Conferences and scientific meetings

2021

September 24-25, 2021: SIAI 2021 – 74° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Anatomia e Istologia, Bologna, Italy.
Poster presentation: F. Sacchi, N. Pianca, C. Bongiovanni, K. Baruch Umansky, M. Chirivì, L. Iommarini, S. Da Pra, F. Pontis, V. Papa, L. Braga, R.S. Patnala, R. Tassinari, M. Mazzeschi, G. Cenacchi, C. Ventura, A.M. Porcelli, M. Lauriola, M. Giacca, R. Rizzi, E. Tzahor and G. D’Uva. Antagonization of glucocorticoid receptor facilitates heart regeneration by promoting cardiac muscle cell dedifferentiation and proliferation.


June 29 – July 1, 2021: ISHR 2021 – 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Heart Research European Section, online event.
Poster and flash oral presentation: Bongiovanni C, Bueno-Levy H, Pontis F, Da Pra S, Mazzeschi M, Petraroia I, Tassinari R, Sacchi F, Lauriola M, Ventura C, Tzahor E and D’Uva G. A bone morphogenetic ligand triggers mammalian cardiac regeneration by enhancing cardiomyocyte proliferation.


June 29 – July 1, 2021: ISHR 2021 – 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Heart Research European Section, online event.
Poster and flash oral presentation: Pianca N, Baruch Umansky K, Chirivì M, Iommarini L, Pontis F, Papa V, Braga L, C. Bongiovanni C, Sacchi F,  Da Pra S, Patnala RS, Mazzeschi M, Cenacchi G, Porcelli AM, Lauriola M, Giacca M, Rizzi R, Tzahor E and D’Uva G. Glucocorticoid receptor signalling restrains cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac regeneration by modulating the energetic metabolism.


2019

November 22, 2019: CardioCure – Symposium on Cardiac Regeneration and Remodelling” organized by The Austrian Society of Cardiology, Innsbruck, Austria.
Invited keynote lecture: G. D’Uva, The crosstalk between NRG1/ERBB2 axis and glucocorticoids in heart regeneration


September 19-21, 2019: ABCD Congress 2019, Bologna, Italy.
Project selected for flash oral presentation: Pianca N, Pontis F, Bongiovanni C, Aharonov A, Mazzeschi M, Gelfo V, Lauriola M, Tzahor E, D’Uva GDirect stimulation of cardiomyocyte regenerative plasticity by steroid hormone modulation


June 3-6, 2019: XXIII International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) WORLD CONGRESS, Beijing, China.
Poster presentation and flash oral presentation: Pianca N, Pontis F, Aharonov A, Bongiovanni C, Mazzeschi M, Lauriola M, Tzahor E, D’Uva G. The impact of glucocorticoids on Neuregulin-1/ERBB2 signalling in cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration


May 15, 2019: “ERA-Net on Cardiovascular Diseases (ERA-CVD) Symposium”, Riga, Latvia.
Invited oral presentation (on behalf of the CARDIOPRO Consortium): G. D’Uva, Mechanisms of regenerative cardiomyocyte proliferation


May 14-16, 2019: “ERA-Net on Cardiovascular Diseases (ERA-CVD) Symposium”, Riga, Latvia.
Poster presentation: Pianca N, Pontis F, Aharonov A, Bongiovanni C, Mazzeschi M, Lauriola M, Tzahor E, D’Uva G. The impact of glucocorticoids on Neuregulin-1/ERBB2 signalling in cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration


April 11, 2019: “Masterclass: Cardiac regeneration in translational research organized by the Young talent program Cobra3 consortium, Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Invited keynote lecture: G. D’Uva, Cardioprotection and cardiac regeneration by direct modulation of Neuregulin/ERBB2 signalling


January 23-26, 2019: : Heart Failure Association Winter Research Meeting – European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
Poster presentation: Pianca N, Pontis F, Aharonov A, Bongiovanni C, Mazzeschi M, Lauriola M, Tzahor E, D’Uva G. The interplay between glucocorticoids and Neuregulin-1 signalling in cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration

2018

October 29-31, 2018: ACC 2018 “NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES TO FIGHT CANCER, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Poster presentation: Pontis F, Pianca N, Gelfo V, Mazzeschi M, Lauriola M and D’Uva G, ERBB4 activation by Neuregulins as a strategy to promote breast cell differentiation


October 18, 2018: Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Italy.
Invited seminar presentation: G. D’Uva, The role of ERBB receptors in cell differentiation: implications for heart regeneration and cancer


September 28-29, 2018: ABCD Meeting 2018 “From Stress Response to Tissue Development and Regeneration”, Pavia, Italy.
Project selected for oral presentation: Pianca N, Pontis F, Gelfo V, Aharonov A, Lauriola M, Tzahor E, D’Uva G, NRG1/ErbB2 signalling axis is modulated by glucocorticoids: implications for heart regeneration


February 6, 2018: Division of Genetics and Cell Biology – San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Invited seminar presentation: G. D’Uva, Triggering heart regeneration by modulating Neuregulin/ERBB signalling

2017

November 16-18, 2017.  Nature Conference: Regeneration. Milan, Italy.
Poster presentation: N. Pianca, F. Pontis, M. Lauriola, E. Tzahor and G. D’Uva, GLUCOCORTICOIDS MODULATE NEUREGULIN/ERBB2 SIGNALLING AXIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEART REGENERATION.


November 16, 2017. “Symposium on heart regeneration – Direct stimulation of cardiogenesis as a novel strategy for treating heart failure”. Scientific and Technological Pole, IRCCS MultiMedica, Italy.
Symposium organization and seminar presentation: G. D’Uva, Triggering cardiac regeneration by boosting ERBB2 signalling.


September 21-23, 2017. ABCD Meeting 2017. Bologna, Italy.
Poster presentation: N. Pianca, F. Pontis, M. Lauriola, E. Tzahor and G. D’UvaGlucocorticoids modulate NRG1/ERBB2 signalling axis in cardiac muscle cells: implications for heart regeneration.


May 25-28, 2017. Annual meeting of the Working Groups on “Myocardial Function” and “Cellular Biology of the Heart” of European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Villa Monastero (LC), Italy.
Poster presentation: G. D’Uva, CROSSTALK BETWEEN GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND NRG1/ERBB2 SIGNALLING AXIS IN HEART DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION.


January 23, 2017. Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Invited lecture: G. D’Uva, ERBB2 signalling in cell dedifferentiation and proliferation

2016

November 19, 2016. ICAMP Congress. Humanitas, Milan, Italy.
Invited lecture as a faculty member: G. D’Uva, Phytonutrients in the prevention of chronic degenerative diseases and tumors.


November 8-11, 2016. 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN ONCOLOGY. Forlì, Italy.
Poster presentation: N. Macrì, V. Gelfo, D. D’Urso, M. Bonafè, M. Lauriola, A. Albini and G. D’Uva, ERBB receptor dimerization defines breast cancer subtypes and clinical outcomes: implication for cancer therapies.


September 26, 2016. NCCR Meeting. DZHK, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Invited keynote lectureG. D’UvaThe key role of Neuregulin/ERBB2 axis in cardiac regeneration and cancer.


July 21-25, 2016. 12th International Congress of Cell Biology. Prague, Czech Republic.
Poster presentation: G. D’Uva, Y. Yarden, E. Tzahor, The key roles of ERBB2 in heart regeneration and breast cancers.


June 22, 2016: IRCCS Multimedica, Milan, Italy.
Seminar presentation: G. D’Uva, Neuregulin/ERBBs axis in cardiac regeneration and cardiotoxicity of anti-cancer therapies.


February 26, 2016. Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Italy.
Invited seminarG. D’UvaThe key role of ERBB2 in cardiac regeneration and cancer.


January 23, 2016. Heart Failure Association Winter Research Meeting – European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
Invited lecture as a faculty memberG. D’UvaKey role of ErbB2 in cardiac regeneration.

2015

December 14, 2015. FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM), Milan, Italy.
Invited seminarG. D’UvaFrom cancer to cardiac regeneration: ERBB2 as a driving force.


November 26, 2015. National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM), Milan, Italy.
Invited seminarG. D’UvaThe driving force of ERBB2 signalling, from cancer to cardiac regeneration.


November 03, 2015. Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Padova, Italy.
Invited seminarG. D’UvaFrom cancer to cardiac regeneration: ERBB2 as a driving force.


October 09, 2015. “Mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular toxicity in oncology” Congress. IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy.
Invited lectureG. D’UvaHER2 e rigenerazione miocardica.


July 2, 2015. Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Invited seminarG. D’UvaERBB2 triggers mammalian heart regeneration by promoting cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation and proliferation.


December 14, 2015. 76° CONGRESSO NAZIONALE SIC organized by Società Italiana di Cardiologia. Rome, Italy.
Project selected for oral presentationG. D’Uva, M. Neeman, J. Leor, Y. Yarden, R.P. Harvey, E. Tzahor, THE KEY ROLES OF ERBB2 IN CARDIOMYOCYTE PROLIFERATION AND HEART REGENERATION.


September 19, 2015. ABCD Congress 2015 organized by the Italian Association of Cell Biology and Differentiation. Bologna, Italy.
Project selected for oral presentationG. D’Uva, Y. Yarden, J. Leor, R.P. Harvey and E. Tzahor, The key roles of ERBB2 in cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration.


September 12, 2015. SIPMeT Young Scientist Meeting 2015 organized by Italian association of pathology and translational medicine. Alba (CN), Italy.
Project selected for oral presentationG. D’Uva, Y. Yarden, J. Leor, R.P. Harvey and E. Tzahor, The key roles of ERBB2 in cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration.


April 18-22, 2015. Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Philadelphia, USA.
Poster presentationM. Lauriola, Y. Enuka, A. Zeisel, G. D’Uva, L Roth, S. Carvalho, R. Solmi, E. Domany and Y. Yarden. Diurnal suppression of EGFR signaling by glucocorticoids: implications for tumor progression and treatment.


March 4, 2015: Keystone Symposia. Heart Disease and Regeneration: Insights from Development. Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA.
Project selected for oral presentation (plenary session)G. D’Uva, A. Aharonov, M. Lauriola, D. Kain, Y. Yahalom-Ronen, S. Carvalho, K. Weisinger, E. Bassat, D. Rajchman, O. Yifa, M. Lysenko, T. Konfino, J. Hegesh, O. Brenner, M. Neeman, Y. Yarden, J. Leor, R. Sarig, R.P. Harvey and E. Tzahor. ERBB2 triggers mammalian heart regeneration by promoting cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation and proliferation.

2014

December 30, 2014: The 5th Young Investigators Stem Cell Meeting organized by Israeli Stem Cells Society (ISCS). Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Project selected for oral presentationG. D’Uva, A. Aharonov, M. Lauriola, D. Kain, Y. Yahalom-Ronen, S. Carvalho, K. Weisinger, E. Bassat, D. Rajchman, O. Yifa, M. Lysenko, T. Konfino, J. Hegesh, O. Brenner, M. Neeman, Y. Yarden, J. Leor, R. Sarig, R.P. Harvey and E. Tzahor. ERBB2 triggers mammalian heart regeneration by promoting cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation and proliferation.


February 10-13, 2014. 7th ILANIT/FISEB 2014 Congress. Eilat, Israel.
Poster presentationM. Lauriola, Z. Amit, L. Roth, Y. Enuka, G. D’Uva, E. Domani, Y. Yarden. Diurnal regulation of EGF-Receptor signaling by glucocorticoids.


January 26-31, 2014. Keystone Symposia: Growth and Wasting in Heart and Skeletal Muscle. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
Poster presentationG. D’Uva, A. Aharonov, M. Lauriola, E. Bassat, D. Rajchman, K. Weisinger, Y. Yarden and E. Tzahor. Heart regeneration and tumorigenicity: oncogenic ErbB2 as a driving force.


January 10-15, 2014. Keystone Symposia: Biological Networks, Genome Dynamics and Disease. Taos, New Mexico, USA.
Poster and oral presentationM. Lauriola, Z. Amit, L. Roth, Y. Enuka, G. D’Uva, E. Domani, Y. Yarden. Glucocorticoid Receptor dampens EGFR pathway, implications for RTK circadian therapy.

2013

October 6-9, 2013. Developmental Pathways in Health and Disease. Gai Beach Hotel Tiberias, Israel.
Poster presentationG. D’Uva, M. Lauriola, D. Rajchman, K. Weisinger, Y. Yarden and E. Tzahor. Heart regeneration and tumorigenicity: oncogenic ErbB2 as a driving force.


June 10, 2013. EMBO meeting “Cardiac Biology – From Development to Regenerative Medicine”. EMBL Heidelberg, Germany.
Project selected for oral presentationG. D’Uva, M. Lauriola, D. Rajchman, K. Weisinger, Y. Yarden and E. Tzahor. Heart regeneration and tumorigenicity: oncogenic ErbB2 as a driving force.


April 23, 2013: Biological Regulation Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Departmental seminar: G. D’Uva, Heart development and regeneration: Erbb2 as a driving force.

2012

December 2, 2012. The 4th Young Investigators Stem Cell Meeting organized by Israeli Stem Cells Society (ISCS). Tel Aviv, Israel.
Poster presentationG. D’Uva, M. Lauriola, D. Rajchman, K. Weisinger, Y. Yarden and E. Tzahor. Heart regeneration and tumorigenicity: oncogenic ERBB2 as a driving force. Winner of the poster session.

2011

September 16 – 20, 2011. EMBO Meeting: Nuclear receptors from molecular mechanism to health & disease. Sitges (Barcelona), Spain.
Poster presentationM. Lauriola, Z. Amit, G. D’Uva, E. Domani and Y. Yarden. Glucocorticoids inhibit migration and invasion of mammary cells: implication to breast cancer metastasis.

2010

June 15-18, 2010: Oxygen in health and disease Meeting. Smolenice, Slovak Republic.
Oral presentationG. D’Uva, G. Storci, M. Bonafe’. Hypoxia response activates stem cell regulatory pathways to regulate the basal-like/stem cell like phenotype in human breast cancer cells.


December 4-7, 2010. 52nd ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition. Orlando, Florida, USA.
Poster presentationK. Lapid, G. D’Uva, A. Kalinkovich, A. Ludin, K. Golan, T. Itkin, M. Zollo and T. Lapidot. GSK3β Signaling Regulates the Motility of Hematopoietic Progenitors via Prune.


December 4-7, 2010: 52nd ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition. Orlando, Florida, USA.
Oral presentationO. Kollet, Y. Vagima, K. Golan, J. Canaani, G. D’Uva, T. Itkin, A. Kalinkovich, E. Shezen, A. Neufeld-Cohen, D. Rashkovan, A. Chen and T. Lapidot. Circadian Corticosterone Levels Regulate and Integrate Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Function and Bone Remodeling Via Notch1 Signaling.

2009

September, 29, 2009. 7° Seminario Annuale dei Ricercatori del CRBA, Bologna, Italy.
SeminarG. D’UvaVie molecolari coinvolte nella regolazione del profilo di espressione genica delle cellule staminali del cancro mammario