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Scientific Program of The USERN Congress 2023
Main Hall (Hall A)
8:00 – 9:00 …Registration
9:00 – 9:10 … Opening Session
9:10 – 9:20 … RAU Rector
Costel Negricea
9:20 – 9:30 … Congress Local Chair(s)
Arsen Arakelyan
9:30 – 9:40 … USERN President
Tommaso Dorigo
9:40 – 9:50 … USERN Founder
Nima Rezaei
9:50 – 9:55 … Art Performance
9:55 – 10:15 … Keynote lecture: Challenges and gratification of and academic life
Abass Alavi, USA
10:15 – 10:20 … Art Performance
10:20 – 10:40 … Keynote lecture: Adjusting the academic enterprise from competition to more collaboration
Matthias von Herrath, USA
10:40 – 10:45 … Art Performance
10:45 – 11:00 … Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:05 … Art Performance
11:05 – 12:00 … IFPPP Awarding Session
8:30 – 9:00 … Art Performance
9:00 – 10:00 … USERN Prize Awarding Festival
10:00 – 10:05 … Art Performance
10:05 – 10:25 … USERN Laureate Talk on Formal Sciences
10:25 – 10:45 … USERN Laureates’ Talk on Physical and Chemical Sciences
10:45 – 11:00 … Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:20 … USERN Laureates’ Talk on Biological Sciences
11:20 – 11:40 … USERN Laureates’ Talk on Medical Sciences
11:40 – 12:00 … USERN Laureates’ Talk on Social Sciences
12:00-12:45 … Art Performance (Concert)
12:45-13:15 … Closing Ceremony (Concluding Remarks, Best Oral and Poster Presentations, and Announcement of the Host of USERN2024)
Senior Lectures and Junior Talks (Hall B)
Oral Presentation 1
Moderators: Tommaso Dorigo (Chair), Michael Schreiber, Bruno Scarpa, Ute Römling
13:00 – 13:20 … True or false, fact or fake? Can we believe what we see or hear?
Michael Schreiber, Germany
13:20-13:40 … Benefits of Irreproducibility in Science
Ute Römling, Sweden
13:40-14:50 … Junior Talks 1
Juries: Nima Rezaei, Joseph Firth, Katrien Fransen, Simon Rosenbaum, Frank Sellke, Rossella Castagna, Emilio Parisini, Maha Al-Khaduri,
14:50 – 15:10 … Coffee Break
Oral Presentation 2
Moderators: Arsen Arakelyan (Chair), Artem Oganov, Pietro Vischia
15:10 – 15:30 … Evolutionary crystal structure prediction and computational materials discovery
Artem Oganov, Russia
15:30-15:50 … From Fundamental Physics to Isaac Asimov: How High-Dimensional Models Can Shape the World
Pietro Vischia, Belgium
15:50-17:00 … Junior Talks 2
Juries: Tommaso Dorigo, Alexander Leemans, Naveed Akhtar, Hans Binder, David A. Goukassian, Hailiang Wang, Amedeo Amedei, Jianing Fu, Prashant Kesharwani
Oral Presentation 3
Moderators: Abass Alavi (Chair), Alexander Leemans, Bruno Scarpa
8:30 – 8:50 … UR-Index and H-Index: An Example of Comparison
Bruno Scarpa, Italy
8:50 – 9:10 … Unparalleled Impact of PET-CT-MRI on the Day to Day Practice of Medicine
Abass Alavi, USA
9:10 -9:30 … Mapping Brain Connections with Magnets and Diffusion of Water Molecules
Alexander Leemans, the Netherlands
9:30-10:20 … Junior Talks 3
10:20 – 10:40 … Coffee Break
Oral Presentation 4
Moderators: Frank Sellke (Chair), Emilio Parisini, Maha Al-Khaduri
10:40 – 11:00 … Tackling future pandemics through international collaborations
Emilio Parisini, Latvia
11:00 – 11:20 … Effects of Anti-Diabetic Drugs in Myocardial Function and Perfusion
Frank Sellke, USA
11:20 – 11:40 … A Multidisciplinary Approach
Maha Al-Khaduri, Oman, PCO
11:40 – 12:30 … Junior Talks 4
Juries: Sevan Iritsyan, Amedeo Amedei, Rossella Castagna, Jianing Fu, Prashant Kesharwani, Michael Schreiber, Matthias von Herrath, Hailiang Wang
Oral Presentation 5
Moderators: Matthias von Herrath (Chair), Rossella Castagna, Jianing Fu, Amedeo Amedei
13:00-13:20 … Immune Profiling of T Cells in Patients Receiving Lung Transplantation: Insights into Rejection Diagnosis and Tolerance Induction
Jianing Fu, USA
13:20-13:40 … The Microbiota-Immunity Interplay in Human Neuroinflammation
Amedeo Amedei, Italy
13:40-14:00 … Designing Ligands for Photopharmacology: a palette of Opportunities for Photoswitchable Molecules
Rossella Castagna, Latvia
14:00-14:50: Junior Talks 5
Juries: Nima Rezaei, Naveed Akhtar, Hans Binder, Pietro Vischia, Hailiang Wang, Maha Al-Khaduri, Prashant Kesharwani, Emilio Parisini
14:50 – 15:10 … Coffee Break
Oral Presentation 6
Moderators: Joseph Firth (Chair), Simon Rosenbaum
15:10-15:30 … Tackling Health Inequalities in People with Mental Illnesses
Joseph Firth, UK
15:30-15:50 … Physical Activity and Mental Health Through the Lens of the Global Refugee Crises
Simon Rosenbaum, Australia
15:50-17:00: Junior Talks 6
Juries: Arsen Arakelyan, Katrien Fransen, David A. Goukassian, Ute Römling, Bruno Scarpa, Artem Oganov, Michael Schreiber, Abass Alavi
Keynote Lectures and Workshops and Panels (Hall C)
Workshop 1
13:00-14:30 … In vivo tracking of brain pathways with ExploreDTI Workshop
Alexander Leemans, the Netherlands
14:50 – 15:10 … Coffee Break
Workshop 2
15:15-16:45 … Entrepreneurship in Biomedicine Workshop
Matthias von Herrath, USA
Panel 1
Moderators: Sevan Iritsyan (Chair), Armenia; Gayan Manukyan, Armenia; Nima Rezaei, Iran
8:30-9:20 … Molecular Immunology/Allergology Panel
Panel 2
Moderators: Arsen Arakelyan (Chair); Hans Binder, Germany; David A. Goukassian, USA
Keynote Lecture: Hans Binder: Title
Keynote Lecture: David A. Goukassian: Title
9:30-10:20 … Cancer Genomics and Bioinformatics Workshop
10:20 – 10:40 … Coffee Break
Panel 3
10:40 – 12:30 … : AI in drug discovery/development
Moderators: Roksana Zakharyan (Chair), Grisha Arakelov (Biosim), Hovakim Zakharyan (De Novo), Narek Abelyan (Biocentric.ai), Nelly Babayan (Toxometris.ai), Maria Aghayan (), Tigran Davtyan
Workshop 3
13:00-14:30 … Scientific Publication Workshop
Nima Rezaei, Iran; Gonzalo Cordova, the Netherlands
14:50-15:10 … Coffee Break
Workshop 4
15:15 – 16:45 … Artificial Intelligence Workshop: Consequences in Science and Society
Tommaso Dorigo, Italy; Pietro Vischia, Belgium
Meet The Expert (Library, D)
13:00 – 14:30 … Meet The Expert 1
Matthias von Herrath, USA
14:50 – 15:10 … Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:45 … Meet The Expert 2
Abass Alavi, USA
8:30 – 10:00 … Meet The Expert 3
Tommaso Dorigo, Italy
10:20 – 10:40 … Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15 … Meet The Expert 4
Nima Rezaei, Iran
13:00 – 14:30 … Meet the Expert 5
Alexander Leemans, the Netherlands
15:15 – 16:45 … Meet the Expert 6
Frank Sellke, USA
Poster Session (Hall G)
Poster Presentation 1: Formal, Physical and Chemical Sciences
13:00 – 14:30 … Moderators: Arsen Arakelyan (Chair), Abass Alavi, Naveed Akhtar, Artem Oganov, Hans Binder, Pietro Vischia, Hailiang Wang
Poster Presentation 2: Biological and Medical Sciences
8:30 – 10:00 … Moderators: Sevan Iritsyan (Chair), Amedeo Amedei, Maha Al-Khaduri, Rossella Castagna, Jianing Fu, Prashant Kesharwani, Nima Rezaei, Frank Sellke, Emilio Parisini, Michael Schreiber, Matthias von Herrath
Poster Presentation 3: Social Sciences and Other Topics
13:00 – 14:30 … Moderators: Roksana Zakharyan (Chair), Tommaso Dorigo, Joseph Firth, Katrien Fransen, David A. Goukassian, Alexander Leemans, Ute Römling, Simon Rosenbaum, Bruno Scarpa
Virtual Session
17:00 – 17:20 … Sustainable energy transportation: enhancing efficiency and protecting the environment
Salim Newaz Kazi, Malaysia
17:20 – 17:40 … An Insight into cryogenic treatment of lightweight magnesium based materials for a greener future
Manoj Gupta, Singapore
17:40 – 18:00 … Olefin metathesis approach for synthesis of bio-based polyesters and efficient chemical recycling
Kotohiro Nomura, Japan
18:00 – 18:20 … Understanding and applications of contact electrification
Zong-Hong Lin, Taiwan
18:20 – 18:40 … Engineering at the nanoscale: a strategy for developing high performance functional materials from Agrowaste
Sabu Thomas, India
18:40 – 19:00 … PNN-MABAC Strategy for Multiple Attribute Group Decision Making Under Pentapartitioned Neutrosophic Number Environment
Surapati Pramanik, India
19:00 – 19:20 … Physics Opportunities at the Future Circular Collider
Patrizia Azzi, Italy
19:20 – 19:40 … Nanowires Towards Environmental Sustainability: Chemical Sensing and Renewable Energy
Elisabetta Comini, Italy
19:40 – 20:00 … The Birth of Modern Cosmology
Massimo Capaccioli, Italy
20:00 – 20:20 … The Early Universe, About A Billionth of a Second After the Big Bang, As Seen by Particle Accelerators After Ten Years of the Higgs Boson Discovery
Alberto Ruiz, Spain
20:20 – 20:40 … Advances in Quantum Electrochemistry
Paulo Roberto Bueno, Brazil
20:40 – 21:00 … Question and Answer
17:00 – 17:20 … Focus on tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in cancer research
Andrea Cossarizza, Italy
17:20 – 17:40 … Tumor metabolism as a target for drug development
Godefridus Frits Peters, the Netherlands
17:40 – 18:00 … Cure of all chronic myelogenous leukemia patients
Shinya Kimura, Japan
18:00 – 18:20 … Urinary TERT promoter mutations are detectable up to 10 years prior to clinical diagnosis of bladder cancer
Reza Malekzadeh, Iran
18:20 – 18:40 … Moein Moghimi , UK
18:40 – 19:00 … Eco-friendly approaches to valorize olive oil waste
Francisco Barba, Spain
19:00 – 19:20 … Planetary population and personalized nutrition for precision health
Alfredo Martínez Hernández, Spain
9:20 – 19:40 … Can neurotechnologies contribute to global peace
Fabien Lotte, France
19:40 – 20:00 … Transdisciplinary scientific approaches to complex problems of earth
20:00 – 20:20 … Question and Answer
17:00 – 17:20 … Immunity, inflammation and diseases: research and training based on international collaboration
Diana Boraschi, Italy
17:20 – 17:40 … Clinical, immunological, molecular and therapeutic findings in monogenic immune dysregulation diseases
Hassan Abolhassani, Sweden
17:40 – 18:00 … Role of united science for rapid and proper diagnosis of infectious keratitis
Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi, Iran
18:00 – 18:20 … If we look after the mental health of mothers and fathers in perinatal period we will reduce violence and crime by their children
Vivette Glover, UK
18:20 – 18:40 … Can we find peace inside the Skinner box
Umberto Crisanti, UK
18:40 – 19:00 … Nature, evolution and obesity
Richard Johnson, USA
19:00 – 19:20 … Selective IgM deficiency: a long ignored primary immunodeficiency
Sudhir Gupta, USA
19:20 – 19:40 … The collective virtual mind
Kenneth Kosik, USA
19:40 – 20:00 … Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome/Sluggish Cognitive Tempo among children, adolescents and young adults
Serge Brand, Switzerland
20:00 – 20:20 … Partisan Public Responsiveness to the News
Christopher Wlezien, USA
20:20 – 20:40 … Total Unity as a Saving Intention and/or Paradigm of Humanity
Natalya Shelkovaya, Ukraine
20:40 – 21:00 … Question and Answer
IFPPP Exhibition (Hall F)
8:30 – 17:00 … IFPPP Exhibinition
8:30 – 17:00 … IFPPP Exhibition
9:00 – 13:00 … IFPPP Exhibition