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 

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