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Stem Cell Research Italy FACULTY: Sveva Bollini Antonio Giordano Assunta Pandolfi University of Genova Temple University University of Chieti-Pescara Philadelphia Bruno Bonetti Ornella Parolini University of Verona Massimiliano Gnecchi University La Cattolica, Roma University of Pavia Annamaria Cimini Roberta Piva University of L’Aquila Anna Lange Consiglio University of Ferrara University of Milano Luciano Conti Stefano Pluchino University of Trento Lorenza Lazzari University of Cambridge Grande Ospedale Maggiore IX meeting Giovanni Di Bernardo Milano Maurilio Sampaolesi University of Campania University of Leuven, Belgium Gina Lisignoli Roberta Di Pietro Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli Francesco Paolo Schena University of Chieti-Pescara Bologna University of Bari Stem Cell Research Italy Davide Gabellini Margherita Maioli Dario Siniscalco San Raffaele Scientific Institute of Milano University of Sassari University Luigi Vanvitelli of Napoli PAOLO BIANCO AWARD Umberto Galderisi Gianvito Martino Liborio Stuppia University of Campania San Raffaele Scientific Institute of Milano University of Chieti-Pescara Maurizio Gelati Letizia Mazzini Yvan Torrente Educational Medicine Credits (ECM) will be requested to the Italian IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza di A.O.U. Maggiore della Carità di Novara University of Milano Ministry of Health according to the program San Giovanni Rotondo of “Continuous Education in Medicine“. Credit for: Medico Chirurgo (tutte le specializzazioni); Veterinario; Odontoiatra; Farmacista; Biologo; Chimico; Fisico; Assistente sanitario; Dietista; Fisioterapista; Igienista dentale; Infermiere; 8 Ostetrica/o; Tecnico della fisiopatologia 01 2 cardiocircolatoria e perfusione cardiovascolare; 3, Tecnico sanitario laboratorio biomedico 2 - Communications will be in Italian or English with English slides. Posters and abstracts must be written in English. 2 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE 2 Umberto Galderisi - Yvan Torrente 1 2 E N JU For your registration and payment Milano - ITALY please contact Rosaria Pasquariello AULA MAGNA DELL’UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO email: [email protected] VIA FESTA DEL PERDONO, 7 tel. 0823.301653 10.00 Massimiliano Gnecchi THURSDAY Induced pluripotent stem cells technology: toward precision medicine in cardiology JUNE 21 10.30 Coffee break 14.15 Attendee registration POSTER SESSION Chairs: Yvan Torrente and Roberta Piva 14.45 WELCOME CEREMONY: Umberto Galderisi and Yvan Torrente 11.00 Guided Poster Tour (5 minutes presentation) NEW HORIZONS FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH: iPS, EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AND BEYOND 12.00 SCR Assembly Chair: Augusto Pessina 13.00 Light lunch KEY LECTURE FROM BASIC TO APPLIED RESEARCH IN STEM CELL FIELD: AN UPDATE 15.00 Maurilio Sampaolesi Chairs: Roberta Piva and Tiziana Squillaro miRNAs, exosomes and iPS cell technologies 14.00 Lorenza Lazzari 15.45 Anna Lange Consiglio Can we distinguish fetal, adult and iPS-derived MSCs? Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory miRNA cargo of microvesicles obtained from equine amniotic progenitor cells in different time-span of in vitro culture 14.30 Margherita Maioli Unfolding the stem cell world: a path among the use of molecules and physical energies 16.15 TWO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS BY YOUNG INVESTIGATORS 15.00 Gianvito Martino Donato Cappetta Therapeutic plasticity of neural stem cells Lung mesenchymal stem cells ameliorate elastase-induced damage in an animal model of emphysema 15.30 TWO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS BY YOUNG INVESTIGATORS Sara Patruno Chairs: Mario Romano and Elisabetta Lambertini Human periodontal ligament stem cell differentiation into airway cells: New perspectives for studies on lung diseases Ilenia Mastrolia Induced HOXB7 acts to influence phenotype and behavior of marrow mesenchymal progenitors 16.45 Coffee break by autocrine and paracrine mechanisms PAOLO BIANCO AWARD Francesca Santilli Chairs: Assunta Pandolfi and Letizia Penolazzi In vitro model for the evaluation of angiogenic potential of MSCs derived from dental pulp Departure for a guided tour and social dinner 17.15 THREE SELECTED COMMUNICATIONS BY YOUNG INVESTIGATORS 18.00 Andrea Brambilla Myoexosomes cargo triggers muscle regeneration and provides molecular cues SATURDAY for alternative exon skipping theraphy in muscular dystrophy 23 JUNE Maria Magdalena Barreca Oxidative stress induces necroptosis in mouse mesoangioblast stem cells 08.45 Attendee registration Nefele Giarratana NEURAL STEM CELLS AND THEIR CLINICAL APPLICATION MICAL2 affects myogenic differentiation Chairs: Gina Lisignoli and Nicola Alessio 18.00 SnapSHOTS BY COMPANIES 09.00 Dario Siniscalco Possible use of stem cells in autism spectrum disorders: scientific rationale Welcome cocktail 09.30 Luciano Conti In vitro modelling of human neocortical development using pluripotent stem cells 10.00 Maurizio Gelati FRIDAY Human neural stem cells production for neurodegenerative diseases treatment 22 JUNE 10.30 Letizia Mazzini Foetal neural stem cell transplantation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: 08.30 Attendee registration and poster set-up long-term follow-up of a phase 1 clinica trial Stem CELLS IN NEUROMUSCULAR AND CARDIAC DISEASES 11.00 Coffee break Chairs: Marco Marchisio and Domitilla Mandatori 11.30 THREE SELECTED POSTER COMMUNICATIONS BY YOUNG INVESTIGATORS 09.00 Davide Gabellini Chairs: Giovanni Di Bernardo and Yvan Torrente Molecular pathogenesis of FSHD muscular dystrophy 12.30 EVALUATION OF ECM CREDITS 09.30 Sveva Bollini Paracrine boosting of endogenous mechanisms of cardiac regeneration 13.00 Concluding remarks and light lunch.
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