IV Convegno Nazionale
Interazioni tra Campi Elettromagnetici e Biosistemi
Milano, 4 – 6 luglio 2016
Centro Congressi, c/o Area della Ricerca CNR Milano 1
Via Alfonso Corti 12, Milano
PROGRAMMA
10.30-14.00
14.00-14.30
14.30-15.00
15.00-16.15
15.00-15.15
15.15-15.30
15.30-15.45
15.45-16.00
16.00-16.15
16.15-16.45
16.45-18.00
16.45-17.00
17.00-17.15
17.15-17.30
17.30-17.45
17.45-18.00
18.00-19.00
18.00-18.05
18.05-18.15
18.15-18.25
18.25-19.00
Lunedì 4 luglio 2016
Registration
Welcome
Invited Lecture - Chair: Salvatore Caorsi
The New Directive 2013/35/EU on the protection of workers exposed to EMF:
the point of view of Occupational Medicine - Fabrizio Gobba
S1: Exposure Assessment - Chair: Rita Massa
Assessment of Occupational Exposure to 50 Hz Magnetic Fields in Healthcare
Facilities - Rosanna Pinto, Annapaola Santoro, Vanni Lopresto, Vittorio
Cannatà, Chiara Orlandi, Salvatore Zaffina e Vincenzo Camisa
Numerical evaluation of children exposure to WiMax patch antenna in tablet
or laptop - Beatrice Siervo, Valentina Hartwig, Luigi Landini
Assessment of the influence of foetal dielectric properties variation using
stochastic dosimetry - Serena Fiocchi, Paolo Ravazzani, Ilaria Liorni, Marta
Parazzini
Simultaneous exposure to static magnetic field and slowly varying magnetic
field gradients: assessment of the current induced to the heart - Simona
Valbonesi, Marina Barbiroli, Ermanno Papotti, Roberto Sghedoni, Matteo
Tiberti, Andrea Vanore, Paolo Zanichelli
The Role of the Skin Modeling and Postures in LF Numerical Dosimetry Valerio De Santis, Tommaso Campi, Silvano Cruciani, Mauro Feliziani
Coffee break
S2: EMF & Plants - Chair: Graziano Cerri
EMF application to plants germination and growth: a way to a green economy Simona Valbonesi, Bruno Bisceglia
Microwave Radiation for Plant Protection: the Red Palm Weevil Pest Control
Case Study - Rita Massa, Marco Donald Migliore, Gaetano Panariello, Daniele
Pinchera, Fulvio Schettino, Emilio Caprio, Manuela Martano, Paola Maiolino,
Ilaria Pagano, Raffaele Griffo
Exposure of Seeds to ELF MF. Effects on Germination and Growth. Preliminary
Results - Lucia Caputo, Lucéia Souza, Stefano Greco, Claudio Severin ,
Emanuele Caldarola, Massimiliano Polichetti,Vincenzo De Feo, Bruno Bisceglia
Effects of 2.45 GHz Exposure on Seeds and Sprouts of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Nicola D’Ambrosio, Raffaella Montuori, Marco Donald Migliore, Rita Massa
Microwave radiation for eco friendly agriculture:current scenarios and
challenges for the future - Bruno Bisceglia, Simona Valbonesi
Special session: La stimolazione biofisica nella ricerca medica Chair: Ruggero Cadossi
Introduzione - Ruggero Cadossi
La stimolazione biofisica: una nuova farmacologia - Katia Varani
La biofisica articolare - Alessia Ongaro
Open discussion
9.00-9.30
9.30-11.00
9.30 - 9.45
9.45 - 10.00
10.00-10.15
10.15-10.30
Martedì 5 luglio 2016
Invited Lecture - Chair: Carmela Marino
International Expert Group Evaluations on Biological/Health Effects of
Electromagnetic Fields - Maria Rosaria Scarfì
S3: In-Vitro Study - Chair: Olga Zeni
Electromagnetic Fields Promote Osteogenic Differentiation of Human
Mesenchymal Stem Cells through Notch Pathway - Alessia Ongaro, Agnese
Pellati, Leo Massari, Ruggero Cadossi, Stefania Setti, Monica De Mattei
Anti-inflammatory Effect of Low Frequency Low Energy Pulsed
Electromagnetic Fields and Adenosine Receptors in Joint Diseases - Varani K,
Vincenzi F, Ravani A, Pasquini S, Setti S, Borea PA, Cadossi R
Improved antioxidant power support hyperproliferation induced by 50 Hz
magnetic field in human neuroblastoma cell - Stefano Falone, Silvano Jr.
Santini, Valeria Cordone, Antonella Bonfigli, Patrizia Cesare, Marisa Cacchio,
Fernanda Amicarelli
Effect of Extremely Low-Frequency Pulsed Magnetic Field Exposure on DNA
methylation - Gianfranco Giorgi, Chiara Pirazzini, Maria Giulia Bacalini,
Cristina Giuliani, Paolo Garagnani, Miriam Capri, Ferdinando Bersani, Brunella
Del Re
10.30-10.45
50 Hz Exposure Does Not Affect DNA Global Methylation of an In Vitro Model
of Parkinson’s Disease - Claudia Consales, Alessio Butera, Giuseppe Filomeni,
Rosanna Pinto, Vanni Lopresto, Carmela Marino, Barbara Benassi
10.45-11.00
Is RF exposure capable of inducing protection against β-amyloid-induced
toxicity in human neuroblastoma cells? - Anna Sannino, Stefania Romeo, Olga
Zeni, Giovanni Ricevuti, Letizia Venturini, Salvatore Caorsi, Maria Rosaria Scarfì
11.00-11.15
Exposure of Streptomyces coelicolor to Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic
Field. Preliminary Results - Giovanni Vigliotta, Mariagiovanna Filantropi,
Claudio Severino, Massimiliano Polichetti, Bruno Bisceglia
11.15 - 11.45
11.45-12.45
Coffee break
S4: Medical Application 1 - Chair: Luciano Tarricone
11.45-12.00
Numerical modelling of cerebellar and spinal direct current stimulation in
children - Fiocchi Serena, Ravazzani Paolo, Priori Alberto, Parazzini Marta
12.00-12.15
12.15-12.30
12.30-12.45
An Improved Numerical Meshless Approach for Human Brain Activity
Simulation- Guido Ala, Gregory E. Fasshauer, Elisa Francomano, Salvatore
Ganci, Michael J. McCourt
“Patient semi-specific” dosimetry for electromagnetic stimulation applied to
regenerative treatments - Francesca Camera, Fioravante Capone, Stefania
Setti, Roberta Fusco, Ruggero Cadossi, Francesca Apollonio, Vincenzo di
Lazzaro, Micaela Liberti
Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in adult and elderly people: numerical
modelling of electric field distribution - Fiocchi Serena, Parazzini Marta, Roth
Yiftach, Zangen Abrahm, Ravazzani Paolo
12.45-13.00
13.00-14.05
14.05-14.45
14.05-14.25
14.25-14.45
14.45- 16.15
14.45-15.00
15.00-15.15
15.15-15.30
15.30-15.45
Invited Lecture - Chair: Giorgio Aicardi
The School of Bioelectromagnetism “A. Chiabrera”: a special opportunity to
learn about an interdisciplinary and complex discipline - Ferdinando Bersani,
Aicardi Giorgio, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro
Lunch
S5: The view of the industries - Chair: Salvatore Caorsi
Simulazione elettromagnetica di sistemi biologici ed elettromedicali - CST
Determinare il tempo di misura - Rohde & Schwarz
S6: Medical Application 2 - Chair: Paolo Ravazzani
The Electromagnetic Technology as Support for Blind Athletes: the Runningtrack System - V. Di Mattia, M. Pieralisi, V. Petrini, G. Manfredi, P. Russo, A. De
Leo, L. Scalise, G. Cerri
Amagnetic Device for the Passive Mobilisation of the Ankle Joint:Applications
in Neuroscience Research - Simone Pittaccio, Lorenzo Garavaglia, Fabio
Lazzari, Francesca Passaretti
Resonant Inductive Link for Medical Implants: Application to Pulse Generators
Implanted in the Chest - Giuseppina Monti, Maria Valeria De Paolis, Luciano
Tarricone
ANN-based radar approach to detect breast cancers in fibro-glandular tissues:
preliminary assessment study - Salvatore Caorsi, Claudio Lenzi
15.45-16.00
Exposure of superparamagnetic scaffold to ELF MF. Effects on cell migration Matteo Bruno Lodi, Alessandro Fanti, Bruno Bisceglia, Giuseppe Mazzarella
16.00-16.15
Hemorrhagic Brain Stroke Detection by using Microwaves: Preliminary Twodimensional Reconstructions- Igor Bisio, Alessandro Fedeli, Fabio Lavagetto,
Giulio Luzzati, Matteo Pastorino, Andrea Randazzo, and Emanuele Tavanti
16.15-16.35
16.35-17.20
16.35-16.50
16.50-17.05
17.05-17.20
17.20-17.30
17.30-19.00
20.30-
Coffee break
S7: Exposure issues - Chair: Guglielmo d'Inzeo
RFID-based Smart Cage for Tracking and Behavioral Analysis of Small
Laboratory Animals - Luca Catarinucci, Riccardo Colella, Luca Mainetti, Luigi
Patrono, Ilaria Sergi, Luciano Tarricone
Non Ionizing Electromagnetic Fields Effects on Fertility: A Scientometrics Study
Shows that a Higher Standardization Is Required - Ciccarelli R., Bernabò N.,
Greco L., Barboni B., Mattioli M
Health Consequences of the Use of Conducted Electrical Weapons Alessandro Polichetti, Roberta Pozzi
BioEM2016, the premier international conference on bioelectromagnetics and
the annual joint meeting of BEMS and EBEA - Francesca Apollonio
Consiglio Scientifico
Social Dinner
9.00-9.30
9.30-10.45
9.30 - 9.45
Mercoledì 6 luglio 2016
Invited Lecture - Chair: Maria Rosaria Scarfì
ICNIRP: Azioni correnti, “statements” e linee guida in progress - Carmela
Marino
S8: Medical Application 3 - Chair: Guido Ala
Microdosimetry for Pulsed E Fields in a Realistic Models of Cells and
Endoplasmic Reticulum - Agnese Denzi, Hanna Hanna, Franck M. Andre, Lluis
M. Mir, Francesca Apollonio, Micaela Liberti
9.45 - 10.00
Numerical investigation of electroporating nsPEF delivered with split dose
protocols - P. Lamberti, S. Romeo, A. Sannino, M.R. Scarfì, V. Tucci, O. Zeni
10.00-10.15
A new methodology for the geometrical characterization of an electropore - P.
Marracino, F. Castellani, P. T. Vernier, M. Liberti, F. Apollonio
10.15-10.30
10.30-10.45
10.45- 11.15
11.15-11.45
11.45-12.45
11.45-12.00
12.00-12.15
12.15-12.30
12.30-12.45
12.45 - 13.00
Differential sensitivity of two cancer cell lines to ESOPE equivalent
electroporation protocols - Stefania Romeo, Anna Sannino, Maria Rosaria
Scarfì, Ruggero Cadossi, Olga Zeni
Diversity of monopolar and bipolar nanosecond pulsed electric signals action
on the metallo-enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD): a modelling approach Elena della Valle, Paolo Marracino, Olga Pakhomova, Micaela Liberti,
Francesca Apollonio
Coffee break
Invited Lecture - Chair: Fernanda Amicarelli
The activity of the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified
Health Risks (SCENIHR) of the European Commission in electromagnetic field
health risk evaluation - Olga Zeni
S9: EMF and Health: MRI - Chair: Matteo Pastorino
RF induced energy for partially implanted catheters: a computational study Elena Lucano, Micaela Liberti, Tom Lloyd, Francesca Apollonio, Steve Wedan,
Wolfgang Kainz and Leonardo M. Angelone
Thermal Effects of MRI Gradient Fields on Implanted Metallic Hip Prostheses Luca Zilberti, Alessandro Arduino, Oriano Bottauscio, Mario Chiampi
Subjective Symptoms in a Group of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Operators and Controls: Possible Role of Stress - G Zanotti, G Ligabue, G
Corona, F Gobba
Bio-monitoring of workers and occupational risk assessment in MRI
environments: a preliminary study - Anna Sannino, Stefania Romeo, Olga Zeni,
Rita Massa, Raffaele d’Angelo, Maria Rosaria Scarfì
Conclusions