Seminars The seminars of the PhD course in Genetics and Molecular Biology are organized into cycles about the advances in Molecular Biology and Genetics. The purpose of the seminars is training and meeting with sector specialists for the discussion of data and the creation of professional networks.At the end of the seminars, PhD students will be able to participate in "meet the speaker" sessions for an informal discussion on the scientific path, which allows students to have a broad vision thanks also to the experience of speakers of national and international importance. 2024 Luca Cirillo, Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK. "Mitotic regulators and cell division" 29/11/2024 Barbara Mellone, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology UCONN, University of Connecticut (USA). "Centromeres and retroelements: selfish DNAs strike a deal" June, 7 2024 Giampietro Schiavo, Department of Neuromuscular Diseases - University College London (UK). "Axonal transport dysfunctions in neurodegenerative diseases" May 10, 2024 Rodolfo Costa, Department of Biology (DiBio) University of Padova (Italy). "The circadian clock timing system, from its evolution to its translational implications" April, 5 2024 Niko Geldner, Department of Plant Molecular Biology - Université de Lausanne (Switzerland). "Roots and Bacteria: Basis of attraction" March 15, 2024 Daniela Rhodes, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge UK: "Scientific writing: fellowships, grants, and articles" 1st March 2024 Claus Azzalin, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal). "TERRA-shelterin interactions at human telomeres" February 16, 2024 2023 Jeremy Carlton, King’s College, London, UK: The ESCRT machinery at nuclear envelope: Closing holes and expanding roles December 18, 2023 Ning Wei, College of Life Science, Southwest University, Chonhquing, China: "Function and regulation of the SAURs effectord of light- and auxin-regulated cell expansion in planta" September, 22nd Mariano Rocchi, University of Bari, Italy:"Advances in understanding chromosome evolution " March 03, 2023 Danilo Licastro, Area Science Park, Trieste, Italy:"Advances in understanding genome instability using next and third generation sequencing" February 17, 2023 Margherita Bignami and Francesca Marcon, ISS, Rome:"Advances in understanding the relationship between DNA damage and metabolism" February 3, 2023 Valeria Naim, Gustave Roussy, Paris, France:"Advances in understanding genome instability during S-Phase" January 20, 2023 2022 Evelyne Tassone, Giunta Lab, Sapienza University, Rome:"Advances in understanding genome instability using CRISPR-Cas9 system" November, 25 Andrea Musacchio, Department of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany:"Genome inheritance: chromosomes, microtubules and their sensitive linkage" October 28, 2022 Susanne Lens, Department of Molecular Cancer Research, UMC Utrecth, Holland,:"How to maintain a stable genome" October 14, 2022 Sabine Muller, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany:"Molecular control of division plane establishment in plants" September 30, 2022 Luca Proietti, Dipartimento di Scienze Ecologiche e Biologiche, Università Tuscia, Viterbo:"The unexpected role of Cockayne Syndrome group A and B proteins in the control of cell division" September 16, 2022 Giovanna Messina, Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Univeristy Sapienza, Rome:"The moonlighting roles of chromatin remodeling complexes in cell division" July 22, 2022 Cinzia Rinaldo, IBPM-CNR, Rome:" Old and new players in mammalian citokinesis" July 8, 2022 Maurizio Gatti, Sapienza, University of Rome:"Mechanisms of spindle formation: lessons from Drosohila" June 24, 2022 Alessandro Vannini, Head of Structural Biology Research Centre, Human Technopole, Milan:"Modern integrative structural biology to study structure and function of the eukaryotic genome” June 17, 2022 Pietro Laneve, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM-CNR), Silvia Galfrè, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin" University of Tartu, Estionia:"Integrating multiple gene editing and single-cell RNA sequencing to reveal the function of complex non-coding loci in motor neuron differentiation” May 30, 2022 Logan Moran Mulroney/Camilla Ugolini, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Milan:"Detecting modifications from long-read nanopore sequencing" April 01, 2022 Jim Sawitzke, Head of Genetic & Viral Engineering Facility, EMBL, Rome:“The “why’s” and “how’s” of viral engineering and an advanced cloning method” March 18, 2022 Julie Martone, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, of National Council of Research, Rome,:"How to unravel the mechanisms of action of lncRNAs" March 04, 2022 Neil Humpreys, Head of Gene Editing and Embryology Facility, EMBL, Rome,:"“Utilising CRISPR to create novel humanised mouse models” February 18, 2022 2021 Michele Ardolino, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Canada, :"Beyond T cell inhibition: new functions for good ol’ PD-L1” December 13, 2021 Patrizia Lavia, CNR, IBPM Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology:"Imaging in dynamic mode: real time analysis of living cells" December 10, 2021 Flavie Strappazzon, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, :"Targeting mitophagy as a strategy for therapeutic intervention in diseases” November 29, 2021 Alvaro Crevenna, Head of Microscopy Facility Epigenetics and Neurobiology Unit EMBL Rome:"Imaging tissue across scales,from ultra-structure to spatial -omics" November 26, 2021 Ezio Rosato, University of Leicester, UK: "Essential elements of animal magnetoreception" November 19, 2021 Cristiana Lyn Scheib, University of Tartu, Estonia:"Exploring human-pathogen evolutionary history using ancient DNA" May 21, 2021 Emanuele Roscioli, Siena Biotech: “A journey into the architecture and dynamics of cell structures through the lenses of mathematics and physics” April 9, 2021 Elisa Caffarelli, CNR-IBPM: “Studying the role of long noncoding RNAs in neuronal physiology and pathology" March 26, 2021 Irene Bozzoni, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy: "Competing for ERC grants: how to design an effective proposal" March 12, 2021 Simona Giunta, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy: “Protecting our Genome: Fragile Spots in Human DNA” February 26, 2021 Monica Ballarino, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy: “Methodological issues and challenges for probing the function of long noncoding RNAs” February 12, 2021 Alessandro Fatica, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy: "Investigating the role of N6 methyladenosine (m6A) in cell differentiation and disease" January 29, 2021 Patrizia Somma, CNR-IBPM: "Moonlighting proteins in mitosis: new roles for splicing and nucleolar proteins” January 15, 2021 2020 Gian Gaetano Tartaglia, Sapienza-IIT: "Structural analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genome and predictions of the human interactome" December 4, 2020 Giorgia Batelli, CNR Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, Portici: "Growth and RNA regulatory mechanisms contributing to osmotic stress tolerance in plants" September 25 Lucio Conti, University of Milan (Italy): "Uncovering what drives phenotypic plasticity to improve plant adaptability to drought" July 24, 2020 Beatrice Giuntoli, University of Pisa (Italy): "Strategies for oxygen sensing in plants and other Eukaryotes"ts and other Eukaryotes July 10, 2020 Antonio Musarò, Sapienza University of Rome: "Insights into muscle regeneration, diseases and aging: mechanisms and countermeasures" 12 Giugno Patrizio Dimitri, Sapienza University of Rome: "From constitutive heterochromatin to chromatin remodeling and human developmental diseases: short story of a long journey" 29 Maggio Serena Carra, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences: "Protein quality control of membraneless organelles and viceversa: implications for neurodegenerative diseases" 15 Maggio Antonella De Jaco, Sapienza, University of Rome, Department of Biology and Biotechnology: "Autism Spectrum Disorders: from the genetics to the synapses" 28 Febbraio Simone Ferrari, Sapienza, University of Rome, Department of Biology and Biotechnology: "Multiple roles of the extracellular matrix in plant-pathogen interactions" 14 Febbraio Serena Carra, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences: "Quality control of membraneless organelles" 31 Gennaio Julie Martone, Sapienza, University of Rome, Department of Biology and Biotechnology: "Epigenetic control in inherited diseases: a DMD casereport" 17 Gennaio 2019 Pietro Laneve, CNR/IBPM, Roma: "Noncoding RNAs in nervous system diseases" 13 Dicembre Lucia Di Marcotullio, Sapienza, University of Rome, Department of Molecular Medicine: "The Hedgehog pathway and medulloblastoma: the key role of ubiquitylation events" 29 Novembre Fiammetta Vernì, Sapienza, University of Rome, Department of Biology and Biotechnology: "Relationship between Vitamin B6, DNA damage and diabetes" 15 Novembre Chiara Lanzuolo, (ITB)-CNR Chromatin and Nuclear architecture Laboratory at Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare, Milano: "Nuclear architecture dynamics in biological processes and disease" 25 Ottobre Valeria Naim, CNRS Genetic Instability and Oncogenesis, University Paris-Sud, France: "FANCD2 and the unfolded protein response: unfolding the link between mitochondrial dysfunction and genome instability in Fanconi anemia" 11 Ottobre Gianni Cenci, Sapienza, University of Rome, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Italy: "Transcriptomic analysis provides insights into the radioadaptive response of Drosophila melanogaster" 13 Settembre Maura Cardarelli, CNR/IBPM Roma, Italy: "Control of male fertility in self-pollinating plants by alternative splicing" 19 Luglio Christian Muchardt, Institut Pasteur Paris, France: "Silencing machineries in transcription and splicing during the inflammatory response” 5 Luglio Mimmo Raimondo, Sapienza, University of Rome, Department of Molecular Medicine, Italy: "From the wet lab to computer and back" 21 Giugno Luca Pandolfini, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge: "(Re)discovering RNA modifications: the world of epitranscriptomics" 7 Giugno Maria Pia Cosma, Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology. Barcelona, Spain: “The nanoscale structure and looping of chromatin fibers in somatic and stem cells” 24 Maggio Marzia Perluigi, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy, Department of Biochemical Sciences: “Redox proteomics analysis to decipher the neurobiology of Alzheimer disease” 10 Maggio Maurizio Fanciulli, Department of Research, Diagnosis and Innovative Technologies, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome: “Che-1/AATF-induced transcriptionally active chromatin promotes cell growth in multiple myeloma” 12 Aprile Maria Zaira Limongi, AIL - Associazione Italiana contro le Leucemie-Linfomi e Mielomi c/o Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Cellulari ed Ematologia, Sapienza Università di Roma: “Cancer cytogenetics in haematology” 29 Marzo Filippo Barni, Unità di Biologia Forense Reparto Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche (RIS) Rome, Italy: "Forensic DNA typing: genetic analysis, interpretation and weight of evidence evaluation" 15 Marzo Jeremy Carlton, King’s College, London, UK: "ESCRT-dependent control of membrane remodelling" 1 Marzo Beniamino Trombetta, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy: "The Y chromosome: a male perspective on recent human evolution" 15 Febbraio Laura Bernardini, Istituto CSS Mendel, Rome, Italy: "Pathogenic contribution of Copy Number Variations (CNVs) to genetic diseases" 1 Febbraio Francesca Spinella, Eurofins Genoma Group, Rome, Italy "Clinical application of next generation sequencing" 18 Gennaio