CHEMED2026- PROVISIONAL Program
CHEMED2026- PROVISIONAL Program
updated to Oct 6 2026
The Organizers do not take any responsibility in front of any delegate for the
eventual last minute changes of this programme.
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no liability for accuracy can be assumed.
| MONDAY, October 26th 2026 | |
| MO 13:00-14:00 | Registration |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| MO 14:00-14:20 | Opening session |
| MO 14:20-15:00 | Plenary Lecture |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | IMMUNITY AND INFLAMMATION, FROM CANCER TO GLOBAL HEALTH |
| Mantovani Alberto | |
| MO 15:00-16:00 | PROCESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING APPROACH TO PHYSIOLOGY |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC DROPLET OSCILLATIONS AS A PROBE OF INTERFACIAL VISCOELASTICITY IN BIOFLUIDS FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS |
| Tammaro Daniele, Tkachenko Volodymyr, Lombardi Lorenzo, Carbone Stefania, Di Natale Concetta, Maffettone Pier Luca | |
| - | ENHANCING STERILE FILTRATION ROBUSTNESS THROUGH IN-LINE PRESSURE MONITORING AND AUTOMATED PROCESS INTEGRATION |
| Mazzetti Lorenzo, Camerini Beatrice, Furgiuele Alessia, Manfrinato Simone, Pasqualini Giulia, Gervasi Valeria | |
| - | PYRO-ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC JET–BASED PLATFORM FOR ULTRASENSITIVE DETECTION OF TAU AND β-AMYLOID AGGREGATES IN URINE-LIKE FLUIDS |
| Di Natale Concetta, Coppola Sara, Carbone Stefania, Tammaro Daniele, Grilli Simonetta, Maffettone Pier Luca | |
| MO 16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break & Poster session |
| MO 16:30-18:30 | MASS TRANSFER IN PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND ARTIFICIAL ORGANS |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | INTERFACIAL MECHANISMS OF SILICONE OIL EMULSIFICATION IN MODEL AQUEOUS HUMOR: ROLE OF PROTEINS AND VISCOSITY |
| Kamenická Barbora, Penkavová Vera, Vachková Eliška Lyko, Orvalho Sandra, Zedníková Mária, Stavárek Petr | |
| - | SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF HEMODIAFILTRATION PERFORMANCE BASED ON A 3-D POROUS MEDIA CFD MODEL |
| Giordano Angelo, Cancilla Nunzio, Tamburini Alessandro, Ciofalo Michele | |
| - | METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AS PROMOTERS OF THE REMOVAL OF PROTEIN-BOUND UREMIC TOXINS BY MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES OF HEMODIALYSIS |
| Dionísio João, Da Silva Miguel, Ferreira Tiago, Minhalma Miguel, Pinto Moises, De Pinho Maria Norberta | |
| - | ENHANCED MASS TRANSFER HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES BY IMMERSION PRECIPITATION AND 3D PRINTING FOR ORGAN SUPPORT |
| Onesti Riccardo, Malagoli Gabriele, Boi Cristiana | |
| - | COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT-BASED MEMBRANES FOR PROTEIN-BOUND UREMIC TOXINS REMOVAL IN HEMODIALYSIS |
| Rodrigues Flávia S.C., Madern Marine, Cescutti Faustine, Pires Rita F., Faria Mónica | |
| - | SYNERGISTIC MEMBRANE-BASED DRUG–DENDRIMER SYSTEMS FOR PROTEIN-BOUND UREMIC TOXIN REMOVAL |
| Pires Rita F., Almeida Pedro, Bonifácio Vasco, Faria Mónica | |
| TUESDAY, October 27th 2026 | |
| TU 8:50-9:30 | Plenary Lecture |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | CANCER NANOMEDICINE AT A CROSSROADS:WHY OUR CURRENT NANO-STRATEGIES FAIL AND WHAT COMES NEXT |
| Santamaria Ramiro Jesus | |
| TU 9:30-10:30 | NOVEL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | CFD–DEM INVESTIGATION OF INHALATION DYNAMICS AND ELECTROSTATIC EFFECTS IN CARRIER-BASED DRY POWDER INHALERS |
| Alfano Francesca Orsola, Iozzi Giovanni, Di Maio Francesco Paolo, Di Renzo Alberto | |
| - | INHALABLE SPRAY-DRIED CARRIERS FOR DEEP LUNG DELIVERY AND IN SITU SYNTHESIS OF ALLICIN |
| Mašková Lucie, Lizonová Denisa, Kašpar Ondřej | |
| - | TOWARDS MORE STABLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS: DRYING OF RNA-CONTAINING LIPID NANOPARTICLES |
| Jupke Daniel, Henrik Finke Jan, Kwade Arno | |
| TU 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break & Poster session |
| TU 11:00-13:00 | MACHINE LEARNING AND OTHER MODELING METHODS IN MEDICAL ENGINEERING |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | NEURAL ODE SURROGATES FOR ENHANCED PHARMACOKINETIC ANALYSIS |
| Pessina Daniele, Abbiati Roberto, Papathanasiou Maria | |
| - | MECHANISTIC MODELLING OF INTERSTITIAL FLUID AND PROTEIN EXTRACTION VIA HYPOBARIC- INDUCED SKIN DEFORMATION |
| Goel Anukrati, Xia Yuqing, Lawrence Karl P, Cui Liang, Jones S.A., Chen Tao, Sebastia Saez Daniel, Lian Guoping | |
| - | MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR THE PREDICTION OF DIALYSIS TREATMENT VARIABLES |
| Nicosia Alessia, Cancilla Nunzio, Di Liberti Eleonora, Martín-Guerrero José D., Vives-Gilabert Yolanda, Ferrantelli Angelo | |
| - | PREDICTION OF INHALED DRUG TARGETING BASED ON IN VITRO ASSESSMENT OF NEBULIZERS AND AEROSOL DEPOSITION MODELING |
| Sosnowski Tomasz, Kazimierczak Izabela, Sawczuk Aleksandra | |
| - | CAN STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL BE APPLIED TO IDENTIFY AND CLASSIFY DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS FROM PERIPHERAL BIOSIGNATURES? |
| Coradduzza Donatella, Sanna Andrea, De Miglio Maria Rosaria, Carru Ciriaco, Medici Serenella, Grosso Massimiliano | |
| - | CFD-DEM SIMULATION STUDY ON THERMODYNAMIC AND MECHANICAL EFFECTS IN SPRAY DRYING OF MRNA-LNP FORMULATIONS |
| Guo Jiqian, Wolf Silas, Henrik Finke Jan, Schilde Carsten | |
| TU 13:00-14:00 | Buffet Lunch |
| TU 14:00-15:20 | MASS TRANSFER IN PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND ARTIFICIAL ORGANS |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF OXYGEN DELIVERY TO C2C12 CULTURE IN COMMERCIAL FLASKS |
| Perra Giovanni, Traversari Gabriele, Atzori Federico, Fais Giacomo, Cincotti Alberto, Concas Alessandro | |
| - | INTEGRATING EXPERIMENTAL DATA AND MULTIPHYSICS MODELING TO DESCRIBE NUTRIENT- LIMITED GROWTH OF HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER SPHEROIDS |
| Nieto Celia, González-Garcinuño Álvaro, Martín Del Valle Eva M. | |
| - | A SIMPLIFIED AND MODULAR METASTASIS-ON-CHIP PLATFORM FOR INVESTIGATING NEUROBLASTOMA TUMOR-MICROENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS |
| Micheli Sara, Fietta Anna, Cimetta Elisa | |
| - | DESIGN OF INNOVATIVE MEMBRANE OXYGENATORS FOR GAS TRANSFER OPTIMIZATION AND BLOOD DAMAGE CONTROL BY COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS |
| Pellico Katia Aurora, Di Pasquale Nicodemo, Paglianti Alessandro, Montante Giuseppina | |
| TU 15:20-15:50 | Coffee Break & Poster session |
| TU 15:50-17:30 | ADVANCED BIOMATERIALS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | ADVANCED CHITOSAN COMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR SKIN TISSUE REGENERATION, REPAIR AND THERAPY |
| Salerno Simona, Mazzaglia Antonino, De Bartolo Loredana | |
| - | DESIGN AND VALIDATION OF CELLULOSE ACETATE SCAFFOLDS BY PHASE INVERSION FOR BONE FRACTURE HEALING |
| González-Garcinuño Álvaro, Martín Del Valle Eva M., Antonio Tabernero | |
| - | FUNCTIONALIZED NANOPARTICLES FOR SELECTIVE DRUG DELIVERY IN SPINAL CORD INJURY |
| Veglianese Pietro, Perale Giuseppe, Rossi Filippo | |
| - | ELECTROSPINNING PEOT-PBT/CHITOSAN/COLLAGEN PEPTIDE SOLUTION AS A NANOFIBER MESH FOR EARDRUM REPLACEMENT |
| Danti Serena, Azimi Bahareh, Sestini Matteo, Berrettini Stefano | |
| - | NOVEL INJECTABLE HYDROGELS AND ERYTHROCYTE-MIMETIC ARTIFICIAL OXYGEN CARRIERS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING |
| Ito Taichi | |
| TU 17:30-18:30 | MACHINE LEARNING AND OTHER MODELING METHODS IN MEDICAL ENGINEERING |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | ADVANCED MULTI‑MODAL ANALYSIS OF HEMODYNAMICS AND WALL MECHANICS IN HUMAN ARTERIES |
| Wojtas Krzysztof, Truchel Krzysztof, Rzeplinski Radoslaw, Slugocki Mikolaj, Lopianiak Iwona, Butruk-Raszeja Beata | |
| - | DYNAMIC MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTS FOR THERAPEUTIC INTERFACES: FROM DRUG–PROTEIN RECOGNITION TO NANOCARRIER DESIGN |
| Cavalieri Gabriele, La Monaca Anna Laura, Laurini Erik, Pricl Sabrina | |
| - | UNLOCKING BRAIN COMPLEXITY: HIGUCHI’S FRACTAL DIMENSION AS A BIOMARKER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND FOLLOW-UP |
| Buongiorno Federica, Marengoni Susanna, Negro Giulia, Cassini Paola, Poloni Emanuele, Manca Davide | |
| TU from 18:30 | Conference Cocktail |
| WEDNESDAY, October 28th 2026 | |
| WE 8:50-9:30 | Plenary Lecture |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FOR DECISION MAKING IN PHARMA R&D: MECHANISTIC MODELLING IN ONCOLOGY DRUG DISCOVERY |
| Savoca Adriana | |
| WE 09:40-11:00 | NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO DRUG DELIVERY AND THERANOSTICS |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | SUPERSOMES OPTIMIZED TO PRODUCE CONTROLLED DIAMETER NANOLIPOSOMES |
| Sarnelli Sonia, Reverchon Ernesto, Baldino Lucia | |
| - | SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN NIOSOMAL SYSTEMS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS |
| Kumar Sandhya | |
| - | BRIDGING EXPERIMENTS AND MOLECULAR MODELING TO DECODE CARGO-RESPONSIVE NANOCARRIERS |
| Cavalieri Gabriele, La Monaca Anna Laura, Laurini Erik, Pricl Sabrina | |
| - | COMPARISON OF RNA LIPID NANOPARTICLE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES |
| Gottschalk Paul, Bunjes Heike | |
| WE 11:00-11:20 | Coffee Break & Poster session |
| WE 11:20-12:40 | CONCEPTS OF PROCESS INTENSIFICATION IN MEDICAL APPLICATIONS |
| Room: Villanova, Chairperson: | |
| - | ELECTROCHEMICAL PLATFORMS BASED ON CATECHOLAMINE-INSPIRED POLYMERS FOR DETECTION OF DIVERSE ANALYTES |
| Kuznowicz Maria, Jedrzak Artur, Teofil Jesionowski | |
| - | SURFACE TUNING OF PRIMARY PACKAGING MATERIALS TO REDUCE MRNA-LNP-ADSORPTION |
| Reus Johanna, Püllmann Denise, Finke Jan Henrik, Lachmann Kristina | |
| - | COULD DRYING OF RNA CONTAINING LIPID NANOPARTICLES MAKE DIALYSIS OBSOLETE? A CLOSER LOOK AT BUFFER CHANGES |
| Reuning Manuel, Finke Jan Henrik, Ziehr Holger | |
| - | POLYDOPAMINE AND POLYNOREPINEPHRINE AS FUNCTIONAL INTERFACES IN ELECTROCHEMICAL GLUCOSE BIOSENSORS |
| Jedrzak Artur, Kuznowicz Maria, Teofil Jesionowski | |
| WE 12:40-13:00 | Closing Ceremony |
| WE 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| LIST OF POSTERS | |
| POSTER SESSIONS on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday | |
| - | Process Systems Engineering Approach to Physiology |
| - | P/1) MODELING VEDOLIZUMAB–α4β7 INTEGRIN DYNAMICS IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: A PROCESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING APPROACH |
| D'Ambrosio Antonio, Aquilani Martina, Altomare Annamaria, Piemonte Vincenzo | |
| - | P/2) ELECTROCHEMICAL GLUCOSE SENSING USING GOX IMMOBILIZED ON IRO2@RGO NANOCOMPOSITES |
| Cirillo Claudia, Iuliano Mariagrazia, Gallucci Luca, Sarno Maria | |
| - | P/3) EVALUATION OF DESICCANT-BASED HUMIDITY REMOVAL FOR ELECTRONIC-NOSE ANALYSIS OF URINE HEADSPACE FOR NON-INVASIVE DISEASE SCREENING |
| Tischer Ana Maria, Junsgt Jesse, Zanni Emanuele, Bax Carmen, Dellaca Raffaele, Capelli Laura | |
| - | Novel Drug Delivery Systems |
| - | P/4) CONTROLLED SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL CARRIER PARTICLES BY PLASMA-ASSISTED DRY COATING PROCESSES |
| Reus Johanna, Finke Jan Henrik, Melzig Sebastian, Lachmann Kristina | |
| - | P/5) EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF 5-FLUOROURACIL RELEASE KINETICS FROM HETEROGENEOUS MATRICES |
| Trusek Anna, Grygier Tomasz, Trucillo Paolo, Di Maio Ernesto, Zurawska Maria, Kijak Edward | |
| - | Concepts of Process Intensification in Medical Applications |
| - | P/6) DEVELOPMENT OF A SEMI-MECHANISTIC IVT BIOREACTOR MODEL FOR SCALABLE AND FLEXIBLE THERAPEUTIC MRNA PRODUCTION PLATFORMS |
| Capuano Marcella, Russo Maria Elena, Sasso Emanuele, Froechlich Guendalina, Nicosia Alfredo, Maffettone Pier Luca, Marzocchella Antonio, Salatino Piero | |
| - | Advanced Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine |
| - | P/7) CELL MECHANOSTIMULATION STUDY USING ADVANCED MICROROBOTS PREPARED VIA STOP-FLOW LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS |
| Zlatnik Jakub, Mamedova Alina, Rehor Ivan, Heidenberger Johannes, Rothbauer Mario, Tokarova Viola | |
| - | P/8) DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL BONE MARROW CONSTRUCT AS INTEGRATED PLATFORMS FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE APPLICATIONS |
| Arciprete Francesca, Lovecchio Joseph, D'Ambrosio Antonio, Velardi Viola, d'Harmant François Elisabetta, Della Porta Giovanna | |
| - | Nanotechnology applied to Drug Delivery and Theranostics |
| - | P/9) PRODUCTION OF PMMA-BASED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS LOADED WITH METHYL STEARATE BY SUPERCRITICAL TECHNOLOGY |
| Sarnelli Sonia, Reverchon Ernesto, Baldino Lucia | |
| - | P/10) ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS INCORPORATING PARACETAMOL-LOADED SIO₂ NANOPARTICLES FOR CONTROLLED LOCAL DRUG RELEASE |
| Cirillo Claudia, Iuliano Mariagrazia, Khan Faraz, Gallucci Luca, Adami Reanata, Sarno Maria | |
| - | P/11) DUAL-FUNCTIONAL GD@ZIF-8 NANOCARRIER FOR DRUG DELIVERY AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CONTRAST |
| Cirillo Claudia, Iuliano Mariagrazia, Funicello Nicola, Galluzzi Armando, Modestino Michele, Polichetti Massimiliano | |
| - | Machine Learning and Other Modeling Methods in Medical Engineering |
| - | P/12) PREDICTION OF GAS PERMEABILITY IN POLYMERIC MEMBRANES FOR BLOOD OXYGENATORS USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS |
| De Mitri Aline, Marmey Emma, Vinga Susana, De Pinho Maria Norberta, Faria Mónica | |
| - | P/13) MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF THE DELIVERY OF GROWTH FACTORS FROM PLA/PLGA NANO- AND MICROCARRIERS |
| d'Harmant François Elisabetta, D'Ambrosio Antonio, Lamparelli Erwin Pavel, Scialla Stefano, Della Porta Giovanna, Piemonte Vincenzo | |
| - | P/14) TIME-RESOLVED CYTOTOXICITY ASSESSMENT OF MICROALGAE-DERIVED AG- AND ZNO-BASED NANOMATERIALS OVER PC12 TUMORAL CELLS |
| Fais Giacomo, Perra Giovanni, Debora Dessì, Atzori Federico, Zedda Federico, Casu Silvia, Concas Alessandro | |
| - | P/15) AN EXPLAINABLE RULE EXTRACTOR FOR PERSONALIZED PATIENT-STATE TRACKING WITH NO MORE THAN THREE CHANNELS PER RULE |
| Petrauskas Rytis, Urniezius Renaldas, Galvanauskas Vytautas, Kondratas Tomas, Gu Tomas Si Vei, Urniezius Joris |