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PARTNER INSTITUTES:

  • SISSA
  • ELETTRA Sincrotrone Trieste
  • ICTP
  • CNR NANOTEC

Material

From Molecular Beams to Nanomedicine: a Tribute to the Scientific Journey of Giacinto Scoles | (smr H715)
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  • Monday, 17 November 2025
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Monday, 17 November
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Registration 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 GIACINTO SCOLES: the Scientist, the Man
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Welcoming and Round table 1h30' ( Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall ) 
        Erio Tosatti (SISSA, IT); Kevin Lehmann (Virginia Univ, USA); Maurizioa Prato (UniTS, Trieste, IT); Loretta Del Mercato (CNR Nanotec, Lecce, IT); Alessandro Laio (SISSA, IT), Carlo Callegari (Elettra, IT), Loredana Casalis (Elettra, IT)
    • 15:30 - 16:50 GS: The Molecular Beams
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 (Title TBD) - ONLINE 25'
        Speaker: Kevin Lehmann (Virginia Univ, USA)
      • 15:55 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:25 Beamer – Cluster isolation in the course of time 25'
        Speaker: Frank Stienkemeier (Uni-Freiburg, DE)
    • 16:50 - 17:40 From Molecular Beams to Self-Assembly
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
      • 16:50 From Nonlinear Light Scattering to Nanobiology- An example of laser spectroscopy applications for solving biological problems 25'
        Speaker: Hai-Lung Dai (Temple Univ, USA)
      • 17:15 Supramolecular Photosynthesis: The Quantasome Vision 25'
        Speaker: Marcella Bonchio (UniPD, Padua, IT)
  • Tuesday, 18 November 2025
    • 09:00 - 09:01 Tuesday, 18 November
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
    • 09:00 - 10:45 From Molecular Beams to Self-Assembly I
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 A superb scientist and an even better human being 25'
        Speaker: Annabella Selloni (Princeton Univ, USA)
      • 09:25 From microscopic dynamics to emergent properties in complex self-assembling systems 25'
        Speaker: Giovanni M. Pavan (PoliTO, Turin, IT)
      • 09:50 Organic Bioelectronics and Neuroelectronics 25'
        Speaker: Fabio Biscarini (Univ. Modena and Reggio Emilia, IT)
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 14:00 From Molecular Beams to Self-Assembly II
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 From assembly of monolayers to assembly of proteins 25'
        Speaker: Frank Schreiber (Tübingen Univ, DE)
      • 11:10 My connection with GS: from molecular beams to assemblies — and beyond 25'
        Speaker: Gian Angelo Bracco (UniGE, Genoa, IT)
      • 11:35 Self Assembled Monolayers @ALOISA 25'
        Speaker: Albano Cossaro (UniTS, Trieste, IT)
      • 12:00 Starting as "Personal Taxi-Driver" going towards the new LEP (Bio-Ibrid-AFM): A Dive into the Future following Giacinto’s Teachings 25'
        Speaker: Stefano Leporatti (CNR Nanotec, Lecce, IT)
      • 12:25 From nanoreactors to large cellular assemblies: a journey (not always linear) through various biological interactions 25'
        Speaker: Denis Scaini (Basque Country Univ, ES)
      • 12:50 Lunch 1h10' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
    • 14:00 - 16:10 From Self-Assembly to DNA-Nanotech
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Controlled Assembly of Molecules for a True Physical Chemist - ONLINE 25'
        Speaker: Gang-Yu Liu (U.C. Davis, USA)
      • 14:25 Small Molecule Stabilisation of Proteins - ONLINE 25'
        Speaker: Francesco Stellacci (EPFL, Lausanne, CH)
      • 14:50 From DNA Nanostructuring to Future Therapeutics: The role of Scoles Catalysis 25'
        Speaker: Ljljiana Fruk (Cambridge Univ, UK)
      • 15:15 Liquid-liquid phase separation – Ask the water! 25'
        Speaker: Martina Havenith (Bochum Univ, DE)
      • 15:40 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:10 - 17:50 SENIL time and beyond I
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
      • 16:10 From Student to Scientist: Lessons, Paths, and the Things Giacinto Was Right About 25'
        Speaker: Francesca Toma (Helmholtz-Zentrum, Geesthacht, DE)
      • 16:35 Exploring Biological Complexity with Biophysical Tools: A Tribute to Scoles' Interdisciplinary Vision 25'
        Speaker: Fouzia Bano (Umea Univ, SE)
      • 17:00 Diving into complexity (go all in or get out): a Nanoscale perspective of Extracellular Vesicles 25'
        Speaker: Pietro Parisse (CNR-IOM, Trieste, IT)
      • 17:25 1984-2024 From intermolecular potentials to DNA-based sensors. In the footsteps of a smart physical chemist chemical physicist 25'
        Speaker: Maurizio Canepa (UniGE, Genoa, IT)
  • Wednesday, 19 November 2025
    • 09:00 - 09:01 Wednesday, 19 November
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
    • 09:00 - 11:10 He Loved Interatomic Potential
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 (Title TBD) 25'
        Speaker: Roger Rousseau (Oak Ridge National Lab, USA)
      • 09:25 Giacinto Scoles and theory of intermolecular forces 25'
        Speaker: Krzysztof Szalewicz (Delaware Univ, USA)
      • 09:50 From peptides to antibody fragments design 25'
        Speaker: Sara Fortuna (UniUD, Udine, IT)
      • 10:10 Exploring the biophysical processes of proteins by molecular simulations 25'
        Speaker: Miguel Soler (UniVE, Venice, IT)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:10 - 14:50 SENIL time and beyond II
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:10 SINEUPs as a new therapeutic platform for haploinsufficiences and complex diseases of the nervous system 25'
        Speaker: Stefano Gustincich (IIT, Genoa, IT)
      • 11:35 (Title TBD) 25'
        Speaker: Daniela Cesselli & Antonio P. Beltrami (UniUD, Udine, IT)
      • 12:00 Never stop: Giacinto’s adventure in Lecce - ONLINE 25'
        Speaker: Loretta Del Mercato & Giuseppe Gigli (CNR Nanotec, Lecce, IT)
      • 12:25 Single cell mechanics by optical tweezers 2h25'
        Speaker: Dan Cojoc (CNR-IOM, Trieste, IT)
      • 12:50 Lunch 1h20' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
    • 14:15 - 16:25 GS’ Legacy
      Location: Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:15 Following the Potential: Excited-State Energy Landscapes in H-Bonded Systems à la Scoles 25'
        Speaker: Ali Hassanali (ICTP, Trieste, IT)
      • 14:40 (Title TBD) - ONLINE 25'
        Speaker: Abimbola Feyisara (SheffieldUniv, UK)
      • 15:05 Entrepreneurship of the late Giacinto: achievements and legacy 25'
        Speaker: Fabio Del Ben & Matteo Turetta (CRO Aviano, IT)
      • 15:30 Beyond the Helix: Discovering Science and Self through DNA Nanotechnology 25'
        Speaker: Elena Ambrosetti (UniTS, Trieste, IT)
      • 16:00 WRAP UP 25'
        Speaker: Alessandro Laio, Carlo Callegari, Loredana Casalis with Gigi & Giok-Lan Scoles
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