The University of Siena PhD Course in
Genetics, Oncology and Clinical Medicine
Seminars and Lessons

SEMINARS SCHEDULE ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020


October 21st, 2019 at 1.00pm
"Moonlight jobs & regulatory feedbacks: division of labor in a conserved kinase pathway"
Room 14 Complesso Didattico S. Maria alle Scotte - Siena 

Speaker: 
Prof. Manuela Baccarini
Professor of Cell Signaling at the University of Vienna, 
coordinator of the International PhD Program "Signaling Mechanisms in Cellular Homeostasis" 
and of the Vienna Doctoral School "Molecules of Life" at MFPL

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                                                                                October 25th, 2019 at 10.00 am 
"Medical Mysteries of Genetic Variants in Alport Syndrome"  
Room 10 Complesso Didattico S. Maria alle Scotte - Siena

Speaker: 
Prof. Billy Hudson
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Nutrition Elliott V. Newman, 
    Professor of Biochemistry, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, 
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center-USA

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                                                                            October 28th, 2019 at 2.30pm 
 "Interferons: immunological activity and mechanism of action"  
Room 11 Complesso Didattico S. Maria alle Scotte - Siena

Speaker: 
Prof. Thomas Decker
Professor of Immunobiology at Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics
University of Vienna 

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 October 30th, 2019 at 1.00 pm 
“Normal and pathological erythropoiesis: transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation”
Room 11 Complesso Didattico S. Maria alle Scotte - Siena

Speaker: 
Prof. Michaela Fontenay
Institut Cochin, Département Développement, Reproduction, Cancer; Institut
National de la Santé et de la Recherche médicale (INSERM); Centre National de
la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Unité Mixte de recherché; Service
d'hématologie biologique, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP),
Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre-Cochin; Laboratoire d'excellence du
Globule Rouge GR-Ex. Paris, France


November 18th, 2019 at 12.00 pm 
 "Data and methods on animal models of study in molecular and cellular biology"
Seminar Room Building 27  Core Research Lab ISPRO -Firenze
Room 11 Complesso Didattico S. Maria alle Scotte - Siena (Teleconference)
Room ERMINI Scuola Medica - Pisa (Teleconference)

Speaker: 
Prof. Manuela Baccarini
Professor of Cell Signaling at the University of Vienna, 
coordinator of the International PhD Program "Signaling Mechanisms in Cellular Homeostasis" 
and of the Vienna Doctoral School "Molecules of Life" at MFPL.

POSTER
Slide of the seminar

November 25th, 2019 at 1.00 pm 
 "3-Bromopyruvic acid: can it be useful against cancer"
Room ERMINI Scuola Medica - PISA 
Room 11 Complesso Didattico S. Maria alle Scotte - Siena (Teleconference)
Seminar Room Building 27  Core Research Lab ISPRO -Firenze (Teleconference)

Speaker: 
Prof. Gzegorz Bartosz
Prof. Iza Sadowska-Bartosz
Department of Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection
University of Lodz, Polonia



February 6th, 2020 at 11am 
 "Cellular plasticity in cancer therapy resistance"
Aula A - Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali e Cliniche di Firenze, Viale Morgani 50
Teleconference Room 14 Complesso Didattico S. Maria alle Scotte - Siena 

Speaker: 
Prof. Zoran Culig 
Professor of Experimental Urology, Department of Urology, 
Experimental Urology Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria


February 7th, 2020 at 3 pm 
 "Basophil Activation test"
Room 9 Complesso Didattico S. Maria alle Scotte - Siena 

Speaker: 
Dr. Genny Del Zotto 
IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini-Osp. Pediatrico Gaslini
Department of Research and Diagnostics 
Genova


“NK cell-based immunotherapy in cancer”
Speaker:
Prof Emanuela Marcenaro 
Department of Experimental Medicine and 
Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research
University of Genoa

Slide of the seminar

June 29, 2020 at 1:00 pm 
"Gamma-glutamyltransferase: new perspectives about an old enzyme 
at the crossroads of oncology and immunology"  
Videoconference

Speaker: 
Prof. Alessandro Corti
Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery
University of Pisa


July 1st, 2020 at 12:00 pm 
"COVID in childhood"
Videoconference

Speaker: 
Prof. Rolando Cimaz
Clinic Pediatric Rheumatology, 
ASST Gaetano Pini CTO, Milano and University of Milano