IV Convegno Nazionale

Interazioni tra Campi Elettromagnetici e Biosistemi

Milano, 4 – 6 luglio 2016

Centro Congressi, c/o Area della Ricerca CNR Milano 1

Via Alfonso Corti 12, Milano

PROGRAMMA

Lunedì 4 luglio 2016

10.30-14.00 Registration

14.00-14.30 Welcome

14.30-15.00

Invited Lecture - Chair: Salvatore Caorsi

The New Directive 2013/35/EU on the protection of workers  exposed to EMF:

the point of view of Occupational Medicine - Fabrizio Gobba15.00-16.15 S1: Exposure Assessment - Chair: Rita Massa

15.00-15.15

Assessment of Occupational Exposure to 50 Hz Magnetic Fields in Healthcare

Facilities - Rosanna Pinto, Annapaola Santoro, Vanni Lopresto, Vittorio

Cannatà, Chiara Orlandi, Salvatore Zaffina e Vincenzo Camisa

15.15-15.30Numerical evaluation of children exposure to WiMax patch antenna in tablet

or laptop - Beatrice Siervo, Valentina Hartwig, Luigi Landini

15.30-15.45

Assessment of the influence of foetal dielectric properties variation using

stochastic dosimetry - Serena Fiocchi, Paolo Ravazzani, Ilaria Liorni, Marta

Parazzini

15.45-16.00

Simultaneous exposure to static magnetic field and slowly varying magnetic

field gradients: assessment of the current induced to the heart - Simona

Valbonesi, Marina Barbiroli, Ermanno Papotti, Roberto Sghedoni, Matteo

Tiberti, Andrea Vanore, Paolo Zanichelli

16.00-16.15The Role of the Skin Modeling and Postures in LF Numerical Dosimetry -

Valerio De Santis, Tommaso Campi, Silvano Cruciani, Mauro Feliziani16.15-16.45 Coffee break

16.45-18.00 S2: EMF & Plants - Chair: Graziano Cerri

16.45-17.00EMF application to plants germination and growth: a way to a green economy -

Simona Valbonesi, Bruno Bisceglia

17.00-17.15

Microwave Radiation for Plant Protection: the Red Palm Weevil Pest Control

Case Study - Rita Massa, Marco Donald Migliore, Gaetano Panariello, Daniele

Pinchera, Fulvio Schettino, Emilio Caprio, Manuela Martano, Paola Maiolino,

Ilaria Pagano, Raffaele Griffo

17.15-17.30

Exposure of Seeds to ELF MF. Effects on Germination and Growth. Preliminary

Results - Lucia Caputo, Lucéia Souza, Stefano Greco, Claudio Severin ,

Emanuele Caldarola, Massimiliano Polichetti,Vincenzo De Feo, Bruno Bisceglia

17.30-17.45Effects of 2.45 GHz Exposure on Seeds and Sprouts of Phaseolus vulgaris L. -

Nicola D’Ambrosio, Raffaella Montuori, Marco Donald Migliore, Rita Massa

17.45-18.00Microwave radiation for eco friendly agriculture:current scenarios and

challenges for the future - Bruno Bisceglia, Simona Valbonesi

18.00-19.00

Special session: La stimolazione biofisica nella ricerca medica -

Chair: Ruggero Cadossi18.00-18.05 Introduzione - Ruggero Cadossi

18.05-18.15 La stimolazione biofisica: una nuova farmacologia - Katia Varani

18.15-18.25 La biofisica articolare - Alessia Ongaro

18.25-19.00 Open discussion

Martedì 5 luglio 2016

9.00-9.30

Invited Lecture - Chair: Carmela Marino

International Expert Group Evaluations on Biological/Health Effects of

Electromagnetic Fields - Maria Rosaria Scarfì9.30-11.00 S3: In-Vitro Study - Chair: Olga Zeni

9.30 - 9.45

Electromagnetic Fields Promote Osteogenic Differentiation of Human

Mesenchymal Stem Cells through Notch Pathway - Alessia Ongaro, Agnese

Pellati, Leo Massari, Leila Bagheri, Ruggero Cadossi, Stefania Setti, Monica De

Mattei

9.45 - 10.00

Anti-inflammatory Effect of Low Frequency Low Energy Pulsed

Electromagnetic Fields and Adenosine Receptors in Joint Diseases - Varani K,

Vincenzi F, Ravani A, Pasquini S, Setti S, Borea PA, Cadossi R

10.00-10.15

Improved antioxidant power support hyperproliferation induced by 50 Hz

magnetic field in human neuroblastoma cell - Stefano Falone, Silvano Jr.

Santini, Valeria Cordone, Antonella Bonfigli, Patrizia Cesare, Marisa Cacchio,

Fernanda Amicarelli

10.15-10.30

Effect of Extremely Low-Frequency Pulsed Magnetic Field Exposure on DNA

methylation - Gianfranco Giorgi, Chiara Pirazzini, Maria Giulia Bacalini,

Cristina Giuliani, Paolo Garagnani, Miriam Capri, Ferdinando Bersani, Brunella

Del Re

10.30-10.45

50 Hz Exposure Does Not Affect DNA Global Methylation of an In Vitro Model

of Parkinson’s Disease - Claudia Consales, Alessio Butera, Giuseppe Filomeni,

Rosanna Pinto, Vanni Lopresto, Carmela Marino, Barbara Benassi

10.45-11.00

Is RF exposure capable of inducing protection against β-amyloid-induced

toxicity in human neuroblastoma cells? - Anna Sannino, Stefania Romeo, Olga

Zeni, Giovanni Ricevuti, Letizia Venturini, Salvatore Caorsi, Maria Rosaria Scarfì

11.00-11.15

Exposure of Streptomyces coelicolor to Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic

Field. Preliminary Results - Giovanni Vigliotta, Mariagiovanna Filantropi,

Claudio Severino, Massimiliano Polichetti, Bruno Bisceglia

11.15 - 11.45 Coffee break

11.45-12.45 S4: Medical Application 1 - Chair: Luciano Tarricone

11.45-12.00Numerical modelling of cerebellar and spinal direct current stimulation in

children - Fiocchi Serena, Ravazzani Paolo, Priori Alberto, Parazzini Marta

12.00-12.15

An Improved Numerical Meshless Approach for Human Brain Activity

Simulation- Guido Ala, Gregory E. Fasshauer, Elisa Francomano, Salvatore

Ganci, Michael J. McCourt

12.15-12.30

“Patient semi-specific” dosimetry for electromagnetic stimulation applied to

regenerative treatments - Francesca Camera, Fioravante Capone, Stefania

Setti, Roberta Fusco, Ruggero Cadossi, Francesca Apollonio, Vincenzo di

Lazzaro, Micaela Liberti

12.30-12.45

Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in adult and elderly people: numerical

modelling of electric field distribution - Fiocchi Serena, Parazzini Marta, Roth

Yiftach, Zangen Abrahm, Ravazzani Paolo

12.45-13.00

Invited Lecture - Chair: Giorgio Aicardi

The School of Bioelectromagnetism “A. Chiabrera”: a special opportunity to

learn about an interdisciplinary and complex discipline - Ferdinando Bersani,

Aicardi Giorgio, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro13.00-14.05 Lunch

14.05-14.45 S5: The view of the industries - Chair: Salvatore Caorsi

14.05-14.25 Simulazione elettromagnetica di sistemi biologici ed elettromedicali - CST

14.25-14.45 Determinare il tempo di misura - Rohde & Schwarz

14.45- 16.15 S6: Medical Application 2 - Chair: Paolo Ravazzani

14.45-15.00

The Electromagnetic Technology as Support for Blind Athletes: the Running-

track System - V. Di Mattia, M. Pieralisi, V. Petrini, G. Manfredi, P. Russo, A. De

Leo, L. Scalise, G. Cerri

15.00-15.15

Amagnetic Device for the Passive Mobilisation of the Ankle Joint:Applications

in Neuroscience Research - Simone Pittaccio, Lorenzo Garavaglia, Fabio

Lazzari, Francesca Passaretti

15.15-15.30

Resonant Inductive Link for Medical Implants: Application to Pulse Generators

Implanted in the Chest - Giuseppina Monti, Maria Valeria De Paolis, Luciano

Tarricone

15.30-15.45ANN-based radar approach to detect breast cancers in fibro-glandular tissues:

preliminary assessment study - Salvatore Caorsi, Claudio Lenzi

15.45-16.00Exposure of superparamagnetic scaffold to ELF MF. Effects on cell migration -

Matteo Bruno Lodi, Alessandro Fanti, Bruno Bisceglia, Giuseppe Mazzarella

16.00-16.15

Hemorrhagic Brain Stroke Detection by using Microwaves: Preliminary Two-

dimensional Reconstructions- Igor Bisio, Alessandro Fedeli, Fabio Lavagetto,

Giulio Luzzati, Matteo Pastorino, Andrea Randazzo, and Emanuele Tavanti

16.15-16.35 Coffee break

16.35-17.20 S7: Exposure issues - Chair: Guglielmo d'Inzeo

16.35-16.50

RFID-based Smart Cage for Tracking and Behavioral Analysis of Small

Laboratory Animals - Luca Catarinucci, Riccardo Colella, Luca Mainetti, Luigi

Patrono, Ilaria Sergi, Luciano Tarricone

16.50-17.05

Non Ionizing Electromagnetic Fields Effects on Fertility: A Scientometrics Study

Shows that a Higher Standardization Is Required - Ciccarelli R., Bernabò N.,

Greco L., Barboni B., Mattioli M

17.05-17.20Health Consequences of the Use of Conducted Electrical Weapons -

Alessandro Polichetti, Roberta Pozzi

17.20-17.30BioEM2016, the premier international conference on bioelectromagnetics and

the annual joint meeting of BEMS and EBEA - Francesca Apollonio17.30-19.00 Consiglio Scientifico

20.30- Social Dinner

Mercoledì 6 luglio 2016

9.00-9.30

Invited Lecture - Chair: Maria Rosaria Scarfì

ICNIRP: Azioni correnti, “statements” e linee guida in progress - Carmela

Marino9.30-10.45 S8: Medical Application 3 - Chair: Guido Ala

9.30 - 9.45

Microdosimetry for Pulsed E Fields in a Realistic Models of Cells and

Endoplasmic Reticulum - Agnese Denzi, Hanna Hanna, Franck M. Andre, Lluis

M. Mir, Francesca Apollonio, Micaela Liberti

9.45 - 10.00Numerical investigation of electroporating nsPEF delivered with split dose

protocols - P. Lamberti, S. Romeo, A. Sannino, M.R. Scarfì, V. Tucci, O. Zeni

10.00-10.15A new methodology for the geometrical characterization of an electropore - P.

Marracino, F. Castellani, P. T. Vernier, M. Liberti, F. Apollonio

10.15-10.30

Differential sensitivity of two cancer cell lines to ESOPE equivalent

electroporation protocols - Stefania Romeo, Anna Sannino, Maria Rosaria

Scarfì, Ruggero Cadossi, Olga Zeni

10.30-10.45

Diversity of monopolar and bipolar nanosecond pulsed electric signals action

on the metallo-enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD): a modelling approach -

Elena della Valle, Paolo Marracino, Olga Pakhomova, Micaela Liberti,

Francesca Apollonio10.45- 11.15 Coffee break

11.15-11.45

Invited Lecture - Chair: Fernanda Amicarelli

The activity of the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified

Health Risks (SCENIHR) of the European Commission in electromagnetic field

health risk evaluation - Olga Zeni11.45-12.45 S9: EMF and Health: MRI - Chair: Matteo Pastorino

11.45-12.00

RF induced energy for partially implanted catheters: a computational study -

Elena Lucano, Micaela Liberti, Tom Lloyd, Francesca Apollonio, Steve Wedan,

Wolfgang Kainz and Leonardo M. Angelone

12.00-12.15Thermal Effects of MRI Gradient Fields on Implanted Metallic Hip Prostheses -

Luca Zilberti, Alessandro Arduino, Oriano Bottauscio, Mario Chiampi

12.15-12.30

Subjective Symptoms in a Group of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Operators and Controls: Possible Role of Stress - G Zanotti, G Ligabue, G

Corona, F Gobba

12.30-12.45

Bio-monitoring of workers and occupational risk assessment in MRI

environments: a preliminary study - Anna Sannino, Stefania Romeo, Olga Zeni,

Rita Massa, Raffaele d’Angelo, Maria Rosaria Scarfì12.45 - 13.00 Conclusions