An open event to the public, the day organized by VIMM within the World Health Forum aims to foster discussion and create a moment of dialogue among key players in the world of science, research, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry.
After the initial greetings, curated by Stefano Bellon, Vice President of the Foundation for Advanced Biomedical Research - of which VIMM is the operational arm - the morning of work will be opened by the speech entitled "Science Hunters: Journey into Scientific Research," curated by the General Director of Fondazione Telethon, Francesca Pasinelli.
It will be followed by two roundtable discussions and in-depth dialogues, both moderated by Annamaria Zaccheddu, Scientific Communicator of Fondazione Telethon: the first, entitled "Farmastartup: Adventures and Challenges of Pioneers in the Pharmaceutical Industry," will feature Marcello Allegretti, Chief Scientific Officer of Dompé Farmaceutici Spa, and Graziella Pellegrini, Research and Development Director of Holostem Srl, before the interventions of the CEO and the Business Development Manager of Xgen Venture, Paolo Fundarò and Federica Draghi.
The session entitled "Explorers of the Future among Organoids, Gene Editing, and Complex Diseases” will be a central moment of the morning, projecting towards the science of the future and the themes that VIMM and the Forum are exploring: Manuela Allegra, Researcher at the University of Padua - Città della Speranza and the Institute of Neurosciences (CNR), and Francesco Chemello, Associate Professor at the University of Bologna, will intervene alongside Cecilia Laterza, Associate Professor at the University of Padua and Researcher at VIMM, and Emanuela Zuccaro, Assistant Professor at the University of Padua and VIMM Researcher.
Another highlight of the day, before the final farewell and the concluding intervention of Nicola Elvassore, Scientific Director of VIMM and Full Professor at the University of Padua, will be the lecture by Mauro Giacca, Head of the School of Medicine and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences at King's College London and member of the Scientific Advisory Board of VIMM, entitled: "research beyond national borders: adventures and secrets," in which the reflection on the themes of the meeting will be broadened and framed in an international perspective.
"VIMM has a history that began 27 years ago, but always with a gaze towards the future. With over 230 researchers and 20 Principal Investigators coordinating its activities, our institute focuses on the study of neuroscience, gene editing, and micro-organs for personalized and precision medicine," emphasizes the President of the Foundation for Advanced Biomedical Research, Giustina Mistrello Destro.
"The World Health Forum of Veneto is a unique and unrepeatable opportunity to introduce and present our work to an international audience and to leading experts from around the world, and it is an honor and a pleasure to do so in Veneto and in Padua, which has always been a pole of international excellence in the medical-scientific field and a nerve center for and of research."
