Local Organizing Committee:
Prof. Colantuoni A.
Prof.ssa Diano S.
Prof.ssa Santillo MR.
Prof.ssa Guida B.
Prof.ssa Dentice M.
Prof.ssa Perrone Capano C.
Prof. Monda M.
Dott.ssa Belfiore A.
Dott.ssa Lapi D.
Dott.ssa Damiano S.
Prof. Mondola P.
Sponsor:
12th Annual Meeting of Young Researchers in Physiology
Anacapri (NA), Italy
3-5 May 2018
Thuersday 3 May 2018
12.00 - 14.00 Registration of the partecipants
14.45- 15.00 Opening Ceremony
15.00 -16.30 Oral communications (Group I):
- Cardiovascular responses during rest-exercise and exercise-exercise transient - Paolo Bruseghini
-Cardiovascular responses versus physiological breaking point in dry resting apneas - Anna Taboni
- Cyanidin protective effects on rat pial microcirculation after hypoperfusion-reperfusion injury - Martina Chiurazzi
- The impact of a nutritional intervention based on egg white for phosphorus control in haemodialysis patients - Teresa Di Lauro
- Predictors of fat-free mass loss 1 year after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy - Annalisa Giosuè
- Relationship between presarcopenia, inflammation and nutritional status in chronic kidney disease patients (CKD) - Roberta Veccia
16.30 - 17.15 Keynote lecture I – “Reflections on Science” -Prof. Fiorenzo Conti
17.30 - 18.15 Open Questions: “The Young Researchers in Physiology and the Future” - Prof. Fabio Benfenati – Prof. Claudio Grassi
18.30 Welcome Cocktail
Friday 4 may 2018
09.00 - 09.45 Keynote lecture II – “Cardiovascular changes in dynamic states” - Prof. Guido Ferretti
10.00 – 11.30 Oral communications (Group II):
- Changes of lipid metabolism in the rat model of activity-based anorexia.- Armita Abolghasemi
- The effect of thyroid hormones on insulin sensitivity in rat skeletal muscle cells is influenced by the saturation degree of fatty acids and their derived acylcarnitines -Giuseppe Delli Paoli
- Brown adipose tissue and liver mitochondrial function in response to chronic exposure to high fat diet and environmental pollutant in rats -Ilaria Di Gregorio
- The impact of Sicilian pistachio on the obesity-related metabolic dysfunctions and microbiota composition in High-Fat-Diet mice -Simona Terzo
- Effects of Daidzein and its metabolites on estrogen receptor alpha activities in breast cancer cells - Emiliano Montalesi
- Are the alterations of cholesterol metabolism generalized features of ASDs? A comparative study with animal models of autism - Claudia Tonini
11.30 - 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 13.30 Oral communications (Group III)
- Evaluation of FGF23 effects on the pacemaker activity in the murine model- Giorgia Bertoli
- Age dependent changes in murine cardiac pacemaker activity - David Molla
- Functional characterization of a KCNH2 frame-shift mutant responsible for a Long QT type2 syndrome -.Roberta De Zio
- Respiratory responses caused by activation of5-HT1Areceptors within thepreBötzinger Complex of the rabbit -Ludovica Iovino
- The missense E258K-MyBP-C mutation increases the energy cost of tension generation in both ventricular and atrial tissue from HCM patients -Giulia Vitale
- A model for human striatal cell differentiation in vitro: effects of cortical and spinal inductive stimuli on the electrophysiological properties- Eglantina Idrizaj
- Functions of microglia-derived extracellular vesicles- Carmela Serpe
Metal-oxide nanoparticles: size role in membrane interactions – Daniele Zanella.
13.30 - 14.30 Lunch
14.30– 16.00 Oral communications (Group IV)
- Nothobranchius furzerias a model for neurodegeneration - Sara Bagnoli
- Human monocytes as basis to detect the exposure to endocrine disruptors - Manuela Cipolletti
- Cerebellar synaptic plasticity and motor coordination are impaired in the early stage of Alzheimer's disease - .Pellegrino Lippiello
- Effects of catechin supplement on skin blood flow oscillations during postural vasoconstrictor response - Teresa Mastantuon
- Tissue hyper-oxygenation attenuates compression- and contraction-induced hyperaemia - Alessandro Messeer
- Effects of quercetin on mucin gene expression and secretion in intestinal LST174T and Caco-2 cells - Giuliana La Rosa
- Piperine destabilizes the Super Relaxed State and increases ATP consumption in rabbit psoas skinned skeletal muscle fibers – Leonardo Nogara
- Physiological characterization of a power-based field test in road cycling - Giovanni Vinetti
16.00 - 16.45 Keynote lecture III – “Thick filament mechano-sensing in skeletal and cardiac muscles: a common mechanism for different tasks”
Prof. Marco Linari
16.45 - 17.15 Coffee break
20.00 Dinner
Saturday 5 may 2018
9.00 – 09.45 Keynote lecture IV – “Hypoxia tolerance: from cell to organ in animal models”
Prof. Maria Carmela Cerra
09.45- 11.30 Oral communications (Group VI)
- Variation of microglial phenotype during wake and sleep in mice- Giorgio Corsi
- Graphene-based light-sensitive interfaces for retinal prosthetics. - Mattia Di Francesco
- The structural state of the myosin filament of cardiac muscle during the diastole is not affected by inotropic interventions like the increase in sarcomere length or the addition of a beta-adrenergic effector - Serena Governali
- Reconstructing the three-dimensional organization of cardiac tissue at the mesoscale level - Erica Lazzeri
- The Selenoprotein T-derived peptide (SelT43-52) influences cardiac performance of the goldfish (Carassius auratus) - Serena Leo
- In silico screening for ERα downmodulators identifies thioridazine as an antiproliferative agent in wild type and Y537S ERα mutant breast cancer cells -Claudia Busanero
11.30- 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 -13.30 Oral communications (Group VII)
- The involvement of the protein DJ-1 in SOD1 maturation pathway: focus on the effect of hypoxia on Drosophila melanogaster lifespan - Federica De Lazzari
- Neuroglobin as mediator of E2-induced cell response to the oxidative stress- Virginia Fernández
- 17β-estradiol protective effects in neuronal-derived cells rely on mitochondrial fusion andfragmentation- Marco Fiocchetti
- Cellular adaptation to DDE exposure: focus on mitochondrial dynamics and endoplasmic reticulum stress development in dose-response experiments in vitro cellular system.- Gaetana Paolella
- Salmo salar oligopeptide transporters PepT1a and PepT1b: a comparative electrophysiological characterization of the transport of lysine-containing peptides -Francesca Vacca
13.30 – 14.00 Prize Awarding Ceremony – Closure of session