Seminari / Workshop 2025
SEMINAR: Repurposing Drug Delivery Systems for Diagnostics
Prof. Simon Matoori - Université de Montréal, Canada.
Wednesday 17 December 2025 - h 11:30 - Aula 6 - DSF
Info: paolo.caliceti@unipd.it | alessio.malfanti@unipd.it
SHORT COURSE: Role of Chemokines in Cancer
Prof. Marcus Thelen Ph.D
Institute for Research in Biomedicine - Bellinzona, Università della Svizzera Italiana
Short course for Pharmbiotec and Pharmacy students (In-depth analysis of chemistry/biology/pharmaceutical aspects).
Seminar 1
11 December 2025, 10:30 am - 12.30 pm
Aula 2 - DSF
- What are chemokines? A little bit of nomenclature.
- Structure of chemokines and chemokine receptors.
- The role of chemokines in cell proliferation, cell survival with particular attention on their function in cell migration.
- Detailed description of the cutting edge methodological approaches to study these important molecules.
Seminar 2
12 December 2025, 10:30 am - 12.30 pm
- The role of chemokines in cancer, role in metastasis and in the tumor ability to evade the immunological surveillance.
- Modulation of chemokine activity as potential anticancer therapeutic strategy. The very delicate issue of chemokines modulation.
Info and registration: dorianna.sandona@unipd.it
SEMINAR: Covalent drug discovery beyond Cys: targeting Lys, His, or Tyr
Prof. Maurizio Pellecchia
University of California Riverside
14:30 Saluti istituzionali - Prof. Mattia Sturlese, Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco - UniPD
14:35 LECTURE - Prof. Maurizio Pellecchia, University of California Riverside.
15:15 Sessione Q&A
Thursday 20 November 2025 - 14:30 - Aula Ex-Biblioteca (primo piano) DSF
Info: mattia.sturlese@unipd.it
Prof.Katrin Andreasson, Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University, USA
The kynurenine pathway regulates brain glucose metabolism in models of Alzheimer’s disease
Prof. Gregory F. Oxenkrug, Professor Emeritus at Tufts Tufts Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry Boston, USA
From tryptophan to anthranilic acid: findings and hypotheses
Wednesday 19 November 2025 h 10:00-12:00 Hosted by University of Padua and ISTRY (International Society For Tryptophan Research)
SEMINAR: Nanobodies or camelid antibody fragments: properties and applications
Mireille Dumoulin, Ph.D
NEPTUNS, Nanobodies to Explore Protein Structure and Functions, Centre for Protein Engineering; InBIOS, University of Liège, Belgium.
Lecture 1
1- What are Nanobodies? This part will explain how Nanobodies were discovered and give an overview of the unique properties of Nanobodies compared to those of conventional antibody fragments such as Fab, and ScFv.
2- How Nanobodies are generated and characterized? This lecture will introduce the different steps involved to generate and select Nanobodies against a given antigen, and to characterize them in term of affinity, specificity, epitope mapping, stability using various a range of technics including ELISA, SPR, Biolayer interferometry, ITC, fluorescence and circular dichroism
Lecture 2
How to engineer Nbs to further adapt their properties to the applications: creation of multivalent/multispecific Nanobodies, creation of chimeric Nbs (fusion with toxins, enzymes, etc.). We will discuss protein engineering strategies to improve the pharmacokinetics of Nbs and to label them for in vivo imaging.
Therapeutic, diagnostic and biotechnological application of Nanobodies, part 1
Lecture 3
Therapeutic, diagnostic and biotechnological applications of Nanobodies, part 2
When: from 10 November 2025 to 12 November 2025
Where: DSF - Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences - Aula 6
Info: patrizia.polverinodelaureto@unipd.it
To enroll: https://medicina.elearning.unipd.it/course/view.php?id=7255
PROGRAMMA
14:00 Registrazione Workshop - Welcome coffee
14:30 OLIVENET in numeri: risultati e prospettive
Prof. Stefano dall’Acqua - Università degLi studi di Padova, Responsabile scientifico del progetto
Dott. Stefano Marabotto - Coordinatore della Rete Regionale Innovativa INNOSAP - INNOVAA
Dott. Nicola De Zordi - SAM Società Agricola Moldoi, Azienda partner di progetto
Dott.ssa Clizia Franceschi - Fomet SPA, Azienda partner di progetto
Prof. Massimiliano RinaldI - Università di Parma
Prof.ssa Francisca Rodriguez - Università di Porto
15:45 L’ESPERIENZA DEI RICERCATORI:
Dott.ssa Rohini Vijay Dhenge - Università dI Parma
Dott. Alberto Magnabosco - Università degLi Studi di Padova
16:45 Q&A: Domande e Risposte sul progetto a ricercatori e aziende
17:15 Momento di Networking
18:00 Conclusioni
Friday 6th June 2025 - 14:00 - 18:00 - Aula Ex-Biblioteca (primo piano) DSF
1) Dysregulation of serum tryptophan metabolism in patient with COVID-19
2) Despair, Depression, and Dysregulated Dissonance: Decoding Tryptophan Trajectories in kat2 Mice
3) Role of gut microbiota in the metabolic fate of NAD+ precursors
4) Changes in pancreatic tryptophan and NAD metabolism-related gene expression in non-alcoholic fatty pancreatic disease (NAFPD)
Prof. Hidetsugu Fugigaki, Fujita Health University, Japan
Dr Masaru Tanaka, University of Szeged, Hungary
Prof. Keisuke Yaku, University of Toyama, Japan
Ms. Mika Kittaka, Notre Dame Seishin University, Japan
Wednesday 14 May 2025 h 3:45pm - 6:00 pm Hosted by University of Padua and ISTRY (International Society For Tryptophan Research)
SEMINAR: Anticorpi monoclonali per Imaging e Terapia
Dott.ssa Raffaella Rossin, Vicepresidente dell'azienda farmaceutica olandese TagWorks, che ha di recente ricevuto l'autorizzazione della FDA per la Fase 1 del nuovo antitumorale.
Corso di Alta Formazione in Radiofarmacia - Corso di Dottorato in Scienze Farmaceutiche
Friday 9th May 2025 - 11:00 - Aula 1 DSF
SEMINAR: Radiofarmaci e Madicina Nucleare
Prof.ssa Paola Erba, Università di Milano Bicocca, University Medical Center Groningen, Paesi Bassi.
Corso di Alta Formazione in Radiofarmacia - Corso di Dottorato in Scienze Farmaceutiche
Friday 9th May 2025 - 9:00 - Aula 1 DSF
SUMER SCHOOL VIU: Exploring Nucleic Acids: from Biophysics to Molecular Biology
Topics
- The biophysics of nucleic acids: Participants will tackle the main approaches for structure determination, as well as the analysis of the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of nucleic acid folding
- Nucleic acid-based nanotechnologies: Experts in the field will guide attendees through the latest advancements in biosensors and nanosystems based on nucleic acids, discussing their principles, advantages, and criticisms
- New approaches in nucleic acids molecular biology: The course will cover the main sequencing techniques, and their applications, and it will provide an introduction to data analysis
- Nucleic acids - a pharmaceutical perspective: These macromolecules will be examined from a dual perspective, both as pharmaceutical targets and as potential drugs.
Faculty
Claudia Sissi, University of Padova
Riccardo Rigo, University of Padova
Francesco Mantegazza, University of Milano-Bicocca
Elisabetta Groaz, KU Leuven
Jurij Lah, University of Ljubljana
Caterina Carraro, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Lukas Trantirek, Central European Institute of Technology of Masaryk University)
Leonard Prins, University of Padova
September 22-26, 2025 | Call for applications: January 15– May 15, 2025
SEMINAR: To B or not to B” in Nucleic Acids Chemistry
Dr. Naoki Sugimoto - Distinguished Professor of Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research, Konan University, Japan.
Director of Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER) at Konan University From 2003 to 2024, his research interests focus on Biophysical Chemistry, Biomaterials, Bio-nano engineering, Molecular design, Biofunctional Chemistry, and Biotechnology. He has published more than 500 scientific papers, reviews, and books.
Thursday 30th January, 2:30 pm - "Aula Magna G. F. Azzone", Vallisneri building (Via Ugo bassi 58/B Padova)
