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Session 2
Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Chair:
Lilia Alberghina, University of Milan “Bicocca”, Italy

Co-chairs:
Qimin Zhan, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College & China National Laboratory for Cancer Research, China
Gregory Stephanopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Carmen Vela Olmo, INGENASA, Spain

Keynote:
Gregory Stephanopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
– Developing an integrated picture of tumor cell physiology using isotope tracer data and metabolic flux analysis

Main Lectures:
Stephen Minger, MRC Centre for Excellence in Stem Cell Biology, UK
– Therapeutic and Research Potential of Human Stem Cells

Michele Papa, Second University of Naples, Italy
– L1L4 a NGF mimetic peptide inhibits reactive astrocytosis and restores synaptic homeostasis in the spinal cord

Giovanni Romeo, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Italy
– A cellular model for cancer progression: the role of mitochondrial mutations and metabolism

Guido Grandi, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics srl, Siena, Italy
– Vaccinology in the post-genomic era

Michel Goldman, Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), Belgium
– Improving beta-cell function and identification of diagnostic biomarkers for treatment monitoring in diabetes

Topics

• New products for preventive medicine
• Systems biology for drug discovery
• Molecular modelling, recognition and lead optimisation
• Regenerative medicine
• Towards personalised medicine (biomarkers and tailored drugs)
• Biomaterials (for tissue regeneration, etc.)
• Drug design and targeting
• Cellular models of disease