PROGRAMME
14:00-15:00 Registration
15:00-15:30 Welcome SZN/FNOB
Session: Basic concepts in marine ecotoxicology
15:30-16:15 Alessandra Gallo:
Principles of Marine Ecotoxicology: From Biomarkers to Bioindicators
16:15-17:00 Elisabetta Tosti:
Reproductive Endpoints in Marine Ecotoxicology
Day 1 - Monday – September 21th
Day 2 - Tuesday – September 22nd
Session: Regulation aspects of marine environmental pollution
09:00-10:00 Anna Montanino:
Implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in Italy: Monitoring Programmes and Assessment of Environmental Status
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-11:30 Lorenzo Morroni:
Weight of Evidence (WoE) approach in Marine Environmental Quality Assessment: From Regulatory Applications to future challenged
Session: Detecting Marine Pollution with Microalgae
11:30-12:30 Angela Sardo:
Microalgae‑Based Strategies for Heavy Metal (HM) Removal and Advanced Techniques for the Assessment of HM‑Induced Stress
12:30-14:00 Lunch at SZN canteen
Practical Session
14:00-17:00 Ecotox: Marine algal growth inhibition test
Day 3 - Wednesday – September 23rd
Session: Plastics and Microplastics: a double threat
09:00-10:00 Cristina Pedà:
Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Sources, Distribution, and Ecological Impacts
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-11:30 Mohamed Banni:
Environmental microplastics as drivers of marine biodiversity decline: a climate change dimension
11:30-12:30 Elisa Bergami:
Assess toxicity of nanoplastics on Antarctic marine organisms: in vitro and in vivo approaches
12:30-14:00 Lunch at SZN canteen
Practical Session
14:00-17:00 Ecotox: Aliivibrio fischeri bioluminescent bacteria bioassay for the assessment of marine sediment toxicity
Day 4 - Thursday – September 24th
Session: Emerging contaminants in marine environment
09:00-10:00 Monia Renzi:
Changing Risks in a Changing World: Assessing the Ecotoxicological Impacts of Emerging Contaminants in Marine Environments
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-11:30 Giovanni Libralato:
Rare earth elements as emerging contaminants in marine ecosystems and potential threats for human health
11:30-12:30 tbd:
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12:30-14:00 Lunch at SZN canteen
Practical Session
14:00-17:00 Carola Murano: Microplastic detection and identification & sea urchin immune cells as sentinels for monitoring microplastic pollution
Day 5- Friday – September 25th
Session: Climate change
09:00-10:00 Valentina Costa:
Extreme Environments as Natural Laboratories of Environmental Stress
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-11:30 Raffaele Boni:
Global warming and marine organisms reproduction
11:30-12:15 Test for attendance certificate
12:15-13:00 Closing
13:00-15:00 Social lunch: Pizza & Sfizi
