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Nanomedicine Viterbo 2016
mercoledì 21 settembre 2016 - venerdì, 23 settembre 2016
Università della Tuscia
via Santa Maria in Gradi, 4
01100 Viterbo
Wednesday, 21 September

09:00
Registration

10:00

Opening Ceremony
Gualtiero Walter RICCIARDI, President of ISS
Massimo INGUSCIO, President of CNR
Alessandro RUGGIERI, Chancellor of Tuscia University

Chairpersons: Gert STORM, Francesco RICCI

Invited lectures

10:20

Yechezkel BARENHOLZ
Doxil - from new physico-chemical aspects to involvement of proteomics and tumor metabolomicsbr>
10:50

Paola LUCIANI
A ratiometric fluorescent probe for the specific detection of neutrophil-induced reactive oxygen species

11:20
Coffee break

Selected lectures

11:40

L. MOTIEI
Communicating with fluorescent molecular sensors in biological environments

12:00

D. ALBERTI
Dual therapeutic agents to improve the effect of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy on cancer cells

12:20

E. PAPINI
The capture of PEG and POZ NPs by monocytes/macrophages in serum is mediated by complement activation

Industry perspective

12:40

A. PIGOZZO
Microcalorimetry of Nanoparticles: a ground-breaking approach for drug delivery platforms design

13:00
Lunch and poster session

Chairpersons: Vladimir P. TORCHILIN, Paola LUCIANI

Invited lecture

14:30

Dusica MAYSINGER
Impact of nanomedicines on neurons and glia

Selected lectures

15:00

A. CLEMENTINO
Nanoparticles for an innovative administration of statins

15:20

J. W. TRZCINSKI
Bionanoparticles: versatile platforms for nanomedicine

15:40

S. CASTELLANI
Safety and uptake of solid lipid nanoparticles by airway epithelial cells: an in vitro study

16:00
Poster session and Coffee break

Thursday, 22 September

Chairpersons: Giovanna MANCINI, Yechezkel BARENHOLZ

Invited lecture

09:00

F. RICCI
Nature-inspired DNA-based nanodevices for diagnostic and drug-delivery applications

Selected lectures

9:30

A. MAZZAGLA
Nanoassemblies based on folate-tailored amphiphilic cyclodextrin/pheophorbide complexes for targeted PDT

9:50

C. FERRONI
Near-infrared photoactivable poly-methylmethacrylate core-shell fluorescent nanoparticles

10:10

M. Comes FRANCHINI
Nano-heaters for cancer therapy: a comparison between gold nanorods and magnesium nanoparticles

10:30

G. VARCHI
Keratin-based nanoparticles: novel tools for drug delivery

10:50
Coffee break

Invited lecture

11:10

Ester SEGAL
Porous silicon nanostructure for cancer therapy and diagnostics

Selected lectures

11:40

M. CAPOZZA
In vitro and in vivo characterization of new nano-sized diagnostic probes for Photoacoustic Imaging

12:00

L. TEI
ICG-loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as photoacoustic contrast agents

12:20

V. MAGGI
Cyclic RGD functionalized PEGylated gold nanoparticles for tumor targeting

12:40
S. LAI
Organic-inorganic coated Gold Nanorods for biomedical applications

13:00
Lunch and poster session

Chairpersons: Luigi Ambrosio, Dusica MAYSINGER

Invited lectures

14:30

Gert Storm
Liposomal anti-inflammatory treatment in atherosclerotic disease

15:00

V.P. TORCHILIN
Stimuli-sensitive combination nanopreparations for cancer

Selected lectures (special session on design and preparation - 15min talk)

15:30

A. S. RODRIGUES
Smart Hybrid Nanocontainers for Theranostic Applications

15:45

L. CHRONOPOULOU
Biosynthesis of injectable gelling peptides for applications in bone tissue regeneration

16:00

S. VILLA
Promising applications of multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine

16:15

F. NOVELLI
Self-assembling octapeptide-polymer conjugate to be used as drug carriers

16:30

T. RIBEIRO
Small mesoporous silica nanoparticles for nanomedicine

16:45

Poster session and Happy hour Social Dinner (poster prize)

Friday, 23 September

Chairpersons: Ester SEGAL, Agnese MOLINARI

Invited lecture

09:00

Luigi AMBROSIO
Multifunctional templates and advanced technologies for tissue regeneration

Selected lectures

9:30

S. M. DOZIO
3D Cell Cultures in Porous Scaffolds with Oriented Microtubules Designed for Dental Regeneration

9:50

V. LAGHEZZA MASCI
Ultrastructural investigation of different collagen-based scaffolds and their in vitro interactions

10:10

S. CENTI
Development of cellular vehicles for delivery of gold nanorods to tumors

10:30
Coffee break

Invited lectures

10:50

S. ANTIMISIARIS
Targeting the brain with liposomes or exosomes: what can each system learn from the other?

11:20

T. J. WEBSTER
15 years of commercializing nanomedicine into real medical products

Selected lectures

11:50

Y. YAMAKOSHI
LDL for targeted delivery of MRI-CA to atherosclerosis

12:10

P. OLIVA
Ex vivo plaque permeability evaluation in ApoE(-/-) mice using fluorescent blood pool agents

12:30
Flash presentation for poster prizes

12:45
Closing remarks and lunch