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Naples, Italy
July 3rd – 7th, 2017
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

DEADLINES

The second edition of the International Summer School on Natural Products (ISSNP) will be held in Naples on July 3-7, 2017.
The School on Natural Products is sponsored by the Division of Organic Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) and organized under the direction of the Department of Pharmacy (University of Naples), the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, and the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry (ICB-CNR). ISSNP 2017 is a five-days School consisting of lessons delivered by acclaimed scientists from academia and industry, comprehensive talks, oral and poster presentations by participants on innovative and emerging themes of research at the cutting-edge of natural products drug, cosmetic and food research.

This year we have scheduled 3 interactive-sessions: the first named "From ideas to business plan" leaded by Prof. Chereau from the Skema Business School; the second dedicated to "Soft skills", a training lab session aimed to improve oral and written communication skills; the last one dedicated to patents with the participation of dr. Paola Lauro from the European Patent Office. All sessions will be in a non-formal atmosphere where young researchers and acclaimed scientists will have time to talk, share ideas and have fun.

All students are expected to submit an abstract and may apply for a short oral communication and/or a poster presentation.

The poster communications are briefly presented by the authors during lively open sessions, in line with the main aim of the school to create a friendly environment and provide the opportunity to young scientists, post-docs and PhD students to meet leading scientists of high international repute in a very relaxed and informal atmosphere.

Have a glance on the scheduled programme through the link: http://www.issnp.org

Please be informed that the "Abstract Submission" procedure for ISSNP 2017 is now available through School web site. Authors are asked to submit a one page abstract using the information available at the web link: http://www.issnp.org/en/abstract-info.php Kindly feel free to contact us (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for any further queries.

We look forward to welcoming you in Naples in July 2015!

ISSNP 2015 – The Organizing Committee and the Scientific Committee

Venue

Stazione Zoologica "Anton Dohrn" on the 3rd of July and

University of Naples "Federico II", Biotechnology building, from the 4th to the 7th of July 2017 (www.issnp.org)

Registration

To register visit to the Registration Page for the II Edition of the International Summer School on Natural Products (ISSNP) at http://www.issnp.org/

Registration fee includes:

a) participation in all the School events during the five-day programme
b) copies of the slides presented by each lecturer
c) course notes
d) lunches

Contacts

Valeria COSTANTINO

Department of Pharmacy
University of Naples “Federico II”
Via D. Montesano, 49 - 80131 Naples
Tel 081678504 - Fax 081678522
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Organizing Secretariat

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Organizing committee

Giorgia OLIVIERO, Coordinator (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Adele CUTIGNANO (Istituto di chimica biomolecolare, CNR)
Simona DE MARINO (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Gerardo DELLA SALA (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Concetta IMPERATORE (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Giovanna ROMANO (Stazione Zoologica, Anton Dohrn)
Valentina SEPE (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Luciana TARTAGLIONE (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

Scientific committee

Valeria COSTANTINO, President (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Maria FUNICELLO (Università degli Studi della Basilicata)
Gabriele FONTANA (Indena)
Alberto MINASSI (Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale)
Maria Chiara MONTI (Università degli Studi di Salerno)
Daniele PASSARELLA (Università degli Studi di Milano)
Corrado TRINGALI (Università degli Studi di Catania)
Daniela MONTESARCHIO (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Fabrizio GIORDANETTO (DE Shaw Research, New York) as external consultant.

Research Area
Environmental monitoring

Principal Investigator
Raffaella Casotti

Project Manager
Francesca Margiotta

Project Lifetime
Oct 2014 to Feb 2017

Funding Institutions
Terna Rete Italia SpA

Contribution to SZN
390 K€ euro

Link
La nuova rete dell’energia per l’Isola di Capri
Terna

The aim of the project is to monitor the marine environment possibly affected by the cable laying and the commissioning of the power line by 150 kV "New SE Capri - Torre A. Center" by the Italian Terna network, the national operator for electricity transmission. The construction of the power line will increase the safety and reliability of electricity supply to the island of Capri, with the objective of minimizing the risk of blackouts especially in summer. This work involves the construction of a 150 kV AC of a total length of 31 km (including 30 submarines and 1 on mainland) which will link the current station of Torre Annunziata with a new power station in Capri.

Environmental monitoring in the area affected by the laying of the cables is designed to control marine ecosystems, highlighting any possible situation of stress or environmental impact derived from the different phases of construction of the plant. In particular, the planned investigations concern:

1. Chemistry and physic of the water column;
2. Posidonia oceanica beds;
3. Hard bottom habitat (coralligenous);
4. Macrozoobenthos;
5. Chemical, physical and biological tests of sediments
6. Morphology and bathymetry of the seabed.

Monitoring operations will be conducted according to a precise timetable: i) white phase (pre-construction surveys), ii) phase of the execution of the works and iii) end of installation (about 24 months after the end of the work).

What we do
We are the partner in charge of the chemical analyses of the water column. In particular, we take care of sampling and subsequent analysis of nutrients (organic and inorganic ) , phytoplankton biomass ( chlorophyll a) and total suspended solids (TSS ).

Partners
CoNISMa (Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare), IAMC-CNR (Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero), CIBM (Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata “G. Bacci”).

Meet the team
Raffaella Casotti
Francesca Margiotta
Maria Saggiomo
Marco Cannavacciuolo
Augusto Passarelli
Violante Stefanino
Gianluca Zazo

Research Area
Coastal Ecology

Principal Investigator
Raffaella Casotti

Project Managers
Maria Saggiomo – Francesca Margiotta

Project Lifetime
2015 – 2017

Funding Institutions
Progetto Nazionale di Ricerca in Antartide (PNRA)

Dedicated website
NO

Information on the trophodynamics of Antarctic coastal ecosystems (in particular the Ross Sea) is scarce, especially during the spanning period from spring to summer, when the peak of primary production occurs in the sea ice and open waters. To fill this knowledge gap, the present project is focused on the trophic dynamics of Terra Nova Bay (TNB), a site model for the study of the Ross Sea coastal ecosystems. The sympagic, pelagic and benthic trophodynamics at TNB will be analyzed in relation to the evolution of sea ice dynamics and the chemical and physical properties of the water masses by means of traditional and innovative (e.g. AUV, underwater acoustics) sampling/measurement techniques. In particular, we will analyze spatial-temporal variations of primary production, biomass and biodiversity of sympagic and pelagic algal communities, bacteria and zooplankton, pelagic-benthic coupling processes, biomass and biodiversity of benthic communities (including bacteria and meiofauna) and the degradation rates of suspended and sedimentary organic matter. The results will conceivably contribute to the knowledge of the current environmental status and the changes taking place in the Antarctic coastal ecosystems in the light of the ongoing climate change and in relation to the ocean-atmosphere exchange of CO2 and consequent ocean acidification.

The tasks of our O.U. provide results of biotic and abiotic analysis in the three different environmental context (sea-ice, sea-water and sediment) at different spatial and temporal scales. We will focus on:
1) specific composition of the microalgal communities with light microscopy, TEM and SEM analysis;
2) floristic analysis of microalgae found in the sediment traps and in faecal pellets of meso-zooplanctonic target organisms;
3) microalgae biodiversity in sea-ice and in the water column through molecular approaches;
4) photosynthetic parameters of pelagic and sympagic microalgae using modulated fluorescence techniques;
5) inorganic (NO3, NO2, NH4, PO4, Si (OH)4) and organic (DON and DOP) nutrients levels in sea-ice and in the water column with colorimetric methods;

Partners
Università di Messina
Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIPM)
Università di Napoli Federico II (UNINA)
Università degli Studi di Genova (UNIGE)
Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘Parthenope’
CNR IAMC - Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero
Istituto Superiore della Sanità

Publications
Rivaro P., Ianni C., Langone L., Ori C., Aulicino G., Cotroneo Y., Saggiomo M., Mangoni O. (accepted). Physical and biological forcing of mesoscale variability in the carbonate system of the Ross Sea (Antarctica) during summer 2014. Journal Marine System.

Rivaro P., Abelmoschi M.L., Grotti M., Ianni C., Magi E., Margiotta F., Massolo S., Saggiomo V. (2012). Combined effects of hydrographic structure and iron and copper availability on the phytoplankton growth in Terra Nova Bay Polynya (Ross Sea, Antarctica). Deep-Sea Research Part I – Oceanographic Research Papers, 6297-110, ISSN: 0967-0637, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.12.008

Mangoni O., Saggiomo M., Modigh M., Catalano G., Zingone A. and Saggiomo V. (2009). The role of platelet ice microalgae in seeding phytoplankton blooms in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica): a mesocosm experiment. Polar Biology, 32 (3): 311-323.

Celussi M., Paoli A., Crevatin E., Bergamasco A., Margiotta F., Saggiomo V., Fonda Umani S., Del Negro P. (2009). Short-term under-ice variability of prokaryotic plankton communities in coastal Antarctic waters (Cape Hallett, Ross Sea). Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, vol. 81; p. 491-500, ISSN: 0272-7714, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.12.014

Saggiomo M., De Stefano M., Mangoni O., Saggiomo V., Sarno D., Zingone A. (2006). Sympagic diatom in the annual pack ice of Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, Antarctica. PSA Abstracts Journal of Phycology, 42 (s1): 32

Meet the team
Raffaella Casotti
Maria Saggiomo
Francesca Margiotta
Augusto Passarelli
Fabio Conversano
Violante Stefanino
Gianluca Zazo
Marco Cannavacciuolo

Project "Environmental rehabilitation and improvement of the campi Flegrei lakes"

Research Area
Environmental monitoring

Principal Investigators
Vincenzo Saggiomo and Adriana Zingone

Project Manager
Maria Saggiomo

Project Lifetime
2015 – 2016

Funding Institutions
Comune di Bacoli

Contribution to SZN
€160.000,00

Dedicated website
NO

The project involves, for the Fusaro lake, the restoration of the functionality of the existing connecting mouth between the lake and the sea, in order to regularize the necessary water exchange, thus resulting in a more voluminous hydrodynamic circulation that allows the normalization of mechanisms of environmental recovery of the natural lake habitat.
For the Miseno lake, the project includes the restoration of the functionality of the reclamation systems of the Miseno lake banks by removing the materials which have accumulated. The aim is to improve the exchange of water thatis essential to ensure the balance of the ecosystem sea-lake through the removal and disposal of sandy materials transported by waves and accumulated both in the mouths riverbed and in the areas in front of the outlets into the sea.
For the realization of the project, a scientific and technical activity plan is expected , to be carried out both during preliminary work and at the completion of the work, essentially consisting of:
• the morphological characterizations of the two lagoons, Fusaro and Miseno, which will be carried out to assess the level of morphological changes in the two lagoons as a result of missed hydrographic maintenance, spills from the surrounding area, removal of sediment, etc .;
• the preparation of a characterization plan and participation in technical meetings with the Control Board (ARPAC);
• sampling and chemical, physical, microbiological and ecotoxicological characterization of sediment of the estuary and lake areas, the proposal for the fate of sediment to be submitted to the supervisory and monitoring boards during dredging;
• environmental monitoring for the assessment of the effects of the reopening of the mouths on the hydrological dynamics of the lagoons and assessment of possible changes in the trophic status.

The tasks of MEDA include the environmental monitoring for the assessment of the effects of the reopening of the mouths on the hydrological dynamics of the lagoons and assessment of possible change in the trophic status.

In particular, the MEDA will carry out:

1) continuous measurements of salinity and temperature surface of the entire lake by means of thermo-salinograph, interfaced with a positioning system (GPS);
2) vertical profiles (from the surface to the bottom) of salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, fluorescence and transmittance using a multiparameter probe;
3) chemotaxonomical analysis of phytoplankton communities by analysis of diagnostic pigments determined by the high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) techniques, which allows to identify the main functional groups of phytoplankton communities.
4) analyses of inorganic nutrients (NO3, NO2, NH4, PO4, Si(OH)4), and total Nitrogen and Phosphorus (TN and TP) with colorimetric methods;
5) Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) and Particulate Nitrogen (PN) with the gas-chromatographic techniques

Partners

ARPAC
Università di Napoli Federico II (UNINA)

Meet the team
Vincenzo Saggiomo
Adriana Zingone
Maria Saggiomo
Fabio Conversano
Francesca Margiotta
Marco Cannavacciuolo
Augusto Passarelli
Violante Stefanino
Gianluca Zazo

The Course was held at Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy, 4-24 October 2015.

The Course was organized by the Stazione Zoologica in cooperation with the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and the IOC Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae.

The aim of APC 11 is to increase and update the expertise of the students in the taxonomy and specific identification of diatoms, dinoflagellates, coccolithophores and other phytoflagellates, with emphasis on light microscopy and integrating molecular data, electron microscopy and new approaches to the study of microalgae.

Final Report

Coastal Ecosystem Functioning in a changing Antarctic ocean (CEFA)

Environmental Monitoring in Relation to the Connection of the Campania Islands to the National Power Network.  Torre Annunziata – Capri Leg

Hydraulic reclamation of Miseno lake and reopening, settlement and protection of the mouth of the Fusaro lake - Project "Environmental rehabilitation and improvement of the campi Flegrei lakes"

UV-Visible spectophotometer Agilent 8453

The instrument measures the light absorption of mixtures or UV - visible standards  in order to obtain the exact concentration of the compound of interest

SHIMADZU RF-5301PC spectrofluorometer

It is used for the quantitative and / or qualitative analysis of fluorescent substances. Taking advantage of the high sensitivity, it allows the quantitative determination of substances present in concentrations too low for spectrophotometric analyses

HPLC Agilent 1100 series

The HPLC is an analytical instrument utilized to separate and to purify the components of a sample mixture, to identify and to quantify each component

Thermo Scientific FlashEA 1112 Elemental Analyzer

The Thermo Scientific FlashEA 1112 analyzer delivers rapid and precise determinations of Nitrogen and Carbon on solids

Flow Sys Systea Autoanalyzer

It allows the simultaneous analysis of nutrients (nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, phosphate and silicate). Moreover , analyses of total and dissolved organic Nitrogen and Phosphorus can be carried out

PhytoPam Walz

PHYTO-PAM can be used to assess the photosynthetic performance and light-adaptation status of different types of phytoplankton

Remote Operating Vehicle - ROV POLLUX III

The instrument is used for visual exploration of the seabed through a controlled cable edge which guides the underwater vehicle and can operate up to a maximum depth of 300m

Independent Oceanographic Platform Remote Programmable and Operable- Wave Glider - SV3 074

The instrument is an oceanographic platform with a self-motive, autonomous and programmable detection operable remotely. It is equipped with oceanographic and meteorological sensors

VMP 250 (TurboVMP) Vertical Turbulence Profiler

It is a versatile profiler for the measurement of micro-scale turbulence