June 28-30, 2017
Auditorium – Polo Piagge University of Pisa
XV National Congress joint with the 1st International Congress on Edible, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ICEMAP 2017)
On behalf of the Italian Society of Phytochemistry (SIF), the Organizing and Scientific Committees invite you to attend the XV National Congress joint with the 1st International Congress on Edible, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ICEMAP 2017).
The Congress will start on the afternoon of Wednesday 28th with two plenary lectures and will continue on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th with further plenary lectures, short lectures, poster presentations and round table on the most recent issues related to botanicals. The official language is English; no simultaneous translation will be provided.
TOPICS OF THE CONGRESS ARE:
- Plants and the environment, biodiversity and conservation
- Edible, medicinal and aromatic plants: from the field to the final product
- Isolation and structural elucidation of natural products and their bioactivity
- Edible plants with health‐promoting properties
- Plant biotechnology
- Synthetic approach to natural products
- Production and formulation technology of herbal products, botanicals and cosmetics
- Plants and natural products in veterinary medicine
INVITED SPEAKERS
- Enrico BUCCI
Sbarro Health Research Organization, Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Research Integrity and Misconduct: General Considerations and Notable Cases in Plant Biology - Young HAE CHOI
Natural Products Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents: a potential media for natural products research - Maria Perla COLOMBINI
Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa
Macromolecules in archaeological findings to disclose ancient secrets and daily life - Thomas EFFERTH
Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Microarray-based profiling of natural product inhibitors of NF-kappaB - Lorenzo PERUZZI
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa
The role of chemosystematics in biodiversity studies