Chairman Scientific Committee and
Rector of San Raffaele University
Prof. Enrico Garaci,
Scientific Director IRCCS San Raffaele
Prof. Massimo Fini
It is with great satisfaction that we present this publication that collects the “San Raffaele Scientific Seminars” promoted by the Scientific Committee and held during 2015, at the Aula Magna of the via di Val Cannuta headquarters.
The goals we intended to achieve with this initiative are multiple and can be summarized as follows:
The goals
Chairman Scientific Committee and
Rector of San Raffaele University
Prof. Enrico Garaci,
Scientific Director IRCCS San Raffaele
Prof. Massimo Fini
It is with great satisfaction that we present this publication that collects the “San Raffaele Scientific Seminars” promoted by the Scientific Committee and held during 2015, at the Aula Magna of the via di Val Cannuta headquarters.
The goals we intended to achieve with this initiative are multiple and can be summarized as follows:
The topics covered were broad and articulate and included aspects related to the rehabilitation of the various cardiac-respiratory-metabolic systems, with special reference to neuro-degenerative diseases, the molecular basis underlying alterations in metabolism, and phenomena associated with senescence.
New metabolic pathways underlying inflammatory diseases have been highlighted and hint at the possibility of intervention with an approach that we can call molecular rehabilitation.
The potential of rehabilitative robotics is considerable, and the specific seminars have benefited from the collaboration of the electrical engineering departments of Tor Vergata University.
Of great interest is the discussion of topics related to health and the environment and the role of the gut microbiota.
These goals were largely achieved beyond any reasonable expectation, in the opinion of the researchers who were active co-leaders of this initiative. Attendance was very high, the quality of the papers high, the debate following each presentation extremely lively. This last point is extremely important to us because we understood this initiative not as a passive listening type lecture but an active gymnasium of confrontation, of new ideations that can generate innovative proposals.
Special attention was paid to the young researchers who won the Ministry of Health’s ” young researchers” call for proposals. As many as 4 have chosen St. Raphael’s facilities, demonstrating its attractiveness.
To maintain this capacity, it becomes more appropriate than ever to stimulate a broad cultural context of circulation of ideas and active exchange of different scientific experiences.
IRCCS San Raffaele has to its credit a qualified scientific-assistance activity that places it in an absolutely competitive position on the national and international scene, but it also possesses interesting potential that derives from the presence of the University and infrastructural technological platforms such as the Electronic Microspy center and the Bio Bank.
The “St. Raphael Scientific Seminars,” which will continue to take place throughout 2016, beyond the intrinsic contribution of knowledge, will be a useful tool to nurture the synergy of this important network of institutions.
The topics covered
The topics covered were broad and articulate and included aspects related to the rehabilitation of the various cardiac-respiratory-metabolic systems, with special reference to neuro-degenerative diseases, the molecular basis underlying alterations in metabolism, and phenomena associated with senescence.
New metabolic pathways underlying inflammatory diseases have been highlighted and hint at the possibility of intervention with an approach that we can call molecular rehabilitation.
The potential of rehabilitative robotics is considerable, and the specific seminars have benefited from the collaboration of the electrical engineering departments of Tor Vergata University.
Of great interest is the discussion of topics related to health and the environment and the role of the gut microbiota.
These goals were largely achieved beyond any reasonable expectation, in the opinion of the researchers who were active co-leaders of this initiative. Attendance was very high, the quality of the papers high, the debate following each presentation extremely lively. This last point is extremely important to us because we understood this initiative not as a passive listening type lecture but an active gymnasium of confrontation, of new ideations that can generate innovative proposals.
Special attention was paid to the young researchers who won the Ministry of Health’s ” young researchers” call for proposals. As many as 4 have chosen St. Raphael’s facilities, demonstrating its attractiveness.
To maintain this capacity, it becomes more appropriate than ever to stimulate a broad cultural context of circulation of ideas and active exchange of different scientific experiences.
IRCCS San Raffaele has to its credit a qualified scientific-assistance activity that places it in an absolutely competitive position on the national and international scene, but it also possesses interesting potential that derives from the presence of the University and infrastructural technological platforms such as the Electronic Microspy center and the Bio Bank.
The “St. Raphael Scientific Seminars,” which will continue to take place throughout 2016, beyond the intrinsic contribution of knowledge, will be a useful tool to nurture the synergy of this important network of institutions.
