Seminars 2014 DSV PhD Program in Molecular Biomedicine MID-TERM PRESENTATIONS Wednesday, 1 October 2014 Room 1B, I floor, H3 Building – Via Valerio, 12/2 9.30 - 10.30: Seminar Dr. Filippo Giancotti 10.30 - 11.00: Coffee break 11.00 - 13.00: PhD students’ presentations Candidate Title Comisso Elisa (LNCIB, Trieste) Translating pluripotency pathways to ovarian cancer: a study to unravel pathways linking Oct4 and Rb1 Dal Ben Matteo (CSF, Trieste) The organotypic brain cultures as a new tool for the study of the molecular events involved in the selective bilirubin induced regional brain damage Ghrelin forms and muscle metabolism: evidence from epidemiological and animal studies Gortan Cappellari Gianluca (DUC SMCS, UniTS) Marcassa Elena (LNCIB, Trieste) Mutant p53-driven transcriptional regulation of proteasome and its consequences in triple negative breast cancer Identification of the role of Calpain during the autophagic process Neri Carmelo (LNCIB, Trieste) Unveiling new signaling pathways contributing to oncogenic activities of mutp53-R249S Petti Eleonora (LNCIB, Trieste) Identification of novel TERRA interactors that control mammalian telomeres Lisek Kamil (LNCIB, Trieste)