Registration

Welcome of the Organisers

Ilaria Corsi & Valeria Matranga
EU Nanosafety Cluster - Marine Ecotox Focus Group Chairs

Opening Remarks

Authorities' Speeches with the participation of:
Rappresentative of the Dept of Earth System Science and Environmental Technologies of CNR
Rappresentative of the Assessorato al Verde Pubblico ed Ambiente (Comune di Palermo)
Giovanni Viegi, Director of the Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology “A. Monroy”

Niall McDonough (Oostende, Belgium)

Unravelling the complex links between the oceans and human well-being: developing an interdisciplinary research capacity in Europe

Session 1

Nanomaterials interaction at marine ecosystem level

Chairs: Gary N. Cherr & Cristina Nasci

Keynote Lecture
Gary N. Cherr (Davis, CA, USA)

Metal oxide nanomaterials induce oxidative stress and act as chemosensitizers in sea urchin embryos

Cristina Nasci (Venice, Italy)

NM in marine environment: a stakeholder’s point of view

Miren P. Cajaraville (Leioa, Spain)

Classification of the toxic potential of metal-bearing nanoparticles and the corresponding bulk and ionic forms based on in vitro tests with mussel cells: a contribution to the risk assessment of nanomaterials in the marine environment

Antonio Marcomini (Venice, Italy)

Species Sensitivity Weighted Distribution (SSWD) as screening tool for ecological risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials: The n-TiO₂ case study

Session 2

Nanomaterials fate and behaviour in salt water

Chairs: Jerome Labille & Antonio Marcomini

Keynote Lecture
Jerome Labille (Marseille, France)

Assessing the behavior and fate of manufactured nanoparticles in seawater. Case study for nano-TiO₂ used in sunscreen

Diana Antonio (Ispra, Italy)

Silver nanoparticles behavior in artificial sea water by mean of AF4

Poster Session

Wine & Cheese

Session 3

Nanomaterials mechanisms of toxicity

Chairs: Julian Blasco & Francesco Regoli

Keynote Lecture
Richard Handy (Plymouth, UK)

Marine Nano Ecotoxicology: a review of progress on fish, crustaceans, bivalves and other species

Ambrogina Albergamo (Messina, Italy)

Investigation of protein expression signatures associated with long-term exposure to nanosized CuO and Cu²⁺ ions in the clam Ruditapes decussatus

Ilaria Marisa (Padua, Italy)

Effects of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles on haemocyte parameters of the marine bivalve Ruditapes philippinarum

Tiziana Cappello (Messina, Italy)

Effects of CuO NPs on first developmental stages of the sea urchin Arbacia lixula

Isabella Buttino (Livorno, Italy)

Toxicity of nickel on the marine calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa: nickel chloride versus nanoparticles

Thiago Rocha (Faro, Portugal)

Tissue-specific accumulation and metallothionein induction in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to quantum dots and soluble cadmium

Coffee break

Session 4

Model/Target marine organisms from invertebrates to fish

Chairs: Laura Canesi & Richard Handy

Keynote Lecture
Laura Canesi (Genoa, Italy)

Interactive effects of nanoparticles with other contaminants in aquatic organisms: friend or foe?

Catherine Mouneyrac (Angers, France)

The use of two marine invertebrate species; the bivalve mollusk Scrobicularia plana and the ragworm Nereis diversicolor, to assess ecotoxicity of metal-based engineered nanoparticles

Annalisa Pinsino (Palermo, Italy)

Effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on sea urchin immune defence

Lunch

Julian Blasco (Puerto Real, Spain)

Uptake, elimination and oxidative stress response to 0.75µg L^-1 citrate gold nanoparticle exposure in the marine clam R. philippinarum

Marianna Santonastaso (Caserta, Italy)

Marine environmental contamination by titanium dioxide nanoparticles (n-TiO₂): a genotoxicological study in two edible species

Maria Luisa Vannuccini (Siena, Italy)

Combination effects of nano-TiO₂ and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on biotransformation gene expression in the liver of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Filomena Mottola (Caserta, Italy)

Co-exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles and cadmium: Genomic, DNA and chromosomal damage evaluation in the marine mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and in the fish European sea bass (Dicentrachus labrax)

Session 5

Nano frontiers in the marine environment: from nanoplastics in marine litter to nanoremediation

Chairs: Heather Leslie & Giovanni Libralato

Keynote Lecture
Heather Leslie (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

The challenges of understanding nano-sized plastic particles in the sea

Elisa Bergami (Siena, Italy)

Nanoplastics impact on marine organisms: accumulation and toxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles in three model species

Camilla Della Torre (Siena, Italy)

Effects of amino polystyrene nanoparticles on sea urchin embryo development and stress response

Caterina Ciacci (Urbino, Italy)

Preliminary results on the effects of cationic polystyrene nanoparticles in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

Giovanni Libralato (Venice, Italy)

Embryotoxicological effects of nFe, nCo and nNi on Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamark: preliminary results

Elena Bocci (Siena, Italy)

Titania mesoporous cleaning up in the marine environment: ecotoxicological study for the definition of eco-friendliness

Concluding remarks

Ilaria Corsi & Valeria Matranga

Cocktail to welcome the 6th BSIJ National Experts

Social dinner at "Casena dei Colli"

Welcome to the 6th BSIJ National Experts

Social dinner at "Casena dei Colli"

Registration

Opening Remarks

Welcome of the Organisers
Valeria Matranga & Masato Kiyomoto

Addresses of Authorities
Pier Luigi San Biagio, President of the Area della Ricerca CNR of Palermo
Giovanni Viegi, Director of the Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology “A. Monroy”
Representative of the Palermo University
Representative of Assessorato Regionale dell’Agricoltura,dello Sviluppo Rurale e della Pesca Mediterranea (Regione Sicilia)

Keynote Lecture

Maria Byrne (Sydney, NSW, Australia)

Change in the world's oceans: responses of echinoderm development to warming and acidification and analysis of the effects of multiple stressors on marine embryos and larvae

Valeria Matranga (Palermo, Italy)

Physical and Chemical Impacts on Marine Organisms: 10 years later the first Bilateral Seminar Italy-Japan

Session 1

Current impacts in natural environment, effects on marine organisms
(Mediterranean Sea, Japanese Seas, field surveys and analysis)

Chairs: Francesca Garaventa & Yukio Yokota

Yukio Yokota (Aichi, Japan)

Valuable lessons of the past

Mari Ochiai (Matsuyama, Japan)

PCBs, PBDEs and their hydroxylated metabolites in the brain of free-ranging toothed and baleen whales

Coffee break

Francesco Regoli (Ancona, Italy)

Environmental impact of the Costa Concordia wreck through an integrated, multidisciplinary Weight of Evidence approach

Francesca Garaventa (Venice, Italy)

Use of ecotoxicity tests for the evaluation of marine sediments toxicity: a case study

Paola Gianguzza (Palermo, Italy)

Exploring the impact of the invasive algae Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla and C. cylindracea on the performance of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus

Chiara Bonaviri (Palermo, Italy)

Climate change potentially affect keystone predation in subtidal systems

Simone Cappello (Messina, Italy)

Biotechnological applications for potential recovery strategies: the “SYSTEMS BIOLOGY” in the study of xenobiotic effects on marine organisms for evaluation of the environmental health status

Giuseppe Mancini (Catania, Italy)

SEAPORT and STITAM: two Italian National Project for the recovery of polluted harbours and marine areas

Lunch

Session 2

Response mechanisms of marine organisms to environmental impacts
(From biological communities to tissue, cell and molecular levels)

Chairs: Keita Kodama & Marco Faimali

Keita Kodama (Tsukuba, Japan)

Exploration of factors affecting abundance in early-life stages of marbled sole, Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae in Tokyo Bay, Japan

Marco Faimali (Genoa, Italy)

Old model organisms and new behavioral end-points: swimming alteration as an ecotoxicological response

Julian Blasco (Puerto Real, Spain)

Laboratory simulation of CO₂ leakages during injection and storage in sub-seabed geological formations: metal accumulation and toxicity in the model benthic organisms Hediste diversicolor and Ruditapes philippinarum

Coffee break

Tiziana Cappello (Messina, Italy)

Effects of petrochemical contamination on caged marine mussels using a multi-biomarker approach: histopathology, metabolomics, neurotoxicity and DNA damage

Narimane Dorey (La Rochelle, France)

Combined effects of ocean acidification and cadmium on the development of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus

Marco Munari (Padua, Italy)

Oxidative stress-related parameters in adults and larvae of the clam Ruditapes philippinarum under different combinations of pH values and diclofenac concentrations

Session 3

Analysis of the effects on marine organism caused by environmental impacts
(Model organisms, biomarkers, gene expression analysis)

Chairs: Hajime Watanabe & Francesco Regoli

Hajime Watanabe (Suita, Japan)

Genetic engineering of Daphnia magna for making biomonitoring tool

Maria Costantini (Naples, Italy)

Molecular response to toxic diatom-derived aldehydes in the sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus

Anna Palumbo (Naples, Italy)

The deleterious effects of Ostreopsis cf. ovata bloom on Paracentrotus lividus are mediated by nitric oxide

Rosa Bonaventura (Palermo, Italy)

Co-exposure to cadmium and UVB radiation impairs sea urchin embryo development and induces cell stress response at gene and protein levels

Carlo Giacomo Avio (Ancona, Italy)

Microplastics in the marine environment: a true ecotoxicological risk?

Coffee break

Laura Canesi (Genoa, Italy)

Organic contaminants as potential obesogens in mammalian and marine invertebrate cells

Siti Jaafar (Cork, Ireland)

Acute toxicity from pro-oxidant Copper in Mytilus edulis gills: a Redox proteomic analysis

Oriana Migliaccio (Naples, Italy)

Nitric oxide mediates the response to metals in Paracentrotus lividus developing embryos

Chiara Martino (Palermo, Italy)

Asymmetric skeleton patterns induced by gadolinium ions in sea urchin embryos: focus on mechanisms regulating skeletogenesis and comparison among phylogenetically distant species

CNR IN ANTARCTICA: EMOTIONS FROM THE WHITE CONTINENT (movie, photo and project resume)
by Marco Faimali (ISMAR-CNR)

Lunch & Poster Session

Session 4

Sustainable use of marine resources
(Macroalgae, microalgae, bioassay, new biomaterial)

Chairs: Adrianna Ianora & Makoto Kakinuma

Makoto Kakinuma (Tsu, Japan)

Disorders induced by environmental stress in Pyropia yezoensis (Rhodophyta)

Adrianna Ianora (Naples, Italy)

Marine microalgae as a sustainable source of bioactives for drug discovery

Michela Sugni (Milan, Italy)

Echinoderms as sustainable source of collagen for innovative applications in regenerative medicine

Masato Kiyomoto (Tokyo, Japan)

Long-term preservation of echinoderm sperm under non-cryo condition for ecotoxicological bioassay

General Discussion:

Environment and marine life in the future - for a sustainable society

Excursion to be announced

Reservation and payment necessary for not invited national experts