Organizers: 
Teresa Padro. Research Institute, Hospital Santa Creu Sant Pau Barcelona, Spain
Leonilde Bonfrate. ESCI COUNCIL, University of Bari, Italy

Assisted by:
Stefano Ministrini. ESCI YOUNG RESEARCHERS COUNCIL, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Wednesday June 5, 2024

13:30h – 15:00h

SYMPOSIUM 7.1 | NEW FRONTIERS IN GENDER AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
Chairpersons: Leonilde Bonfrate & Teresa Padró

Sex, gender and the Rheumatic Diseases
Loreto Carmona. Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética, Madrid, Spain

Gender and cardiovascular disease: a translational view
Dirk Duncker. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Inform Precision Medicine via Mitochondria 
Michelangelo Campanella. William Harvey Research Institute, London, United Kingdom

Abstract 1: Understanding the metabolic patterns of urine-derived stem cells from healthy male and female donors and validation of a cryopreservation protocol
Gonçalo J.M. Afonso. 

Closing keynotes

15:00h – 15:30h

COFFEE BREAK

15:30h – 17:00h

SYMPOSIUM 7.2 | TRANSGENDER HEALTH
Chairpersons: Stefano Ministrini & Elena Succurro

General and sexual satisfaction after gender affirmation surgery 
Ester Gómez-Gil. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Access to cure and retention in care in the transgender community
arlo Pallotto. University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Transgender health in COVID pandemics 
Leonilde Bonfrate. University “A. Moro” of Bari, Bari, Italy

Abstract 1: Detransitions after vaginoplasty in a Spanish gender unit
Esther Gómez-Gil.

Closing keynotes

17:00h – 17:30h

OPENING CEREMONY

17:30h-18-30h

OPENING LECTURE

Epigenetics in Health and Disease: From Knowledge to Applications
Manel Esteller. Barcelona, Spain

18:30h - 19:30h

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM FICYE | MEDITERRANEAN DIET, BEER AND HEALTH

**The Forum for Beer and Lifestyle Research (FICYE) is an entity that promotes research on beer and its relationship with lifestyle**

Ageing and nutrition: delaying chronological age by improving physiological age

Lina Badimon. Molecular Pathology and Therapeutics Department, IR-Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Beer, nutrition and immunity

Ascensión Marcos. Malaga Biomedical Research Institute and Nanomedicine Platform (IBIMA)

Gut microbiota, beer and diet

Isabel Moreno. Malaga Biomedical Research Institute and Nanomedicine Platform (IBIMA)

19:30-21.00h

BEER TASTING AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE UNIVERSITIES

Thursday June 6, 2024 

8:15h – 9:00h

PAS GRAS OUTREACH ACTIVITY

9:00h – 10:30h

SYMPOSIUM 7.3 | PERSONALIZED AND GENDER MEDICINE IN METABOLIC DISORDERS

Chairpersons: Leonilde Bonfrate, Edina Cenko

Uric acid and cardiometabolic disease: the role of gender 
Angela Sciacqua. University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Diet, nutrition and bone health from a gender perspective
Tiziana Montalcini. University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Insulin resistance, metabolic diseases and cardiovascular risk: the role of gender
Elena Succurro. University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Abstract 1: Metabolic effects of ranolazine and gender difference from an in vivo model
Velia Cassano. 

Closing keynotes (5' discussion)

10:30h – 11:00h

COFFEE BREAK

11:00h – 12:30h

SYMPOSIUM 7.4 | PERSONALIZED AND GENDER MEDICINE IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE (JOIN WITH ESC WG) 
Chairpersons: Teresa Padro, Dirk Duncker

Sex-based Differences in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes in Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease
Antonia Sambola. University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure in Men and Women
Edina Cenko. University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy 

Hormon replacement and Cardiovascular Risk
Mireia Mora-Porta. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract 1: Impact of Menopausal Syndrome on Cardiovascular Disease Progression and the Role of Cimicifuga in Postmenopausal Women with coronary artery disease
Gulnora Abdieva.

Closing keynotes

12:30h -13:30h

POSTER SESSION

13:30h - 14:30h

LUNCH

14:30h - 16:00h

SYMPOSIUM 7.5 | GENDDER AND PERSONALIZED ONCOLOGY

Chairpersons: Stefano Ministrini, Carlo Pallotto

Sex and personalized oncology in the era of immunotherapy
Carme Font, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Onco-omics for personalized Medicine
Carolina de la Torre, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain

Gender approach into thyroid cancer, from pathogenesis to treatment
Alessandro Pasculli. University Hospital of Bari, Bari, Italy

Abstract 1: Medial thigh fasciocutaneous flap and indocyanine green angiography for reconstructive surgery in vulvar cancer
Beatriz Sánchez.

Closing keynotes (5' discussion)

Friday, June 7 2024 

9:00h – 10:30h

SYMPOSIUM 7.6 | EPIGENETICS AND AGING: NOVEL ASPECTS IN PRECISSION MEDICINE
Chairpersons: Leonilde Bonfrate, Michelangelo Campanella

How sex and gender influence longevity 
Stefano Ministrini, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

miRNAs in the Era of Personalized Medicine
Teresa Padró, IR-HospitaL Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract 1: Effect of comorbid conditions on the course of covid-19 in patients with chronic diseases of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems 
Gulnora Abdieva.

Abstract 2: Personalized approach to the treatment of patients with unstable angina associated with psychoemotional disorder 
Eleonora Tashkenbaeva. 

Abstract 3: Cardiometabolic sex-specific response to a natural polysaccharide in individuals with obesity 
Victoria de Santisteban. 

Closing keynotes (5' discussion)

10:30h – 11:00h

COFFEE BREAK

12:30h - 14:00h

LUNCH

14:00h - 14:15h

CLOSING LECTURE

15:00h - 16:30h

MULTIFOCUS PLENARY & ESCI PRIZER & MEDAL

16:30h - 17:00h

CLOSING