Monday, May 26th
1.30 – 2.30 PM Registration
2.30 – 3.00 PM Opening ceremony
Greeting of the Authorities
3.00 – 6.15 PM 1st Session Chairs: Matteo Donadon -
3.00 - 3.30 PM
Title: (KL) The Long Game of lncRNAs: Navigating Signatures, Circuits, and Therapeutic Targets in Ovarian Cancer
Danny N. Dhanasekaran
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
3.30 - 3.55 PM
Title: (IL) Adaptation of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia to Ibrutinib is
Mediated by Epigenetic Plasticity of Residual Disease and by-pass Signaling via MAPK Pathway
Lodovico Terzi di Bergamo
Università della Svizzera Italiana, Swiss
3.55 - 4.20 PM
Title: (IL) Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Energy Crisis in Cancer Cachexia: Relevance of the Tumor Host Cross-talk
Paola Costelli
Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
4.20 - 4.50 PM
Title: (KL) Abscopal anti-tumoral effect of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination
Guido Ferlazzo
Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
4.50 - 5.20 PM
Title: (KL) CD49d-expressing CLL: Clinical and Biological Features
Valter Gattei
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano, Italy
5.20 - 5.45 PM
Title: (IL) TGS1 Mediated mRNA 5’-cap Trimethylation Promotes Oxidative Phosphorylation in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Isaia Barbieri
Università di Torino, Italy
5.45 - 6.00 PM
Title: (OC) Jagged Ligands on Extracellular Vesicles Drive Osteoclast Formation in Multiple Myeloma
Domenica Giannandrea
Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
6.00 - 6.05 PM
Title: (FC)
To be selected from the abstract
6.05 - 6.15 PM
Title: (SC)
To be selected from the abstract
6.15 – 7.15 PM Welcome party
Social event - Aperitivo Buffet
7.30 PM Classical music concert and Apericena buffet (by invitation ONLY)
Social event at Conservatorio "Guido Cantelli"
Tuesday, May 27th
8.30 – 11.00 AM 2nd Session Chairs: TBA
8.30 - 8.45 AM
Title: (OC) The Obesity-Cancer Nexus in Ovarian Cancer: Adipocyte-Cancer Cell Crosstalk
Camelia Munteanu
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj Napoca, Romania
8.45 - 8.55 AM
Title: (SC)
To be selected from the abstract
8.55 - 9.05 AM
Title: (SC)
To be selected from the abstract
9.05 - 9.15 AM
Title: (SC)
To be selected from the abstract
9.15 - 9.40 AM
Title: (IL) Extracellular Matrix Dynamics and Colorectal Liver Metastasis: Insights from Organ Bioengineering
Andrea Peloso
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Swiss
9.40 - 10.05 AM
Title: (IL) Epigenetic Regulation of Transcription and Spatial Genome
Organization in Lung Cancer
Guillermo Barreto
Université de Lorraine, France
10.05 - 10.20 AM
Title: (OC) CD274/PD-L1 Promoter Hypomethylation in Non-small Cell
Lung Cancer
Federico Pio Fabrizio
University of Enna "Kore", Italy
10.20 - 10.30 AM
Title: (SC)
To be selected from the abstract
10.30 - 10.40 AM
Title: (SC)
To be selected from the abstract
10.40 - 10.55 AM
Title: (OC) Phytotherapy and Oncology: The Use of Medicinal
Plants to Support Cancer Therapy
Sara Damiano
Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy
10.55 - 11.00 AM
Title: (FC)
To be selected from the abstract
11.00 – 11.30 AM Coffee break
11.30 AM – 1.30 PM 3rd Session Chairs: TBA
11.30 AM - 12.00 PM
Title: (KL) Regulation of Cancer Cell Behavior by microRNA-controlled Pathways
Devrim Gozuacik
Koç University, Turkey
12.00 - 12.10 PM
Title: (SC)
TBA
12.10 - 12.05 PM
Title: (FC)
TBA
12.15 - 12.25 PM
Title: (SC)
TBA
12.25 - 12.50 PM
Title: (IL) Immune Response Transcriptome is Unique for each Cancer
Nodule in the Prostate Tumor
Dumitru Andrei Iacobas
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, USA
12.50 - 1.05 PM
Title: (OC) Boric acid and Serotonin combination destroys the DNA
Double-strand break repair process of Lung Cancer Stem Cells
Tugba Semerci Sevimli
Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
1.05 - 1.15 PM
Title: (SC)
To be selected from the abstract
1.15 - 1.25 PM
Title: (SC)
To be selected from the abstract
1.25 - 1.30 PM
Title: (FC) Analysing Metabolic Pathways Involved in Cis-Platin Resistance of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Nicole Edel
Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Germany
1.30 – 2.30 PM Lunch
2.30 – 7.00 PM 4th Session Chairs: Arnold Stern -
2.30 - 2.45 PM
Title: (OC) Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Pancreatic Cancer: Exploring Nutrient Sensing and Mitochondrial Adaptations
Miriam Martini
University of Torino, Italy
2.45 - 3.10 PM
Title: (OC) Decoding Cancer Metabolic Networks and Drug Targets Using Time and Isotope Resolved Metabolomics
Stefan Kempa
Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Germany
3.10 - 3.35 PM
Title: (IL) Rewiring of Lipid Metabolism in Drug-Resistant Lung Cancer Cells
Joanna Kopecka
Università di Torino, Italy
3.35- 3.50 PM
Title: (OC) Multiomic Characterization of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Riccardo Sinella
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
3.50 - 4.05 PM
Title: (OC) Tackling Novel Metabolic Vulnerabilities to Hamper Glioma Stem Cells Growth: The Role of the V-ATPase Proton Pump
Alessandra Maria Storaci
Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
4.05 - 4.20 PM
Title: (OC) New Strategies in the Treatment of Melanoma
Roberta Cassano
Università della Calabria, Italy
4.20 - 4.35 PM
Title: (OC) NKX3-2 Promotes Ovarian Cancer Cell Migration by HDAC6-mediated Repositioning of Lysosomes and Downregulation of Autophagy
Alessandra Ferraresi
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
4.35 - 4.50 PM
Title: (OC) Avatars in Personalized Medicine of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Lights and Shadows of Human Primary Cell Cultures in the Creation of Preclinical Models
Niccola Funel
University of Pisa, Italy
4.50 - 5.00 PM
Title: (SC)
To be selected from the abstract
5.00 - 5.10 PM
Title: (SC)
To be selected from the abstract
5.10 - 5.20 PM
Title: (SC) Aquaporin 1, 8, and 9 Expression on Malignant Melanoma: a Possible Correlation with Prognosis and Clinical Outcome
Lara Camillo
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
5.20 - 5.45 PM
Title: (IL) Cancer Chemoprevention and Biomarkers
Jianyu Rao
University of California, USA
5.45 - 5.50 PM
Title: (FC)
To be selected from the abstract
5.50 - 5.55 PM
Title: (FC)
To be selected from the abstract
5.55 - 6.00PM
Title: (FC)
To be selected from the abstract
6.00 - 6.05 PM
Title: (FC)
To be selected from the abstract
6.05 - 6.30 PM
Title: (IL) Boric Acid Enhances Cisplatin Sensitivity by Disrupting DNA Double-Strand Break Repair in Breast Cancer Stem Cells
Hülyam Kurt
Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
6.30 - 7.00 PM
Title: (KL) Mechanisms and Targets for Obesity-Driven Prostate Cancer Progression
John DiGiovanni
The University of Texas, USA
7.00 – 7.20 PM Closing ceremony
7.30 - 9.30 PM Farewell party
Social event - Apericena Buffet