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


Andrea Cipriano, Stanford University, California (USA). "Going back in time: partial reprogramming and the epigenetic of aging and rejuvenation"
20/12/2024

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

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