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

6.157.15 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