Streaming seminar series on MICROBIOLOGY AND MICROBIC BIOTECHNOLOGIES topics organized by the Italian Society of General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology (SIMGBM)

The health emergency has resulted in the cancellation of many in-person scientific events and is challenging third-level university teaching. However, never before has microbiology come to the forefront of the daily news. SIMGBM wants to address the need for scientific updating of its members and the teaching needs of doctoral courses by promoting a series of seminars held biweekly by some of its most qualified members. The seminars are directed mainly to doctoral students and young researchers, but they also provide an important opportunity for all participants to meet and compare scientifically. The seminars, in English, will be held remotely (Zoom platform, using this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5181612348?pwd=S3BLcDB1UW9jZjVGNHJ4cmM5dmV6dz09, registered and made available to the public at www simgbm it

PROGRAM:

– January 14, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Maria Gabriella CAMPADELLI-FIUME (University of Bologna)
Friendly Viruses. Turning viruses into anti-cancer weapons.

– January 28, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Duccio CAVALIERI (University of Florence)
The mycobiome in health and disease, how the fungal component of the microbiome shapes immune responses.

– Feb. 11, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Donato GIOVANNELLI (University of Naples Federico II)
Emergence and evolution of microbial metabolism and its role in planetary habitability

– Feb. 25, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Elisabetta AFFABRIS (Roma Tre University)
Viral immune evasion of the interferon system: coronaviruses do it too

– March 11, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Marco Rinaldo OGGIONI (University of Bologna and University of Leicester)
Within macrophage replication of many “extra-cellular” pathogens: a neglected phase in invasive bacterial disease

– March 25, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Francesco IANNELLI (University of Siena)
Workflow for microbial mobilome analysis.

– April 15, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Luigi VEZZULLI (University of Genoa)
Rise of marine pathogens linked to climate change: new insights from molecular ecology, genomics and metagenomics

– April 29, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Alessandra CARATTOLI (University “La Sapienza” of Rome)
Evolution of Klebsiella pneumoniae high-risk clones to pan-resistance

– May 13, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Enzo TRAMONTANO (University of Cagliari)
Exploiting the interplay between viral proteins and innate immunity for drug development

– May 27, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Arianna TAVANTI (University of Pisa)
Advances in biosensing: the CRISPR/Cas system as a powerful tool for the detection of microbial nucleic acids

– June 10, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Stefano DONADIO (Naicons, Milan)
Financial and scientific challenges in Research and Development of new antibiotics.

– June 24, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Marco VENTURA (University of Parma)
Bifidobacteria as a key model in beneficial host-microbe interactions

– July 8, 2021 (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Alessandra POLISSI (University of Milan)
Outer membrane biogenesis: Ajax shield or Achilles’ heel for Gram- negative bacteria?

The seminars will take place on the Zoom platform at this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5181612348?pwd=S3BLcDB1UW9jZjVGNHJ4cmM5dmV6dz09

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