
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Scientific Advisory Committee, I am pleased to welcome you to the first electronic conference, Cells 2020, dedicated to the “mechanisms and pathophysiological role of the metabolic cross-talk between the cells”.
Cells 2020 is an online event that covers all aspects of cell metabolic cross-talk.
The event is hosted on Sciforum, the platform developed by MDPI for organizing electronic conferences and discussion groups, and is sponsored by MDPI and the Cells open access Journal.
The theme of the electronic conference is “Cell-to-Cell Metabolic Cross-Talk in Physiology and Pathology” .
The conference will be held from 17 December 2020 to 17 January 2021 on sciforum.net, a platform service for hosting international electronic conferences for scientific communities.
Topical sessions include:
Cells 2020 will allow scientists from all over the world to present their latest research and receive direct feedback from peers, without costs of travel. Cells 2020 will be sponsored by MDPI, Switzerland.
Please note that registration and publishing abstracts/presentations/proceedings are free of charge. Full papers will be selected for publication in a Special Issue of Cells (IF 4.366; with 20% discount on article processing charges): Selected Papers from the International Electronic Conference on Cell-to-Cell Metabolic Cross-Talk in Physiology and Pathology.
We hope that you will join the conference to make use of the presence of internationally renowned scholars to exchange ideas and to merge different areas of expertise into successful collaborations.
Ciro Isidoro, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee

Department of Health Sciences
Università del Piemonte Orientale
Novara (Italy)
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Christina Zhang
M.Sc. Fancy Zhai
email: cells2020@mdpi.com
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| Speaker | Presentation topic | Date and Time (CET) | Registration |
| Dr. Jan Lotvall | Extracellular vesicles as communicators between cells – importance in health and disease |
17 November 9:20-9:50 am |
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Dr. Samir El Andaloussi |
Engineering of extracellular vesicles |
17 November 10:00-10:30 am |
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| Dr. Davide Medica | Extracellular vesicles derived by human endothelial progenitor cells protect human renal glomerular endothelial cells and podocytes from tumor necrosis factor-alpha injury |
18 November 11:00-11:40 am |
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| Professor Maria T. Diaz-Meco | Metabolic vulnerabilities in the control of lineage plasticity in cancer |
18 November 3:20-4:00 pm |
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| Dr. Raffaella Chiaramonte | Extracellular vesicles: new players in multiple myeloma bone marrow reprogramming |
18 November 4:00-4:40 pm |
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| Dr. Sarah Hurtado-Bagès | The histone variant macroH2A1.1, a master regulator of myogenic cell fusion, adhesion and metabolism |
19 November 10:30-11:00 am |
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| Prof. Vincenzo Mollace | The role of translocator protein TSPO and intracellular NT-metalloproteinase-2 in dysfunctional myocardial cells in diabetics. |
23 November 9:00-9:30am |
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| Dr. Lorena Urbanelli | Extracellular vesicles: from endosomal/lysosomal system to extracellular signalling |
23 November 9:40-10:10 am |
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| Dr. Ravi P. Sahu | 1. Lipid signaling pathway in targeted therapy-mediated microvesicle particles release in lung cancer 2.Exploring the lipid signaling pathway and microRNA-149 in modulating the growth and cytotoxic responses of targeted therapy against lung cancer |
23 November 11:20am -12:00 pm |
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| Dr. Will Bailis | Regulation of T cells by NAD compartmentalization |
23 November 2:15-2:55 pm |
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| Professor Fatah Kashanchi | Use of exosomes to communicate between infected and uninfected cells |
25 November 11:30 am-12:00 pm |
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| Professor Annalisa Chiocchetti | Osteopontin shapes the metastatic niche by engaging ICOS-L |
25 November 9:40-10:10 am |
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| Professor Antonio Sica | Connections between emergency hematopoiesis and tumor microenvironment |
25 November 10:20-10:50 am |
In this section, you will find the recordings of the webinars to watch, re-watch and share with your colleagues!
17 December 2020