Preliminary Scientific Program

Monday, September 21

10.00-19.00      Registration

19.00-21.00      Welcome Reception

Tuesday, September 22

8.30-9.00          Opening Remarks

9.00-9.45          Sørensen - “Heteronuclear long-range correlation, what’s new and how far can it take us?”

9.45-10.30        Schaumann - “Application of low field NMR relaxometry in soil science”

10.30-10.50      Minoja - “NMR and sensitivity: the never-ending story”

10.50-11.20      Coffee Break

Parallel session: NMR of Small Molecules

11.20-11.50     Chimichi - “Molecular Structure Elucidation by NMR Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanical (QM) Chemical Shift Calculations”

11.50-12.10     Calucci - “Orientational Order of Fluorinated Mesogens Containing the 1,3,2-Dioxaborinane Ring by 13C and 19F NMR Spectroscopy”

12.10-12.30     Maggioni - “Pulsed Gradient Field Study of Nanosized Rhenium Complexes”

Parallel session: Relaxation/Low Resolution

11.20-11.50     Fanali - “Human Serum Albumin: a Peculiar Monomeric Protein”

11.50-12.10     Reineri - “From High Spin Order to Longitudinal Hyperpolarization using ParaHydrogen”

13.00-14.40     Lunch

15.00-15.45     Frydman - “Citius - Altius - Fortius: Resonating at the EPR/NMR/MRI Interface”

Parallel session: Environmental NMR

15.45-16.15     Casella - “Formation of Metal-Ethanol Complexes as Assessed by High and Low Field NMR Spectroscopy”

16.15-16.35     Picone - “Metabolic Profiling Using 1H NMR and Chemometrics: a New Powerful Tool for Differentiating Aquaculture Systems for Gilthead Sea Breams”

16.35-16.55     Sanna - “A FTIR and Solid State 13C NMR Study of the Adsorption of bis-(2-ethylhexil)Phthalate on Hydrozincite”

Parallel session: Biomedicine

15.45-16.15     Poggi - “MR Contrast without Paramagnetic Ions”

16.15-16.35     Vescovo - “In Vivo Brain Temperature Map Using jMRUI Version 4: a Plugin Development”

16.35-16.55     Cittadino - “MRI Assessment of the Therapeutic Efficacy of Paramagnetic Liposomes Loaded with an Antitumor Drug”

16.55-17.25     Coffee Break

17.45               Assemblea soci GIDRM e GIRM

Wednesday, September 23

9.00-9.45          Fushman - “NMR Characterization of the Conformation, Dynamics, and Binding Properties of Polyubiquitin as a Paradigm of a Multidomain System”

9.45-10.30        Fantazzini - “Magnetic Resonance for Fluids in Porous Media and Cultural Heritage”

10.30-10.50      Sandor - “Practical Aspects of DOSY”

10.50-11.20      Coffee Break

Parallel session: Cultural Heritage

11.20-11.50     Orlandi - “Characterization of Archeological Waterlogged Woods by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance”

11.50-12.10     Gombia - “Kinetics of Water Vapor Absorption in Polluted Porous Media Studied by Time Domain NMR”

12.10-12.30     Presciutti - “Multitechnique Approach to the Study of Ancient Ceramic Material”

12.30-12.50     Spinella - “Preliminary Solid State NMR Characterization of Wooden Archaeological Samples”

Parallel session: Biomedicine

11.20-11.50     Guidoni - “1H MRS of Tumour Cells in Hypoxic and Hyperammonia Environment”

11.50-12.10     Palma - “Intermediates of Protein Glycosylation Observed in Tumour Cells by 1H MRS”

12.10-12.30     Gianolio - “Novel Probes Targeted to Cell Surface Thiols for Cellular MR Imaging”

12.30-12.50     Ceccon - “Is Human Liver FABP a Good Carrier for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents?”

13.00-14.40     Lunch

15.00-15.45     Cremonini - “NMR studies of meat”

Parallel session: Food Science/Metabolomics

15.45-16.15     Valentini - “Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Foodstuff Quality Evaluation”

16.15-16.35     Savorani - “iCOshift: a Versatile Tool for the Rapid Alignment of NMR Sets”

16.35-16.55     Klein - “Use of NMR Spectroscopy in the Early Determination and Quantification of in Vitro Metabolites”

Parallel session: Methodology

15.45-16.15     Pierattelli - “”

16.15-16.35     Vasos - “Selected Spin States for Line-Narrowing and Magnetisation Storage”

16.35-16.55     Alecci - “Design ant Testing of High-Field (3-9.4 T) Double-Tuned Surface Resonators for Proton and Sodium MRI”

16.55-18.50     Poster Session with Coffee Break

18.50-19.50     GIDRM/GIRM Medal: Botta - “Lanthanide-Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents:   Properties and Mechanism of Action”

Thursday, September 24

9.00-9.45         Babonneau - “Exploring Inorganic-organic interfaces in hybrid materials with advanced NMR tools”

9.45-10.30       Cicero - “Understanding the “love-hate relationship” between a protease and its cofactor: the NS3-NS4A Hepatitis C virus proteins”

10.30-11.00     Coffe Break

Parallel session: Biomolecular NMR

11.00-11.30     Arnesano - “Interaction Between Platinum Complexes and Copper Transport Proteins”

11.30-11.50     D’Ursi - “Tuning the Folding States of β-amyloid Fragment Aβ(16-35) with Different Charge of Membrane Mimicking Systems”

11.50-12.10     Anedda - “”

12.10-12.30     D’Amelio - “MR Studies of a New Potent MMP-12 Inhibitor: Insight into Key Binding Interactions”

Parallel session: Materials Science

11.00-11.30     Borsacchi - “Understanding the Molecular Properties of Complex Sol-Gel Hybrid Materials through Solid-State NMR”

11.30-11.50     Mauri - “Solid State Order to Order Transitions in Block Copolymers as Detected ny High and Low Field NMR”

11.50-12.10     Saladino - “Solid State NMR Characterization of a PMMA-Ce:YAG Nanocomposite”

12.10-12.30     Donghi - “NMR Characterization of Hydrosoluble Polymers Containing Luminescent Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Fragments”

13.00-14.40     Lunch

Filippo Conti Minisymposium

15.00-15.30     Manetti - “”

15.30-16.00     Da definire - “”

16.00-17.00     Best Poster Award

17.00-17.30     Break

17.30-18.00     Spyros - “Analysis of Organic Materials in Arts and Archaeology by NMR Spectroscopy”

18.00-18.45     Temussi - “Sweet, bitter and umami receptors: a complex relationship”

19.30               Social Dinner