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EMBL and IIT invite all students, fellows, researchers, professors and senior scientists from academia and industry to the virtual 2021 EMBL in Italy event at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa on 20-21 May 2021.
This free event is open to all and includes virtual tours of EMBL Rome and IIT.
| Day 1: | Thursday 20 May |
| Join Zoom 13:30-14:00 | Welcome from the organisers: EMBL and IIT Host: Mehrnoosh Rayner, Head of Alumni Relations, EMBLGiorgio Metta, Scientific Director, IIT, GenoaCornelius Gross, Interim Head & Senior Scientist, EMBL Rome, MonterotondoStefano Gustincich, Associate Director for Technologies for Life Science (LifeTech) – Director Central RNA Lab at IIT, Genoa |
| 14:00-14:50 | Session 1: Non-coding RNAs in Health and Disease Host: Irene Bozzoni, Professor, IIT & Sapienza University, RomeAna Boskovic, Group Leader, EMBL Rome “Small RNAs-transferring information between generators”Gian Gaetano Tartaglia, Group Leader, IIT, Genoa & Sapienza University, Rome “Non-coding RNAs and phase separation rule the world” |
| 14:50-15:00 | Break |
| 15:00-15:30 | Andrea Carfi VP and Head of Research, Infectious Disease at Moderna, Boston |
| 15:30-16:00 | Keynote speaker Host: Irene Bozzoni, Professor, IIT & Sapienza University, Rome Adrian Krainer, St. Giles Foundation Professor & Deputy Director of Programs, CSHL Cancer Research Center Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory “From Base Pairs to Bedside: Antisense Modulation of RNA Splicing” |
| 16:00-16:15 | 7 Flash talks – 1 minute each |
| Mara Maldotti, Postdoc, University of Turin “The acetyltransferase p300 is recruited to enhancers by lncRNAs via triple helix formation” | |
| Michela A. Denti, Associate Professor, University of Trento “A therapeutic approach for 4R tauopathies based on siRNAs switching Tau splicing isoforms” | |
| Sara Formichetti, Ph.D Student, EMBL Rome “The role of O-GlcNAcylation in mammalian transcriptional regulation” | |
| Jacopo Manigrasso, Ph.D Student, IIT “Functional Dynamics of Pre-mRNA Splicing Unveiled at Atomic Resolution” | |
| Eleonora Perego Postdoc, IIT “Fluorescence Fluctuation Spectroscopy with a SPAD array detector to unravel the dynamics of RNA in living cells” | |
| Carmela Rubolino, Postdoc, IIT “Target-Directed miRNA degradation in breast cancer” | |
| Gloria Ferrari Bravo, PhD Student, University of Trieste “An evolutionarily conserved pathway dependent on the prolyl-isomerase PIN1 protects the genome” | |
| 16:15-16:50 | Keynote speaker Host: Roberto Di Lauro, Professor Emeritus, University of Naples (EMBL Group Leader, 1986-1991; EMBL SAC Member, 2005-2011) Iain Mattaj, Director, Human Technopole, Milan (EMBL Director General, 2005-2018) “How RNA got me to Human Technopole |
| Join Spatial Chat 16:50-18:00 | Poster Sessions Presentation of IIT, Virtual Tours of EMBL Core Facilities and Networking with participants and speakers |
| Day 2: | Friday 21 May |
| Join Zoom 09:00-10:00 | Session 2: RNA in Disease Prevention and Therapy – part 1 Host: Juergen Bauer, Deputy Managing Director, EMBLEM, HeidelbergEnnio De Gregorio, Head of Research & Development Center, GSK Vaccines, Siena (EMBL Predoctoral Fellow, 1996-1999) “RNA vaccine platforms”Lucia Faccio, Partner, Sofinnova-Telethon Fund, Sofinnova Partners, Milan “Sofinnova Partners: two decades of investment in outstanding Italian science” |
| 10:00-10:10 | Break |
| Join Spatial Chat 10:10-11:10 | Poster Session / Presentation of IIT/ Virtual Tours of EMBL Core Facilities and Networking with participants and speakers |
| Join Zoom 11:10-11:35 | Session 2: RNA in Disease Prevention and Therapy – part 2 Host: Juergen Bauer, Deputy Managing Director, EMBLEM, HeidelbergPatrick Baumhof, VP Formulation & Delivery, Curevac, Tübingen “mRNA based therapeutics: SARS-CoV-2 vaccine CVnCoV” |
| 11:35-12:35 | Panel discussion: RNA in Disease Prevention and Therapy Moderator: Alfredo Nicosia, Professor, University of Naples (EMBL Postdoc, 1986-1990, Heidelberg)Panel members:Irene Bozzoni, Professor, IIT & Sapienza University, RomeEnnio De Gregorio, GSK Vaccines, SienaJuergen Bauer, EMBLEM, HeidelbergStefano Gustincich, IIT, GenovaCristian Jung, Dementia Discovery Fund, LondonPatrick Baumhof, Curevac, Tübingen |
| 12:35-12:50 | Concluding Remarks Stefano Gustincich, Associate Director for Technologies for Life Science (LifeTech), Director Central RNA Lab at IIT, GenoaCornelius Gross, Interim Head of EMBL Rome, Monterotondo |