Location
Universidad Católica Argentina
Edificio San José
Auditorio Cardenal Pironio
Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600,
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Day 1
Wednesday 10-25-2023
8:00-9:00 h
REGISTRATION
9:00 h
VII Meeting of Physiology and Biological Physics Teachers 2023
Organized by the SAFIS Education Committee
• 9.00-10.30 h
BLOCK I
CONFERENCE
Non-traditional technologies in the teaching of physiology
Artificial intelligence and immersive techniques as teaching tools
Speakers: José Campusano (Asociación Docente de la Universidad de Buenos Aires), Lic. Dolores Tezanos (Universidad del Museo Social Argentino) y Pablo Wahnon (Innovación, Tecnología y Salud en Forbes)
• 10.30-11.00 h
Coffee Break
• 11.00-12:30 h
BLOCK II
Simulation models in physiology teaching
Speakers: Fernando Salvatierra (Departamento de Pedagogía, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica de la Universidad de Buenos Aires) y Prof Marilina Lipsman (Departamento de Pedagogía, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica de la Universidad de Buenos Aires)
12:00-13:30 h:
LUNCH
13.30-15.30 h
Symposium 1
Aging, repair and regeneration / Gene therapy
Diet in gut brain and cognition in early stages Alzheimer
Speaker: Dr. Laura Morelli (Fundación Instituto Leloir)
Neurogenesis and aging: how to rewire a stubborn hippocampus.
Speaker: Dr. Alejandro Schinder (Fundación Instituto Leloir)
Use of exosomes for acellular therapy
Speaker: Dr. Gustavo Yanarelli (Instituto de Medicina Traslacional, transplante y bioingeniería Fundación Favaloro-CONICET.)
Mesenchymal stem cells and regenerative medicine in liver diseases
Speaker: Guillermo Mazzolini (Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional, Universidad Austral)
• 15.30-17.30 h
POSTERS
“Scientific research and the teaching-learning process of physiology”
“Experiences in the use of technologies in the teaching of Physiology”
17.30-19.30 h
SYMPOSIUM
Metabolism in situations of insulin resistance
Adipose tissue remodeling in obesity and the use of GLP-1 agonists
Speaker: Dr. Verónica Miksztowicz (Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas UCA-CONICET)
Metabolism of metabolic syndrome associated with stress
Speaker: Dr. Bibiana Fabre(Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Extra virgin olive oil enriched-diet as a modulator of insulin resistance, the intrauterine proinflammatory environment and fetal programming in maternal diabetes.
Speaker: Dr. Alicia Jawerbaum (CEFYBO-CONICET)
Influence of dietary bioactive compounds on the development of insulin resistance
Speaker: Dr. Patricia Oteiza (Department of Nutrition, University of California, USA)
19.15-20.30 h
SAFIS OPENNING CEREMONY
Welcome Speach
Dr. Graciela Cremaschi
(President of SAFIS; Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas UCA-CONICET
Inaugural Conference
Physiological Role of Autophagy in the HeartSpeaker: Dr. Junichi Sadoshima (University of New Jersey, USA)
DAY 2
Thursday 10-26-2023
8.00-10.00 h
POSTERS
I Meeting of undergraduate student investigators
SYMPOSIUM
Neuroendocrine regulation of immunity
Neuro-endocrine-immune interactions: Interleukin-1b as an example of immune mediators linking the periphery and the brain
Speaker: Dr.Adriana del Rey (Marburg, Alemania)
Pregnancy and autoimmunity: influence of female sex hormones on the activation of B lymphocytes
Speaker: Dr. Federico Jensen (CEFYBO-CONICET)
Intestinal microbiota, probiotics and health
Speaker: Dr. Carolina Maldonado (Laboratorio Cerela)
Immunomodulation mechanisms in joint inflammation
Speaker: Dr.María Silvia Di Genaro (Universidad Nacional de San Luis)
12.00-13.30 h
LUNCH
13.30-15.30 h
Camilion de Hurtado Award Presentations
15.30-17.30 h
POSTERS
17.30-18.30 h
Science Roundtable Debate: How to COMMUNICATE science in the era of fake news
Communication of science for a non-expert audience
Speaker: Soledad Casasola (Univ. Nacional de Rosario)
How to prevent fake news in science
Speaker: Soledad Gori (Fac. de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA).
Understanding and countering misinformation about science and health
Speaker: Florencia Ballarino (Scietific Journalist in chequeando ciencia).
Preprints’ and misinterpretation of scientific studies as a source of misinformation
Speaker: María G. Dionis (Journalist and fact-checker)
18.30-20.30 h
SYMPOSIUM
Neuroimmunomodulatory regulation of ventricular function and remodeling
Repurposing sildenafil for the treatment of hypertensive cardiac hypertrophy
Speaker: Dr. Néstor Gustavo Pérez (Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
Cardiac inflammation and repair following myocardial infarction.
Speaker: Dr. Merry Lindsey (Meharry Medical College, Nashville VA Medical Center, Editor-in-Chief American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology USA; American Physiological Society)
Autonomic modulation of ischemic heart disease
Speaker: Dr. Bruno Buchholz (Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Judgment on hypertension: cardiac mitochondria accused of necessary participants
Speaker: Dr. Irene Ennis (Centro de investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
20.30-21.30 hSAFIS Assembly
DAY 3
8.00-10.00 h
SAFIS Young Investigator Award
10.00-12.00 h
SYMPOSIUM
Commission of Young Researchers
The Endocannabinoid System and its modulation: from the laboratory to practice
Neuronal sets co-expressing the growth hormone secretagogue receptor and cannabinoid receptor type 1 in mouse brain
Speaker: Lic. Camila Saenz (Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular (IMBICE)). “
Prenatal cannabis exposure: mesolimbic dopamine, reward and stress
Speaker: Coleen S. Peterson. (Departamento de Neurociencia de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Calgary)
“The “B-side” of cannabis on the heart: Cardioprotective effects
Speaker: Dr. Erica Pereyra (Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
Use of cannabis sativa for the development of dermal scaffolds and Bioinks for 3D Bioprinting
Speaker: Dr. Pablo Antezana (Instituto de Química y Metabolismo del Fármaco (IQUIMEFA)).
12.00-13.30 h
LUNCH
13.30-15.30 h
SYMPOSIUM
Oncology and inflammation
Role of the histamine H4 receptor in T-cell lymphoma
Speaker: Dr. Vanina Medina (BIOMED UCA-CONICET)
Inflammation and Fatty Liver
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Francés (Instituto de Fisiología Experimental (IFISE-CONICET))
Suppression of salivary gland autoimmunity by galectin-1
Speaker: Dr. Marta Toscano (Hospital Arturo Oñativia Salta¸)
Role of transcription factors in cell transformation produced by oncogenes
Speaker: Dr. Ana Raimondi (CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE) Argentina)
15.30-17.30 h
POSTERS
JOINT SYMPOSIUM HYPERTENSION COUNCIL OF THE ARGENTINE SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY AND THE ARGENTINE SOCIETY OF PHYSIOLOGY
Renal Physiology and Hypertension
Impact of chloride anion in the development of arterial hypertension
Speaker: Dr. Nicolás Kouyoumdzian (Instituto Taquini, UBA)
Renal autoregulation and hypertension
Speaker: Dr. Cesar Romero: (Emory University, USA)
Role of ANP in SRH and normotensive rats
Speaker: Dr. Carolina Canifi (Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, UBA)
Mas receptor endocytosis and signaling in health and disease
Speaker: Dr. Mariela Gironacci (Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, UBA)
17.30-19.30 h
SAFIS CLOSING CONFERENCE
Physiology of Immune System and SARS-COVID 2
Speaker: Dr. Jorge Geffner (INBIRS, CONICET, UBA)
20.30-21.30 h
SAFIS CLOSING CEREMONY