SIBBM 2025 • Frontiers in Molecular Biology

SIBBM 2025 • Frontiers in Molecular Biology

Molecular drivers and targets in development and disease

Molecular drivers and targets in development and disease

Naples, Italy • 17-19 June 2025

Naples, Italy • 17-19 June 2025

SIBBM 2025 • Frontiers in Molecular Biology

Molecular drivers and targets in development and disease

Naples, Italy • 17-19 June 2025

Preliminary Programme

Preliminary Programme

  • 12:20-13:30 Light lunch and registration
    13:30-13:40 Welcome address
    Session I - 3D Genome organization
    CHAIRS: Matthieu Boulard (EMBL) and Caterina Missero (University of Naples Federico II)
    13:40-14:10 EMBL Lecture
    Mario Nicodemi (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
    14:10-14:40 Akis Papantonis (University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany)
    Senescent cells cluster CTCF on nuclear speckles to sustain their splicing program
    14:40-15:10 2 Talks selected from submitted abstracts (15 min each)
    15:10-15:40 Coffee break
    15:40-16:10 Magda Bienko (Human Technopole, Italy)
    16:10-16:40 2 Talks selected from submitted abstracts (15 min each)
    16:40-18:00 Poster Session I
  • Session II - Synthetic biology and Stem Cell-Based Models
    (Joint Session with Association of Cell Biology and Differentiation-ABCD)
    CHAIRS: Graziano Martello (University of Padua) and Gabriella Minchiotti (IGB-CNR)
    9:00-9:30 Ivano Legnini (Human Technopole, Italy)
    Spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression: from description to perturbation and back
    9:30-10:00 2 Talks selected from submitted abstracts (15 min each)
    10:00-10:30 Sheref S. Mansy (University of Trento, Italy)
    10:30-12:00 Poster Session II and coffee break
    12:00-12:30 Jamie Hackett (European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Italy)
    12:30-13:00 2 Talks selected from submitted abstracts (15 min each)
    13:00-14:00 Lunch
    Session III - Emerging Technologies in Integrative Omics, Spatial Transcriptomics, and Artificial Intelligence
    CHAIRS: Giuseppe Merla (University of Naples Federico II), Graziano Pesole (University of Bari)
    14:00-14:30 Raffaele Calogero (University of Turin, Italy)
    Essential strategies for mastering single-cell and spatial RNA-seq analysis
    14:30-15:00 Davide Cacchiarelli (University of Naples Federico II, TIGEM, Italy)
    15:00-16:00 4 Talks selected from submitted abstracts (15 min each)
    16:00-16:30 Coffee break
    16:30-17:30 Symposium: Science and Society
    17:30-18:30 SIBBM members’ general assembly
    19:30 Social dinner
  • Session IV - Gene Expression and Translational Control from Biology to Therapy
    CHAIRS: Andrea Ditadi (San Raffaele Telethon Institute) and Nicoletta Potenza (University of Campania L. Vanvitelli)
    9:00-9:30 Kim De Keersmaecker (KU Leuven, Belgium)
    How ribosomal protein mutations translate cancer
    9:30-10:00 Anders H. Lund (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
    Tuning the ribosome in health and disease
    10:00-10:30 2 Talks selected from submitted abstracts (15 min each)
    10:30-11:00 Coffee break
    11:00-11:30 Michela Denti (University of Trento, Italy)
    Therapeutic Modulation of RNA splicing for the treatment of 4R tauopathies
    11:30-12:00 Andrea Mattevi (University of Pavia, Italy)
    Targeting metabolons and redox signalling
    12:00-12:30 Alberto Auricchio (University of Naples Federico II, TIGEM, Italy)
    ExpEditing AAV gene therapy
    12:20-13:00 Prizes and wrap-up