8:50-9:00 - Welcome address (Paola Palanza, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, Stefano Parmigiani, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, Mauro Tognon, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy)
Communications #1
9:00-9:40 - Epigenetic memory and learning: from single cells to nervous systems (Dr. Eva Jablonka, Tel Aviv University, Israel)
9:40-10:20 - MicroRNAs and cancer (Carlo M. Croce, to be invited)
10:20-11:00 - Epigenetics and Brain Health: How We Can Influence Our Genes (Prof. Dr. André Fischer, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany)
11:00-11:40 - MicroRNA markers of bone fractures, (Dr. Elena Della Bella, AO Research Institute Davos, Davos Platz, Switzerland)
11:40-12:20 - Discovery and Validation of Methylation Biomarkers to Discriminate Coronary Heart Disease in Asian People with Type 2 Diabetes (Prof. Sam El-Osta, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Vic, Australia)
12:20-13:00 - Epigenetics and individuality (Prof. Patrick C. Phillips, The Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA)
13:00-14:00 - Lunch
Session #2 Selected Communications
14:00-17:00 - Selected Communications
Session #3 Poster Session
17:00-20:00 - Poster session
October 8, 2025. free day: organized journey/excursion
October 9, 2025
Session #4
8:50-9:30 - Integrative multi-omic data analysis and genome editing approach to understand dementia pathogenesis (Prof. Li-Huei Tai, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA)
9:30-10:10 - Cracking the epicode: uncovering the rules governing environmental changes of the epigenome (Dr. Patrick Allard, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
10:10-10:50 - Epigenetic Dependence in Pediatric Glioma (Prof. Rintaro Hashizume, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL. USA)
10:50-11:30 - Behavioral epigenetics of attachment regulation in parents and children (Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg, ISPA Lisbon, Portugal)
11:30-12:10 - Does Methylation Matter in Child Development? Promises and Pitfalls of Developmental Behavioral Epigenetics (Marinus van IJzendoorn, UCL University College London, UK)
12:10-12:50 - Epigenetic Dynamics: Linking Hormones, Environment, and Behavior (Prof. Ivana Jaric, University of Zurich)