DOCTORATE in GENETICS, ONCOLOGY and CLINICAL MEDICINE (GenOMeC)
DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN GENETICA ONCOLOGIA E MEDICINA CLINICA

UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI  DI SIENA

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Lab meeting programs
 
 

LAB MEETING SCHEDULE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012

 

18 July h 16.30 

Amabile Sonia (Tutor: Prof. A. Renieri)

Pietrobono Silvia (Tutor: Dott. B. Stecca)

Ceccherini Elisa (Tutor: Prof. A. Giordano)

Danielli Riccardo (Tutor: Dott. M. Maio)

Patriarchi Tommaso (Tutor: A. Renieri) in skype conference from USA

Napoliello Luca (Tutor: Prof. A. Giordano)

Gazaneo Sara(Tutor: Prof. P. Tanganelli)

Mei Stefania (Tutor: Prof. M. Fimiani)

Russo Anna (Tutor: Prof. A. Giordano)

 

4th July h 16.30 room 3

Nami Niccolò (Tutor: Prof. M. Fimiani)

Parisi Giulia (Tutor: Dott. M. Maio)

Zambrano Daniela (Tutor: Prof. A. Renieri)

Lucani Benedetta (Tutor: Prof. M. Bocchia)

Carleo Alfonso (Tutor: Prof. P. Rottoli)

Ruvio Martina (Tutor: Prof. R. Nuti)

Barone Daniela (Tutor: Prof. A. Giordano)

Milanese Carla (Tutor: Prof. A. Giordano)

 
6th June room 7
 
Montilli Cinizia (XXV cycle, tutor: F. Laghi Pasini)

Zimbone Stefania (XXVI cycle, tutor: F. Laghi Pasini)

Rizzo Valeria (XXVI cycle, tutor: A. Giordano)

Casini Nadia (XXVI cycle, tutor: A. Giordano)

Granato Felice (XXVI cycle, tutor: F. Cetta)

Guercio Valentina (XXV cycle, tutor: F. Cetta)

Lorenzi Bruno (XXIV cycle, tutor: F. Cetta)

Pianigiani Anna Paola (Tutor: M. Fimiani)

 
9th May room 7
 
Grillo Elisa (XXV cycle, tutor: F. Ariani, A. Renieri)

Conti Daniele (XXIV cycle, tutor: A. Giordano)

Fontani Andrea (XXV cycle, tutor: S. Civitelli)

Kimani Jane Lucie (XXV cycle, tutor: A. Auteri, L. Puccetti)

Bartoldi Ilaria (XXV cycle, tutor: M. Galeazzi)

Valcamonica Elisabetta (XXV cycle, tutor M. Galeazzi)

 
11th April room 7
 
Cozzi Martina (XXV cycle, A. Giordano)

David Colecchia (XXIV cycle, tutor: M. Chiarello)

Olaynka Olabinjo (XXV cycle, tutor: A. Giordano)

Mucciolo Mafalda (XXIV cycle, tutor: F. Mari, A. Renieri)

Merlotti Daniela (XXV cycle, tutor: R. Nuti)

 
7th March room 3
 

- New strategies for the cure of malignant mesothelioma by using p53 activating molecules (Iris Maria Forte, Oncological Genetics, XXIV cycle, tutor: A. Giordano) 10 min

- Identification of a novel p190-derived breakpoint peptide suitable for peptide vaccine therapeutic approach  in  Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients (Defina Marzia, Clinical and Experimental Allergology and Immunology, XXV cycle, tutor: M. Bocchia) 10 min

- The involvement of inflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers into two
different studies: evaluation in experimental models and in humans
(Zangari Rosalia, Hepatobiliopancreatic diseases and Multitumoral syndromes, XXIV cycle, tutor: F. Cetta) 10 min

- The key role of interleukin 17 in psoriasis and other autoimmune diseases ( Cervadoro Elisa, Clinical and Experimental Allergology and Immunology, XXV cycle, tutor: M. Fimiani) 10 min

Each presentation will be followed by 10 min discussion

 
1st February room 4
 

- Analysis of aberrant constitutional DNA methylation in patients with colorectal cancer and multiple primary tumors (20’ Crucianelli Francesca, Colorectal and gastroesophageal diseases, XXIV cycle, tutor: S. Civitelli, M. Genuardi)

- New technologies to study Rett syndrome (20’ Gabriella Livide, Medical Genetics, XXV cycle, tutor: F. Ariani, A. Renieri)

- Alteration of aortic constituents in thoracic aortic aneurysm and role of MMPs, TIMPs and GGT in the pathogenesis of the disease (20’ Cappelli Alessia, Experimental Medicine and Atherosclerosis, XXVI cycle, tutor: P. Tanganelli)

 
14th December
 

- Analysis of phenotype risks/environmental factors and serum levels of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 in patients with “fast growing melanoma” (20’ Mandato Filomena, Clinical and experimental Allergology and Immunology, XXVI cycle, tutor: M. Fimiani)

- Prognostic significante of IGHV1-69 gene in Chronic Lynphocytic Leukemia (20’Sicuranza Anna, Clinical Pharmacology, XXVI cycle, tutor: M. Bocchia)

- Investigating new microdeletion syndromes (20’ Disciglio Vittoria, Medical Genetics, XXIV cycle, tutor: F. Mari, A. Renieri)

- Alport syndrome and Next Generation Sequencing (20’ Chiara Fallerini, Medical Genetics, XXVI cycle, tutor: A. Renieri)

 

LAB MEETING SCHEDULE ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011

 

 Orario: 17.00-19.30

 Mercoledì 3 luglio 2011

1) Scientific report of PhD students in Oncology and Genetics

- Creatine Transporter Defect Diagnosed by Proton NMR Spectroscopy in Males With Intellectual Disability (30’, Mencarelli MA. – Medical Genetics section)

 - Incidence of cancer in ultracentenarians, in elderly with Alzheimer's disease and in subjects with Werner Syndrome (30', Guercio V. - Hepatobiliopancreatic Diseases and Multitumoral Syndromes)

- Prostate cancer: the influence of STAT3 and the presence of Human Polyomavirus BK in
cells
(30', Mischitelli M. – Oncological Genetics section)

2) Communications

- Submission of the manuscript “Epigenetic and copy number variation analysis in retinoblastoma by MS-MLPA” to Cancer Science (15’, Livide G.) 

- Proposals for the reorganization of University Departments (15’, Ariani F.)

 

Mercoledì 1 giugno 2011

 

- Monica Mischitelli “Prostate cancer: the influence of STAT3 and the presence of Human Polyomavirus BK in cells

            - Valeria Rizzo “Title to define”

- Nadia Casini “Title to define”

- Valentina Guercio “PM chemical characterization and differences in cytotoxicity versus pro-inflammatory potency of different PM fractions in human epithelial lung cells”

- Bruccheri Maria Grazia “Title to define”

 

Mercoledì 4 maggio 2011

1) Scientific report of PhD students in Oncology and Genetics

- Detection of constitutional epigenetic changes in colorectal cancer and multiple primitive tumors (30', Crucianelli F. – Colorectal and gastroesophageal diseases)

- Identification of the regulatory mechanisms of Cdk2/CyclinA inhibition by pRb2/p130 protein (30', Conti D. - Oncological Genetics section)

- Outcome of surgical treatment of colorectal cancer in the elderly (30', Fontani A. - Colorectal and gastroesophageal diseases)

- Prenatal diagnosis by standard karyotype (30’, Parri V. – Medical Genetics section)

2) Communications

- Submission of the manuscript “p53 Arg72Pro SNP influences the risk of hereditary retinoblastoma” to the Journal of Human Genetics in collaboration with the University of Torino (15’, Disciglio V.)

- Results of Doctoral School evaluation by the “Nucleo di Valutazione di Ateneo” (15’, Renieri A.)

 

Mercoledì 6 aprile 2011

1) Scientific report of PhD students in Oncology and Genetics

- New small molecule inhibitors of Src as potential candidates for cancer therapy (30', Cozzi M. - Oncological Genetics section)

- Involvement of ERK8 in autophagy (30', Colecchia D. - Medical Genetics section)

- Decipher database as a tool for genomic imbalances analysis (30', Mucciolo M. - Medical Genetics section)

- Bioinformatics approach to the pRb pathway in cancer initiation and progression (30’conference call from USA, Olayinka O. - Oncological Genetics section)

2) Communications

- Acceptance with revisions of the paper “Investigation of modifier genes within copy number variations in Rett syndrome” by the Journal of Human Genetics (15’, Artuso R.)

 - Results of Doctoral School evaluation by the Scientific Committee (15’, Ariani F.)

 

Mercoledì 2 marzo 2011

- Forte Iris “Gastric cancer and cell cycle regulation”

- Zangari Rosalia “The impact of traffic pollution on antioxidant system of two populations exposed to different levels of pollutants”

- De Filippis Roberta “Induced pluripotent stem cells as a human model to study Rett syndrome: FOXG1”

- Amenduni Mariangela “Induced pluripotent stem cells as a human model to study Rett syndrome: CDKL5”

- Martellucci Jacopo “Title to define”

 

Mercoledì 2 febbraio 2011

 

- Lorenzi Bruno “Evaluation of anorectal function after radiotherapy in patients treated for rectal cancer”

- La Montagna Raffaele “Androgen receptor and PIN1 in prostate cancer”,

- Disciglio Vittoria “Deletions and duplications on 16p11.2”

- Livide Gabriella “Role of MDM2 T309G and TP53 R72P polymorphisms in modulation of variable phenotypic expression of retinoblastoma”

- Pacifici Marco “Title to define”

 

Mercoledì 15  dicembre 2010

 

- Mari Francesca, “Report of the American Society of Human Genetics meeting”

- Mirella Bruttini and Rosangela Artuso “Next Generation Sequencing: preliminary results”

- Fallerini Chiara “Mutation analysis in COL4A5 gene”

- Grillo Elisa “Mutation analysis in patients with Rett syndrome”