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ANNUAL MEETING

October 25 to 27 – Buenos aires

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Abstract submission:
Open: 15/8
Close: 15/9
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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

10.00-12.00 h

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