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Consolata Siniscalco (Torino) (President) Maria Maddalena Altamura (Roma) Stefania Biondi (Bologna)

Alessandro Chiarucci (Bologna) Salvatore Cozzolino (Napoli) Lorenzo Peruzzi (Pisa) Ferruccio Poli (Bologna)

Barbara Baldan (Università di Padova) Lorella Navazio (Università di Padova) Livio Trainotti (Università di Padova) Francesca Dalla Vecchia (Università di Padova)

Isabella Moro (Università di Padova) Antonella Miola (Università di Padova) Caniato Rosamaria (Università di Padova)

Filippini Raffaella (Università di Padova) Piovan Anna (Università di Padova)

Local Committee

Barbara Baldan (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Lorella Navazio (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Livio Trainotti (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Francesca Dalla Vecchia (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Isabella Moro (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Antonella Miola (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Caniato Rosamaria (Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Padova)

Filippini Raffaella (Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Padova)

Piovan Anna (Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Padova)

Tomas Morosinotto (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Fiorella Lo Schiavo (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Nicoletta La Rocca (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Michela Zottini (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Elide Formentin (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Alessandro Alboresi (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)

Ildikò Szabò (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova)





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