Italian Embassy - Office of the Scientific Attaché in Sweden, Norway and Iceland

Ambasciata d’Italia, Ufficio dell’Addetto Scientifico
Karolinska Institutet
Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

2nd Italian-Swedish Workshop on Health Impacts
of Engineered Nanoparticles

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 15-16 June 2012

15 June 2012

Opening session – Session I – Welcome and Keynote Lecture
Chair: Harald Krug

Welcome, Introduction – Bengt Fadeel, Antonio Pietroiusti

Welcome by Piero Mazzinghi, Scientific Attaché, Italian Embassy

Keynote Lecture – Paolo Macchiarini
Regenerative medicine: from bench to bedside and back to the bench


Session II - Nanoparticle Structure/Activity Relationship
Chair: Harald Krug

Bice Fubini
Surface reactivity and particle morphology in nanotoxicology

Anna Costa
Safety by design of engineered nanomaterials: EU collaborative SANOWORK project approach

Short presentation:
Christelle Prinz
Nanowire biocompatibility in vitro and in vivo

Discussion

Special presentation:
Kristine Jones, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Elsevier
Nanotoxicology Book Project


Session III – Nanoparticle Interactions with Biological Systems
Chair: Kai Savolainen

Antonio Pietroiusti
Interaction of engineered nanoparticles with internal biological barriers

Sofia Svedhem
Interaction of nanoparticles with model membranes

Tommy Cedervall
Nanosafety on a molecular level

Short presentation:
Antonio Marcomini
Effects of coating on chemical-physical properties and behaviour of engineered nanoparticles

Discussion

Session IV – Occupational Exposure and Biomonitoring
Chair: Kai Savolainen

Ivo Iavicoli
A methodology to define the environmental levels of incidental and engineered nanoparticles in the workplaces

Enrico Bergamaschi
Human biomonitoring of manufactured nanomaterials: methodological issues and potential biomarkers

Short presentation:
Anders Bucht
Repeated inhalation exposures of nano-scaled titanium dioxide particles alter the inflammatory responses in asthmatic mice

Discussion

16 June 2012

Session V – Reproductive Effect and Genotoxicity
Chair: Lang Tran

Luisa Campagnolo
Reproductive and developmental effects of engineered nanomaterials

Short presentations:
Hanna Karlsson
Genotoxicity of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles

Enrico Traversa
Nanoceria interactions with cardiac progenitor cells: protection against oxidative stress

Discussion


Session VI – Immunotoxicity and Epigenetic Effects
Chair: Lang Tran

Bengt Fadeel
Understanding toxicological properties of engineered nanomaterials:
focus on interactions with the immune system

Lucia Migliore
Are nanomaterials able to induce epigenetic effects?

Short presentation:
Diana Boraschi
The dual role of inflammation in protective immunity vs. pathology:
how engineered nanoparticles can be used for health protection

Discussion


Session VII – Biomedical Applications of Nanoparticles
Chair: Marcello Cacace

Part 1: Drug Delivery and Anti-oxidant Effects

Cecilia Sahlgren
Nanotechnology for target control of signalling pathways in cancer and stem cell differentiation

Lina Ghibelli
Redox-active nanoparticles in antioxidant therapy: mechanisms and perspectives

Discussion

Part 2: Polymers and Cancer Therapy

Ann-Christin Albertsson
Biodegradable biomaterials for biomedical applications

Short presentations:
Rosalba Gornati
Development of a nanoparticle-enzyme system for cancer therapy

Andreas Nyström
Theranostic nanoparticles for combined F-MRI and breast cancer treatment


Session VIII – Round Table: Future Collaborations
Chair: Marcello Cacace

Booklet of Abstracts