PROGRAM
08:30-09:15 Registration
09:15-09:30 Welcome by SZN President
09:30-09:45 Welcome by Ordine Nazionale dei Biologi
09:45-10:00 Coffee break
Session: Basic concepts in marine ecotoxicology
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10:00-11:00 Alessandra Gallo: Introduction to Marine Ecotoxicology
Biomarkers and Bioindicators
11:00-12:00 Elisabetta Tosti: Marine Reprotoxicology
12:00-13:30 Lunch at SZN canteen
Practical Session
14:00-17:00 Angela Sardo & Elena Cavalletti: Marine algal growth
inhibition test
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MONDAY
September 12th
WEDNESDAY September 14th
Session: Climate change
09:00 - 10:00 Marco Munari: Living on the edge. Discovering the adaptive mechanisms of marine communities against ocean acidification
10:00 - 10.15 Coffee break
10:15 - 11:15 Marina Piscopo: Salinity as a critical environmental factor in the reproduction of marine species
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11:15 - 12:00 Raffaele Boni: Impact of global warming on reproductive processes of marine organisms
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch at SZN canteen
Practical Session
14:15 - 17:00 Alessandra Gallo & Raffaele Boni: Sperm cell toxicity test and SCA® CASA System application for the sperm motility analysis in marine invertebrates
TUESDAY
September 13th
Session:Environmental Chemicals,Microplastics &Nanomaterials
09:00 - 10:00 Giovanni Libralato: Rare earth elements: a new risk for the marine environment?
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee break
10:15 - 11:15 Mohamed Banni: Occurrence and fate of environmental microplastic in the Mediterranean: from cellular to population levels
11:15 - 12:15 Loredana Manfra: Nanomaterials and nanoparticles: sources and toxicity
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch at SZN canteen
Practical Session
14:15 - 17:00 Carola Murano: microplastic detection and
identification & sea urchin immune cells as sentinels for monitoring microplastic pollution
Session: Model organisms in ecotoxicology
09:00 - 10:00 Isabella Buttino: Plankton as model organism in marine ecotoxicology
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee break
10:15 - 11:15 Lorenzo Morroni: Sea cucumbers as a new model for embryo-larval bioassays in ecotoxicological studies
11:15 - 12:15 Maria Consiglia Esposito: Sea urchin a suitable model for the ecosafety assessment of marine contaminants
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch at SZN canteen
Practical Session
14:00 - 17:00 Isabella Buttino & Ylenia Carotenuto: Zooplankton in ecotoxicity tests
THURSDAY
September 15th
FRIDAY
September 16th
Session
09:00 - 10:00 Ultre Marta: Aliivibrio fischeri bioluminescent bacteria
bioassay for the assessment of marine sediment toxicity
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee break
10:15 - 11:15 Test for attendance certificate
11:15 - 12:00 Closing with Ordine Nazionale dei Biologi
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12:30-14:30 Social lunch
