Lectures 2024

New Retinal Photochemistry by Novel Microbial Rhodopsins - Prof Keiichi Inoue - November 15th
Prof Keiichi Inoue from the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, will hold the seminar titled "New Retinal Photochemistry by Novel Microbial Rhodopsins".  
The seminar will take place next Friday, November 15th 2024, at 3:00 pm in Classroom 04, Polo Scientifico di San Miniato, Via Aldo Moro 2, Siena, and remotely at the following link: https://meet.google.com/srs-kbmy-tid
(see attached flyer).
NMR-BASED METABOLOMICS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF BIOMARKERS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS TO DRIVE HUMAN HEALTH - Prof. Valeria Righi

November 13, 2024, at 12:00 p.m., Prof. Valeria Righi, University of Bologna, will hold a seminar entitled NMR-BASED METABOLOMICS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF BIOMARKERS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS TO DRIVE HUMAN HEALTH in room 16, Polo Scientifico di San Miniato, Via Aldo Moro 2, Siena, and remotely at the following link: https://meet.google.com/swg-apcq-obp.

You are invited to participate.
 
"The importance of water in membrane receptor function. Implication for Optogenetics". Prof. Anthony Watts - October 15, 2024

October 15, 2024, at 12:00 p.m., Prof. Anthony Watts, Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford (UK), will hold a seminar entitled "The importance of water in membrane receptor function. Implication for Optogenetics".

The seminar will be held in person and remotely (see attached flyer) and is part of the Teaching Activity of the PhD program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – BiBiM 2.0

Investigating the role of cellular communication to promote bacterial infections during malaria. - prof. Pierre-Yves Mantel - October 4th 2024

Il giorno venerdì 4 Ottobre alle ore 11:00, presso l’Aula 11 del Centro Didattico del Policlinico Le Scotte ed in collegamento su Google Meet (https://meet.google.com/ezn-gcoz-qzx), Il professor Pierre-Yves Mantel, University of Fribourg-CK-CARE Davos, Switzerland, terrà un seminario dal titolo:

Investigating the role of cellular communication to promote bacterial infections during malaria

Il seminario è organizzato dal Prof. Francesco Santoro nell’ambito della Scuola di Dottorato in Biotecnologie Mediche e del Dottorato Nazionale di Innovazione nella Diagnosi, prevenzione e terapia delle infezioni a rischio epidemico-pandemico.

Come la terapia genica sta cambiando la storia di malattie ereditarie e tumorali - 27th September 2024

 27th September 2024, 11:00 a.m –  Aula Magna of the Presidio Universitario by  Policlinico Santa Maria alle Scotte, Prof. Franco Locatelli President of Consiglio Superiore di Sanità, will hold a lecture entitled: “Come la terapia genica sta cambiando la storia delle malattie ereditarie e tumorali”.  

The event is part of the soft skills activities for the PhD. 

UNDERSTAND SYNAPTIC CONNECTIVITY THROUGH PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION - Prof. Davide Comoletti
Prof. Davide Comoletti, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, will hold a seminar entitled "UNDERSTAND SYNAPTIC CONNECTIVITY THROUGH PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION".
The seminar will take place on Thursday 11 July at 11.30 am in room 25 of the Polo Scientifico Universitario San Miniato – Via Aldo Moro 2, Siena.
Progranulin oncogenic axis in solid tumors: novel targets for therapy - Prof. Andrea Morrione - July 10th, 2024

July 10th, 2024  Prof. Andrea Morrione, from Temple University Philadelphia (USA)

Seminar: “Progranulin oncogenic axis in solid tumors: novel targets for therapy”

You are invited to participate.
 
The seminar will be held both in person and remotely. 
Information on time, location, and links for remote participation are shown in the attached flyer.
The perils of Computational drug discovery in proteome-wide high-throughput virtual screenings

Lecture of Prof. Stefano Forli, Scripps Research  Monday, the 20th of May 2024, 3p.m. Aula 25 Istituti Biologici San Miniato

Bio-Art Image Contest: “The beauty behind biological sciences”

This interesting initiative  will take place during the 48th FEBS Congress (Milano, 29th June-3rd July 2024):The contest is organized by FEBS in collaboration with the Polish Biochemical Society and the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as part of the FEBS 60th anniversary celebrations in 2024.

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation - 30 January 2024

Organizers: A.Santucci, R.Rappuoli, M.Biazzo, L.Drago, D. Pinzauti

School on "Chirality: from biology to pharmaceuticals and nanomaterials", Lipari 28th - 3rd August 2024.

The School will be dedicated to the introduction (the origin of molecular and supramolecular chirality and their experimental determination) and in-depth analysis of both theoretical and experimental topics and is dedicated to both simple listeners and doctoral students.

 
The registration fee is €550 for registrations by March 15th, after this date the registration will be €600. Registrations are open till 30 June. The fee will cover teaching materials, bus from Catania airport to Milazzo + Milazzo-Lipari hydrofoil and (at the end of school) the return to Catania airport, social events and coffee breaks.

Further information in the web site of the School

Il Dipartimento Quality Control (QC) nell'industria farmaceutica. Il processo di rilascio di un vaccino. November 2023-March 2024

Organizers: GSK/DBCF

Siena-Polo Universitario San Miniato

The state of copper in the cell - Prof. David L. Huffman - 28th February 2024

Organizers: Mangani, Pozzi, Tassone

Siena-Polo Universitario San Miniato

Neuroplacentology: Preclinical Models and Clinical Implications, Dr. A. PENN - The Importance of Considering Sex as a Variable in Developmental Neuroscience: Example of a Placental Steroid Insufficiency Model, Dr. C.M. VACHER - 29th Feb

Organizers: F.Ietta, S.Maccherini, L.Trabalzini

 

AULA 24, Istituti Biologici, San Miniato or https://meet.google.com/wbn-pvyi-kps At 11:00

Advanced school on biophysical methods for protein-protein and protein-ligand interaction analysis - 3rd-7th June 24

Event of interest:

03rd-07th June 2024, University of Milan.
The deadline for registrations is 16th June 2024.