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
Coordinators: Andrea Fellet, Maria Luján Alvarez
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
Emerging trends in university teaching: from Big Data to AI and evaluation
Speakers: Fernando Salvatierra (Departamento de Pedagogía, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica de
la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires. Argentina) y Marilina Lipsman (Departamento de
Pedagogía, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires.
Argentina)
12:00-13:30 h:
LUNCH TIME
13.30-15.30 h
SYMPOSIUM 1
Aging, repair and regeneration / Gene therapy
Coordinators: Andrea Chisari, Marianela Candolfi
Microbiome, brain, and cognition in early stages of Alzheimer’s disease
Speaker: Laura Morelli (Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires. Argentina)
Neurogenesis and aging: how to rewire a stubborn hippocampus.
Speaker: Alejandro Schinder (Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires. Argentina)
Anti-inflammatory mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles
for donor heart preservation.
Speaker: Gustavo Yannarelli (Instituto de Medicina Traslacional, Trasplante y Bioingeniería (IMeTTyB),
Universidad Favaloro-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Mesenchymal stem cells and regenerative medicine in liver diseases
Speaker: Guillermo Mazzolini (Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional, Universidad
Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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.
I Meeting of undergraduate student investigators
17.30-19.30 h
SYMPOSIUM 2
Metabolism in situations of insulin resistance
Coordinators: Miriam Wald, Carolina Jaquenod de Giusti, Marcela Vazquez Prieto
Adipose tissue remodeling in obesity and the use of GLP-1 agonists
Speaker: Verónica Miksztowicz (Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas UCA-CONICET, Buenos Aires,
Argentina)
Effect of chronic stress on obesity and metabolic syndrome
Speaker: Bibiana Fabre (Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica,
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Intrauterine proinflammatory environment and fetal programming in maternal diabetes
Speaker: Alicia Jawerbaum (CEFYBO-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Dietary bioactives in the mitigation of insulin resistance: role of the gastrointestinal tract.
Speaker: Patricia Oteiza (Department of Nutrition, University of California, USA)
19.30-20.30 h
SAFIS OPENNING CEREMONY
Welcome Speach
Graciela Cremaschi
President of SAFIS; Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas UCA-CONICET
INAUGURAL CONFERENCE
Coordinators: Martin Vila-Petroff, Alejandro Aiello, Germán E. González
Physiological Role of Autophagy in the Heart
Junichi Sadoshima (University of New Jersey, Newark, USA)
DAY 2
Thursday 10-26-2023
8.00-10.00 h
POSTERS
10.00-12.00 h
SYMPOSIUM 3
Neuroendocrine regulation of immunity
Coordinators: Ana Genaro; Helena Sterle; Florencia Cayrol
Neuroendocrine-immune interactions: Interleukin-1b as an example of immune mediators
linking the periphery and the brain
Speaker: Adriana del Rey (Philipps University of Marburg, Germany)
Pregnancy and autoimmunity: influence of female sex hormones on the activation of B
lymphocytes
Speaker: Federico Jensen (CEFYBO UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Gut microbiota, probiotics, and health
Speaker: Carolina Galeano Maldonado (Centro de referencias para Lactobacilos (CERELA), Tucumán,
Argentina)
Immunomodulation mechanisms in joint inflammation
Speaker: María Silvia Di Genaro (IMIBIO-SL; CONICET-Universidad Nacional de San Luis, San Luis,
Argentina)
12.00-13.30 h
LUNCH TIME
13.30-15.30 h
SAFIS Young Investigator Award
Jury: Andrea Chisari; Andrea Fellet; Martín Vila-Petroff
15.30-17.30 h
POSTERS
17.30-18.30 h
SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE DEBATE: HOW TO COMMUNICATE SCIENCE IN
THE ERA OF FAKE NEWS
Coordinator: Leonardo Lacoa
Communicating science to non-expert audiences
Speaker: Soledad Casasola (Univ. Nacional de Rosario. Argentina)
Fighting fake news with a “multi-dose” of science”
Speaker: Soledad Gori (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA. Argentina).
Understanding and debunking misinformation about science and health
Speaker: Florencia Ballarino (Scientific Journalist in Chequeado ciencia. Argentina).
Preprints’ and misinterpretation of scientific studies as a source of misinformation
Speaker: María González Dionis (Journalist and fact-checker. Spain)
18.30-20.30 h
SYMPOSIUM 4
Neuroimmunomodulatory regulation of ventricular function and remodeling
Coordinators: Cecilia Mundiña, Alejandro Aiello, Germán E. González
Repurposing sildenafil for the treatment of hypertensive cardiac hypertrophy
Speaker: Néstor Gustavo Pérez (Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Universidad Nacional de
La Plata, Argentina)
Cardiac inflammation and repair following myocardial infarction.
Speaker: Merry Lindsey (Meharry Medical College, Nashville VA Medical Center, Editor-in-Chief
American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology; American Physiological Society USA)
Vagal neuromodulation for myocardial infarction: new insights into mechanisms and future
perspective
Speaker: Bruno Buchholz (Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular (IBIMOL) y Departamento de
Anatomía. Facultad de Medicina. Buenos Aires. Argentina)
Judging Arterial Hypertension: unveiling cardiac mitochondria as vital co-conspirators in pathological cardiac hypertrophy
Speaker: Irene Ennis (Centro de investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
Buenos Aires, Argentina)
20.30-21.30 h
SAFIS ASSEMBLY
DAY 3
Friday 10-27-2023
9.00-10.00 h
CAMILION DE HURTADO AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Jury: Cristina Arranz; Bruno Buchholz, Enrique Sánchez Pozzi
10.00-12.00 h
SYMPOSIUM 5
Commission of Young Researchers
The Endocannabinoid System and its modulation: from the laboratory to practice
Coordinators: Ivanna Gomez; Laura Caltana
Neuronal sets co-expressing the growth hormone secretagogue receptor and cannabinoid
receptor type 1 in mouse brain
Speaker: Camila Saenz (Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular (IMBICE), Buenos Aires,
Argentina).
Maternal cannabis consumption disinhibits male VTA dopamine neurons but does not affect cocaine conditioned place preference in mice
Speaker: Coleen S. Peterson. (Departamento de Neurociencia de la Facultad de Medicina de la
Universidad de Calgary, Canada)
The “B-side” of cannabis on the heart: Cardioprotective effects
Speaker: Erica Pereyra (Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
Argentina)
Use of cannabis sativa for the development of dermal scaffolds and Bioinks for 3D Bioprinting
Speaker: Pablo Antezana (Instituto de Química y Metabolismo del Fármaco (IQUIMEFA, Facultad de
Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires, Argentina).
12.00-13.30 h
LUNCH TIME
13.30-15.30 h
SYMPOSIUM 6
Oncology and inflammation
Coordinators: Mónica Vázquez Levin; Celeste Diaz Flaqué; Silvina Villanueva
Histaminergic System as a Promising Target for Breast Cancer Treatment.
Speaker: Vanina Medina (BIOMED UCA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ugly pro-inflammatory molecular actors helping the liver?
Speaker: Daniel Francés (Instituto de Fisiología Experimental (IFISE), CONICET, Universidad Nacional
de Rosario, Rosario. Argentina)
Translational Research in Obesity and Thyroid Cancer: The start of a journey at the Translational Research Unit of the Hospital Dr Arturo Oñativia
Speaker: Marta Toscano (Hospital Arturo Oñativia Salta, Argentina)
The mRNA-binding protein TTP acts as a tumor suppressor gene and regulator of the
inflammatory response in head and neck carcinogenesis
Speaker: Ana Raimondi (CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología
Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), Buenos Aires. Argentina)
15.30-17.30 h
POSTERS
17:30-19:30 h
JOINT SYMPOSIUM HYPERTENSION COUNCIL OF THE ARGENTINE SOCIETY OF
CARDIOLOGY AND THE ARGENTINE SOCIETY OF PHYSIOLOGY
Renal Physiology and Hypertension
Coordinators: Sara Molinas; Cecilia Mundiña
Impact of chloride anion in the development of arterial hypertension
Speaker: Nicolás Kouyoumdzian (Instituto Taquini, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Renal autoregulation and hypertension
Speaker: Cesar Romero: (Emory University, Atlanta, USA)
Role of Natriuretic Peptide in SRH and normotensive rats
Speaker: Carolina Canifi (Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Mas receptor regulation in hypertension
Speaker: Mariela Gironacci (Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
19.30-20:30 h
SAFIS CLOSING CONFERENCE
Coordinators: Graciela Cremaschi, Mariana Salatino
Immune response against SARS-CoV-2 infection
Speaker: Jorge Geffner (INBIRS, CONICET, UBA, Buenos Aires. Argentina)
20.30-21.30 h
SAFIS CLOSING AND AWARD CEREMONY