PhD Programme in Complex Systems for Life Sciences (until 35th cycle)

Students presenting: Annapaola Mariniello
Place: online

Title: Type 1 conventional dendritic cells maintain and guide the differentiation of precursors of exhausted T cells in distinct cellular niches
Paper reference: Dähling, Sabrina, et al. "Type 1 conventional dendritic cells maintain and guide the differentiation of precursors of exhausted T cells in distinct cellular niches." Immunity (2022).

Students presenting: Silvia Lazzardi - Amedeo Gagliardi
Place: Aula Eraclito and online
Title: The structure of the human cell cycle
Paper reference: Stallaert, Wayne, et al. "The structure of the human cell cycle." Cell systems 13.3 (2022): 230-240.




Students presenting: Giorgia Iegiani and Annalaura Tamburrini
Place: Aula Eraclito and online
Title: Reintroduction of the archaic variant of NOVA1 in cortical organoids alters neurodevelopment
Paper reference: Trujillo CA, Rice ES, Schaefer NK, Chaim IA, Wheeler EC, Madrigal AA, Buchanan J, Preissl S, Wang A, Negraes PD, Szeto RA, Herai RH, Huseynov A, Ferraz MSA, Borges FS, Kihara AH, Byrne A, Marin M, Vollmers C, Brooks AN, Lautz JD, Semendeferi K, Shapiro B, Yeo GW, Smith SEP, Green RE, Muotri AR. Reintroduction of the archaic variant of NOVA1in cortical organoids alters neurodevelopment. Science. 2021 Feb 12;371(6530):eaax2537. doi: 10.1126/science.aax2537. PMID: 33574182; PMCID: PMC8006534.




Students presenting: Alejandra Diaz Alcalce, Patrizia Ferrante
Place: Aula Mendel and online
Title: Prediction of anti-CD25 and 5-FU treatments efficacy for pancreatic cancer using a mathematical model
Paper reference: Shafiekhani, Sajad, et al. "Prediction of anti-CD25 and 5-FU treatments efficacy for pancreatic cancer using a mathematical model." BMC cancer 21.1 (2021): 1-21.




Students presenting: Giorgio Corti, Federica Galvagno
Place: Aula Eraclito and online
Title: An NK-like CAR T cell transition in CAR T cell dysfunction
Paper reference: Good CR, Aznar MA, Kuramitsu S, Samareh P, Agarwal S, Donahue G, Ishiyama K, Wellhausen N, Rennels AK, Ma Y, Tian L, Guedan S, Alexander KA, Zhang Z, Rommel PC, Singh N, Glastad KM, Richardson MW, Watanabe K, Tanyi JL, O'Hara MH, Ruella M, Lacey SF, Moon EK, Schuster SJ, Albelda SM, Lanier LL, Young RM, Berger SL, June CH. An NK-like CAR T cell transition in CAR T cell dysfunction. Cell. 2021 Dec 9;184(25):6081-6100.e26. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.11.016. Epub 2021 Dec 2. PMID: 34861191; PMCID: PMC8827167.




Students presenting: Corrado Pancotti, Marco Viviani
Place: Aula Eraclito and online
Title: Ultrasensitive detection of circulating tumour DNA via deep methylation sequencing aided by machine learning
Paper reference: Liang, Naixin, et al. "Ultrasensitive detection of circulating tumour DNA via deep methylation sequencing aided by machine learning." Nature biomedical engineering 5.6 (2021): 586-599.

 




Students presenting: Francesca Priante, Gaia Montacchiesi
Place: Aula Eraclito and online
Title: A pan-cancer transcriptome analysis of exitron splicing identifies novel cancer driver genes and neoepitopes.
Paper reference: Wang, Ting-You, et al. "A pan-cancer transcriptome analysis of exitron splicing identifies novel cancer driver genes and neoepitopes." Molecular cell 81.10 (2021): 2246-2260.

 




Students presenting: Sarah Perrone, Nadia Brasu
Place: Aula Eraclito and online
Title: coming soon
Paper reference: coming soon