Congressi SIGA

AGI-SIBV-SIGA Joint Congress

Assisi (PG), 19-22 September 2011

Scientific Programme

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19^th
CONGRESS SECRETERY
13:00 – 15:30	Registration and poster display

AUDITORIUM
15:30 – 16:00	Opening ceremony Welcome address by Academical and Local Authorities Chairpersons: Blanco A., Cella R., Pimpinelli S.
16:00 – 18:00	Session I - Epigenetics Chairpersons: Carputo D., Cella R., Corona D.
	16:00 – 16:30	Invited Lecture Orlando V. Repetitive elements transcription and mobilization contribute to human skeletal muscle differentiation and Duchenne muscolar dystrophy progression
	16:30 – 16:45	Rossi V., Mainieri D., Forestan C., Mascheretti I., Farinati S., Lauria M., Varotto S. Environmental epigenetics in maize: advances from a European initiative
	16:45 – 17:00	Castelletti S., Salvi S., Tuberosa R. Determining the correlation between methylation and gene expression at a flowering time QTL in maize
	17:00 – 17:15	Tosi F., Vernarecci S., Iuliani M., Belloni C., Ballario P., Filetici P. The epigenetic regulation of centromere and chromosome segregation
	17:15 – 17:30	Giordano M., D’Aquila P., Crocco P., Pisani F., Rose G., Passarino G., Bellizzi D. Mitochondrial DNA variability influence global DNA methylation levels
	17:30 – 17:45	Cesarini E., D’Alfonso A., Camilloni G. Epigenetic control of RNA Polymerase II transcription and DNA recombination by H4K16 acetylation, at rDNA of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
	17:45 – 18:00	De Paola D., Cattonaro F., Fracchiolla A., Felice N., Pignone D., Sonnante G. Isolation of microRNAs from artichoke and their involvement in the regulation of target genes
18:00 – 19:00	Perspectives of epigenomics research in Italy Macino G., Morgante M.
20:30 – 23:00	Welcome cocktail
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20^th
POSTER VISION SCHEDULE
10:30 – 11:30	All Session 1 and Session 2A posters
16:00 – 17:00	All Session 2B, 2C, 3A, 4, and 5C posters

COFFEE AND LUNCH BREAKS
10:30 – 11:30	Coffee break
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch break
16:00 – 17:00	Coffee break

SOCIAL DINNER AND AGI-SIBV-SIGA JOINT MEETING AWARDS
20:30 – 24:00	Cittadella di Assisi, Sala S. Pietro

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

AUDITORIUM
08:30 – 10:30	Session IIA Genome structure, function and plasticity Chairpersons: Rocchi M., Veronesi F.
	08:30 – 09:00	Heslop-Harrison J.S. Genome evolution over timescales from days to billions of years
	09:00 – 09:15	Cifarelli R.A., D’Onofrio O., Grillo R., Mango T., Cellini F., Piarulli L., Simeone R., Blanco A., Gadaleta A. Development of a new wheat microarray from a totipotent cDNA library and identification of differentially expressed genes for powdery mildew resistance
	09:15 – 09:30	Iannuzzi L., Perucatti A., Genualdo V., Iannuzzi A., Rebl A., Incarnato D., Goldammer T., Di Meo G.P. The X-chromosome evolution in domestic bovids as revealed by comparative fish-mapping of cattle, sheep, river buffalo and human X-chromosomes
	09:30 – 09:45	Serone E., D’Addabbo P., Sette M., Poma A., Giambra V., Frezza D. Genomic comparison of the sequences contributing to the 3D structure of the IgH 3’ regulatory region (»30 kb) in vertebrates: conservation of a large palindromic structure with a polymorphism of the internal enhancer
	09:45 – 10:00	Napoli N., Iafrate S., Testone G., Mele G., Iannelli M.A., Giannino D., Frugis G. KNOX lost the MEINOX: alternative splicing of the Arabidopsis KNAT1/BP gene produces an isoform that lacks the protein-protein interaction domain
	10:00 – 10:15	Dal Santo S., Fasoli M., Zenoni S., Farina L., Tornielli G.B., Guzzo F., Delledonne M., Pezzotti M. Transcriptome characterization of phenotypic plasticity in Vitis vinifera
	10:15 – 10:30	Vigilante A., Sangiovanni M., Frusciante L., Chiusano M.L. Intriguing issues from a higly duplicated genome: an example from transcription factor gene paralogs
10:30 – 11:30	Break
11:30 – 13:00	Session IIA (Cont) – Genome structure, function and plasticity Chairpersons: Conicella C., Rocchi M.
	11:30 – 11:45	Pietrella M., Facella P., Perrotta G., Giuliano G., The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium Genome sequence and analysis of the tuber crop potato
	11:45 – 12:00	Cacace A., Di Costanzo A., Ruopoli E., Di Iorio V., La Mantia G., Calabrò V. delta-NPp63-alpha and YB1: a functional interaction controlling cell proliferation and motility
	12:00 – 12:15	Manzotti P., Parisi V., Consonni G. The role of ta-siRNAs in maize plant development
	12:15 – 12:30	Vendramin G.G., Grivet D., Torre S., Sebastiani F., Zabal-Aguirre M., González-Martínez S.C. Candidate-gene research to understanding the role of genetic diversity in the adaptive response of Mediterranean pines
	12:30 – 12:45	Burla R., Carcuro M., Raffa G.D., Galati A., Cacchione S., Crescenzi M., Cenci G., Ciapponi L., Gatti M., Saggio I. AKTIP, a new lamin interacting protein is involved in telomere metabolism and DNA replication
	12:45 – 13:00	Marroni F., Trebbi D., Miculan M., Di Centa E., Di Gaspero G., Morgante M. Long range effects of selection for berry color on genetic diversity are detected in grape chromosome 2
13:00 – 14:30	Break
14:30 – 16:00	Session IIIA Genetics, physiology and breeding of fruit plants Chairpersons: Battistelli A., Terzi V.
	14:30 – 15:00	Invited Lecture Howad W. Peach genomics and breeding applications
	15:00 – 15:15	Cirilli M., Colao M. C., Rugini E., Caboni E., Muleo R. Go back from the adult phase
	15:15 – 15:30	Licciardello C., Torrisi B., Tononi P., Allegra M., Sciacca F., Delledonne M., Intrigliolo F., Reforgiato Recupero G. Expression analysis of gene involved in the iron deficiency of Citrus rootstocks
	15:30 – 16:00	Invited Lecture Leegood R.C. Partitioning and metabolism of assimilates in developing fruits
16:00 – 17:00	Break
17:00 – 17:30	SIGA Awards Chairpersons: Blanco A., Filippone E.
	17:00 – 17:15	"Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza" Award for Agricultural Genetics Zamboni A., Di Carli M. Identification of putative stage - specific grapevine berry biomarkers and omics data integration into networks
	17:15 – 17:30	"Natale Di Fonzo" Award for Plant Breeding Diretto G. Transcriptional - metabolic networks in beta-carotene-enriched potato tubers: the long and winding road to the Golden phenotype
17:30 – 19:30	SIGA General Assembly

SALA SAN GIOVANNI
08:30 – 10:30	Session IIB Proteostasis Chairperson: Vitale A.
	08:30 – 09:00	Invited Lecture Hwang I. Unfolded plastid precursors in the cytosol: targeting vs degradation by quality control
	09:00 – 09:15	Savazzini F., Ceriotti A. Interchain disulfide bond formation in the assembly of high- and low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits
	09:15 – 09:30	Ruberti C., Costa A., Zottini M., Lo Schiavo F. An Arabidopsis tail-anchored protein involved in organelle fission unveils a dynamic network of endomembrane structures
	09:30 – 09:45	Pedrazzini E., Rocchetti A., Martinoia E., Vitale A. Only a minority of integral membrane proteins with complex n-glycans reside on the tonoplast
	09:45 – 10:00	Vescovi M., Costa A., Zaffagnini M., Trost P., Lo Schiavo F. Arabidopsis thaliana glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as an oxidative stress sensor
	10:00 – 10:30	Invited Lecture Raikhel N. Dissecting the endomembrane network via chemical genomics
10:30 – 11:30	Break
11:30 – 13:00	Session IIC Transport and assimilation: from single cells to whole plant Chairperson: Soave C.
	11:30 – 12:00	Invited Lecture Mencuccini M. Hydraulic systems and sugar transport in plants: an ecological scaling perspective
	12:00 – 12:15	Zottini M. , Costa A., Loro G., Drago I., Pozzan T., Lo Schiavo F. Detection of mitochondrial Ca2+ dynamics in Arabidopsis plants expressing the FRET-based cameleon probe
	12:15 – 12:30	Fiorilli V., Vietti V., Balestrini R., Lanfranco L., Bonfante P. Expression of fungal and plant phosphate transporters in arbusculated cells: a competition for Pi uptake?
	12:30 – 12:45	Manara A., Dal Corso G., Furini A. PCP1 and ATOSA1: plastidial proteins involved in oxidative stress response and metal homeostasis in Arabidopsis chloroplast
	12:45 – 13:00	Trono D., Soccio M., Laus M.N., Pastore D. Effect of K⁺ channel activity on the oxidative phosphorylation in durum wheat mitochondria from control and hyperosmotic-stressed seedlings
13:00 – 17:00	Break
17:00 – 17:30	Premio Dottorato "Franca Rasi Caldogno" Chairperson: Nardini A. Gerotto C. Photoprotection mechanisms in the moss Physcomitrella patens: insights on the photosynthesis adaptation during land colonization
17:30	SIBV General Assembly

SALA MUSICA
14:30 – 16:00	Session IIIB La diversità genetica umana e il concetto di razza Un simposio in onore di Italo Barrai, Guido Modiano, Giorgio Morpurgo Chairperson: Barbujani G.
	14:30 – 15:00	Invited Lecture Cassata F. Eugenica, "Racial Science" e Genetica Umana
	15:00 – 15:30	Invited Lecture Colonna V. Cosa ci insegna il progetto 1000 Genomes a proposito di variabilità genetica umana
	15:30 – 16:00	Invited Lecture Gasparini P. Come variano i geni per il gusto, l'olfatto e l'udito lungo la Via della Seta
16:00 – 16:30	Break
16:30 – 18:00	Session IIIC La storia della Genetica Italiana Chairperson: Pimpinelli S.
	16:30 – 17:00	Invited Lecture Volpone A. La genetica classica in Italia, le origini, le relazioni con le altre discipline biologiche e con gli interessi pratici (produzione agricola in particolare)
	17:00 – 17:30	Invited Lecture Cassata F. La genetica italiana dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, dal convegno di Bellagio all'origine del LIGB
	17:30 – 18:00	Invited Lecture Fantini B. Dalla genetica classica alla biologia molecolare. Il contributo della genetica, della citologia e dell'embriologia
18:00 – 18:30	Premio Dottorato AGI Chairperson: Pimpinelli S.
18:30 – 19:30	AGI General Assembly
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21^st
POSTER VISION SCHEDULE
10:30 – 11:30	All Session 6A, 6B and 7 posters
16:30 – 17:30	All Session 8 and Session 9 posters

COFFEE AND LUNCH BREAKS
10:30 – 11:30	Coffee break
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch break
16:30 – 17:30	Coffee break

AUDITORIUM
08:30 – 10:30	Session IV Systems Biology Chairpersons: Cavalieri D., Morandini P.
	08:30 – 09:00	Invited Lecture Hofmeyr J.-H.S. Putting "systems" back into systems biology
	09:00 – 09:15	Frusciante S., Giuliano G., Diretto G. Local sistems biology and analysis of transcriptional-metabolic networks in fruits of tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L.) carotenoid mutants reveal novel findings in the regulation of fruit carotenogenesis
	09:15 – 09:30	Morelli G., Ciolfi A., Sessa G., Sassi M. Possenti M., Ruberti I. Dynamic changes in arabidopsis transcriptome during shade avoidance response
	09:30 – 09:45	Ramazzotti M., Berna L., Cavalieri D. Phylogenomics applied to Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains reveals genes with high evolutionary resolution
	09:45 – 10:00	Cappelletti V., Stefanini I., Berna L., Lee W., Kapushesky M., Cavalieri D. Master regulators of colony morphology switch in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
	10:00 – 10:30	Invited Lecture Kishony R. Pathogen evolution within human host
10:30 – 11:30	Break
11:30 – 13:00	Session VC Green biotechnology for industrial uses Chairpersons: Cardi T., Cellini F.
	11:30 – 12:00	Invited Lecture Poirier Y. Production of renewable polymers from crop plants
	12:00 – 12:15	Chiaiese P., Palomba F., Tatino F., Lanzillo C., Ruotolo G., De Biasi M.-G., Filippone E. Green microalgae and plants expressing fungal laccases useful for enviromental and industrial applications
	12:15 – 12:30	Lionetti V., Francocci F., Bastianelli E., Ferrari S., Pontiggia D., Benedetti M., De Lorenzo G., Bellincampi D., Cervone F. Improving exploitation and saccharification of biomass for bioconversion
	12:30 – 12:45	Palmucci M., Giordano M. Use of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for the characterization of algal composition and the selection of strains for productive processes
	12:45 – 13:00	Durante M., Quarta A., Nisi R., De Paolis A., Rizzello F., Mita G., Caretto S. Utility of beta-cyclodextrins for enhancing artemisinin production in Artemisia annua cells
13:00 – 14:30	Break
14:30 – 16:30	Session VIA Crop productivity: physiology and genetics Chairpersons: Morosinotto T., Valè G.
	14:30 – 15:00	Invited Lecture Salvi S. Genomic approaches to dissect the genetic bases of stress tolerance in cereals
	15:00 – 15:15	Sabetta W., Blanco A., Montemurro C. Identification and characterization of induced mutations in a sunflower TILLING platform
	15:15 – 15:30	Barcaccia G., Collani S., Galla G., Ghedina A., Tiozzo S., Tiozzo R. Discovery of nuclear male-sterility in red chicory: genetic analysis and methods for the marker-assisted breeding of F1 hybrid varieties
	15:30 – 15:45	Chitarra W., Balestrini R., Perrone I., Vitali M., Pagliarani C., Schubert A., Lovisolo C. The pressure collar technique applied to grapevine shoots elucidates contribution of abscisic acid (ABA) and gene expression of vessels associated cells (VACS) during embolism formation and repair
	15:45 – 16:00	Trost P., Trivelli X., Thumiger A., Marri L., Fermani S., Calvaresi M., Falini G., Zerbetto F., Pupillo P., Sparla F. CP12: a redox switch for the regulation of the Calvin-Benson cycle
	16:00 – 16:30	Invited Lecture Maffei M. Early and late events in plant-herbivore interactions
16:30 – 17:30	Break
17:30 – 19:30	Session VII Biotic interactions: symbiosis and pathogenesis Chairpersons: Bonfante P., Frugis G.
	17:30 – 18:00	Invited Lecture Frugier F. Cytokinin pathways regulating Medicago truncatula symbiotic nodule development
	18:00 – 18:15	Navarro B., Gisel A., Rodio M.E., Delgado S., Flores R., Di Serio F. Involvement of RNA silencing in plant response to infectious non-codign RNAs
	18:15 – 18:30	Pavan S., Schiavulli A., Appiano M., Marcotrigiano A.R., Cillo F., Visser R.G.F., Bai Y., Lotti C., Ricciardi L. Pea powdery mildew er1 resistance is associated to loss-of-function mutations at a MLO homologous locus
	18:30 – 18:45	Genre A., Chabaud M., Novero M., Faccio A., Barker D., Bonfante P. Calcium spiking in arbuscular mycorrhizas: the who and where of presymbiotic signaling
	18:45 – 19:00	Locato V., Cimini S., Novo Uzal E., Levi M., Micera A., Balzamino B.O., Evidente A., De Gara L. Ophiobolin a activates different defence responses depending on the applied dose in TBY-2 cells
	19:00 – 19:30	Invited Lecture Bellincampi D. Plant cell wall in pathogenesis: how its structure can influence plant-pathogen interactions

SALA SAN GIOVANNI
11:30 – 13:00	Session VB Starch biology and biotechnology Chairperson: Trost P.
	11:30 – 12:00	Invited Lecture Zeeman S.C. Understanding starch metabolism in plants and the potential to improve starch crops
	12:00 – 12:15	Paparelli P., Parlanti S., Gonzali S., Novi G., Mariotti L., Van Dongen J.T., Perata P. Integration of chloroplast starch metabolism with hormonal regulation of plant growth
	12:15 – 12:30	Sparla F., Valerio C., Marri L., Costa A., Issakidis-Bourguet E., Pupillo P., Trost P. Redox-regulated BAM1 and its role in diurnal starch degradation
	12:30 – 12:45	Sestili F., Botticella E., Lafiandra D. Genetic manipulation of starch composition to improve nutritional and technological properties of durum and bread wheat
12:45 – 13:00	General discussion

SALA MUSICA
11:30 – 13:00	Session VA Selected talks from AGI posters Chairpersons: Bazzicalupo M., Lodi T.
	11:30 – 11:45	Dallabona C., Marsano R.M., Arzuffi P., Ghezzi D., Mancini P., Zeviani M., Ferrero I., Donnini C. Yeast as a model system to shed light on the role of the human disease protein MPV17
	11:45 – 12:00	Olivieri A., Achilli A., Lancioni H., Hooshiar Kashani B., Perego U.A., Nergadze S.G., Carossa V., Santagostino M., Capomaccio S., Felicetti M., Verini-Supplizi A., Woodward S.R., Semino O., Silvestrelli M., Giulotto E., Torroni A. Horse mitochondrial genomes: at least 17 matrilineal lineages underwent domestication
	12:00 – 12:15	Volpi S., Bongiorni S., Wakimoto B.T., Prantera G. The nucleoporin mRNA export protein, RAE1, exerts pleiotropic effects on mitotic and meiotic cell cycle, and viability in Drosophila melanogaster
	12:15 – 12:30	Vernì F., Cenci G. A role for the Drosophila histone variant H2Av in mitotic chromosome segregation
	12:30 – 12:45	Marzio A., Gatti M., Vernì F. Vitamin B6 is required for Drosophila chromosome integrity
	12:45 – 13:00	General discussion
13:00 – 14:30	Break
14:30 – 16:30	Session VIB Genes and human hereditary diseases Chairpersons: Brancati F., Calabrò V.
	14:30 – 15:20	Invited Lecture Van Bokhoven H. Genetic and epigenetic networks disrupted in intellectual disability
	15:20 – 15:40	Invited Lecture Brancati F. Role of cell adhesion molecules nectins 1 and 4 in the pathogenesis of Ectodermal Dysplasia Syndromes
	15:40 – 16:00	Invited Lecture Calabrò V. p63 and DLX relationships: relevance in human hereditary Ectodermal Dysplasia Syndromes
	16:00 – 16:15	Quartararo J., Indrieri A., Franco B., Ferrero I., Goffrini P. Studies in yeast model of pathological mutations of the human gene HCCS
	16:15 – 16:30	Marullo L., Mamolini E., Carrieri A., Guarnelli M.A., Annunziata M., Guida L., Romano F., Aimetti M., Scapoli C. Gene-gene interaction among cytokine polymorphisms influence susceptibility to aggressive periodontitis
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22^nd
AUDITORIUM
09:00 – 11:00	Session VIII Food nutritional value and life span Chairpersons: de Gara L., Tonelli C.
	09:00 – 09:30	Invited Lecture Van den Ende W. Fructans counteract ROS in plants, in food and in the human body
	09:30 – 09:45	La Rocca N., Pasin A., Andreoli C., Rascio N., Moro I. Canthaxanthin production by Scenedesmus sp., a chlorophyta from Antarctica
	09:45 – 10:00	Moglia A., Lanteri S., Comino C., Butelli E., Martin C. The silencing of a GST gene increases the content of health-promoting dicaffeoylquinic acids in tomato
	10:00 – 10:15	Panzeri D., Cassani E., Doria E., Tagliabue G., Forti L., Campion B., Bollini R., Brearley C.A., Pilu R., Nielsen E., Sparvoli F. The bean low phytic acid 1 mutation is due to a defective MRP transporter, affecting the regulation of phytic acid pathway, seed MYO-inositol content and seed germination sensitivity to ABA, but does not impact performaces under abiotic stresses
	10:15 – 10:30	Lupi R., Denery D., Lafiandra D., Masci S., Larré C. How much the transgenesis affects the allergenicity?
	10:30 – 10:45	Fantini E., Falcone G., Giuliano G. Dissecting lycopene biosynthesis in tomato fruits through virus-induced gene silencing
	10:45 – 11:00	Proietti S., Moscatello S., Brugnoli E., Mattioni C., Battistelli A. Degradative metabolism of oxalic acid and ascorbic acid in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.)
11:00 – 11:30	Closing ceremony