ERA-Chair scientific event
The ERA-Chair project organizes a scientific event dedicated to the ERA-Chair team on October 30 and 31 (Hybrid event).
Title:
Nanomedicine for cancer treatment: new challenges and perspectives
Aim: The major role of the ESEI-BioMed project is to advance tumor diagnostics and nanomedicine at the TRANSCEND center. To achieve this ambitious goal, a team of researchers at different levels of career development from master students to experience researchers and trained in various domains (chemistry, biology, medicine) were selected. Considering the multidisciplinarity of the team, the biggest challenge to function properly is crossing the barriers imposed by the monodisciplinary research and finding a common language. As a first attempt in addressing this challenge, experts in various fields involved in nanomedicine were invited to talk from their own experience to the newly set-up team of researchers. Therefore, the lectures provided during these two days are focused on
- - synthesis of nanostructures,
- - physico-chemical characterization of nanomaterials,
- - testing of nanostructures in various in vitro models,
- - methods for analyzing biomolecules for diagnostic purposes,
- - translational process and the industry perspective on nanomedicine
The members of the ERA-Chair research team are thus challenged to encounter the concepts, benefits and pitfalls of the research fields different from their own and understand them in order to create a homogeneous team of researchers able to work together and do research and produce the necessary knowledge for converting relevant basic research products into marketable products.
We would like to extend a warm thank you to the guests who took the time to prepare for the talks and to be with us for this event.
Agenda of the event
MONDAY |
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08.00-10.00 |
Registration |
10.00-10.10 |
Dr. Brindusa DRAGOI Regional Institute of Oncology Iasi, Romania Project Coordinator |
10.10-10.20 |
Prof. Radu ILIESCU Regional Institute of Oncology Iasi, Romania Project Manager |
10.20-11.00 |
Prof. Rares STIUFIUC - ERA-Chair Holder Regional Institute of Oncology Iasi, Romania Is nanomedicine a powerful approach for cancer research? |
11.00-11.30 |
Prof. Raluca FRATILA – Invited (online) University of Zaragoza, Spain Current challenges and opportunities in Magnetic Nanoparticle Hyperthermia |
11.30-11.50 |
Coffee break |
Chair: Prof. Rares Stiufiuc
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11.50-12.20 |
Prof. Wolfgang PARAK – Invited (online) University of Hamburg, Germany Characterization of colloidal nanoparticles towards biological experiments |
12.20-12.50 |
Assoc. Prof. Oommen Podiyan OOMMEN - IAB member Tampere University, Finland (onsite) Glycosaminoglycans: A formidable biopolymer for engineering nanoparticles and 3D scaffolds |
12.50-13.20 |
Dr. Maria Jesus VICENT - IAB member (online) Príncipe Felipe Research Center Foundation, Valencia, Spain Versatile Polypeptide-based Nanoconjugates for Multimodal Therapeutic Applications |
13.20-14.30 |
LUNCH |
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Alina Petre |
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14.30-15.00 |
Prof. Romulus TETEAN –Invited (onsite) Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania Characterization techniques for magnetic nanoparticles |
15.00-15.30 |
Prof. Dietrich ZAHN – Invited (onsite) Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany Plasmon Enhanced Optical Spectroscopy of Tiny Amounts of Matter Including Biomolecules |
15.30-16.00 |
Assoc. Prof. Zoe COURNIA – Invited (online) Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Greece Computational Modeling of Nanoparticle-Membrane interactions |
16.00-16.30 |
Coffee break |
17.00-18.00 |
Visit: TRANSCEND, IRO |
19.00 - …. |
Dinner - Panoramic, Unirea Iasi |
TUESDAY |
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Chair: Prof.Radu Iliescu |
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10.00-10.30 |
Prof. Dominique HEYMANN - invited (online) University of Nantes, France Professor and chair of the Department of Histology and Embryology of the University of Nantes |
10.30-11.00 |
Prof. Frances BALKWILL – invited (online) Queen Mary University of London, UK The Tumour Microenvironment of High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer |
11.00-11.30 |
Prof. Gabriel DIMOFTE - IAB member (onsite) Regional Institute of Oncology Iasi, Romania IRO 2023 - from clinical towards translational research |
11.30-12.00 |
Coffee break |
Chair: Prof. Eugen Carasevici |
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12.00-12.30 |
Prof. Pedro BAPTISTA – Invited (online) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal A road with challenges - nanomedicine from bench to industry |
12.30-13.00 |
Mrs. Gabriela MACOVEIU - IAB member (onsite) North-East RDA, Piatra-Neamt, Romania North-East RDA, promotor of innovative regional development |
13.00-13.10 |
Prof. Eugen CARASEVICI Regional Institute of Oncology Iasi, Romania Medical Scientific Manager |
13.10-13.20 |
Dr. Brindusa DRAGOI Regional Institute of Oncology Iasi, Romania Project Coordinator |
13.20-15.00 |
LUNCH |
15.00-16.30 |
Visit: CEMEX – UMF Iasi |