WorkShop II


WS.II ADVANCED APPROACHES FOR NANOMATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION, SAFETY AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 16 September
Co-organised with:

WORKSHOP COMMITTEE Franco CARDONE, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Francesco CUBADDA, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Valentina TIRELLI, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Cristina ANDREOLI, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Beatrice BOCCA, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Annarita STRINGARO, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Annarica CALCABRINI, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Donatella PIETRAFORTE, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Maria Elena PISANU, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Fabrizio MATTEI, Istituto Superiore di Sanità

16 September
09:00 - 10:30 NAMs4NANO: unlocking the potential of NAMs in supporting the risk assessment of nanomaterials WS.II.1 - TT.I.A
Chair: in definition

WS.II.1.1 TT.I.A.1	Maria Chiara ASTUTO EFSA The perspective of the European Food Safety Authority on NAMs in relation to food/feed nano-specific risk assessments
WS.II.1.2 TT.I.A.2	Andrea HAASE BfR A qualification system to accelerate development and regulatory implementation of NAMs
WS.II.1.3 TT.I.A.3	Francesco CUBADDA ISS The NAMs4NANO case studies: a broad NAM catalogue to address risk assessment challenges of real-world materials
WS.II.1.4 TT.I.A.4	Francesca FERRARIS ISS The physicochemical characterization and analytical platform underpinning NAMs4NANO

11:30 - 13:00 Exploring the Nanoscale: Flow Cytometry Methods and Applications for Nanoparticle Characterization WS.II.2 - TT.II.A
Chair: in definition

WS.II.2.1 TT.II.A.1	Claudia Maria RADU University of Padua Innovative Approaches to Nanoparticle Identification and Characterization by Flow Cytometry
WS.II.2.2 TT.II.A.2	Stefano AMALFITANO Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR Flow cytometry for the analysis of micro/nanoparticles: current applications and environmental challenges
WS.II.2.3 TT.II.A.3	Fabrizio MATTEI ISS Immune-Derived Extracellular Vesicles for cancer therapy
WS.II.2.4 TT.II.A.4	Aurelia RUGHETTI Sapienza University of Rome EVS in tumor-immunity cross talk: exploring mechanisms and exploiting biomarkers

14:00 - 15:30 Micro‑ and nanoplastics: advancing knowledge from detection to mitigation WS.II.3 - TT.III.A
Chair: in definition

WS.II.3.1 TT.III.A.1	Giovanni LIBRALATO University of Naples Federico II Micro- and Nanoplastics: ecotoxicological threats from ecosystems to human health
WS.II.3.2 TT.III.A.2	Milica VELIMIROVIC Flemish Institute for Technological Research Advanced analytical strategies for reliable exposure assessment of micro- and nanoplastics
WS.II.3.3 TT.III.A.3	Veruscka LESO University of Naples Federico II Biomarkers of exposure and early biological responses to micro‑ and nanoplastics
WS.II.3.4 TT.III.A.4	Mariacristina COCCA Italian National Research Council Mitigation strategies for micro‑ and nanoplastic pollution

16:00 - 17:30 New drug delivery systems for biomedical applications WS.II.4 - TT.IV.A
Chair: in definition

WS.II.4.1 TT.IV.A.1	Annarita BILIA Department of Chemistry Ugo Schiff, University of Florence Nanovectors: a smart approach to increase solubility, bioavailability and stability of drugs
WS.II.4.2 TT.IV.A.2	Donato NICHIL Sapienza University of Rome Preparation and characterization of polydatin–chitosan nanocapsules for enhanced drug delivery efficacy
WS.II.4.3 TT.IV.A.3	Sofia MIGANI ISS and University of Camerino Synthesis, structural studies and biological evaluation of copper(I) and copper(II) complexes supported by bis(pyrazol-1-yl)acetate ligand functionalized with amantadine for the treatment of glioblastoma
WS.II.4.4 TT.IV.A.4	Miriam CAVIGLIA ISS and University of Camerino Nanoparticle-assisted drug delivery of copper complexes as potential anticancer agents