THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMPARATIVE MEDICINE OCTOBER 18-20, 2012 FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT and PROGRAMME ORGANISING COMMITTEE: PRESIDENT: - Emeritus Professor h.c. Dr. h.c. NICOLAE MANOLESCU – Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy, Full Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, President of Scientific Committee of Comparative Medicine Institute of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest. CO-PRESIDENTS: - Professor Dr. h.c. ANDRÉ LAURENT PARODI – President of the National Academy of Medicine, France; - Professor h.c. Dr. h.c. ALEXANDRU T. BOGDAN - Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy, Director of Acad. David Davidescu Centre of Studies and Research for Agrosilvicultural Biodiversity of the Romanian Academy. MEMBERS: - Professor Dr. AUREL ARDELEAN – President of Vasile Goldis Western University, Arad; - Professor Dr. ALECSANDRU IOAN BABA - Member of Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences - Professor Dr. CONSTANTIN BALACEANU STOLNICI -Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy, Full Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences; - Professor Dr. SERBAN BRADISTEANU - Senior Scientific Researcher I Head of Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic of Emergency Hospital Floreasca, Bucharest; - Professor Dr. CORNEL CATOI – Dean of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca; - Professor Dr. EMANOIL CEAUSU – Manager of Clinical Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases Dr. Victor Babes, Bucharest; - Professor Dr. ALEXANDRU-VLAD CIUREA – BAGDASAR-ARSENI Emergency Hospital, Neurosurgical Clinic, Bucharest; - Professor Dr. SORIN CIMPEANU – Rector of University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest; - Professor Dr. GHEORGHE DARABUS - Pro-rector of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Banat, Timisoara; - Professor Dr. IOAN GROZA – General Manager of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports; - Professor Dr. ALEXANDRU IRIMIE – Rector of University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca; Iuliu HaĊ£ieganu - Professor Dr. DORU PAMFIL - Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy, Rector of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca; - Professor Dr. IOAN POP D.POPA – Full Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences; - Professor Dr. IRINEL POPESCU – President of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences; - Acad. LAURENTIU MIRCEA POPESCU – President of the Medical Sciences Section of the Romanian Academy, Manager of Victor Babes Institute; - Professor Dr. GABRIEL PREDOI – Dean of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest; - Dr. RADU ROATIS-CHETAN – FAO Expert, Member of European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Management Board - Parma, Italy; - Acad. IOANEL SINESCU – Rector of Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest; - General Major Professor Dr. IOAN SIRBU – Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest; - Professor Dr. ALEXANDRU SONEA – Senate President of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest. GENERAL SECRETARY: - Dr. EMILIA BALINT - Senior Scientific Researcher II - Assistant Professor - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest. 2012 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Day 1 – October 18, 2012 900 - 1030 Opening plenary session of the conference 1030 - 1100 Coffee break 1100 - 1330 The first session of presentations (papers from 1 to 7 included) 1400 - 1530 Lunch 1600 - 1930 The second session of presentations (papers from 8 to 16 included) 2000 Dinner Day 2 – October 19, 2012 800 – 1000 The third session of presentations (papers from 17 to 24 included) 1000 – 1030 Coffee break 1030 - 1230 The fourth session of presentations (papers from 25 to 32 included) 1300 - 1430 Lunch 1500 – 1900 The fifth session of presentations (33 - 46 ) and general discussion 2000 Festive Dinner Day 3 – October 20, 2012 900 - 1130 - Presentation of the signed network; - Identification, quantification of comparative medicine activity proposals during 2013-2020; - Completion and approval of 2013-2020 national research development programme in comparative medicine, performed by the already signed network, but open to anyone in the country and abroad (as legal entities) or natural ones, under the leadership of Comparative Medicine Committee of the Romanian Academy and Comparative Medicine Institute of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest. 1130 - 1200 Coffee break 1200 – 1300 Closing session 1330 Lunch 1500 Departure of participants - The Conference will take place in the Romanian Academy Aula, 125, Calea Victoriei, according to the following programme: - The foreign participants’ accommodation is provided by the organizers at “MOXA” Hotel (Four stars). - The time allowed for each presentation is 20’ for first day and 15’ for the second day. PAPERS APPROVED TO BE PRESENTED IN PLENARY SESSION 1100 - 1330 THE FIRST SESSION OF PRESENTATIONS 1. André Laurent PARODI Histiocytic Sarcoma in Dog: a model for the genetics of homologous human tumours 2. Constantin BALACEANU STOLNICI De piscium cerebro et medulla spinali: dissertation inauguralis quam consensu illustris facultatis medicae Halensis – An evolutionary comparative neuroanatomy paper of a Romanian from the Phanariot period 3. Constantin BALACEANU STOLNICI Reflections comparative sciences 4. Angelo FERRARI Focus on activities of CEROVEC in veterinary and comparative oncology: “working in progress” 5. Dorin SARAFOLEANU Acute and chronic inflammation of the upper airway on the role of anatomy for brain 6. Irinel POPESCU Liver xenotransplantation: dream or reality? 7. Mircea PENESCU Balkan endemic nephropathy 7 bis Ioan SIRBU Oral implantology RESERVATION SPEAK: - Acad. Ioanel SINESCU - Professor Dr. Ioan POP D. POPA - Professor Dr. Serban BRADISTEANU - m.c. Acad. Constantin IONESCU TARGOVISTE 1600 - 1930 THE SECOND SESSION OF PRESENTATIONS 8. Gabriel PREDOI Research on forearm bone morphology in domestic mammals and humans, correlated with autopodium pronation and supination potential 9. Nicola ZIZZO Thymidine phosphorylase expression in canine mammary tumours tissue 10. Giacomo ROSSI Alterations in respiratory mucins and epithelial COX2 expression characterize malignant transformation from benign polyps to nasal carcinomas in dog and cat; an immuno- and histochemical study on 28 clinical cases 11. Gheorghe BENGA Comparative studies of water permeability of red blood cells from humans and over 30 animal species 12. Stefano THELLUNG In search of drugs able to affect cancer stem cells proliferation: efficacy of metformin in reducing survival of cancer stem cells from canine mammary carcinomas 13. Domenico BRITTI Biological monitoring of heavy metal contaminations using buzzard in Calabria region 14. Nicolae MANOLESCU Study on DDW (deuterium depleted water) anticancer activity in experimental oncology 15. Alexandru Vlad CIUREA A comparative study between the anatomy and pathology of humans and dolphins 16. Ludovic PAUN Zoonoses 800 – 1000 THE THIRD SESSION OF PRESENTATIONS 17. Franco ROPERTO Urothelial cancers of the urinary bladder of cattle. Morphological similarities and biological differences with the human urothelial cancers 18. Delia SALENO Canine Leishmanosis: diagnosis and prevention in non-endemic areas 19. Alecsandru Ioan BABA Oncogenesis through stem cells 20. Romulus Florin BEGNESCU Equine infectious Considerations on morphoclinical issues 21. Iudith IPATE Genomics and cloning in the context of comparative medicine anemia. some 22. Mircea IFRIM The importance of comparative medicine in deciphering the functional structures and corollary for morbid processes causality 23. Emanoil CEAUSU Incidence of diseases transmitted from animals to humans in patients hospitalized in the Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases Dr. Victor Babes during 20032012 24. Vasile COZMA Epidemiology and risk factors of infection with parasitic zoonotic agents transmitted through food, in Romania 1030 - 1230 THE FOURTH SESSION OF PRESENTATIONS 25. Virgilia POPA Validation of multiplex PCR classic method for species identification in Trichinella spp. 26. Emilia BALINT 27. Adrian BILBA Cytomorphological aspects of some ENT cancers in the canine and feline Pathological respiratory aspects in three bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) present in the basins of the Natural Sciences Museum Complex Constanta 28. Stela ZAMFIRESCU Research on viability determination of pancreatic islets isolated from porcine pancreas 29. Zeno GARBAN Peculiarities of the in vitro and in vivo mechanisms of action specific to the chemotherapeutics CIS-platinum and cyclophosphamide on nucleic acids 30. V. DRAGOLICI Rumen parakeratosis in young sheep. Clinical cases 31. Gabriel BORZA Arteriolar and glomerular intrarenal adiponectin staining in a rat model of incipient diabetic nephropathy 32. Marius STANESCU Total hip joint arthroplasty in young patients with severe postimmunosuppressive therapy joint damage RESERVATION SPEAK - Professor Dr. Alexandru IRIMIE – Rector of Iuliu HaĊ£ieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca - Professor Dr. Miguel MORENO – MILAN, Cordoba, Spain 1500 – 1900 THE FIFTH SESSION OF PRESENTATIONS 33. Narcisa MEDERLE Epidemiological chains in dermatofilosis transmitted from animals to children 34. Cornel CATOI Neuromodulation following connection of the first motor neuron to the peripheral nerve stump via grafting in rats 35. Anca HERMENEAN Histopathological and ultrastructural evidence for protective effects of Sylibum marinanum native oil on epirubicin-induced liver damage in mice 36. Ciprian G. PRIBAC Studies on the effects of Trigonella foenum-graecum extract on some biochemical and enzymatic parameters in Wistar rats with experimentally induced diabetes with streptozotocin comparative to clinical trials in patients with diabetes mellitus 37. Doina DANES Emerging and reemerging diseases in livestocks 38. Corneliu BRESLASU Clinical findings on the incidence of cardiopathy in dogs 39. Adrian F. GAL Immunophenotype of the canine mammary tumors regarding CD44 and CD24 immunomarkers 40. Pompei BOLFA A grape seed extract intake attenuates the degree of experimental atherosclerosis induced by periodontitis in the Wistar rat 41. Ionela Denisa SORESCU Giardia spp in the cat; a potential transmission factor to humans 42. Ionela HOTEA Epidemiological surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii infection in animals in western Romania 43. Nicolae CATANA The presence of virulence factors in the EXPEC strains isolated from broilers 44. Marian TAULESCU Effects of rifaximin on indomethacin-induced intestinal damage in guinea-pigs 45. Andras-Laszlo NAGY 46. Alexandru-Flaviu TABARAN The effects of rosuvastatin and dexamethasone on extrahepatic cholestasis after bile duct ligation in Wistar rats Comparative analysis of the morphological changes suffered by peritoneal milky spots due to single-walled (SWCNT) and multi-walled (MWCNT) carbon nanotubes’ administration at Wistar rats