Program

Award Ceremony

10.30 - Mario Panizza - Rector of Roma Tre University
10.45 - Settimio Mobilio - Director of the Department of Sciences
11.00 - Giovanni Antonini - Laudatio of Maurizio Brunori
11.30 - Maurizio Brunori - Lectio Magistralis: Malattie neurodegenerative ed invecchiamento della popolazione
12.30 - Degree award
13.00 - Lunch

14.30 - Welcome and Introduction
14.40 - Presentation of William A. Eaton by Emilia Chiancone
14.50 - William A. Eaton (Bethesda, USA): Biophysics and therapy of sickle cell disease
15.50 - Coffee break
16.20 - Presentation of Jean-Pierre Changeux by Ernesto Carafoli
16.30 - Jean-Pierre Changeux (Paris, FR): Modeling the brain: from allosteric receptors to consciousness
17.30 - Presentation of John Ernest Walker by Ferdinando Palmieri
17.40 - Sir John Ernest Walker, Nobel Laureate 1997 (Cambridge, UK): ATP synthase: roles in cellular life and death
18.40 - Concluding remarks, Israel Pecht (Rehovot, IL)