13.45
Prof. Marco Oliverio, Head of DepartmentDepartment of Biology and Biotechnologies Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome
Opening address14.00
Contribution by MAECI, Ufficio IX – Cooperazione scientifica bilaterale (to be confirmed)14.15
Dr. Marco SimeoneCultural and Press Office, Japanese Embassy in Italy
Study and work opportunities in Japan
14.30
Prof. Kunimasa Ohta
Department of Stem Cell Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Role of the secreted proteoglycan Tsukushi in brain development
15.00
Prof. Kinichi Nakashima
Department of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Artificial induction of neurogenesis through the regulation of epigenetics, stem cells, and cell fate reprogramming to restore the function of the central nervous system
15.30
Prof. Hirofumi Jono
Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Novel insights into the development of glioma stem cells in glioblastoma: induction of stem-like properties in glioma cells by ribosomal proteins
16.00
Coffee break
16.30
Prof. Giuseppe Lupo
Department of Biology and Biotechnologies Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome
The proteoglycan Tsukushi in neural stem cells and their progeny: an in vitro perspective
17.00
Prof. Emanuele Cacci
Department of Biology and Biotechnologies Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome
Regulation of adult neurogenesis in a mouse model of autism
17.30
Prof. Maria Elena Miranda Banos
Department of Biology and Biotechnologies Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome
A neural stem cell model to study mutant protein toxicity in neurological disease
18.00
Prof. Giuseppe Lupo and Prof. Kunimasa Ohta
Closing remarks