Tuesday 29 June 2023
10:00-13:40 REGISTRATION and POSTER SETUP (Poster & Exhibition Area)
12:30- 13:40 WELCOME LUNCH & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION
13:40-14-10 CONFERENCE WELCOME (Auditorium)
Institutional greetings and opening remarks
Francesco Saverio Costanzo, ProRettore Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro
Giuseppe Viglietto, Director of the Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro
Giovanni Cuda, Coordinator of UMG School of PhD Programmes in Life Sciences & Technologies , Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro
Ferdinando Chiaradonna, Coordinator of tumor Biochemistry group and 3rd BdT workshop Coordinator, University of Milano Bicocca
Domenica Scumaci, 3rd BdT workshop Coordinator, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro
SESSION 1: UNDERSTANDING IMMUNOMETABOLISM FOR IMPROVING CANCER THERAPY (Auditorium)
Chairs: Michela Grosso (University of Napoli, Federico II) and Andrea Morandi (University of Firenze)
14:10-14:50
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Karsten Hiller, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
"Suppressing the fire: immunomodulatory metabolites in macrophages"
SHORT TALKS
14:50 – 16:30
COFFEE BREAK & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION ( (Poster & Exhibition Area))
16:30-17:00
POSTER SPOTLIGHTS (Auditorium)
Chair: Annamaria Antona (University of Piemonte Orientale)
Top abstracts presented as 3 minute flash talks 3’ each
17:00-17:15
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION (Poster & Exhibition Area)
17-15-18:00
Friday 30 June 2023
08:45-09:15
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT 1 (Auditorium)
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT 2 (Auditorium)
SESSION 2: METABOLISM INTO THE TUMOR CELL: PAST AND PRESENT CANCER TARGETABLE VULNERABILITY (Auditorium)
Chairs: Ferdinando Chiaradonna (University of Milano, Bicocca), Domenica Scumaci (Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro)
and Loredano Pollegioni, IUBMB treasurer (University of Insubria)
09:15-10:15
IUBMB JUBILEE AWARD LECTURE
Lewis C. Cantley, Harvard medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
"Linking protein kinases to phosphorylation sites that control cell growth, cell death and cell survival”
COFFEE BREAK & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION ( (Poster & Exhibition Area))
10:15-10:45
SHORT TALKS (Auditorium)
10:45 – 12:45
BUFFET LUNCH & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION (Poster & Exhibition Area)
12:45-13-25
POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION
13:25-14:10
SESSION 3: METABOLISM SURROUNDING THE TUMOR CELL (Auditorium)
Chair: Francesca Cutrozzolà (University of Roma, La Sapienza),
and Franca Esposito
(University of Napoli, Federico II)
14:10-14:50
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Paola Chiarugi, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy
"Lactate within tumor microenvironment, a key molecule for cell survival and epigenetic regulation"
SHORT TALKS (Auditorium)
Chairs: Daniela Capello
(University of Piemonte Orientale)
and Laura Patrussi (University of Siena)
14:50 – 16:00
COFFEE BREAK & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION (Poster & Exhibition Area)
16:00-16:30
SESSION 4: STUDYING METABOLISM WITH OLD AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES (Auditorium)
Chairs: Daniele Condorelli (University of Catania) and Anna Maria Porcelli (University of Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum)
University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Campus "S. Venuta"
Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro