We are pleased to announce the XVII Edition of the Congress of the Italian Federation of Life Sciences (FISV), which will take place from 18 to 20 September 2024 at the University of Padua.
Our Federation is presently composed by eighteen Scientific Societies (AAI, ABCD, ADRITELF, AGI, BITS, SIB, SIBBM, SIBE, SIBS, SIBV, SICA, SIF (The Physiological Society of Italy), SIGA, SIGU, SIMAG, SIMGBM, SIP MeT, SIPaV) representing different aspects of the Life Sciences. We would like to thank them all for having contributed to put together an exciting multidisciplinary programme of special lectures, scientific symposia complemented by poster sessions, networking opportunities for young researchers, and so much more!
We very much look forward to seeing you in Padua.
Chiara Tonelli, FISV President
Chiara Zuccato, FISV Scientific Secretary
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Aula Magna G. Galilei and Aula I. Nievo
13:00-19:00
Registration
14:00-14:30
Welcome
14:30-15:30
The EMBO Keynote Lecture “Riccardo Cortese”
Marino ZERIAL, Human Technopole Director
15:30-16:30
SYMPOSIUM 1 – PANGENOMICS
Vincenza COLONNA, IGB-CNR and University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Luigi VEZZULLI, University of Genoa
16:30-17:00
Coffee break
17:00-18:00
SYMPOSIUM 1 – PANGENOMICS
Leonardo SALVIATI, University of Padua
Michele MORGANTE, University of Udine
18:00-19:30
FISV for Young Researchers
Marino ZERIAL, Human Technopole Director
Massimo DELLEDONNE, University of Verona
18:00-19:30
PNRR Round Table
19:30-21:00
Aperitivo at Caffè Pedrocchi
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Department of General Psychology
9:00-11:00
SYMPOSIUM 2 – EPIGENETICS AND POSTGENOMIC MECHANISMS IN PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
Salvatore OLIVIERO, University of Turin
Valerio ORLANDO, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Fabio COPPEDÈ, University of Pisa
9:00-11:00
SYMPOSIUM 3 – FOOD SECURITY AND SAFETY: BREAKING THE YIELD/QUALITY TRADE-OFF
Silvio SALVI, University of Bologna
David COLLINGE, University of Copenhagen
Marco TREVISAN, Catholic University Piacenza
Stefania IAMMETTI, University of Milan
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-13:00
SYMPOSIUM 4 – CRISPR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
Anna CERESETO, University of Trento
Vittoria BRAMBILLA, University of Milan
Angelo LOMBARDO, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele and SR-Tiget
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:45
FISV Lecture “Tullio Pozzan”
Rino RAPPUOLI, Biotechnopole Foundation Siena
14:45-16:15
SYMPOSIUM 5 – IMMUNITY IN HUMANS AND PLANTS
Alberto MANTOVANI, Humanitas University
Thorsten NURNBERGER, University of Tubingen
Sergio ABRIGNANI, University of Milan and National Institute of Molecular Genetics “Romeo and Enrica Invernizzi”
16:15-16:45
Coffee break
16:45-18:30
Mini-Symposia
Environmental, Evolutionary and Developmental Biology
Genetics, Epigenetics and Chromosome Biology
Genomics, Proteomics and Systems Biology
16:45-18:30
Poster Presentation (Building Fiore di Botta)
Current trends in Biotechnology
Food and Nutrition
Health and Disease
Friday, September 20, 2024
Department of General Psychology
9:00-11:00
SYMPOSIUM 6 – PLANT COMMUNICATION IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS
Guido GROSSMANN, University of Heinrich-Heine Düsseldorf
Christian Meyer, University Paris-Saclay
Pierdomenico PERATA, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Francesca CARDINALE, University of Turin
9:00-11:00
SYMPOSIUM 7 – EXPLORING THE DARK GENOME IN DEVELOPMENT, DISEASE AND THERAPEUTIC FRONTIERS
Miguel BRANCO, The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Beatrice BODEGA, University of Milan and National Institute of Molecular Genetics “Romeo and Enrica Invernizzi”
Johan JAKOBSSON, University of Lund
Raffaella TONINI, Italian Institute of Technology
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-13:30
Mini-Symposia
Current trends in Biotechnology
Food and Nutrition
Health and Disease
11:30-13:30
Poster Presentation
Environmental, Evolutionary and Developmental Biology
Genetics, Epigenetics and Chromosome Biology
Genomics, Proteomics and Systems Biology
13:30-14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:00
SYMPOSIUM 8 – RNA IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Rosario RIZZUTO, University of Padua
Mauro GIACCA, Kings College London and University of Trieste
Yiliang DING, John Innes Centre – Norwich
16:00-16:15
Poster Competition Awards
16:15-16:30
Closing Remarks