The Department of Life Sciences organises an event for high schools to promote gender equality in university education and research.
Building an Inclusive Future in Research
Female researchers and recent graduates in Agro-Food, Biological, Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical research meet female high school students from Modena
Friday 14 February 2025
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Room 1.1
via Campi 103 – Modena
PROGRAMME
8:45 a.m. Welcome
9 a.m. Presentation of the event by the Equal Opportunities and Study Orientation contacts of the
Department of Life Sciences Prof. Donatella Tondi and Prof. Silvia Alboni.
Greetings by the Director of the Department of Life Sciences Prof. Lorena Rebecchi.
9:30 a.m. Sara D’Arco “Career women…Thanks to insects!” Laboratory of Applied Entomology
9:50 a.m. Giulia Santunione “La Botanica per Amica: everything plants do for us”
Environmental Botany Laboratory
10:10 a.m. Jennifer Ruffini and Federico Ferretti “The invisible world of microorganisms: small entities, big
discoveries” Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory
10:30 a.m. Eleonora Cattin “Rewriting DNA: The New Frontier for the Treatment of Rare Diseases”.
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
10:45 a.m. Francesca Spyrakis “Super bacteria vs antibiotics: the invisible challenge”
Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, University of Turin.
Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. Eleonora Clò “Imagine being able to read the past to understand the present and plan the future….
Isn’t it extraordinary?” Laboratory of Palynology and Palaeobotany
11:50 a.m. Eleonora Maretti “From Research to Startup: My adventure between science and innovation”.
Drug Delivery and Targeting Lab, UniMoRE _ PerFormS srl
12:10 p.m. Miriam Ciani “Major depression: clinical challenge of our millennium”
Laboratory of Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology
12:30 p.m. Federica Morandi “From chemistry to drug discovery: a journey around the world”
Lead Discovery Laboratory. Roche. Zurich, Switzerland.
12:50 p.m. Conclusions
The event is organised within the framework of Equal Opportunities and Study Orientation activities.