36a Riunione Nazionale
“A. Castellani”
dei Dottorandi di Ricerca in
Discipline Biochimiche
(36th “A. Castellani” Meeting of PhD students in biochemical sciences)
BRALLO DI PREGOLA (Pavia)
25-29 May 2026
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
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MONDAY, MAY 25, 2026
17.00-20.00 ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION
20.00 DINNER
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TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2026
8.50-9.00 OPENING OF THE MEETING
9.00-9.40 Prof. Irene Moreno-Diaz (University of Seville, Spain)
Biomolecular condensates: a newfoud source of cellular order in life and disease
9.40-10.00 TBD
10.00-10.20 TBD
COFFEE BREAK
10.50-11.10 TBD
11.10-11.30 TBD
11.30-11.50 TBD
11.50-12.10 TBD
13.00 LUNCH
15.00-15.40 Prof. Domenica Scumaci (Università Magna Græcia di Catanzaro)
Epigenetics and metabolism: novel vulnerabilities in the fight against cancer
15.40-16.00 TBD
16.00-16.20 TBD
COFFEE BREAK
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20.00 DINNER
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2026
9.00-9.40 Prof. Luigi Palmieri (Università di Bari Aldo Moro)
The mitochondrial carrier family: a long journey from bioenergetics and protein chemistry to human health and industrial biotechnology
9.40-10.00 TBD
10.00-10.20 TBD
COFFEE BREAK
10.50-11.10 TBD
11.10-11.30 TBD
11.30-11.50 TBD
11.50-12.10 TBD
13.00 LUNCH
15.00-15.40 Prof. Valentina Audrito (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
The impact of NAMPT/NAD axis in supporting progression, drug resistance and tumor-host crosstalk in metastatic melanoma and malignant pleural mesothelioma
15.40-16.00 TBD
16.00-16.20 TBD
16.20-16.40 TBD
COFFEE BREAK
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17.10-18.00 BLITZ PRESENTATIONS (A)
1 Susan Mirmajidi (Università di Milano)
Placental endocannabinoid and eicosanoid profiling in maternal obesity and gestational diabetes
2 Sofia Paola Lombardo (Università di Catania)
Safety and efficacy profiling of sonoporation as a drug delivery method in solid tumors
3 Anam Aftab (Università di Catanzaro Magna Grecia)
Targeting glutamine metabolism to enhance sensitivity to ATR inhibition in triple-negative breast cancer cells
4 Greta Bertoli (Università di Siena)
Understanding prostate cancer organotropism: the role of citrate in the interplay between lung and bone resident cells and metastatic prostate cancer cells
5 Giuseppe Nicolò Conti (Università di Catania)
Long-reads RNAseq reveals an isoform switching transcriptional landscape in irradiated microglia
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20.00 DINNER
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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2026
9.00-9.40 Prof. Massimo Donadelli (Università di Verona)
Chemoresistance and molecular alterations driven my mutant p53 in pancreatic cancer
9.40-10.00 TBD
10.00-10.20 TBD
COFFEE BREAK
10.50-11.10 TBD
11.10-11.30 TBD
11.30-11.50 TBD
11.50-12.10 TBD
13.00 LUNCH
15.00-15.40 Prof. Mauro Magnani (Università di Urbino Carlo Bo)
Cell-Based therapeutic interventions in A-T Patients
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17.00-18.00 BLITZ PRESENTATIONS (B)
1 Martina Codibue (Università di Brescia)
Gremlin-1 promotes the acquisition of an inflammatory, oxidative and mesenchymal phenotype in 3T3-L1-derived adipocytes possibly via BMP-independent molecular pathways
2 Stefano Putaggio (Università di Messina)
Impact of catechin and epicatechin on AE1 functionality of human red blood cells
3 Elisa Moreschi (Università di Brescia)
Development of polypyrrole-based actuator to deepen the effects of tumoral extracellular matrix remodeling on endothelial cells
4 Ilenia Paoletti (Università di Foggia)
Exploring the effects of β-hydroxybutyrate on a new in vitro model of human hippocampal neurogenesis
5 Gabriele Paolozzi (Università di Roma La Sapienza)
Quantitative proteomics reveals BVRA as a key protein in mitochondrial metabolism
6 Federica Di Padua (Università di Ferrara)
Anti-inflammatory effects of S-1-propenyl-L-cysteine, a major costituent of aged garlic extract: reversion of the proinflammatory mRNA up-regulation induced in human bronchial epithelial IB3-1 cells by the COVID-19 BNT162b2-vaccine
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COFFEE BREAK
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20.00 DINNER
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21.00-23.00 Serata caminetto
Assessing the value of Science and Scientists: a very challenging issue
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FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026
9.00-9.40 Prof. Ruggero De Maria (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma) Development of therapeutic antibodies and CAR T cells targeting cancer stem cells
10.00-10.20 TBD
10.20-10.40 TBD
10.40 CLOSING REMARKS
11.00 DEPARTURE
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SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Vittorio Bellotti Antonella Forlino Antonio Rossi Giampaolo Minetti Maria Enrica Tira Mauro Torti Santina Bruzzone Giovanni Li Volti Chiara Schiraldi -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT Università degli Studi di Pavia Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Lazzaro Spallanzani” Laboratori di Biochimica Via Agostino Bassi, 21 - 27100 PAVIA E-mail: riundott@unipv.it - Homepage: http://www.unipv.it/bralweb ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~