The changing landscape of health: any role for evolutionary medicine?

21 June 2023
14.00-18.00 

Aula Magna, University of Milano-Bicocca
AGORA' Building (U6), Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo, Milan
The event is organised by the Department of Medicine and Surgery.

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09:00-09:15 - Institutional greetings and introduction to the meeting 
Pietro Invernizzi. Director of the School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca

Early Career Researchers and Post-Docs presentation 

09:15-09:45 Neuroinflammation as a mechanism of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity

Olga Tarasiuk

09:45-10:15 Searching for molecular mechanisms of stress vulnerability and rapid antidepressant effect of ketamine in an animal model of depression

Jessica Mingardi

10:15-10:45 Imagine beyond imaging: molecular snapshots of thyroid cancer

Isabella Piga

11:00-11:30 Deep Learning Can Discriminate Between Autoimmune Hepatitis And Primary Biliary Cholangitis Directly From Digital Histology Slides

Alessio Gerussi

11:30-12:00 Mode of birth in women with a low-lying placenta – the MODEL-PLACENTA Study

Elisabetta Colciago

12:00-12:30 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer: new prevention strategies

Marianna Martinelli

12:30-13:00 Photo contest award Bicocca for Health - premiazione Concorso fotografico "Bicocca Per La Salute "

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-14:15 - Institutional greetings and introduction to the meeting

Giovanna Iannantuoni. Rector, University of Milano-Bicocca

Pietro Invernizzi. Director of the School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca

14:15-15:00 - Keynote

Evolutionary medicine: The great opportunity

Randolph M. Nesse, University of Michigan 

15:00-15:20 - Knowledge of human evolution allows for a better understanding of our biological nature

Giorgio Manzi, Sapienza University of Rome

15:20-15:40 – Human genome diversity: frequently asked questions

Guido Barbujani, University of Ferrara

15:40-16:00 – Darwin’s impact on the medical sciences (1880-1980)

Fabio Zampieri, University of Padua

16:00-16:20 – Which theory of evolution for evolutionary medicine?

Telmo Pievani, University of Padua

16:20-17:20 - Round table

Chairman: Maurizio Casiraghi, University of Milano-Bicocca

17:20-17:30 - Conclusions

Pietro Invernizzi. Director of the School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca