Thematic Course:
Frontiers in Molecular and Precision Medicine
Date
23-24-25-26 February & 2 March 2026
Organizer
Caterina Missero (CEINGE)
Location
CEINGE, Naples
About the Course
The course introduces modern molecular tools and precision-medicine strategies applied to human disease. It links fundamental mechanisms with technologies such as genome editing, advanced diagnostics, and targeted therapies, providing a framework for understanding how these approaches inform and shape the development of future treatments.
9:00 – 11:00
Microfluidic and bioprinting technologies for biomedical applications
Stefano Guido
Lesson location: Computer Room, 2nd floor
11:00 – 12:00
Personalized therapy of Cystic Fibrosis
Giuseppe Castaldo
Lesson location: Computer Room, 2nd floor
14:30 – 15:30
Epigenetics of neuropsychiatric disorders: 1. Epigenetic players in stem cells
Mariella Cuomo
Lesson location: CTS Room, 1st floor
15:30 – 16:30
Epigenetics of neuropsychiatric disorders: 2. Epigenetics of neuropsychiatric disorders
Lorenzo Chiariotti
Lesson location: CTS Room, 1st floor
9:00 – 11:00
Immune dysregulation in human chronic diseases
Autoimmune diseases in the youth: from genentic predisposition to organ-specific inflammation
Early onset of BD: autoimmunity or immune deficiency?
Valentina Discepolo
Lesson location: Computer Room, 2nd floor
11:00 – 13:00
CNS Gene Therapy
Neurodegenerative Diseases: the role of lysosomal dysfunction and protein aggregation
Alessandro Fraldi
Lesson location: Computer Room, 2nd floor
14:30 – 16:30
Newborn Screening Technologies and their Clinical Impact
Margherita Ruoppolo
Lesson location: CTS Room, 1st floor
9:00 – 11:00
Gene panels analysis for predisposition in familial cancers
M. Nunziato
Lesson location: Computer Room, 2nd floor
11:00 – 13:00
Tumoroids as 3D model for precision medicine
F. Di Maggio
Lesson location: Computer Room, 2nd floor
14:30 – 16:30
From aging to prevention and to health score: from genomic predisposition to environmental factors, and to the health score
F. Salvatore
Lesson location: CTS Room, 1st floor
9:00 – 11:00
Emerging technologies for genome editing in medicine
Caterina Missero
Lesson location: Computer Room, 2nd floor
11:00 – 13:00
Genome editing and beyond for inherited diseases
Daniela Di Girolamo
Lesson location: Computer Room, 2nd floor
14:30 – 16:30
Neuromodulators in the Adult Brain: From Basic Mechanisms to Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Alessandro Usiello
Lesson location: Computer Room, 2nd floor
14:30 – 16:30
Fluorescence imaging techniques to get insights into the molecular mechanisms of human diseases
Simona Paladino
Lesson location: CTS Room, 1st floor