Erasmus week 26th – 30th October 2015

Seminar room, I floor, Q Building –
Via Giorgieri, 5

Monday 26th October
9.30 – 10.00
Get together: Coffee (building Q, III floor)
10.00 – 10.30
G. Manfioletti
Dept. Life Sciences – University of Trieste
Welcome in Trieste and introduction to the course
10.30 – 12.00
A. Muro
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) – TRIESTE
”From gene therapy to genome editing with engineered nucleases”
14.00 – 15.30
S. Schoeftner
Dept. Life Sciences – University of Trieste; LNCIB Area Science Park Trieste
“Long, non-coding RNA crosstalk between pseudogenes and ancestral genes"
15.30 – 17.00
A. Marcello
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) – TRIESTE
“Host cell defense mechanisms against viral infections
17.00 - 18.30
E. Buratti
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) – TRIESTE
"The emerging roles of RNA metabolism in neurodegenerative processes "
19.30
Get together at Forst Spiller - Riva Nazario Sauro, 14
Tuesday 27th October
9.00 – 11.00
C. Brancolini
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies – University of Udine
“Transcription factors, epigenetic changes and epithelial morphogenesis”
11.00 – 12.30
G. Meroni
Dept. Life Sciences – University of Trieste
“Role of TRIM Ubiquitin E3 ligases in the regulation of gene expression”
14.00 – 15.30
L. Banks
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) – Trieste
“The role of Human Papillomavirus in the Development of Cervical Cancer”
15.30 – 17.30
Poster session
Wednesday 28th October
10.00 – 13.00
Visit to the Area Science Park
Syncrotron Elettra and CBM
14.30 – 16.00
F. Pagani
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) – Trieste
“Pre mRNA splicing and disease”
16.00 – 17.30
S. Zacchigna
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) – Trieste
“Novel genes to regenerate old hearts’”
17.30 – 19.00
F. Feiguin
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) – TRIESTE
“Synaptic stability and neurodegeneration: Genetic analysis of the autonomous and nonautonomous
mechanisms behind the symptoms”
Thursday 29th October
9.00 – 10.30
S. Zucchelli
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) – TRIESTE
“SINEUPs: a new class of natural and synthetic antisense long non-coding RNAs that
activates translation”
10.30 - 12.00
E. Comisso
Dept. Life Sciences – University of Trieste; LNCIB Area Science Park Trieste
“Stemness factors collaborate with tumor suppressor factors to define aggressiveness of
ovarian cancer”
12.00 – 13.30
C. Vascotto
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies – University of Udine
“Mitochondrial DNA damage and repair in aging and cancer”
Friday 30th October
9.30
Exams (Building H3, room 1A)
Social events
Monday morning at 9.30 coffee together (meeting point 9.30 bus stop). Monday evening, pizza
at Spiller (free for French and Italian students) and speakers participating to the Erasmus week.