Programme

  • Thursday, 21 September

    12:00-14:00

    Registration and posters set-up

    14:00-14:30

    Welcome and Opening of the Congress

    Awarding of the Luca Daveggio prize

    14:30-15:30

    Keynote Lecture

    Chair: Paolo Pinton

    Tullio Pozzan (Padua, Italy)
    Investigating live cells in action: Roger Tsien’s heritage

    15:30-16:30

    Session 1: Tissue regeneration and engineering

    Chair: Antonio Musarò

    Michele De Luca (Modena, Italy)
    Combined ex vivo cell and gene therapy for Epidermolysis Bullosa

    Nicola Elvassore (Padua, Italy)
    High-efficiency cellular reprogramming and differentiation in engineered micro-environment

    16:30-17:00

    Coffee break

    17:00-18:00

    Keynote Lecture

    Chair: Antonio Musarò

    Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte (La Jolla, CA, USA)
    Reprogramming, stem cells and organ generation: in vitro and in vivo approaches to slowdown aging

    18:00-19:00

    Flash poster presentations

    Chair: Antonella De Matteis

    19:00-21:00

    Poster session 1

    21:00

    Buffet dinner