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PROGRAM DADOM - DARWIN DOHRN MUSEUM - UNITS
XXIII Meeting of the Italian Association of Developmental and
                  Comparative Immunology
                  February 13th – 15th, 2023

       DaDoM – Darwin Dohrn Museum
                 Villa Comunale, Naples

                     PROGRAM

                 Organizing Committee
  Maria Rosaria Coscia, Daniela Melillo, Alessia Ametrano,
   Rita Marino, Davide Malagoli, Maria Giovanna Parisi
PROGRAM DADOM - DARWIN DOHRN MUSEUM - UNITS
XXIII Meeting SIICS, February 13th – 15th, 2023

                    Monday, 13th February, 2023

8:30 – 9:30 Registration

9:30 – 9:50 Welcome address

Keynote lecture

9:50 – 10:30 Carolina Tafalla
Novel insights on fish immunoglobulins and B cell subsets

Session I: Characterization of immune genes
Chairpersons: Umberto Rosani and Adriana Vallesi

10:30 – 10:50 N. Gualandi, D. Fracarossi, D. Riommi, M. Sollitto, S. Greco, M.
Mardirossian, S. Pacor, T. Hori, A. Pallavicini, M. Gerdol
How does gene presence/absence variation shape the repertoire of defense
molecules in marine mussels? The case of CRP-I, cysteine rich peptides belonging
to the knottin superfamily

10:50 – 11:10 S. Greco, A. S. Gaetano, G. Voltarel, P. G. Giulianini, A. Pallavicini, M.
Gerdol
Comparative gene expression analysis reveals adaptation mechanisms in the
antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki

11:10 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 11:50 U. Rosani, S. De Felice, R. Frizzo, S. Kawato, M. Wegner
FicD genes in invertebrates: a tale of transposons, viruses and proviruses

11:50 – 12:10 E. Bortoletto, B.M. Kaczmarek, C. Bernecky, U. Rosani, P. Venier
Investigating the role of A-to-I RNA editing in bivalves physiology

12:10 – 12:30 A. Vallesi, C. Alimenti, Y. Jiang, P. Luporini
Molecular evolution of Euplotes pheromones and pheromone-coding genes
PROGRAM DADOM - DARWIN DOHRN MUSEUM - UNITS
XXIII Meeting SIICS, February 13th – 15th, 2023

12:30 – 12:50 A. Ametrano, M. Gerdol, S. Picchietti, V. Pianese, U. Oreste, M. R. Coscia
Lost IgT gene in icefish: another chapter of the evolutionary tale of Antarctic fish

12:50 – 13:10 F. Carbone
Account Manager - Southern Italy
Discovery & Applied Genomics Solutions - PerkinElmer
High Content Screening: the new frontier of science

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

Main Lecture

14:30 – 15:10 U. Oreste
A reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the antibody molecule

Session II: From comparative immunological studies to biotechnological applications
Chairpersons: Nicolò Baranzini and Maria Rosaria Coscia

15:10 – 15:30 A. Ametrano, B. Miranda, L. De Stefano, U. Oreste, M. R. Coscia
Investigation of IgM heavy chain gene from Antarctic fish inspired a novel
engineered monoclonal antibody

15:30 – 15:50 G. Marcolli, L. Pulze, L. Monti, N. Baranzini, F. Acquati, A. Grimaldi
Medicinal leeches: a promising source of cell lines with multiple biotechnological
applications

Session III: Model organisms for basic and translational immunology
Chairpersons: Nicola Franchi and Daniela Melillo

15:50 – 16:10 C. La Corte, L. Bisanti, F. Bertini, M. Dara, D. Parrinello, M. Cammarata, M.
G. Parisi
The multiple potentialities of anthozoans: analyses and comparisons between
animal models

16:10 – 16:30 A. Liberti, L. J. Dishaw
The protochordate Ciona robusta as an experimental system for studies of gut
microbial immune interactions
PROGRAM DADOM - DARWIN DOHRN MUSEUM - UNITS
XXIII Meeting SIICS, February 13th – 15th, 2023

16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 – 17:20 M. Auguste, M. Leonessi, C. Oliveri, L. Vezzulli, D. Furones, F. Frontalini, L.
Canesi, C. Ciacci
Comparing immune responses of Mytilus galloprovincialis to different bacterial
isolates from oyster mortality outbreaks

17:20-17:40 M. Battistolli, F. Sandrelli
Bacterial oral infections: exploring the role of the circadian clock in the modulation
of pathogen sensitivity in Drosophila melanogaster

20:30 Social dinner

                      Tuesday, February 14th, 2023

Main Lecture
9:00 – 9:40 D. de Pascale
Biotechnology meets aquaculture needs: a promising support for fish health
management

Session IV: New promising sources of bioactive compounds
Chairpersons: Marco Gerdol and Simona Picchietti

9:40 – 10:00 S. Picchietti, L. Guerra, A. R. Taddei, P. Roberto Saraceni, M. Gerdol, F.
Porcelli, F. Bugli, R. Rosato, A. Miccoli, A. M. Fausto, G. Scapigliati, F. Buonocore
NK-lysin homologue from the Antarctic teleost Trematomus bernacchii and its Ala
mutant: focus on antibacterial and anticancer activities

10:00 – 10:20 N. Franchi, L. Ballarin, F. Cima
Botryllin, a novel antimicrobial peptide from the colonial ascidian Botryllus
schlosser

10:20 – 10:40 S. Quarta, E. Scoditti, V. Zonno, L. Siculella, F. Damiano, P. Pagliara
Red cells of the black sea urchin Arbacia lixula: a promising source of anti-
inflammatory compounds
PROGRAM DADOM - DARWIN DOHRN MUSEUM - UNITS
XXIII Meeting SIICS, February 13th – 15th, 2023

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break - SIICS 2023 photo

11:00 – 11:20 A. Montali, F. Berini, A. Saviane, S. Cappellozza, F. Marinelli, G. Tettamanti
A Bombyx mori infection model for testing antimicrobial compounds against
Staphylococcus epidermidis infections

11:20 – 11:40 I. Varponi, S. Ferro, L. Menilli, A. Grapputo, F. Moret, O. Marin, F. Sandrelli
Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of a synthetic AMP derived from a Bombyx mori
Cecropin B natural variant

11:40 – 12:00 A. Ferri, S. Sacchi, R. Iseppi, C. Sabia, R. Simonini, D. Malagoli
Halla parthenopeia and its defense systems: first steps towards and annelid model in
eco-immunology and blue biotechnologies

12:00 – 12:20 M. Cammarata, M. Dara, C. La Corte, L. Bisanti, V. Catania, D. Parrinello, M.
G. Parisi
Actinins as novel broad-spectrum AMP isolated from the tentacle of Anthozoan
Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Session V: Embryogenesis, development and regeneration
Chairpersons: Annalisa Grimaldi and Jacopo Vizioli

12:20 – 12:40 G. Bergamini, S. Sacchi, S. Basu, M. Ahmad, A. Ferri, M. Cocchi, A. Ikmi, D.
Malagoli
Hemocytes, motile cells and immune-related mediators in adult sensory organ
regeneration: evidence from the evolutionary distant models Pomacea canaliculata
(Mollusca, Gastropoda) and Nematostella vectensis (Cnidaria, Anthozoa)

12:40 – 13:00 L. Pulze, N. Baranzini, F. Acquati, A. Grimaldi
Role of the extracellular matrix during the postembryonic development of the
medicinal leech Hirudo verbana

13:00 – 13:20 L. Drago, A. Pennati, U. Rothbächer, G. Santovito, L. Ballarin
Stress granules-related genes regulation during embryogenesis of an invertebrate
chordate

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
XXIII Meeting SIICS, February 13th – 15th, 2023

14:30 – 14:50 D. Bruno, A. Montali, M. Casartelli, G. Tettamanti
Morphological and functional characterization of hemocytes in Hermetia illucens
larvae

14:55 – 15:15 T. Chianese, M. Prisco, R. Scudiero, L. Rosati
Response of Mytilus galloprovincialis ovaries to different environmental pressures

Session VI.1: Environmental challenges and the immune response
Chairpersons: Piero G. Giulianini and Gianfranco Santovito

15:15 – 15:30 M. Dara, N. Torregrossa, C. La Corte, M.G. Parisi, D. Piazzese, M. Cammarata
Bio-plastic recognition by mussels hemocytes

15:30 – 15:50 C. Bon, N. Baranzini, L. Pulze, L. Izzo, A. Grimaldi
The medicinal leech as a valuable model to evaluate the effect of polypropylene
micro and nanoplastics on innate immune response activation

15:50 – 16:10 D. Rotondo, A. Calisi, D. Gualandris, F. Dondero
Cytotoxicity of ether perfluoro carboxylic acid PFAS congeners in earthworm
granulocytes

16:10 – 16:30 S. Pacchini, E. Piva, S. Schumann, P. Irato, D. Pellegrino, G. Santovito
Antioxidant enzyme gene expression in Trematomus newnesi from Ross Sea
(Antarctica) experimentally exposed to PFOA

16:30 – 16:50 E. Piva, S. Schumann, S. Pacchini, E. Brasola, V. Stoilova, D. Pellegrino, P.
Irato, G. Santovito
How can climate change affect Antarctic fish physiology? A study on the effects of
increasing seawater temperatures on fish heart rates

16:50 Coffee break / Young Researcher Award 2023
XXIII Meeting SIICS, February 13th – 15th, 2023

                   Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Main lecture

9:00 – 9:40 Loriano Ballarin
Ascidian cytotoxic cells: from zero to hero

Session VI.2: Environmental challenges and the immune response
Chairpersons: Maria Giovanna Parisi and Loriano Ballarin

9:40 – 10:00 D. Melillo, R. Marino, D. Boraschi, P. Italiani
The immune response of the ascidian Ciona robusta to abiotic and biotic stressors

10:00 – 10:20 G. Torreggiani, C. Manfrin, A. Dissegna, C. Chiandetti, P. Giotta, M. Renzi,
A. Babczyńska, P.G. Giulianini
Tyre wear particles effects on growth and some immune parameters in the
terrestrial isopod Armadillidium pallasii

10:20 – 10:40 E. Pietropoli, S. Pacchini, E. Piva, S. Schumann, G. Santovito, P. Irato
Evaluation of stress biomarkers in the European nightcrawler Dendrobaena veneta
exposed to PFAS under controlled conditions

Concluding remarks

10:50 - 11:10 Coffee break

11:10 SIICS members Assembly
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