• 9:00-9:30h Welcome from authorities 
• 9:30-10:30h Presentations of the Department’s research lines by the Unit Chiefs
  a summary of research lines, strategic plan, members, funding, interests. Free format, no longer than 7 minutes. (The order of the presentations has been randomly drawn as follows):

1. Pharmacology
2. Anatomy
3. Pathologic Anatomy
4. Histology 
5. Cell Biology
6. Microbiology
7. Immunology

• 10:30-11:30h  KEYNOTE: Dr. Laura Soucek (VHIO) Title TBD.
• 11:30-12:00h  COFFEE break and POSTER session outside
• 12:00-14:00h  SHORT TALKS from selected trainees by each Unit. 10 minute presentations followed by 2 minutes of questions.

1. Sponsor slot: Title TBD (Novel equipments by Werfen-Izasa)
2. Dr. Cristina Moreta. A chromatin-based loss-of-function approach identified novel targets to overcome chemoresistance in colorectal cancer (Immunology Unit)
3. Isabel Pérez-Guillén, Deciphering the mechanisms of action of antimicrobial supercationic peptides   (Microbiology Unit)
4. Alain Arias Betancourt. Lactate: a metabolic product with therapeutic potential (Cell Biology)
5. Dr. Cecilia Velasco. Microtubule depolymerization contributes to spontaneous neurotransmitter release. (Histology Unit) 
6. Veronica Testa. Using patient-derived stem cells to study the contribution of glial cells to neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease Pathologic Anatomy  (Pathologic Anatomy Unit)
7. Ricard Bonilla Amadeo: Functional high-throughput CRISPR screening to elucidate glycosylation genes involved in stemness capacity    (Anatomy Unit)
8. Josep Argerich Bergadà. GPR37 N-terminal domain processing defines autaptic receptor function   (Pharmacology Unit)

• 14:00-15:00h  LUNCH outside between both buildings

To close the official event, we will host a cake competition (by popular vote) around 14:45h.

Poster boards will be available outside aulari from 8:30h