XVII FISV Congress – Padua, September 18-20, 2024

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 (AAIABCD,  ADRITELFAGIBITSSIBSIBBMSIBESIBSSIBVSICASIF (The Physiological Society of Italy), SIGASIGUSIMAGSIMGBMSIP MeTSIPaV) 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 TonelliFISV President
Chiara ZuccatoFISV 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

Registration and costs on the FISV Congress website.

 

Look at past editions.