1st VIRTUAL SIBBM COVID-19 SEMINAR - 2 JULY 2020 ON ZOOM - FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Giovedì, 2 Luglio, 2020
Molecular Biology at the times of SARS-CoV-2 epidemics: the key contributions of Molecular Biology to the understanding and therapy of Covid-19
Program:
14:00-14:20 Introduction
Valeria Poli – University of Turin
Testing, Tracing, Treating: the unique contributions of Molecular Biology not
only to the development of SARS-CoV-2 therapies, but also to diagnosis
14:20-14:50 Sachdev Sidhu - University of Toronto
COVID-19 Biologic Therapeutic Development in Real Time
14:50-15:20 Pier Paolo Pandolfi - University of Turin
Targeted therapies for Covid-19 and other RNA viruses
15:20-15:50 Giuseppe Novelli - Tor Vergata University of Rome
COVID-19: Genetics, is it the answer?
15:50-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-16:50 Federica Facciotti - European Institute of Oncology, Milan
Serological tests for SARS-Cov2 Antibodies detection: the IEO experience
16:50-17:20 Barbara Illi - National Research Council, Rome
SIBBM Covid-eBook project
17:20-17:50 Graziano Pesole - National Research Council, Bari and University of Bari
Comparative and evolutionary genomics of SARS-Cov-2
17:50-18:20 Luigi Aurisicchio - Takis S.r.l., Rome
Generation of recombinant viral vectors for vaccine and gene therapy
applications
18:20-18:30 Conclusions