2026 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Tuesday, MARCH 3, 2026
2:30-5:00 PM | Seminar Room P.le Kolbe
Complex chromatin rearrangements
Prof. Claudio Brancolini
Dr. Andrea Bellina
Prof. Eros Di Giorgio
Invited speaker:
Dr. Katerina Gurova - Department of Cell Stress Biology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York USA
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Tuesday, MARCH 24, 2026
11:30 AM | Seminar Room P.le Kolbe
SPECIAL LECTURE: The complement system and pregnancy
Speaker: Prof. Roberta Bulla - Department of Life Sciences, University of Udine
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Wednesday, APRIL 8, 2026
3:00-6:00 PM | Auditorium "Centro per la Ricerca clinica e traslazionale GAIA"
From gene to therapy
Prof. Catia Mio
Dr. Andrea Elena Dardis
Prof. Teresa Gagliano
Speaker: Prof. Gianluca Petris
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Wednesday, MAY 13, 2026
3:00-6:00 PM | Auditorium "Centro per la Ricerca clinica e traslazionale GAIA"
Integrated Immunity: The Microbiota-Brain Axis Meets Caspase-2
Prof. Mariarosaria Valente
Dr. Silvia Tonon
Invited speakers:
Prof. Teresa Zelante - Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia
Prof. Luca Fava - Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrated Biology (CIBIO)
Friday, MAY 29, 2026
2:30 PM | Seminar Room P.le Kolbe
SPECIAL LECTURE: Complex genetics of sarcomas
Dr. Roberta Maestro – Functional Oncogenetics and Oncogenomics, IRCCS CRO Cancer Center, Aviano
Thursday, JUNE 4, 2026
2:30-6:00 PM | Auditorium "Centro per la Ricerca clinica e traslazionale GAIA"
From Biology to Translational Medicine
Prof. Roberta Benetti
Prof. Lorenzo Gerratana
Prof. Daniela Cesselli
Prof. Carlo Tascini
Prof. Marco Colizzi
Dr. Giovanni Sorrentino - International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology ICGEB, Area Science Park Trieste
Wednesday, JULY 1, 2026
3:00-6:00 PM | Auditorium "Centro per la Ricerca clinica e traslazionale GAIA"
Innovative Technologies for Clinical Research
Prof. Massimo Robiony
Dr. Valeria Manfrè
Prof. Valentina Rapozzi
Dr. Rossana Roncato
Invited speaker:
Prof. Giuseppe Merla - IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo
Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 2, 2026
3:00-6:00 PM | Auditorium "Centro per la Ricerca clinica e traslazionale GAIA"
Aging: from Physiology to Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Prof. Bruno Grassi
Dr. Lucrezia Zuccarelli
Prof. Giovanna Lippe
Prof. Alessandra Corazza
Prof. Giulia Antoniali
Invited speaker:
TBD
Thursday, OCTOBER 1, 2026
3:30-5:30 PM | Auditorium Centro per la Ricerca clinica e traslazionale GAIA
From Beat to Breakdown: the Biology of the Heart
Prof. Antonio Paolo Beltrami
Prof. Massimo Imazio
Invited speaker:
Prof. Vincenzo Lionetti - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa