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ONEHealth:
ONEHealth:
From Formal to PsychoMedical Sciences
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*All of the dates are in Sao Paulo local time
| Location | Time | Program |
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Auditório do Campus I |
9:00-10:30 |
Opening session, Welcome Messages (45 min) – Rectors of the Host Universities – Local Chair of the Congress: Leonardo Oliveira Reis – Founder of USERN: Nima Rezaei – President of USERN: Tommaso Dorigo
IFPPP Festival (45 min) |
| - | 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break - 30 min |
| Auditório do Campus I | 11:00-13:00 |
Chairs: Timothy Lyons, Alberto Ruiz, Matthias von Herrath, Steven Hayes, Bahram Mobasher Keynote Lecture 1– Newly Emerging Threats at the Intersection Between Climate Change and Human Health Timothy Lyons, US Keynote Lecture 2– Exploring the mysteries of the Universe: Projects for future Higgs factories Alberto Ruiz, Spain Keynote Lecture 3– Optimizing the scientific dialogue in times of division Matthias von Herrath, US Keynote Lecture 4– The Ergodic Illusion: How Normative Statistics Mislead the Life Sciences Steven Hayes, US
Keynote Lecture 5– Latest Results from the James Webb Space Telescope: The First Billion Years
Bahram Mobasher, US |
| - | 13:00-14:00 | Coffee Break - 60 min |
| Location | Time | Program |
|---|---|---|
| Auditório do Campus I | 14:00-16:00 |
Symposium 1 – One Health: An Integrated Approach to Health Moderator: Leonardo Reis Metainflammation and the Obesity Epidemic Mario Saad The infectious diseases lessons to the One Health Reinaldo Salomão Radiomica em Câncer de Mama Eduardo Pessoa The role of data cloud federation in the One Health Jorge Toro The One Health Perspective of Obesity Licio Velloso One Health for Precision OncologyRoger Chammas A Model for Translational Science and Health Equity: INCT UroGen Leonardo Reis |
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Prédio H02 - Sala 900 |
14:00-16:00 |
Workshop 1 Mapping brain connectivity with diffusion MRI fiber tractography Alexander Leemans, the Netherlands |
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Mescla Piso Superior - Salas 1 e 3 (round table) |
14:00-16:00 |
Meet the Expert Session 1
Steven Hayes, US |
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Foyer do Auditório do Campus I |
14:00-16:00 |
Poster Session Juries: Nima Rezaei, Leonardo Oliveira Reis, Paulo R. Bueno, Tiziana Cappello, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Anton Tkachenko, Dong Keon Yon, Yunlu Dai |
| Location | Time | Program |
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Auditório do Campus I |
9:00-11:00 |
Symposium 2 – Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Research: From Neurobiology to Neuroimaging
Chairs: George Perry, Alexander Leemans, Bahram Mobasher
Keynote Lecture 6– Oxidative stress in the origin of Alzheimer’s disease George Perry, US Keynote Lecture 7– From diffusing water molecules to the blueprint of brain connections Alexander Leemans, The NetherlandsOral presentation session 1 – Juries: Alberto Ruiz, Timothy Lyons, Nima Rezaei, Leonardo Oliveira Reis, Dong Keon Yon, Yunlu Dai, Maria Maisano, Tiziana Cappello, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Anton Tkachenko, Paulo R. Bueno |
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Mescla Piso Superior - Salas 1 e 3 (round table) |
9:00-11:00 |
Meet the Expert Session 2 Matthias von Herrath, US |
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Foyer do Auditório do Campus I |
9:00-11:00 |
International Festival of Paintings for Pediatric Patients |
| Coffee Area | 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break - 30 min |
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Auditório do Campus I |
11:30-13:00 |
Symposium 3 – Interdisciplinary Environmental and Biomedical Research: From Etiology to Clinical Practice
Chairs: Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Tiziana Cappello, Paulo R. Bueno, Anton Tkachenko
Keynote Lecture 8– The impacts of climate change on health
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, US
Keynote Lecture 9– Effects of microplastics and associated contaminants on the embryo-larval development and reproductive health of different aquatic species
Tiziana Cappello, Italy
Keynote Lecture 10– Quantum Electroanalysis and its Applications in Diagnostics and Drug Discovery
Paulo R. Bueno, Brazil Keynote lecture 11– How do red blood cells die? Novel insights into eryptosis, a suicidal cell death of erythrocytes: its machinery, role in health and disease, druggability
Anton Tkachenko, Czech Republic
Oral presentation session 2 –
Juries: Timothy Lyons, Alberto Ruiz, Matthias von Herrath, Carolina Sanchez Aranda, Alexander Leemans, George Perry, Dong Keon Yon, Yunlu Dai, Alberto Ruiz, Bahram Mobasher, Maria Maisano
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| Foyer do Auditório do Campus I | 11:30-13:00 |
International Festival of Paintings for Pediatric Patients |
| - | 13:00-14:00 | Coffee Break - 60 min |
| Location | Time | Program |
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Auditório do Campus I |
14:00-16:00 |
Symposium 4 – Interdisciplinary Immune Research: From Bench to Bedside in Immune-Related Diseases Chairs: Nima Rezaei, Carolina Sanchez Aranda, Antonio Condino-Neto Keynote lecture 12– Memorial Talk: The JMF Warning Signs for Diagnosis of Inborn Errors of Immunity Nima Rezaei, Iran Keynote lecture 13– Immunologist and Secondary Immunodeficiency Carolina Sanchez Aranda, Brazil Keynote lecture 14– Implementation of newborn screening for Inborn Errors of Immunity in Brazil Antonio Condino-Neto, Brazil Keynote lecture 15– Cancer de Prostata e Longevidade: Qualidade de Vida e Teste Epigenético Marcelo Benhack, BrazilKeynote lecture 16– Avaliação e Aconselhamento Genético do Paciente com Diagnóstico de Câncer Carla M Salgado, Brazil Oral presentation session 3 – Juries: Leonardo Oliveira Reis, Matthias von Herrath, Alberto Ruiz, George Perry, Anton Tkachenko, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Maria Maisano, Tiziana Cappello, Timothy Lyons, Alexander Leemans, George Perry, Alberto Ruiz, Bahram Mobasher, Dong Keon Yon, Yunlu Dai, Marcelo Bendhack |
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Mescla Piso Superior - Salas 1 e 3 (round table) |
14:00-16:00 |
Meet the Expert Session 3 Timothy Lyons, US |
| Foyer do Auditório do Campus I | 14:00-16:00 |
International Festival of Paintings for Pediatric Patients |
| Location | Time | Program |
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Auditório do Campus I |
9:00-10:00 |
USERN Festival Nima Rezaei, Leonardo Oliveira Reis USERN Awarding Festival 2025 Announcing the Host of USERN 2026 |
| Auditório do Campus I | 10:00-12:00 |
USERN Laureates Talks Closing Session |
| Location | Time | Program |
|---|---|---|
| Zoom platform | 14:00-16:00 |
Virtual Session 1: Translational Medicine: Global Efforts to Overcome Challenges Virtual Lecture 1 – Random tips for aspiring researchers Tommaso Dorigo, Italy Virtual Lecture 2 – Single amino acid substitutions - small alterations with big effects Ute Romling, Sweden Virtual Lecture 3 – The epoch of intratumoral microbiome: focus on colorectal and breast cancer Amedeo Amedei, Italy Virtual Lecture 4 – Advocating mucosal vaccination in the global cooperation for preparedness to old and new infections Diana Boraschi, Italy Virtual presentation session 1 – Juries: Tommaso Dorigo, Amedeo Amedei, Diana Boraschi, Ute Romling |
| Location | Time | Program |
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| Zoom platform | 9:00-11:00 |
Virtual Session 2: Translational Formal and Chemical Sciences: From Artificial Intelligence to the Molecules Virtual Lecture 5 – Artificial Intelligence for Neurotechnologies: opportunities and biases Fabien Lotte, France Virtual Lecture 6 – Soil erosion as a consequence of forest fires Artemi Cerda, Spain Virtual Lecture 7 – Chemical reactivity of the elements: simple model and non-trivial implications Artem Oganov, Russia Virtual Lecture 8 – Vision with infrared two-photon vision Pablo Artal, Spain Virtual presentation session 2 Juries: Tommaso Dorigo, Fabien Lotte, Artemi Cerda, Artem Oganov, Pablo Artal |
| Zoom platform | 11:30-13:00 |
Virtual Session 3: Translational Medical and Public Health: The Progress and the Challenges Virtual Lecture 9 – Public Updating of (Economic) Perceptions: How History Matters Christopher Wlezien, US Virtual Lecture 10 – The future of learning in universities of tomorrow Filip Dochy, the Netherlands Virtual Lecture 11 – Updates on prevention of premature death Reza Malekzadeh, Iran Virtual presentation session 3- Juries: Tommaso Dorigo, Christopher Wlezien, Filip Dochy, Reza Malekzadeh |
| Location | Time | Program |
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| Zoom platform | 14:00-16:00 |
Virtual Session 4: Translational Immunology and Cancer: Updates and Challenges
Virtual Lecture 12 – Immunometabolic Signature of Antigen-Specific T Cells After Vaccination Sara De Biasi, Italy Virtual Lecture 13 – Immunopsychiatry and Psychosis: Connecting Inflammation, Immunity, and the Brain Fabiana Corsi-Zuelli, UK Virtual Lecture 14 – Overcoming acute complement responses to nanomedicines Moein Moghimi, UK Virtual Lecture 15 – Role of miRNAs in tauopathy and related dementias Domenico Pratico, US Virtual presentation session 4 – Juries: Tommaso Dorigo, Sara De Biasi, Fabiana Corsi-Zuelli, Moein Moghimi, Domenico Pratico |
| Location | Time | Program |
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| Zoom platform | 14:00-16:00 |
Virtual Session 5: Translational Neuroscience and Neurology: Mental Health and Neurological Diseases
Virtual Lecture 16 – Breaking Boundaries: The Psychological Science of Extreme Thought and Behavior Sophia Moskalenko, US Virtual Lecture 17 – Heal Yourself: Visualisation, Inner Intelligence, and the Neuroscience of Healing Umberto Crisanti, UK Virtual Lecture 18 – For the sake of the child, perinatal mental health care needs to help with more than diagnosed disorders. Stress is important too. Vivette Glover, UK Virtual presentation session 5 – Juries: Tommaso Dorigo, Sophia Moskalenko, Umberto Crisanti, Vivette Glover, Simon Robson |
SESSION TYPES AND SCIENTIFIC FORMATS
USERN Congress 2025 will include different session formats that are targeted to participants with different levels of experience and professional backgrounds. A brief description for each of them is presented. This year the scientific theme of the congress is “Intelligence in Health: From Formal to PsychoBioMedical Sciences”.
Keynote Lectures
This targets a broad audience of specialists and non-specialists. The speaker is internationally renowned and respected leader in their fields. The speaker is invited to present a state-of-the-art review of a specific “hot” topic on cutting-edge science in medicine, biology, and interdisciplinary fields. 20-30 min presentation of the keynote lecturers.
Oral Presentation Sessions
These sessions present the most recent scientific findings. The speakers share details about their research questions, methodology, findings, applications, etc. Each oral presentation session includes two types of presentations: at the first of each session – 2-3 senior presentations (each 20 minutes), then, short junior presentations (each 6 minutes)
Virtual Presentation Sessions
These sessions present the most recent scientific findings virtually. Each virtual presentation session includes two types of presentations: at the first of each session – 3 senior presentations (each 20 minutes), then, short junior presentations (each minutes)
Meet The Expert Sessions
These are educational sessions and usually target a smaller audience. The topics are intended to be with practical relevance. The sessions should allow for discussion with the experts and include the exchange of personal views, direct interaction, discussion of cases. A speaker gives short introductory talk (10 min), on a practical topic, followed by interactive discussion and audience engagement.
Poster Presentations
They include presentation of accepted abstracts that have not been assigned to oral sessions. This provides an opportunity for juniors to present their experiences as poster presentations.
Workshops
They provide both the area and tools required for practical approach for testing and performance of techniques.
USERN Prize Awarding Festival
USERN Prize has been established to identify the most talented qualified junior scientists in all areas of science, who have devoted their times to science promotion and performed outstanding scientific projects so far. The bests in each field will be awarded each year to be distinguished to the scientific world and to be acknowledged for their humanitarian efforts. The USERN Prize Awarding Festival is held annually on November 10th, the Global Day of Science for Peace and Development.