Lunedì 12 giugno
12.30 - 14.00 Registrazione all’evento
14.00 - 14.30 Apertura e saluti istituzionali
Prof. Stefano Ubertini - Magnifico Rettore dell'Università degli Studi della Tuscia (UNITUS)
Prof. Paolo Vincenzo Pedone - Presidente del Consiglio Universitario Nazionale (CUN)
Dr. Alessandro Giuffrè - Direttore dell'Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolare (IBPM-CNR)
Prof. Marco Tavani - Presidente dell'Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
SESSIONE: CHIMICA PREBIOTICA E ORIGINE DELLA VITA
14.30 - 15.10: Plenary - Paola Manini: "PAHs and the origin of life: evidence of the catalytic effect in wet-dry prebiotic processes."
15.10 - 15.50: Plenary - Giuseppe Cassone: "Computational approaches for the study of prebiotic chemistry."
15.50 - 16.10: Oral Communication (OR1) - Bruno Mattia Bizzarri: "Radiative prebiotic multi-component chemistry open new ways for the investigation of alternative nucleic acids."
16.10 - 16.30: Coffee break
16.30 - 17.10: Plenary - Barbara Negri: "The Search for Life in the Universe: What the Future Holds."
17.10 - 17.30: Oral Communication (OR2) - Daniele Dondi: "Origins of life: a chemistry perspective."
17.30 - 17.50: Oral Communication (OR3) - Angela Cirigliano: "Formamide chemistry, cyclic ribonucleotides polymerization and primitive RNA-catalysis: a unique chemical frame for the origin of life."
17.50 - 18.10: Oral Communication (OR4) - Savino Longo: "Atmospheric entry of potential life-bearing micrometeoroids into Mars atmosphere."
18.10 - 18.30: Oral Communication (OR5) - Cristina Mazzoni: "Lake of Pantelleria: a New Mars like model for prebiotic chemistry and extremophiles."
Martedì 13 giugno
SESSIONE: ASTROCHIMICA E ASTROFISICA SPERIMENTALE
09.30 - 10.10: Plenary - Piero Ugliengo: "The Role of Computational Chemistry in Astrobiology."
10.10 - 10.30: Oral Communication (OR6) - Cristina Puzzarini: "Hunting for Prebiotic Molecules in the Interstellar Medium."
10.30 - 10.50: Oral Communication (OR7) - Nadia Balucani: "Mercaptomethanol formation in cometary/interstellar ice."
10.50 - 11.10: Coffee break
11.10 - 11.50: Plenary - Maria Elisabetta Palumbo: "Formation and survival of organic compounds in space environment."
11.50 - 12.10: Oral Communication (OR8) - Francesca Altieri:" Ma_MISS and ExoMars searching for life in the Martian subsoil."
12.10 - 12.30: Oral Communication (OR9) - Giacomo Pannacci: "Laboratory investigation of the reactions of atomic nitrogen and oxygen with aromatic molecules and implications for the prebiotic chemistry of Titan."
12.30 - 12.50: Oral Communication (OR10) - Silvia Alessandrini: "In search of P-bearing species in astronomical environments: the reaction between methanimine and the CP radical."
12.50 - 15.00: Lunch
SESSIONE: VITA IN AMBIENTI ESTREMI
15.00 - 15.40: Plenary - Daniela Billi: "Contribute of Astrobiology Experiments on Desert Cyanobacteria to the Search for Life Elsewhere."
15.40 - 16.10: Oral Communication (OR11) - Mariano Battistuzzi: "Responses of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7335 to FR light enriched spectra and anoxic atmospheres: implications for exoplanet habitability and astrobiotechnological applications."
16.10 - 16.30: Oral Communication (OR12) - Roberta Iacono: "Exploring the Heat-loving World of Extremophiles: unveiling Carbohydrate Active Enzymes from microbial communities thriving in Pisciarelli Solfatara."
16.30 - 16.50: Coffee break
16.50 - 17.30: Plenary - Paola Di Donato: "Astrobiology relevance of extremophiles: microorganisms at the boundaries of life on earth and in the space."
17.30 - 17.50: Oral Communication (OR13) - Federica De Lise: "Life in extreme environments and limits of life: translational recoding in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Saccharolobus solfataricus."
17.50 - 18.10: Oral Communication (OR14) - Marco Mangiagalli: "Role of glycoside hydrolases in the Antarctic bacterium Marinomonas sp. ef1."
18.10 - 18.30: Oral Communication (OR15) - Marzia Calvanese: "Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125 as the model for studying microbial life in the solar system".
Mercoledì 14 giugno
SESSIONE: INTERAZIONE TRA GEOSFERA E BIOSFERA NEL PRESENTE E DURANTE L'EVOLUZIONE DEL PIANETA TERRA
09.30 - 10.10: Plenary - Stefano Amalfitano: "Microbial community structure and methane-related processes in an East African soda lake (Sonachi, Kenya)."
10.10 - 10.30: Oral Communication (OR16) - Alberto Brovarone: "Energy from the depths."
10.30 - 10.50: Oral Communication (OR18) - Giovanni Covone: "Stellar metallicity: a key parameter for the search of Life in the Universe."
10.50 - 11.10: Coffee break
11.10 - 11.50: Plenary - Andrea Franzetti: "Surviving on the ice: diversity and ecosystem functions of cryoconite bacterial communities."
11.50 - 12.10: Oral Communication (OR19) - Deborah Bastoni: "Metal availability influences microbial cofactor usage."
12.10 - 12.30: Oral Communication (OR20) - Stavro Ivanovski: "Modelling habitability of Archean Earth in terms of Earth-like planet Surface Temperature Model (ESTM) simulations."
12.30 - 12.50: Oral Communication (OR21) - Mattia Esposito: "Biomining in the Cosmos: A Promising Frontier in Sustainable Resource Utilization."
12.50 - 15.00: Lunch
SESSIONE: ABITABILITA’ E IDENTIFICAZIONE DELLE BIOFIRME NELLO SPAZIO
15.00 - 15.40: Plenary - Michele Maris: "Modelling refraction in habitable exoplanets: The ARTECS/Refract Project."
15:40 - 16.10: Oral Communication (OR22) - Erica Bisesi: "Impact of vegetation on the habitability of Earth-like exoplanets."
16.10 - 16.30: Oral Communication (OR23) - Claudio Maccone: "Evo-SETI: A Mathematical Model for Life Evolution on Earth and Exoplanets."
16.30 - 16.50: Coffee break
16.50 - 17.30: Plenary - John Robert Brucato: "Challenges to detect organics on Mars."
17.30 - 17.50: Oral Communication (OR24)- Maria Antonia Delli Gatti: "Astrobiology and complexity: life beyond the dichotomy of contingency and necessity."
17.50 - 18.50: Poster Session
20.00 - Dinner
Giovedì 15 giugno
SESSIONE: TECNOLOGIE HARDWARE E SOFTWARE PER L’ASTROBIOLOGIA
09.00 - 09.30: Plenary - Giovanni Valentini: "The Road-Map of Italian Space Agency for Astrobiology and novel technological tools."
09.30 - 10.00: Plenary - Michele Balsamo: "Space hardware for Astro and Exo biology experiments."
10.00 - 10.30: Plenary - Mara Mirasoli: "Chemiluminescence-based Lab-on-chip devices for astrobiology investigations."
10:30 - 10:50: Coffee break
10:50 - 11:20: Plenary - Andrea Cusano: "Lab on Fiber Technology: Pitfalls and Challenges Towards Advanced Multifunctional Optrodes for Life Science." Applications.
11:20 - 11:50: Plenary - Giuseppe Coppola: "Microfluidics labs: miniaturized and lightweight platforms for space applications."
11:50 - 13.00: Flash communications
15.00 - 16.00: Assemblea Soci
16.00 - 17.00: Tavola rotonda
12.30 - 14.00 Registrazione all’evento
14.00 - 14.30 Apertura e saluti istituzionali
Prof. Stefano Ubertini - Magnifico Rettore dell'Università degli Studi della Tuscia (UNITUS)
Prof. Paolo Vincenzo Pedone - Presidente del Consiglio Universitario Nazionale (CUN)
Dr. Alessandro Giuffrè - Direttore dell'Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolare (IBPM-CNR)
Prof. Marco Tavani - Presidente dell'Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
SESSIONE: CHIMICA PREBIOTICA E ORIGINE DELLA VITA
14.30 - 15.10: Plenary - Paola Manini: "PAHs and the origin of life: evidence of the catalytic effect in wet-dry prebiotic processes."
15.10 - 15.50: Plenary - Giuseppe Cassone: "Computational approaches for the study of prebiotic chemistry."
15.50 - 16.10: Oral Communication (OR1) - Bruno Mattia Bizzarri: "Radiative prebiotic multi-component chemistry open new ways for the investigation of alternative nucleic acids."
16.10 - 16.30: Coffee break
16.30 - 17.10: Plenary - Barbara Negri: "The Search for Life in the Universe: What the Future Holds."
17.10 - 17.30: Oral Communication (OR2) - Daniele Dondi: "Origins of life: a chemistry perspective."
17.30 - 17.50: Oral Communication (OR3) - Angela Cirigliano: "Formamide chemistry, cyclic ribonucleotides polymerization and primitive RNA-catalysis: a unique chemical frame for the origin of life."
17.50 - 18.10: Oral Communication (OR4) - Savino Longo: "Atmospheric entry of potential life-bearing micrometeoroids into Mars atmosphere."
18.10 - 18.30: Oral Communication (OR5) - Cristina Mazzoni: "Lake of Pantelleria: a New Mars like model for prebiotic chemistry and extremophiles."
Martedì 13 giugno
SESSIONE: ASTROCHIMICA E ASTROFISICA SPERIMENTALE
09.30 - 10.10: Plenary - Piero Ugliengo: "The Role of Computational Chemistry in Astrobiology."
10.10 - 10.30: Oral Communication (OR6) - Cristina Puzzarini: "Hunting for Prebiotic Molecules in the Interstellar Medium."
10.30 - 10.50: Oral Communication (OR7) - Nadia Balucani: "Mercaptomethanol formation in cometary/interstellar ice."
10.50 - 11.10: Coffee break
11.10 - 11.50: Plenary - Maria Elisabetta Palumbo: "Formation and survival of organic compounds in space environment."
11.50 - 12.10: Oral Communication (OR8) - Francesca Altieri:" Ma_MISS and ExoMars searching for life in the Martian subsoil."
12.10 - 12.30: Oral Communication (OR9) - Giacomo Pannacci: "Laboratory investigation of the reactions of atomic nitrogen and oxygen with aromatic molecules and implications for the prebiotic chemistry of Titan."
12.30 - 12.50: Oral Communication (OR10) - Silvia Alessandrini: "In search of P-bearing species in astronomical environments: the reaction between methanimine and the CP radical."
12.50 - 15.00: Lunch
SESSIONE: VITA IN AMBIENTI ESTREMI
15.00 - 15.40: Plenary - Daniela Billi: "Contribute of Astrobiology Experiments on Desert Cyanobacteria to the Search for Life Elsewhere."
15.40 - 16.10: Oral Communication (OR11) - Mariano Battistuzzi: "Responses of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7335 to FR light enriched spectra and anoxic atmospheres: implications for exoplanet habitability and astrobiotechnological applications."
16.10 - 16.30: Oral Communication (OR12) - Roberta Iacono: "Exploring the Heat-loving World of Extremophiles: unveiling Carbohydrate Active Enzymes from microbial communities thriving in Pisciarelli Solfatara."
16.30 - 16.50: Coffee break
16.50 - 17.30: Plenary - Paola Di Donato: "Astrobiology relevance of extremophiles: microorganisms at the boundaries of life on earth and in the space."
17.30 - 17.50: Oral Communication (OR13) - Federica De Lise: "Life in extreme environments and limits of life: translational recoding in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Saccharolobus solfataricus."
17.50 - 18.10: Oral Communication (OR14) - Marco Mangiagalli: "Role of glycoside hydrolases in the Antarctic bacterium Marinomonas sp. ef1."
18.10 - 18.30: Oral Communication (OR15) - Marzia Calvanese: "Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125 as the model for studying microbial life in the solar system".
Mercoledì 14 giugno
SESSIONE: INTERAZIONE TRA GEOSFERA E BIOSFERA NEL PRESENTE E DURANTE L'EVOLUZIONE DEL PIANETA TERRA
09.30 - 10.10: Plenary - Stefano Amalfitano: "Microbial community structure and methane-related processes in an East African soda lake (Sonachi, Kenya)."
10.10 - 10.30: Oral Communication (OR16) - Alberto Brovarone: "Energy from the depths."
10.30 - 10.50: Oral Communication (OR18) - Giovanni Covone: "Stellar metallicity: a key parameter for the search of Life in the Universe."
10.50 - 11.10: Coffee break
11.10 - 11.50: Plenary - Andrea Franzetti: "Surviving on the ice: diversity and ecosystem functions of cryoconite bacterial communities."
11.50 - 12.10: Oral Communication (OR19) - Deborah Bastoni: "Metal availability influences microbial cofactor usage."
12.10 - 12.30: Oral Communication (OR20) - Stavro Ivanovski: "Modelling habitability of Archean Earth in terms of Earth-like planet Surface Temperature Model (ESTM) simulations."
12.30 - 12.50: Oral Communication (OR21) - Mattia Esposito: "Biomining in the Cosmos: A Promising Frontier in Sustainable Resource Utilization."
12.50 - 15.00: Lunch
SESSIONE: ABITABILITA’ E IDENTIFICAZIONE DELLE BIOFIRME NELLO SPAZIO
15.00 - 15.40: Plenary - Michele Maris: "Modelling refraction in habitable exoplanets: The ARTECS/Refract Project."
15:40 - 16.10: Oral Communication (OR22) - Erica Bisesi: "Impact of vegetation on the habitability of Earth-like exoplanets."
16.10 - 16.30: Oral Communication (OR23) - Claudio Maccone: "Evo-SETI: A Mathematical Model for Life Evolution on Earth and Exoplanets."
16.30 - 16.50: Coffee break
16.50 - 17.30: Plenary - John Robert Brucato: "Challenges to detect organics on Mars."
17.30 - 17.50: Oral Communication (OR24)- Maria Antonia Delli Gatti: "Astrobiology and complexity: life beyond the dichotomy of contingency and necessity."
17.50 - 18.50: Poster Session
20.00 - Dinner
Giovedì 15 giugno
SESSIONE: TECNOLOGIE HARDWARE E SOFTWARE PER L’ASTROBIOLOGIA
09.00 - 09.30: Plenary - Giovanni Valentini: "The Road-Map of Italian Space Agency for Astrobiology and novel technological tools."
09.30 - 10.00: Plenary - Michele Balsamo: "Space hardware for Astro and Exo biology experiments."
10.00 - 10.30: Plenary - Mara Mirasoli: "Chemiluminescence-based Lab-on-chip devices for astrobiology investigations."
10:30 - 10:50: Coffee break
10:50 - 11:20: Plenary - Andrea Cusano: "Lab on Fiber Technology: Pitfalls and Challenges Towards Advanced Multifunctional Optrodes for Life Science." Applications.
11:20 - 11:50: Plenary - Giuseppe Coppola: "Microfluidics labs: miniaturized and lightweight platforms for space applications."
11:50 - 13.00: Flash communications
- Eleonora Mancin: "Investigation of alternative PNA’s building blocks by multi Component chemistry"
- Davide Corso: "GeoMosaic: A flexible metagenomic pipeline combining biological and geochemical data to outline biosphere and geosphere interactions"
- Bernardo Barosa: "Ironborn: The relationships between Fe availability and the Biosphere"
- Martina Cascone: "Hydrogenotrophs diversity and distribution in subsurface extreme environments, with implications for Underground Hydrogen Storage"
- Shoval Gilboa: "One-pot synthesis of RNA building-blocks from prebiotic substances via combined heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis"
- Feliciana Oliva: "Microbial diversity and geochemical characteristics of Campania thermal springs"
- Beatriz Gallego Fernandez: "Responses of a desert cyanobacterium to prolonged exposure to perchlorate: implications for the habitability of Mars and In-Situ Resource Utilization"
- Nunzia Nappi: "Acidophilic microalgae cocultures - a microbial diversity study"
- Lorenzo de Piccoli: "Silentium Universi. Ricerca dell'Intelligenza Extraterrestre dalla Pluralità dei Mondi all'Astrobiologia Contemporanea".
15.00 - 16.00: Assemblea Soci
16.00 - 17.00: Tavola rotonda
- Prof. Marco Moracci - Moderatore - Università degli studi di Napoli, Federico II
- Dr. Beatrice Cobucci Ponzano - Consiglio Nazionale di Ricerca / IBBR Napoli
- Prof. Maurizio Balistreri - Università degli studi della Tuscia
- Dr. Giovanni Valentini - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
- Dr. Michele Balsamo - Kayser Italia SRL