20° workshop del Dottorato in Biologia Cellulare e Molecolare

Program

Friday, September 11, 2026
14:00 — Greetings from the PhD coordinator
Session 1 - Chairs: Shipilova, Casciaro
14:15 — Corrado Selva (40°, Francia/ Ghelli) Preservation of the structure/function of dehydrated proteins. Analysis of the protective mechanisms exerted by the external matrix.
14:35 — Mario Marino (39°, Perini / Liberman, The Wistar Institute) Permissive BHLF1 splicing expands transcript diversity to enable viral-host fusion formation in EBV lytic activation
14:55 — Matteo Bergonzoni (39°, Perini / Lieberman, The Wistar Institute) Investigating the role of TP73 in EBV+ gastric cancer cells
15:15 — Mattia Niccolò Li Volsi (39°, Vannini / Roncarati) Functional and structural study of different sRNAs controlled by NikR and Fur in Helicobacter pylori
15:35 — Botti Aurora (41°, Parolin / Oggioni) Biofilm characterization and eDNA analysis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
15:50 — Coffee break
Session 2 - Chairs: Badii, Selva
16:20 — Filippo Sgolacchia (40°, Perini / Villanueva, The Wistar Institute) Uncovering drivers of metastatic dissemination in acral melanoma
16:40 — Giulia Patella (39°, Perini / Murphy, The Wistar Institute) p53, citrullination and ELF2 in the control of promoter selectivity
17:00 — Martina Tomirotti (39°, Perini / Weiner, The Wistar Institute) Computationally humanized DNA-encoded mAb achieves year long in vivo expression and confers protection against highly pathogenic H5 influenza
17:20 — Sofia Ranieri (40°, Zambelli / Mazzei) Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Viral Proteases and Metalloproteases
17:40 — Leila Secchiaroli (41°, Iommarini / Porcelli) Investigating the role of TMEM65 in mitochondrial OXPHOS biogenesis and respiratory complex assembly
Monday, September 14, 2026
Session 3 - Chairs: Tomirotti, Meoni
14:00 — Ettore Lopo (39° PNRR, Cappelletti / Sauro) Hydrogen oxidation as a potential energy source for microbial biofilms in Monte Kronio hydrothermal cave system
14:20 — Noemi Carosella (39°, Zambelli / Ciurli) Characterization of the C-terminal region of NDRG1, a protein involved in cancer development
14:40 — Ginevra Marie Eloise Peppi (39° PNRR, Zaffagnini / Trost) The AtAKR4C family landscape: Bridging molecular mechanisms and physiological role in nitric oxide signaling
15:00 — Cecilia Franciosi (39° PNRR, Monti / Alberini) Angelman Syndrome: A Study Of Neuronal Cultures Derived From Patient iPSCs
15:20 — Chiara D'Silva (39°, Massenzio / Monti) Aβ42 differentially regulates neurogenesis and alters extracellular vesicles signalling in subventricular zone-derived neurospheres
15:40 — Anna Clara Capuzzi (40°, Sparla / Gurrieri) Impact of Phosphoribulokinase (PRK) Mutants on Photosynthetic Cell Growth in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
16:00 — Coffee break
Session 4 - Chairs: Bergonzoni, Genchi
16:30 — Filippo Badii (40°, Perini / Veglia, The Wistar Institute) Understanding the anti-tumoral potential of neutrophils in brain tumors
16:50 — Tânia Raquel Cunha Alves (39°, Monti / Musilek) The Impact of Circadian Rhythms on Neural Stem Cells in Alzheimer's Pathogenesis
17:10 — Meoni Loris (40°, Capranico /Marinello) Transcription/Replication conflicts and RNA Pol II backtracking in cancer genome instability
17:30 — Cinti Laura (41°, Capranico / Miglietta) Dissecting the role of G-quadruplex in regulating eukaryotic cell transcription
17:45 — Colli Francesca (41°, Chemello / Perini) Utrophin Overexpression by Precise Base Editing as a Universal Therapeutic Strategy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Session 5 - Chairs: Capuzzi, Marino
14:00 — Umberto Genchi (40°, Cappelletti / Roncarati) Role of DNA Methylation in biotechnologically relevant Rhodococcus bacterial strains
14:20 — Ekaterina Shipilova (40°, Perini / Montaner, The Wistar Institute) MOUD Alters the Distinctive Patterns Associated with HIV Infection and Suppressive ART
14:40 — Pietro Demurtas (40 ° PNRR, Fioresi / Perini) Deep-Learning for analysis of biological data
15:00 — Leonardo Cimadom (39°, Perini / Chemello) MYCN levels reprogram the interactome of E2F3 in Neuroblastoma
15:20 — Zainul Abe Din (39°, Perini / Escolano, The Wistar Institute) Switching Epitope Specificity
15:40 — Coffee break
Session 6 - Chairs: Lopo, Carosella
16:10 —Lorenzo Serra (39°, Perini / Price, The Wistar Institute) Inhibition of RNA splicing is a novel therapeutic strategy for disruption of nuclear replicating viruses
16:30 — Marco De Maria (40°, Brandimarti / Menotti – De Biase) A hybrid bioprinting–microfabrication approach to controllable multitype spheroid arrays for modeling tumor heterogeneity.
16:50 — Martina Casciaro (40°, Bacchelli / Maestrini) Detection of Processed PseudoGenes (PPGs) from NGS data
17:05 — Gennai Alessia (41°, Oggioni / Fedi) Host-specific interactions between hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae and splenic macrophages: the role of bacterial secretion systems
17:20 — Cocco Pietro (41°, Danielli / Costantini) One to rule them all: a universal programmable M13 nanovector for modular diagnostic and therapeutic applications
17:35— Concluding remarks and prize awards