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CONTACT: info.siics@gmail.com
8 February 2023
Meeting - XXIII Incontro Scientifico della SIICS
Napoli 13-15 febbraio, 2023
Museo Darwin Dohrn (DaDoM)
Villa Comunale
ATTENZIONE
Programma definitivo del XXIII Incontro Scientifico della SIICS
INFORMAZIONI GENERALI SUL CONGRESSO AGGIORNATE
Bando per l'assegnazione dei seguenti premi:
- premio "Prof. E. Ottaviani"
- premio per i soci non strutturati
- premio per i giovani laureati
Seconda circolare con le regole per la compilazione degli abstract da inviare entro il 10 gennaio 2023 a:
siics2023@ibbc.cnr.it
- specificando nell'oggetto “invio abstract SIICS - Nome, Cognome”.
Scheda per l'iscrizione da inviare entro il 10 gennaio 2023 (formato doc).
27 September 2022
JOB OPPORTUNITY
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE AT TUSCIA UNIVERSITY (VITERBO, CENTRAL ITALY)
ON MOLECULAR PHYLOGENESIS OF MARINE ORGANISMS.
REQUESTED COMPETENCES ARE DNA/RNA SEQUENCING, BARCODING, METAGENOMICS, BIOINFORMATICS.
DURATION 2 YEARS, NET SALARY €1.500 PER MONTH
CONTACT PERSON: Prof. Giuseppe Scapigliati Email scapigg@unitus.it
28 March 2022
JOB OPPORTUNITY
The George Washington University
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES –
INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Laboratory of Infection and Innate Immunity Comparative Immunology Research Unit Dr. Ioannis Eleftherianos
Postdoctoral position: “Drosophila anti-nematode immunity”
Job Summary: An NSF-funded postdoctoral position is currently available to study the molecular and functional basis of the Drosophila immune response to parasitic nematode infection.
For a full job description click here
16 March 2022
NEW BOOK ON STEM CELLS OF AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
Why publish a book on invertebrate stem cells—and particularly one with a focus on aquatic invertebrates? The answer lies in a rapidly evolving stem cell discipline, driven by ever-advancing molecular tools and imaging techniques, today being one of the most dynamic areas in biology and biomedicine. This inevitably influences the research on invertebrates, with a noteworthy reference to aquatic organisms. Indeed, aquatic invertebrates represent the greatest majority of animal biodiversity. They exhibit various biological features that are of vast interest to stem cell researchers and biologists in general. These include the high regenerative power displayed by a broad range of taxa, the lack of early germ cell sequestering, and a widespread presence of asexual reproduction, dormancy, postponed aging and rejuvenation. All of these phenomena are associated with the action of pools of adult stem cells (ASCs) throughout the animal life cycles.Current research on aquatic invertebrate ASCs takes advantage from new experimental approaches and an increasing number of sequenced animal genomes and transcriptomes available in databases. The accumulated results reveal that aquatic invertebrate ASCs have unique features not recorded in the vertebrates and model terrestrial invertebrates, such as their high abundance (up to 40% of the entire body cells in some taxa) and their often indeterminate capacity for growth. In addition, aquatic invertebrate ASCs are directly involved in the control and modulation of innate immune responses and challenge the concept of the stem cell niche as defined in vertebrates and ecdysozoans.
The book Advances in Aquatic Invertebrate Stem Cell Research. From Basic Research to Innovative Applications, Edited by Loriano Ballarin, Baruch Rinkevich, Bert Hobmayer (MDPI, Basel. ISBN 978-3-0365-1636-3, doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-1636-3, https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/edition/5071) stems from the activities within the COST Action 16203 MARISTEM Stem cells of marine/aquatic invertebrates: from basic research to innovative applications (http://maristem.eu), leaded by Loriano Ballarin, which will end on 1 April 2022. It represents one of the final deliverables of four years of interaction and collects the contributions of a relevant part of its members. It holds 11 chapters dealing with sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, echinoderms and tunicates, highlighting the best-studied adult stem cell lineages among aquatic invertebrates.
Two chapters of the book were coordinated by members of the Department of Biology (University of Padova, Italy):
• Chapter 3 - Somatic expression of stemness genes in aquatic invertebrates, coordinated by L. Ballarin (Ballarin et al.). It reviews the expression of typical stemness genes is aquatic invertebrate ASCs, previously considered an attribute of germ cells, including piwi, vasa, nanos, and more. It represents a database useful for current and future studies on ASC properties deriving from a comprehensive literature analysis of intra- and inter-phylum comparisons of gene expressions and their functions in aquatic invertebrate ASCs.
• Chapter 9 - Current knowledge on stem cells in ascidians, coordinated by Lucia Manni, together with Virginia Vanni, Loriano Ballarin, Laura Drago, Fabio Gasparini, and Anna Peronato. The chapter emphasizes what is currently known on the biology and the level of involvement of ASCs in ascidian development and regeneration in both solitary and colonial species. In addition, it focuses on the methods used to identify stem cells and stem cell niches and discusses hypotheses regarding their role in biological phenomena of ascidians such as budding, torpor, regeneration, aging, and chimerism.
23 July 2021
ISJ-Invertebrate Survival Journal & IADCI Special Issue Proposal
ISJ-Invertebrate Survival Journal (a peer-reviewed and free open access journal without APC, ISSN 1824-307X), in collaboration with the Italian Association of Developmental and Comparative Immunobiology (IADCI), calls for contribution to a Special Issue entitled:
EVOLUTIONARY AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF STRESS RESPONSES
Guest Editors:
Loriano Ballarin (University of Padua, Padua, Italy)
Daniela Melillo (National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy)
Maria GIovanna Parisi (University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy)
Stress is a nonspecific response of the organisms to every change/stimulus unbalancing the homeostatic condition. Organisms respond to stress by using adaptation in order to evade or recover from stress. Their overall response encompasses behavioral, physiological, immune, biochemical and molecular reactions.
This Special Issue welcomes original contributions focused on the evolution and the functions of molecules and mechanisms underlying tolerance/resistance/survival of organisms to abiotic or biotic stressors.
Reviews and short reviews, are especially welcome in this Special Issue.
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at the ISJ website (https://www.isj.unimore.it/index.php/ISJ), formatted according to the journal’s rules. Author guidelines can be found at: https://www.isj.unimore.it/index.php/ISJ/about/submissions.
ISJ-Invertebrate Survival Journal is a web-only and open access journal indexed in the principal databases, such as Scopus, Web of Science and Directory of Open Access Journals.
ISJ-Invertebrate Survival Journal has no article processing charges: submission, peer-review process and publication are completely free. Submitted manuscripts will be subjected to standard peer review and evaluation. Accepted manuscripts will be published online immediately after acceptance and provided with a DOI.
Deadline for manuscript submission: December 1st, 2021
30 giugno 2021
16° Corso di Microscopia Confocale: Basi Teoriche e Pratiche, Modena, 13-15 settembre 2021
9º Corso di Microscopia Elettronica a Trasmissione (TEM): Basi Teoriche e Pratiche Modena, 15-17 settembre 2021
Scarica maggiori informazioni
21 May 2021
1- A PhD student position is available at the department of Environmental Stress and Aquatic Biomonitoring of Le Havre University and the Cognitive Neuro-Ethologie of Cephalopods (NECC) Group of EthoS at Caen University to study changes in neurotransmitter levels in the nervous system of cephalopods and crustaceans, as well their reuptake and receptor binding following exposure to neuromodulating or neurotoxic substances.
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2- A PhD student position is available at UNIGE (Italy), PhD in Marine Sciences, Curriculum Marine Ecosystem Sciences.
Priority Subject: Physiology of marine organisms: mechanisms involved in regulation of early larval development in marine invertebrate models and modulation by environmental factors.
Research activities will be carried out in co-tutoring between UNIGE at DISTAV (Dept of Earth, Environmental, and Life Sciences) and the Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Institut de la Mer, UMR7009 Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement, 06230, Chemin du Lazaret, 06230, Villefranche‐sur‐Mer, France.
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For information please contact:
Laura.Canesi@unige.it
michael.schubert@obs-vlfr.fr
6 maggio 2021
Ancient Immunity. Phylogenetic Emergence of Recognition-Defense Mechanisms
Biology
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23 aprile 2021
L’ASSEMBLEA ORDINARIA DEI SOCI DELLA SIICS È CONVOCATA
giovedì 06 maggio 2021 alle ore 07:00 in prima convocazione e alle ore 15:30 in seconda convocazione per discutere e deliberare sul seguente ordine del giorno:
- Comunicazioni del Presidente
- Programma attività scientifica
- Approvazione del bilancio consuntivo e preventivo
- Varie ed eventuali
- Approvazione del verbale
In ottemperanza al decreto-legge 23 febbraio 2020, n. 6, recante misure urgenti in materia di contenimento e gestione dell'emergenza epidemiologica da COVID-19, applicabili sull'intero territorio nazionale, e del DPCM del 26 aprile 2020, la riunione si svolgerà in modalità telematica.
Di seguito il link tramite il quale sarà possibile accedere alla riunione:
https://unipd.zoom.us/j/86386025706
ID riunione: 863 8602 5706
Il Presidente
Matteo Cammarata
31 marzo 2021
Postdoc position in comparative immunology a Le Havre
Sono aperte le candidature per una posizione immediatamente disponibile per un/una postdoc in comparative immunology a Le Havre (nella regione della Normandia) per un periodo di due anni.
PER INFORMAZIONI CONTATTARE:
Prof. Tiphaine Monsinjon
UMR-I 02 Stress Environnementaux et BIOsurveillance des milieux aquatiques (SEBIO)
FR CNRS 3730 SCALE
Normandie Université - ULHN, CS 80540
25, rue Philippe Lebon - Bâtiment ST2 – BP1123
76063 Le Havre cedex, France
Tel : (33) 2.32.74.43.24
tiphaine.monsinjon@univ-lehavre.fr
11 febbraio 2020
Programma del XXI Incontro Scientifico della SIICS, VARESE 12-14 febbraio 2020
Libro degli abstract del XXI Incontro Scientifico della SIICS, VARESE 12-14 febbraio 2020
9 dicembre 2019
Bando per l'assegnazione di 3 PREMI:
PREMIO “PROF. E. OTTAVIANI”
PREMIO “SOCI NON STRUTTURATI”
PREMIO “GIOVANI LAUREATI”
I premi verranno assegnati durante i lavori del Meeting della Società che si svolgerà a Varese dal 12 al 14 febbraio 2020.
La domanda nonché la documentazione richiesta, potranno essere inviate via e-mail e dovranno pervenire entro il 31 Gennaio 2020 all’indirizzo e-mail: mariagiovanna.parisi@unipa.it.
12 novembre 2019
Meeting - XXI Incontro Scientifico della SIICS
VARESE 12-14 febbraio 2020
DBSV - Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della vita
UNIVERSITÀ DELL’INSUBRIA, VARESE
17 May 2019
15° Corso di Microscopia Confocale: Basi Teoriche e Pratiche, Modena, 11-12 Settembre 2019
Il Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita ed il Centro Interdipartimentale Grandi Strumenti (C.I.G.S.) dell’Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, in collaborazione con la Società Italiana di Immunobiologia Comparata e dello Sviluppo (SIICS) e la Società Italiana di Scienze Microscopiche (SISM), organizzano il “15° Corso di Microscopia Confocale: Basi Teoriche e Pratiche”.
19 April 2019
PHD PROGRAM IN BIOSCIENCES
Università di Padova
The call has been published.
Deadline: May 14, 2019 (13.00 CEST).
22 ottobre 2018
Meeting - XX Incontro Scientifico della SIICS
Rende (CS) 13-15 febbraio 2019
Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra dell’Università della Calabria
Bando per l'assegnazione di 2 PREMI per TESI DI LAUREA da parte della SIICS volto agli studenti che abbiano conseguito il titolo di Laurea Magistrale. I premi verranno assegnati durante i lavori del Meeting della Società che si svolgerà a Rende dal 13 al 15 febbraio 2019.
La data di scadenza della presentazione delle domande è stata fissata al 21 dicembre 2018.
12 July 2018
1-6 October 2018
- 1 st INTERNATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL - AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MARINE INVERTEBRATE BIODIVERSITY: EVOLUTIONARY AND FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS
Venue: Avamposto MARE -Tricase porto (Lecce) ITALY (member of MARS – European network of marine research institutes and stations)
DRAFT AGENDA
SUMMER SCHOOL FLYER
The summer school is organized in the framework of a joint agreement of academic cooperation between the Universities of Milan, Padova, Palermo, and Salento (Lecce) and with the support of the CA 16203 MARISTEM. The scientific themes will cover comparative analysis of main adaptive strategies across several invertebrate phyla to raise interest on invertebrate biology and evolution. Finally, this international school will provide the opportunity for exchanges between students of different European universities and can be credited as a Master Course Program, acknowledged by 4 credits (ECTS) through a specific final verification test.
30 maggio 2018
Il Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita ed il Centro Interdipartimentale Grandi Strumenti (C.I.G.S.) dell’Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, in collaborazione con la Società Italiana di Immunobiologia Comparata e dello Sviluppo (SIICS) e la Società Italiana di Scienze Microscopiche (SISM), organizzano il “14° Corso di Microscopia e Confocale: Basi Teoriche e Pratiche” e il “7° Corso di Microscopia Elettronica SEM e S(T)EM: Basi Teoriche e Pratiche”.
14° Corso di Microscopia Confocale:
Basi Teoriche e Pratiche
Modena, 19-20 Settembre 2018
7° Corso di Microscopia Elettronica SEM e S(T)EM:
Basi Teoriche e Pratiche
Modena, 20-21 Settembre 2018
25 maggio 2018
IN MEMORIAM
Enzo Ottaviani (1945-2017)
JMC Blom ISJ, 15: 1, 2018
11 aprile 2018
64° CONVEGNO GEI – Società Italiana di Biologia dello Sviluppo e della Cellula
L'Aquila 11 14 giugno 2018
Il 64° GEI – Società Italiana di Biologia dello Sviluppo e della Cellula si terrà a L’Aquila dall’11 al 14 giugno, presso il Palazzetto della Congregazione dei Nobili, palazzo storico della città dell’Aquila.
Il convegno è organizzato dal Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Sanità Pubblica, Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente dell’Università dell’Aquila. Il convegno GEI come da consuetudine prevede presentazioni orali dei propri lavori, ma anche l’esposizione di linee di ricerca in sviluppo, allo scopo di aprire proficue discussioni. Si incoraggia la partecipazione di giovani collaboratori e collaboratrici.
Anche quest’anno saranno previste quote di iscrizione differenziate Early, entro il 4 maggio e Regular entro il 31 maggio E’ inoltre prevista una quota per gli accompagnatori. Il termine per inviare l’abstract è il 6 maggio 2018. Il programma delle attività sociali prevede il Cocktail di Benvenuto presso Palazzo Fibbioni, sede del Comune dell’Aquila [gratis], visita presso l’Abbazia di Santa Maria Assunta (Bominaco) e delle antiche mura della Città dell’Aquila [gratis], Cena Sociale [35,00 euro].
Per ulteriori dettagli e per ulteriori informazioni contattare la Segreteria Organizzativa all’indirizzo gei2018laquila@gmail.com
L’Aquila vi aspetta!
1st March 2018
Registration is open for the 14th Congress of the International Society for Developmental and Comparative Immunology, an international meeting for scientists interested in all areas of immunology across the whole spectrum of living organisms, from prokaryotes to eukaryotes.
June 17th - 21st, 2018
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
June 17th - 21st, 2018
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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16 novembre 2017
BANDO PER L’ASSEGNAZIONE DI N° 2 PREMI PER TESI DI LAUREA 2018
La Società Italiana di Immunobiologia Comparata e dello Sviluppo bandisce per l’anno 2018 due premi di Laurea Magistrale (premio SIICS-GIOVANI LAUREATI). Sono ammessi a partecipare al concorso i laureati delle lauree magistrali di ogni Corso di Studio in tutti gli Atenei Italiani. I partecipanti devono avere un’età non superiore a 28 anni compiuti alla data di scadenza di partecipazione (15 Dicembre 2017) ed aver conseguito tale laurea tra il 1° Luglio 2016 e il 31 Dicembre 2017 sulle tematiche definite dallo statuto della SIICS. In allegato il bando di concorso e la relativa domanda di partecipazione.
BANDO PER L’ASSEGNAZIONE DI N° 2 PREMI PER SOCI “NON STRUTTURATI”
La Società Italiana di Immunobiologia Comparata e dello Sviluppo propone l’assegnazione di n° 2 Premi a non strutturati aventi i seguenti requisiti: età non superiore a 35 anni compiuti alla data di scadenza di partecipazione (9 Gennaio 2018). iscritti alla Società Italiana di Immunobiologia Comparata e dello Sviluppo presentazione da parte del candidato di una comunicazione al XIX incontro della SIICS In allegato il bando di concorso e la relativa domanda di partecipazione.
3rd July 2017
A PhD student position is offered in the group of aquatic ecology at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) / Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Research), in Switzerland, to assess evolutionary potential of innate immune traits of the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Host immune capabilities that counter harmful parasites are considered important determinants for fitness. However, knowledge on the evolutionary potential of immune traits in the wild is limited. This project will examine the extent of genetic variation as well as genetic architecture of snail immunity in natural populations under stress of parasite infections. The project will combine field work, classical quantitative genetic breeding designs, and modern genomics and transcriptomics technologies. The goals of the project are (1) to quantify additive genetic variance and covariance of immune defense traits under field conditions, (2) to determine their genetic architecture by testing whether the traits are polygenic or not and which candidate loci contribute to trait variation, and (3) to test the relative importance of various genetic and non-genetic factors in determining the expression of immune genes by calculating variance components for them. Extensive transcriptomic datasets, previously obtained from L. stagnalis, are available to initiate this project. The work will be conducted in collaboration with Dr. Philine Feulner (Eawag), Prof. Coen Adema (University of New Mexico) and the Genetic Diversity Centre at ETH (http://www.gdc.ethz.ch/).
General information about the research group can be found at http://www.ae.ethz.ch/ We invite highly motivated students with a good background in evolutionary ecology and molecular methods to apply for the position. A MSc or equivalent degree is required. Earlier experience with the study system is not required. The project is funded by ETH Zurich for 3 years. The project will be integrated with ongoing investigations of natural selection on immune function. Earliest starting date: September 1, 2017 Qualified persons are invited to apply by email. Please attach a single PDF file including a letter of motivation, CV, and names plus contact information of two references to otto.seppaelae@env.ethz.ch. Subject line should read "PHD-Position 2017".
Evaluation of applications starts July 21, 2017.
Top candidates will be interviewed. Dr. Otto Seppälä.
24th March 2017
Open position in fish immunology (and vaccinology)
Full job posting can be found here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/135763/professor-associate-professor-in-fish-immunology-at-the-faculty-of-biosciences-fishery-and-economics
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Lessons in Immunity From Single-Cell Organisms to Mammals Edited by:Loriano Ballarin and Matteo Cammarata ISBN: 978-0-12-803252-7 |
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ISJ - Invertebrate Survival Journal
An international and open access journal devoted to prompt and innovative studies on the basic defense mechanisms in invertebrates |