PROGRAM
Days: Tuesday, November 14th Wednesday, November 15th Thursday, November 16th Friday, November 17th
Tuesday, November 14th
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14:15-14:45 Session Keynote Speaker: 1
14:15 | Rebuilding the coral tree of life: Through Ocean Exploration, Museum Specimens, and Genomic Discovery (abstract) |
14:45-15:45 Session Oral presentations: 15'
14:45 | Evolutionary patterns in octocoral-microbiota associations (abstract) PRESENTER: Camille Prioux |
15:00 | An updated phylogeny of the family Opheliidae (Annelida) based on complete mitogenomes (abstract) PRESENTER: Leandro Gammuto |
15:15 | Cryptic species in time and space: an assessment of cryptic diversity within eight nominal species of Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) (abstract) |
15:30 | Unraveling the Evolution and Function of the Retinoic Acid Signaling in the Mollusk Mytilus galloprovincialis (abstract) PRESENTER: Federica Salatiello |
15:45-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-16:28 Session Oral presentations: 7'
16:00 | Environmental diversity, distribution and evolution of microbial metal ion transport systems (abstract) PRESENTER: Flavia Migliaccio |
16:07 | New insights into the systematics of the family Pyuridae (Ascidiacea: Stolidobranchia): integrative taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Mediterranean species (abstract) PRESENTER: Riccardo Virgili |
16:14 | Relating anatomical structure and behaviour in the borrowing, clam-predator polychaete Halla parthenopeia (abstract) PRESENTER: Anita Ferri |
16:21 | Bivalves’ mitogenomics reloaded: a new backbone for mitochondrial protein annotation in the class Bivalvia (abstract) PRESENTER: Diego Carli |
16:30-16:45 Session Poster presentation: 3'
16:30 | Transient stem cell niche dynamics of the budding tunicate Botryllus schlosseri (abstract) PRESENTER: Federico La Torre |
16:33 | Fluorescence as a powerful tool to investigate diet and symbiosis in marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) (abstract) PRESENTER: Federica Casaluce |
16:36 | Microalgal possible applications for human pathologies (abstract) PRESENTER: Chiara Lauritano |
16:39 | Who likes ports? Biodiversity of sea slugs (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) within ports and marinas along the Salento peninsula (Apulia, Italy) (abstract) PRESENTER: Martina Stifani |
16:45-17:20 Session Oral presentations: 7'
16:45 | Molecular biodiversity assessment of nekton in the Tyrrhenian deep sea (abstract) PRESENTER: Martina La Torre |
16:52 | A blue Tritonia callogorgiae Chimienti, Furfaro & Taviani, 2020 morphotype (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) reveals unexpected variability in body colour pattern and diet and a complex evolutionary history (abstract) PRESENTER: Julie Deter |
16:59 | From 2 to 12 or more: how many Myxicola species are out there? (abstract) PRESENTER: Matteo Putignano |
17:06 | Environmental DNA metabarcoding as a tool for coastal monitoring: a case study in the Southern Adriatic Apulian coastal zone (abstract) PRESENTER: Alice Tagliabue |
17:13 | A first look at soft corals’ toxins: diversity and evolution of venom in the white seafan Eunicella singularis (abstract) PRESENTER: Serena Leone |
17:30-17:45Coffee Break
17:45-18:45 Session Oral presentations: 15'
17:45 | Genomic reconstruction of the divergence dynamics of two scallop species (abstract) PRESENTER: David Vendrami |
18:00 | Simple, yet so complicated: integrative taxonomy reveals Polyophthalmus pictus (Annelida: Opheliidae) as a species complex in European waters (abstract) PRESENTER: Joachim Langeneck |
18:15 | Shark microbiome analysis demonstrates unique microbial communities in two distinct Mediterranean Sea shark species (abstract) PRESENTER: Francesco Montemagno |
18:30 | Collective predation of large prey by small-sized cnidarian polyps: individual behavior, population effects, underlying processes (abstract) PRESENTER: Chiara Gregorin |
18:45-18:59 Session Oral presentations: 7'
18:45 | Pangenomic architectures are more widespread than originally thought in marine invertebrates: first evidence of gene presence/absence variation in the periwinkle Littorina fabalis (abstract) PRESENTER: Marco Gerdol |
18:52 | A fiery nudibranch: the amazing connection between Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) and its symbiotic unicellular algae (abstract) PRESENTER: Bruna Oršanić |
Wednesday, November 15th
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14:00-14:30 Session Keynote Speaker: 3
14:00 | The interplay of adaptation and exaptation in the eyes of pteriomorphian bivalves (abstract) |
14:30-15:30 Session Oral presentations: 15
14:30 | Female reproductive fluid and male seminal fluid: the non-gametic conflict for post-mating control (abstract) PRESENTER: Livia Pinzoni |
14:45 | The balance between transposable elements and their silencing mechanisms: environmental adaptation of ray-finned fish (abstract) PRESENTER: Maria Assunta Biscotti |
15:00 | Signs of local adaptation by genetic selection and isolation promoted by extreme temperature and salinity in the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica (abstract) PRESENTER: Manh Hung Nguyen |
15:15 | SmithRNAs: a new arena for mito-nuclear interaction and coevolution (abstract) PRESENTER: Federico Plazzi |
15:30-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-16:20 Session Oral presentations: 7'
15:45 | Physiological and behavioral responses of the sea urchin Arbacia lixula from volcanic CO2 vents (abstract) PRESENTER: Ilaria D'Aniello |
15:52 | Whole genome duplication and gene evolution in the hyperdiverse venomous gastropods (abstract) PRESENTER: Sarah Farhat |
15:59 | Exploring stress memory in seagrasses (abstract) PRESENTER: Jessica Pazzaglia |
16:06 | Assessing the resilience of the coralline macroalgae Ellisolandia elongata to high irradiances and desiccation in natural habitat (abstract) PRESENTER: Rosa Donadio |
16:13 | The influence of photosymbiosis in Cassiopea xamachana regenerative success (abstract) PRESENTER: Marta Mammone |
16:20-16:30 Session Poster presentation: 3'
16:20 | Identification and characterization of vrille and pdp1 circadian genes in the Antarctic krill (abstract) PRESENTER: Chiara Stefanelli |
16:23 | Interaction between thermal ecology, mating population density and sexual selection in a wild fish. (abstract) PRESENTER: Oliviero Borgheresi |
16:26 | Transcriptome sequencing of the diatom Asterionellopsis thurstonii and in silico identification of enzymes potentially involved in the synthesis of bioactive molecules (abstract) PRESENTER: Eleonora Montuori |
16:30-17:00 Session Oral presentations: 7'
16:30 | Impact of the ejaculate microbiome on the outcome of sperm competition (abstract) PRESENTER: Antonia Bruno |
16:37 | Biological adaptations to Climate Change (CC) and Ocean Acidification (OA) convey the need for consideration in regulatory protocols: evidence from 20 years of biological tests with Paracentrotus lividus. (abstract) PRESENTER: Andrea Gaion |
16:44 | Comparative transcriptomics between P. oceanica and C. nodosa populations reveals insights on environmental adaptation mechanisms in seagrasses (abstract) PRESENTER: Alessia Riccardi |
16:51 | Time to leave Neverland: Decoding the timing mechanisms of maturation and reproduction in the Sea (abstract) PRESENTER: Gabriele Andreatta |
17:10-17:25Coffee Break
17:25-17:55 Session Keynote Speaker: 2
17:25 | The Pace of Clonal Evolution in Seagrasses (abstract) |
17:55-18:37 Session Oral presentations: 7'
17:55 | The cradle of diversity: Central Atlantic Ocean hides a mosaic of skate species (Rajiformes) (abstract) PRESENTER: Valentina Crobe |
18:02 | Unveiling cryptic diversity in a pelagic sea slug (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) (abstract) PRESENTER: Andrea Toso |
18:09 | Microbial assemblage associated to demersal fish species inhabiting the shallow hydrothrmal sites of Vulcano Island, Mediterranean Sea (abstract) PRESENTER: Erika Arcadi |
18:16 | Feeding habits of Octopus vulgaris caught off the western Mediterranean, Northern Morocco, with a review of its diet (abstract) PRESENTER: Salma Bahij |
18:23 | Intra- and transgenerational plasticity and acclimation capability in sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus) under long-term exposure to seawater acidification (abstract) PRESENTER: Davide Asnicar |
18:30 | High within- and between-individual structural variability is related to transposable element insertions and deletions in oysters (abstract) PRESENTER: Jacopo Martelossi |
18:40-18:52 Session Poster presentation: 3'
18:40 | I came along with you: first Mediterranean record of a Red Sea nudibranch, Lomanotus vermiformis Eliot, 1908, three decades after its favourite hydrozoan prey, Macrorhynchia philippina (abstract) PRESENTER: Yann Toso |
18:43 | Structural and functional ecological traits in Gongolaria barbata individuals from a transitional water system (abstract) PRESENTER: Maria Luisa Pica |
18:46 | Impact of micro and nanoplastics on the gills, digestive glands, and byssus apparatus in Mytilus galloprovincialis (abstract) PRESENTER: Rossana Romano |
18:49 | Microbiota associated with meiofaunal nemerteans reveals evidence of phylosymbiosis (abstract) PRESENTER: Francesca Leasi |
Thursday, November 16th
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14:00-14:30 Session Keynote Speaker: 4
14:00 | The ERC HYPERDIVERSE project: untangling drivers of hyperdiversification in neogastropods. (abstract) |
14:30-15:30 Session Oral presentations: 15'
14:30 | Fluid relationship between rates of speciation and rates of phenotypic evolution in a hyperdiverse fish clade (abstract) PRESENTER: Carmelo Fruciano |
14:45 | “The molecular basis of circadian rhythms in echinoderm larvae” (abstract) PRESENTER: Tanya Alessandro |
15:00 | Signatures of extreme longevity: a perspective from bivalve molecular evolution (abstract) PRESENTER: Mariangela Iannello |
15:15 | Genomic traits of the water-to-land transition in brachyurans: the terrestrial crab Chiromantes haematocheir as a model species (abstract) PRESENTER: Alessio Iannucci |
15:30-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-16:20 Session Oral presentations: 7'
15:45 | Shell evolution in Velutinoidea: a phylogenetic approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Giulia Fassio |
15:52 | Contrasting patterns of amino acid evolution and shared ancestry between putative sex-determining genes in bivalve molluscs (abstract) PRESENTER: Filippo Nicolini |
15:59 | Contrasting patterns of conservation and divergence of Hox genes in molluscs (abstract) PRESENTER: Giuseppe Emanuele De Pasquale |
16:06 | Novel insights on Ciona robusta gut physiology and evolution (abstract) PRESENTER: Maria Sirakov |
16:13 | Evolution of the small RNA pathways in animals and the loss of endo-siRNAs among Lophotrochozoa (abstract) PRESENTER: Alessandro Formaggioni |
16:20-16:35 Session Poster presentation: 3'
16:20 | Developing C. robusta juveniles as an experimental system in comparative immunology of invertebrate chordates. (abstract) PRESENTER: Paolo Sordino |
16:23 | Exploring the Ciona robusta immunome. (abstract) PRESENTER: Paolo Sordino |
16:26 | Diving into the Past: Exploring Ascidian Biodiversity through Historical and recent records (abstract) PRESENTER: Emanuela De Lisa |
16:29 | DEEPOLY: Combining different molecular approaches to study deep-sea polychaetes in the Mediterranean (abstract) PRESENTER: Sara Verni |
16:35-17:03 Session Oral presentations: 7'
16:35 | The evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea) (abstract) PRESENTER: Elisa Nocella |
16:42 | From tunicates to vertebrates, evolution of Nitric oxide signaling (abstract) PRESENTER: Annamaria Locascio |
16:49 | Exploring the Link Between Genetic and Morpho-Anatomical Diversity in the Swordfish's Rostra (abstract) PRESENTER: Martina Spiga |
16:56 | A timescale to sea spiders’ evolution (Arthropoda : Pycnogonida) (abstract) PRESENTER: Morena Nava |
17:15-17:30Coffee Break
Friday, November 17th
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14:00-14:30 Session Keynote Speaker: 5
14:00 | The World According to Sharks: Lessons on surviving climate change from Earth's oldest predator (abstract) |
14:30-15:30 Session Oral presentations: 15'
14:30 | Counting stars: local and global projections of gastropod diversity (abstract) PRESENTER: Giacomo Chiappa |
14:45 | Integrating ecological and genomic insights for monitoring conservation status and trends in seahorses (abstract) PRESENTER: Francesca Raffini |
15:00 | Genomic Erosion on Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Cortez Populations (abstract) PRESENTER: Roberto Biello |
15:15 | Whole mitochondrial genome sequencing provides new insights into the phylogeography of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea (abstract) PRESENTER: Livia Tolve |
15:30-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-16:20 Session Oral presentations: 7'
15:45 | Hidden in the ocean: the importance of detecting hybridisation in pelagic and deep-water fishes (abstract) PRESENTER: Carlo Pecoraro |
15:52 | Adaptive mechanisms to Ocean Acidification of different limpet species from the CO2 vent systems of Ischia Island (Italy) (abstract) PRESENTER: Silvia Giorgia Signorini |
15:59 | Investigating the thermal indicators linked to flowering and fruiting of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica and estimating the uncertainties due to local factors (abstract) PRESENTER: Patrizia Stipcich |
16:06 | Pioneering metabarcoding of stranded cetaceans: Stomach contents unleashed! (abstract) PRESENTER: Sofia Albrecht |
16:13 | Teach a man to fish and we may increase seahorses’ protection: evidence from citizen science and spatial ecology in the Italian Hippocampus species (abstract) PRESENTER: Raffaele Panzuto |
16:20-16:35 Session Poster presentation: 3'
16:20 | Predicting the kinetic of spread for Alien Invasive Species in the Mediterranean Sea: Caulerpa cylindracea as a case study (abstract) PRESENTER: Marco Fianchini |
16:23 | Defreeze mollusc data in Italy (abstract) PRESENTER: Arianna Giannini |
16:26 | Are Ascidians behavior and physiology affected by underwater noise pollution? (abstract) PRESENTER: Giacomo Sabbadin |
16:29 | Phytoplankton: a suitable bioindicator of the occurrence of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and trace metals in the Mediterranean Sea (abstract) PRESENTER: Ermelinda del Buono |
16:35-17:03 Session Oral presentations: 7'
16:35 | POSIDONIA OCEANICA ADAPTATIVE RESPONSES TO OCEAN ACIDIFICATION (abstract) PRESENTER: Katiuscia Petrosillo |
16:42 | The Effects of Short-Term Acute Low-Light Exposure on the Coral Pachyseris speciosa from Singapore’s Turbid Reef: a Photo-Physiological and Transcriptomic Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Lorenzo Massimo Toniolo |
16:49 | MicroRNA-mediated environmental adaptation in microalgae: from physiological responses to the identification of novel biomarkers. (abstract) PRESENTER: Gabriele De Falco |
16:56 | Analysing life-history and ecological traits to investigate the response to protection of rocky-reef fish community in a Mediterranean Marine Protected Area (abstract) PRESENTER: Federica Poli |
17:15-17:30Coffee Break