Courses Schedule

Organizer: Valentina Bouche' (TIGEM) - Dates: 3-7 March 2025

Format: In-Person only course

Location: TIGEM, Naples

Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

Introduction to IP and patent

Teachers

Daniela Sanges,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

Presentation skills

Teachers

Valentina Bouche’,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
14.30-16.30
Lesson Argument

Funding Opportunities and Grant Writing

Teachers

Valentina Bouche’,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

CV writing and Job Application

Teachers

Daniela Sanges,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
11.00-13.00
Lesson Argument

Grant manager as a career

Teachers

Valentina Bouche’,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
10.00-12.00
Lesson Argument

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): the impact on scientific research

Teachers

Valentina Bouche’,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM

 Organizer: Leopoldo Staiano (TIGEM) - Dates: 14-17 April 2025

Format: in-person course

Location: TIGEM, Naples

Aim of the course: This course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the structure, function, and dynamics of cells, the basic units of life. This includes a detailed exploration of the cellular components, their organization, and their roles in various cellular processes, like Cellular StructureMolecular Mechanisms, in vitro modeling of genetic diseases, Cellular Research TechniquesApplications of Cell Biology

Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

High-content screening

Teachers

Diego Medina,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
11.00-13.00
Lesson Argument

Lysosomes as dynamic modulators of cell metabolism

Teachers

Gennaro Napolitano,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
15.00-17.00
Lesson Argument

Membrane contact sites

Teachers

Rossella Venditti,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

Stem cells and the evolving notion of cellular identity

Teachers

Marcella Cesana,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
11.00-13.00
Lesson Argument

Virology

Teachers

Mirko Cortese,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
10.00-12.00
Lesson Argument

Molecular Oncology and Precision Medicine

Teachers

Pietro Carotenuto,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
15.00-17.00
Lesson Argument

Membrane trafficking

Teachers

Antonella De Matteis,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

Kidney Organoids: a novel multifaceted tool to study renal development and to model rare diseases

Teachers

Leopoldo Staiano,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
11.00-13.00
Lesson Argument

Animal models for the study of human diseases

Teachers

Nunzia Pastore,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM

Organizer: Alessia Indrieri (TIGEM) - Dates: 5-9 May 2025; 12-14 May 2025

Format: In-person course

Location: TIGEM, Naples 

Aim of the course: This course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles, techniques, and applications of various experimental methods used in biomedical research. This includes both basic and cutting-edge approaches, covering a wide range of biological disciplines. Core Objectives: design of scientific experiments, Cell and Molecular Biology Techniques, Biochemical Techniques, Genomics and Proteomics, imaging, Data Analysis and Interpretation

Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

Microscopy in modern biomedical research

Teachers

Roman Polishchuk,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
11.00-13.00
Lesson Argument

Genome editing: from theory to bench

Teachers

Jlenia Monfregola,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
10.00-12.00
Lesson Argument

Design of in vivo animal models experiments

Teachers

Elvira De Leonibus,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

The Therapeutic Editing Toolkit: From Genome to Beyond

Teachers

Pasquale Piccolo,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
11.00-13.00
Lesson Argument

Introduction to Histological Analysis

Teachers

Nicolina Cristina Sorrentino,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
10.00-12.00
Lesson Argument

Fifty Shades of Proteomics: from basic science to clinical applications

Teachers

Paolo Grumati,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
10.00-12.00
Lesson Argument

Bioinformatics tools for gene and protein analysis

Teachers

Rossella De Cegli,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
11.00-13.00
Lesson Argument

Introduction to statistical analysis and experimental design

Teachers

Eugenio Del Prete,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

Introduction to Next Generation Sequencing

Teachers

Davide Cacchiarelli,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
11.00-13.00
Lesson Argument

Diagnostic application of NGS

Teachers

Davide Cacchiarelli,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
14.00-16.00
Lesson Argument

Phosphoproteomics

Teachers

Francesca Sacco,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM

Organizer: Ivana Trapani (TIGEM) - Dates: 20-23 May 2025

Format: In-person course

Location: TIGEM, Naples

Aim of the course: to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles, techniques, and applications of molecular therapy, a rapidly advancing field that utilizes molecular agents to treat inherited monogenic diseases. Key Objectives are: Foundations of Molecular TherapyMolecular Targeting StrategiesGene Therapy TechniquesClinical Translation of Molecular Therapies

Timetable
9.30-11.30
Lesson Argument

Introduction to Gene Therapy and use of AAV vectors in Gene Therapy

Teachers

Alberto Auricchio,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
15.00-17.00
Lesson Argument

Clinical trials: Clinical Protocols

Teachers

Giancarlo Parenti,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
10.00-12.00
Lesson Argument

Gene therapy for human disease

Teachers

Ivana Trapani,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
15.00-17.00
Lesson Argument

Clinical Gene Therapy

Teachers

Nicola Brunetti-Pierri

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM

Organizer: Gennaro Gambardella (TIGEM) - Dates: 9-13 June 2025

Format: In-person course

Location: TIGEM, Naples

Aim of the course: to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the structure, function, and evolution of the human genome, the genetic material that encodes all of our inherited traits. These courses cover the following topics: DNA Structure and FunctionGene Structure and ExpressionCancer GenomicsGenome Organization and EvolutionApplications of Genomics and Human Genetics.

Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

Introduction to Genomics

Teachers

Diego di Bernardo,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
11.00-13.00
Lesson Argument

Introduction to Bioinformatics

Teachers

Gennaro Gambardella,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

From Gene to human Disease and Ciliopathies

Teachers

Brunella Franco,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

Functional Genomics

Teachers

Sandro Banfi,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
11.00-13.00
Lesson Argument

Mitochondrial diseases,

Teachers

Alessia Indrieri,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
10.00-12.00
Lesson Argument

Autophagy in human disease

Teachers

Laura Cinque,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
9.00-11.00
Lesson Argument

Hereditary Cancer Syndrome

Teachers

Chiara di Malta,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM
Timetable
11.00-13.00
Lesson Argument

Gene variant interpretation in rare diseases

Teachers

Manuela Morleo,

Affiliations

TIGEM

Lesson Location
Positano Room TIGEM