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Cell Biology and Genetics

Proceedings of the Workshop
23-24 October 2017
Scripta Varia 137 | Vatican City 2018
pp. 332 | ISBN 978-88-7761-112-3

Contents

Opening Session

Word of Thanks

Claudio Bifano

Objectives of the Workshop

Edward M. De Robertis

Presentation of the PAS-ACAL Meeting

Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo | PAS Chancellor

Biophysics and Membrane Biology Session

Biophysics and Biochemistry in Singulo: When Less is More

Carlos Bustamante

Discussion

Transient Receptor Potential Channels as Sensors of Heat and Pain

Ramón Latorre

Discussion

Is the Inflammatory Response the Cause of Tissue Dysfunction in Chronic Diseases?

Juan Carlos Sáez

Discussion

Free Radicals, Oxidants and Antioxidant Systems in Physiology and Disease

Rafael Radi

Discussion

The Role of Glucosylation and Demannosylation on the Quality Control of Glycoprotein Folding in the Endoplasmic Reticulum

Armando J. Parodi

Discussion

Genetics Session

Design of Novel Regulatory Gene Circuits in Plant Cells using Recombinase Serine Integrases

Elibio Rech

Discussion

Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Adaptation to Hypoxia

Pablo Wappner

Discussion

How Chloroplast-derived Signals Influence Leaf Developmental Fate; the Voice of the Slave

Patricia León

Discussion

Nitrogen Fixation and Tropical Crops

María Luisa Izaguirre

Discussion

Molecular Genetics of Plant Cell Resistance to Stress

Luis R. Herrera Estrella

Discussion

Cell Signaling and Developmental Biology Session

On the Origin of Life on Earth

Rafael Vicuña

Discussion

Regulation of Protein Degradation by Wnt Signaling

Edward M. De Robertis

Discussion

Neurobiology Session

Sound Perception: From the Ear to the Brain and Back

Ana Belén Elgoyhen

Discussion

New Insights About the Biology of Zika Virus Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell

Stevens Rehen

Discussion

Biomedicine Session

Endothelial Cells in Physiology and Medicine

Salvador Moncada

Discussion

Physiopathology of the Cerebrovascular System: Advances from Genomics

Conrado J. Estol

Discussion

The Methylome as an Example of the Contribution of Basic Research to Solving Medical Problems in the Third World

Rafael J. Apitz-Castro

Discussion

Applications of Physics to Cell Biology

Vanderlei S. Bagnato

Discussion

RNA Processing, Ageing and Neurodegeneration

Francisco E. Baralle

Discussion

Translating the ‘Sugar Code’ into Immune and Vascular Programs: from Basic Discovery to Drug Design

Gabriel A. Rabinovich

Discussion

Closing Session

Intracontinental Scientific Collaborations

Luiz Davidovich

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Claudio Bifano

Science and Technology Initiatives of the Department of State of the USA

Franklin A. Carrero-Martinez

General Discussion on Improving Scientific Collaboration

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