maddaluno (Milan)
Modulation of blood brain barrier permeability for a better access of anti-cancer drugs to brain tumors: the CCM/β-catenin crosstalk.
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P1.34 Arcangela Gabriella Manente (Novara)
Estrogen Receptor β modulates mitochondrial functions in human Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma cells |
P1.35 Andrea Manfrin (Padua)
A deubiquitinating enzyme for receptor-smads |
P1.36 Claudia Mangialardo (Rome)
Thyroid hormone T3 counteracts stz induced diabetes in mouse |
P1.37 Simona Martinotti (Alessandria)
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of honey-mediated wound healing |
P1.38 Ionica Masgras (Padua)
Analysis of the bioenergetic properties of ρ0 cells |
P1.39 Elena Maspero (Milan)
Identifying the signalling mechanism that regulates Nedd4 activity |
P1.40 Mara Massimi (L'Aquila)
Phosphodiesterase 4 specific inhibitors control cell growth of human hepatoma HepG2 cells
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P1.41 Daniela Mazzà (Rome)
Numb activates the E3 ligase Itch to control Gli1 function through a novel degradation signal. |
P1.42 Elisabetta Meacci (Florence)
Ceramide kinase/C1P axis: a new signalling pathway involved in the antiproliferative action of Vitamin D3 in human neuroblastoma cells |
P1.43 Elena Morelli (Milan)
Characterization of the SNARE protein SNAP29 in trafficking, signaling and tumor suppression |
P1.44 Marco Napoli (Trieste)
A Pin1/mutant p53 axis promotes aggressiveness in breast cancer |
P1.45 Gilda Nappo (Milan)
Quantitative proteomics to identify molecular determinants of EGFR clathrin-independent endocytosis |
P1.46 Maria Anna Occhione (Rome)
Characterization of KCASH2 and KCASH3, two novel BTB/POZ proteins involved in cerebellar development and medulloblastoma tumorigenesis |
P1.47 Cristina Olgasi (Turin)
Vaccination to kitL: a new approach to inhibit tumor angiogenesis |
P1.48 Andrea Orsi (Milan)
Developing sensors for the visualisation of adaptive and ER stress-driven Unfolded Protein Response |
P1.49 Aldo Pagano (Genoa)
RNA polymerase III drives alternative splicing of the Potassium Channel Interacting Protein contributing to brain complexity and neurodegeneration |
P1.50 Andrea Palamidessi (Milan)
Rab5 couples migratory protrusions and pericellular proteolysis during tumor cell invasion. |
P1.51 Serena Pillozzi (Florence)
β1integrin/hERG1 complex as a novel molecular target for antineoplastic therapy |
P1.52 Giulia Pinton (Novara)
PARP1-1 inhibition as a novel therapeutical approach for malignant pleural mesothelioma |
P1.53 Mauro Prato (Turin)
Phagocytosis of hemozoin alters MMP-9/TIMP-1 balance in human monocytes: role of cytokines, lipids and NF-κB
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P1.54 Valeria Purpura (Rome)
Human keratinocyte early differentiation: involvement of KGFR/FGFR2b expression and signalling. |
P1.55 Dunia Ramarli (Verona)
Filamin A-mediated interaction of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) with beta1 integrin regulates survival of advanced prostate cancer cells. |
P1.56 Elia Ranzato (Alessandria)
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits the growth of malignant mesothelioma cells.
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P1.57 Alessandro Rimessi (Ferrara)
Oncogenic RAS-induced neoplastic phenotype is sustained through alterations of calcium homeostasis
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P1.58 Erika Rizzo (Padua)
Identification and characterization of a myopathic phenotype affecting skeletal muscles of NG2 null mice |
P1.59 Chiara Ronchini (Milan)
The mutations that cooperate with PML/RAR in leukemogenesis form a unique network of functionally homogenous transcriptional deregulations |
P1.60 Thomas Vaccari (Milan)
ESCRT-0 controls Jak/Stat signaling and tumor suppression in Drosophila
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P1.61 Eelco van Anken (Milan)
mRNA targeting to endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling sites |
P1.62 Andrea Kuan Cie Wong (Padua)
Multiple effects of presenilin-2 mutations linked to familial Alzheimer’s disease on Ca2+ homeostasis: a single organelle FRET-based analysis |
P1.63 Andrea Graziani (Novara)
Unacylated ghrelin and ghrelin counteract skeletal muscle atrophy |
Topic 3: Membrane Trafficking and Organelle Biogenesis
P3.1 Paola Bagnato (Genoa)
Role of ErbB1 in Trastuzumab-induced ErbB2 signaling and internalization
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P3.3 Antonella Bongiovanni (Palermo)
Alix is a substrate of the Ozz-E3 ligase and modulates actin remodeling and plasma membrane stability in skeletal muscle
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P3.4 Cecilia Bucci (Lecce)
Vimentin assembly is regulated by the small GTPase Rab7
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P3.5 Patrizia Cassella (Milan)
Intracellular trafficking of tail-anchored proteins
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P3.6 Bice Chini (Milan)
Oxytocin receceptor trafficking: role of different G-proteins
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P3.7 Sara Francesca Colombo (Milan)
Characterization and identification of new proteins involved into the TRC-40 mediated insertion of tail anchored proteins into the ER membrane
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P3.8 Maria De Luca (Lecce)
RILP and V1G1: functional interaction in mammalian cells
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P3.9 Matteo Fossati (Milan)
Mechanisms of transmembrane domain-dependent partitioning of membrane proteins whithin the endoplasmic reticulum
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P3.11 Carmela Fusco (San Giovanni Rotondo )
TRIM50 forms a complex with HDAC6 and p62/SQSTM1 that localizes to aggresomes
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P3.12 Antonino Giovia (Novara)
Imaging calcium-regulated exocytosis in RBL mastocytes with fluorescent polystyrene and mesoporous nanoparticles
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P3.13 Rosellina Guarascio (Milan) Study of the role of EFA6A and EFA6As in the axon initial segment of rat hippocampal neurons |
P3.14 Antonella Lupia (Florence)
Both in vitro and in vivo evidences of CD63 tetraspanin impacts on malignant melanoma-associated phenotype: role of TIMP-1, uPAR and MMP
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P3.15 Wessen Musa Maruwge (Milan)
Role of EGFR in regulation of solute carriers in cell homeostasis. |
P3.16 Maria Elena Miranda Banos (Rome)
Molecular mechanisms of human diseases caused by serpin polymerisation
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P3.17 Simona Paladino (Naples)
Plasma membrane organization of GPI-anchored proteins in polarized epithelial cells |
P3.18 Rosa Passantino (Palermo)
CLN8 interactors: a possible function of the CLN8 protein in the lipid metabolism and autophagy.
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P3.19 Paolo Remondelli (Fisciano-Salerno)
Thapsigargin alters gene expression within the secretory pathway and influences the retention kinetics of the COPII vesicles at the endoplasmic reticulum exit sites |
P3.20 Riccardo Rizzo (Rome)
Mechanism of transport through the Golgi complex
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P3.21 Michela Rugolo (Bologna)
Activation of mitochondrial biogenesis as a strategy to improve the energetic function of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy cybrids. |
P3.22 Margherita Santoriello (Naples)
Rac1 controls cell polarity in FRT thyroid epithelial cells |
P3.23 Lenka Stixova (Brno, Czech Republic)
The kinetics and trajectories of chromatin-related proteins |
P3.24 Caterina Valetti (Genoa)
Organelle-autonomous regulation of size and number: OA1 receptor sustains Pmel17 expression |
P3.25 Sadia Ashraf (Padua)
Tetanus and botulinum toxins need double anchorage to the membrane and intact disulfide bond for low pH induced entry into neurons
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Friday, 9 September
Topic 2: Stem Cells, Development and Regenerative Medicine
Topic 4: Cell Stress: Survival and Apoptosis
Print poster session B
Topic 2: Stem Cells, Development and Regenerative Medicine
P2.1 Stefano Bacci (Florence)
Early changes of dendritic cells in human skin wounds
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P2.2 Eva Bartova (Brno, Czech Republic)
Chromatin structure and epigenetics of embryonic stem cells
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P2.3 Heather M. Bond (Catanzaro)
Zinc finger protein 521 (ZNF521): critical regulatory role in medulloblastoma initiating cells
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P2.4 Maria Ida Bonetti (Florence)
Rosiglitazone stimulates dendritic cells generated from human CD133 positive precursors to acquire a highly efficient immunostimulatory phenotype
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P2.6 Simona Casarosa (Trento)
Turning stem cells into retina: possible strategies for the cure of retinal degenerations
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P2.7 Cristina D'Aniello (Naples)
Unraveling the role of the G-protein coupled receptor APJ in cardiac lineage specification and differentiation
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P2.8 Valentina Di Felice (Palermo)
Fibroin and poly-lactic acid scaffolds may be used in cardiac tissue engineering to drive the differentiation of cardiac progenitor cells: in vitro and in vivo studies
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P2.9 Chiara Donati (Florence)
S1P induces differentiation of human mesoangioblasts towards smooth muscle cells. A role in vascular regeneration
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P2.10 Gemma Flore (Naples)
Tbx1 mutation causes neurodevelopmental abnormalities that may underly sensorimotor gating impairment in a mouse model of 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
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P2.11 Michela Galdieri (Naples)
Hepatocyte growth factor modulates blood-testis barrier in adult rats
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P2.12 Donatella Garzotto (Turin)
The role of ArhGAP15, a negative regulator of the small-GTPase Rac1, in neuronal migration and neuritogenesis during cortical development
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P2.13 Mattia Francesco Maria Gerli (Milan)
Exploiting dystrophin gene-dosage compensation by multiple HAC transfer into mesoangioblast stem cells
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P2.14 Cristina Giuliani (Bologna)
Changes in DNA methylation patterns of the imprinted locus IGF2/H19 in monozygotic and dyzigotic twin pairs of different ages
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P2.15 Paola Grimaldi (Rome)
Type-1 (CB1) cannabinoid receptor promotes neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells |
P2.16 Ombretta Guardiola (Naples)
Role of EGF-CFC cripto in skeletal muscle regeneration
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P2.17 Gioacchin Iannolo (Viagrande (CT))
Numb expression contributes to the undifferentiated state maintenance in human epithelial stem cells |
P2.18 Ilaria Iosue (Rome)
Critical role of c-Myc in Acute Myeloid Leukemia involving direct regulation of miR-26a and histone methyltransferase EZH2
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P2.19 Konstantinos Karakostis (Mainz, Germany)
A newly identified Galectin-8 from sea urchin embryos. |
P2.20 Dante Lamberti (Rome)
Regulation of GDNF, a paradigm of spermatogonial stem cell niche-derived factor. |
P2.21 Sona Legartova (Brno, Czech Republic)
Differentiation of ES cells and deficiency of Suv39h histone methyltransferases is accompanied by distinct levels of A- and B-type lamins |
P2.22 Alessandra Longo (Palermo)
PTHrP isoform expression in adipo- and osteo-differentiating human mesenchymal stem cells
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P2.23 Giuseppe Lupo (Rome)
Modelling eye specification in embryonic stem cells |
P2.24 Pompeo Macioce (Rome)
Hypoxia-regulated expression of β-dystrobrevin and miRNA-143 targeting during Ntera-2 neuronal differentiation |
P2.25 Luca Madaro (Rome)
Protein kinase C theta is a key determinant of the inflammatory response involved in the pathogenesis of muscular dystrophy |
P2.26 Roberto Madeddu (Sassari)
Prognostic Impact of MGMT Promoter Methylation in 79 Glioblastoma Patients Treated with Temozolamide
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P2.27 Marina Mapelli (Milan)
Organizational principles of NuMA/LGN/Gαi complex, and its relation with cellular polarity in asymmetrically dividing stem cells |
P2.28 Massimiliano Mazza (Milan)
How AML1-ETO and CDKN1A expression influences the transcriptional program of murine hematopoietic stem cells and early progenitors |
P2.29 Giorgio Merlo (Turin)
The role of transcription factors for the development of anterior brain and olfactory connection: a profiling approach.
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P2.30 Andrea Messina (Trento) Activation of the Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway is necessary for Noggin-mediated retinal induction of Xenopus pluripotent cells
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P2.31 Erica Molino (Genoa)
Mesenchymal stem cells induce tumors in an ectopic bone formation model |
P2.32 Livia Modica (Milan)
The role of Prep1 in regulating hematopoietic stem cell maintenance |
P2.33 Francesco Nicassio (Milan)
Quiescence-keeper microRNAs dampen oncogene-induced transcriptional reprogramming |
P2.34 Silvia Nicolis (Milan)
Sox2 molecular functions in neural stem cells maintenance and Shh-dependent brain patterning: insights from conditional mouse mutants |
P2.35 Michela Ori (Pisa)
Serotonin 2B receptor signaling is required for craniofacial and ocular morphogenesis in Xenopus |
P2.36 Barbara Ortensi (Milan)
A new regulator of neural progenitor migration and glioblastoma invasion
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P2.37 Matteo Ozzano (Novara)
Knock-down of lysosomal cathepsin D negatively impacts on development and life-span of zebrafish |
P2.38 Michela Palmisano (Milan)
Modulating the teratogenic potential of the mouse Embryonic Stem Cells (ESCs)
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P2.39 Alessio Papi (Bologna)
Nuclear receptor ligands are potent tumor specific anti-inflammatory agents in breast cancer stem cells model
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P2.40 Eduardo Jorge Patriarca (Naples)
Metabolic control of pluripotent stem cell metastability
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P2.41 Giulia Piaggio (Rome)
Molecular imaging of NF-Y transcriptional activity maps proliferation sites in live animals. |
P2.42 Anna Pistocchi (Milan)
From zebrafish (Danio rerio) to mouse, the function of Nfix in skeletal muscle development is partially conserved during the evolution |
P2.43 Elisa Resca (Modena)
Human term placenta and stem cells: morphological localization of stem cells “niche” in fetal membranes.
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P2.44 Giulia Ricci (Naples)
Spatio-temporal distribution of R-Spondin1 (RSPO1) and its antagonist Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) during prenatal development of the ovary
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P2.45 Paolo Romagnoli (Florence) Rosiglitazone stimulates dendritic cells generated from human CD133 positive precursors to acquire a highly efficient immunostimulatory phenotype
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P2.46 Giuliana Rossi (Milan)
The role of Nfix in post-natal myogenesis and muscle regeneration
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P2.47 Alessandra Stampella (Rome)
Satisfactory performance of hepatocytes in three-dimensional culture on innovative biopolymeric scaffolds |
P2.48 Gabriela Sustackova (Brno, Czech Republic)
Differentiation-independent fluctuation of pluripotency-related transcription factors and other epigenetic marks in embryonic stem cell colonies |
P2.49 Ada Maria Tata (Rome)
Cholinergic contribution to Schwann cell differentiation in myelinating phenotype |
P2.50 Giuseppina Zapparelli (Rome)
The BH3-mimetic ABT-737 induces death of chemoresistant non small lung cancer stem cells: potential for therapeutics. |
Topic 4: Cell Stress: Survival and Apoptosis
P4.1 Roberta Alfieri (Parma)
New therapeutic strategies in the treatment of Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
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P4.2 Yolande Asara (Sassari)
Protein expression in MCF7 cells: Cd-5Fu effects
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P4.3 M. Inmaculada Ayala Grande (Naples)
Involvement of CtBP1-S/BARS in tumour progression: a specific arget for pharmacological intervention
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P4.4 Lucia Babini (Ancona)
Dexamethasone inhibits Fas-induced apoptosis in osteoclasts
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P4.5 Rosa Bonaventura (Palermo)
Activation of stress genes in response to UV-B radiation in sea urchin embryos |
P4.6 Romina Burla (Rome)
AKTIP, a new lamin interacting protein, is involved in telomere metabolism and DNA replication
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P4.7 Artan Ceka (Ancona)
MiRNA characterization in Malignant Mesothelioma tissues and cells
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P4.8 Roberto Chiarelli (Palermo)
Relationship between autophagy and apoptosis in Paracentrotus lividus embryos cadmium exposed
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P4.9 Laura Cimatti (Trieste)
Long non-coding antisense RNA controls UCHL1 translation through the 5’ overlapping region and an embedded SINEB2 repeat
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P4.10 Francesco Ciscato (Padua)
SERPINB3 increases resistance to cisplatin-induced cell death in hepatoma cells through inhibition of the Permeability Transiton Pore
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P4.11 Agnese Collino (Milan)
Interplay between genetic and epigenetic modifications in a model of inflammation-driven cancer
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P4.12 Laura del Senno (Ferrara)
Quantitative and functional analysis of polycystins in T-lymphoblasts from ADPKD patients and in PKD2-downregulated Jurkat cells
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P4.13 Simone Di Franco (Palermo)
P63 role in breast cancer stem cells
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P4.14 Michela Faleschini (Trieste)
Identification of microRNAs targeting the DNA damage response in breast cancer
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P4.15 Giacoma Galizzi (Palermo)
An early impact of ER stress, inflammation and oxidative stress in the CLN8mnd mouse model of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
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P4.16 Fabiana Geraci (Palermo)
Hsp70 is involved in MMP2 level in mouse mesoangioblast stem cells
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P4.17 Lina Ghibelli (Rome)
Glycolysis regulates Ca2+ compartmentalization and the onset of stress-induced apoptosis
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P4.18 Valentina Giorgio (Padua)
The effects of Idebenone on mitochondrial bioenergetics
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P4.19 Giulia Guzzo (Padua)
The mitochondrial chaperone TRAP1 and the regulation of the respiratory chain in tumor cell models |
P4.20 Ciro Isidoro (Novara)
Mitochondrial ROS drive autophagy and cell death in dopaminergic neuronal cells: essential role of lysosomal iron |
P4.21 Federica Lari (Milan)
Yeast models for unfolded protein response related disorders |
P4.22 Rosa Loffredo (Florence)
Preliminary results on functional characterization of Bcl-2-β, a soluble Bcl-2 protein isoform
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P4.23 Anna Lukacs (Milan)
CSN5/JAB1 influences oncogene-induced responses in hepatocytes upon MYC induction
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P4.24 Matteo Lulli (Florence)
Coenzyme Q10 applied to rat corneas as eye drops, reaches the retina where it protects retinal cells from apoptotic agents: possible application for apoptosis related retinal degenerations |
P4.25 Laura Maiorino (Milan)
Role of COP9 signalosome in neoplastic progression in a model of hepatocarcinogenesis
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P4.26 Cristina Mammucari (Padua)
Control of mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake by autophagy |
P4.27 Saverio Marchi (Ferrara)
The mitochondria-Akt axis as a key determinant in the regulation of autophagy in cancer cells
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P4.28 Elettra Sara Marini (Rome)
cFLIP involvement in AKT-mediated sensitivity to ER stress
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P4.29 Boris Pantic (Padua)
Myotonic dystrophy protein kinase protects cells from death by favoring hexokinase II association to mitochondria |
P4.30 Maria Paola Paronetto (Barcelona, Spain)
The Ewing Sarcoma protein (EWS) regulates DNA damage-induced alternative splicing |
P4.31 Simone Patergnani (Ferrara)
The Protein Kinase C β and mitochondria axis as a key regulator of autophagy
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P4.32 Andrea Prodosmo (Rome) p53 centrosomal localization diagnoses ataxia-telangiectasia homozygotes and heterozygotes
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P4.33 Maria Antonietta Ragusa (Palermo)
Identification of new members of metallothionein gene family in sea urchin |
P4.34 Cinzia Rinaldo (Rome)
HIPK2-mediated phosphorylation of H2B at midbody is critical for cytokinesis |
P4.35 Pier Luigi Rossi (Milan)
A role for LSD1 in acute promyelocytic leukemia |
P4.36 Laura Rusconi (Busto Arsizio)
Extrasynaptic NMDA receptor stimulation induces CDKL5 cytoplasmic translocation and proteasomal degradation |
P4.37 Gabriele Santini (Ancona)
Circulating microRNAs as new biomarkers in age-related diseases
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P4.38 Gabriella Sconzo (Palermo)
Selection of mesoangioblast stem cells more resistant to hydrogen peroxide adverse microenvironments. |
P4.39 Paola Sena (Modena)
Quantification and localization of anti-apoptotic matrix metalloproteinase (MMP15 ) in human colorectal carcinogenesis
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P4.40 Francesca Siepi (Rome)
Loss of activation loop-Y autophosphorylation of HIPK2 yields to an insoluble misfolded protein |
P4.41 Justina Sileikyte (Padua)
Shedding light on the mitochondrial permeability transition |
P4.42 Rosalin Dolores Spagnuolo (Milan)
Activation of Hypoxia Inducible Factor(s) as a protective stratagem against various cell injuries |
P4.43 Davide Torti (Candiolo (TO))
Cytotoxic versus cytostatic responses in oncogene-addicted cells following oncogene inhibition
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P4.44 Andrea Zamperone (Novara)
Anti-apoptotic effects of phenolic extrcts from theombra cacao l., clovamide and epichatechin on rat cardiomyoblasts undergoing oxydative stress |
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The poster sessions are:
Poster Session A, Thu, 18.15-20.30
Poster Session B, Fri, 18:15-20:00
You are expected to have your poster up the latest by lunchtime of the day of your session. Posters should be taken down only the day after your session, during the morning, in time to free your poster slot for the following session. Posters left behind will be removed and discarded by the venue personnel.
Important date
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Registrations open
12 April 2011
Deadlines
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Abstract submissions
15 July 2011 -
Payment with early bird discount
20 June 2011 -
Registrations and payment
31 July 2011 -
Late online registrations
22 August 2011
Organising Committee
Paolo Pinton (Chair)
Ferrara
Daniela Corda
Naples
Giulio Cossu
Milan
Giannino Del Sal
Trieste
Carlotta Giorgi
Ferrara
Bronislava Matoskova
Milan
Tullio Pozzan
Padua
Roberto Sitia
Milan
Silvia Soddu
Rome
Guido Tarone
Turin
