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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

8th Course:  INTEGRATING BIOCHEMICAL INSIGHTS TO OVERCOME CLINICAL CHALLENGES IN CANCER NANOMEDICINE

 

Erice, Italy, 25-29 JULY 2025

25 July 2025: ARRIVALS

 

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26 July 2025

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Opening remarks on behalf of School Director: Prof. Massimo Masserini

Welcome by Course Directors: Prof. Francesca Re and Prof Ferdinando Chiaradonna

 

SESSION I Cancer metabolism

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Elizabeth Cohen-Jonathan-Moyal, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse, France

Title:” Implication of metabolism and tumor stem cell plasticity in glioblastoma radioresistance”.

 

Christian Frezza,  MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Title: “The role of mitochondrial metabolism in cancer”.

 

+ oral presentations by participants

 

 

27 July 2025

 

SESSION II Metabolic targets

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Marcin Krzjkawski, CEO Real Research Sp. z o.o., Kraków, Poland

Title: "Application of resistant oncology 3D cell culture research models in advancing drug discovery against solid tumors".

 

Ferdinando Chiaradonna Dept of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Title: “Targeting Metabolic Rewiring to boost cancer therapy”.

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Jonathan A. Coulter, School of Pharmacy, Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom

Title: “Enhancing the radiation sensitivity of head-and-neck cancer via novel metabolic reprogramming strategies”.

 

Sara Sdelci, The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) Barcelona Spain

Title: “Metabolic control of tumour growth: from subcellular compartments to systemic interactions”.

 

+ oral presentations by participants

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​​​28 July 2025

 

SESSION III Smart nanotechnologies for cancer therapy and immunotherapy

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Chiara Riganti, Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Italy

Title: "Lipid metabolism-targeting nanoparticles: new weapons against chemo- and immuno-resistance in lung cancer".

 

+ poster section (rapid fire presentations from young researchers)

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Twan Lammers, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, Center for Biohybrid Medical Systems, Germany

Title: “Smart strategies to improve cancer nanomedicine performance and clinical translation”.

 

+ oral presentations by participants ​

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CONCLUSION

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29 July: DEPARTURES

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF NANOMEDICINE

Ettore Majorana Foundation  and Center for Scientific Culture

ERICE (Sicily) – Italy

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF NANOMEDICINE

Ettore Majorana Foundation  and Center for Scientific Culture

ERICE (Sicily) – Italy

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