3rd Joint AIC-SILS Conference

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3rd Joint
AIC-SILS
Conference

Rome 25-28 June 2018

Monday, June 25

CNR - Aula Convegni

12:30-13:00: Registration

13:30-14:30: Open Ceremony: Welcome

14:30-15:30: Plenary Lecture 1 (Chair: E. Chiadroni)
G. Paolucci (Scientific Director at SESAME Synchrotron)
"SESAME: progress in commissioning and research opportunities"

15:30-16:30 AIC/SILS Awards and Prizes (Chair: D. Gatta)

- Best Graduate Thesis Award: P. Sacchi (Univ. di Milano)
- Best PhD Thesis Award: L. Catalano (Politecnico di Milano)
- Nardelli Award: M. Alvaro (Univ. di Pavia)
- Felloship for Abroad research: L. C. Montemiglio (Sapienza Univ. di Roma)
- Presentazione SILS del "2018 Europhysics Prize" della European Physical Society
conferito a L. Braicovich e G. Ghiringhelli per lo sviluppo e l'esplorazione scientifica
della diffusione anelastica di raggi X ad alta risoluzione (RIXS)

16:30-17:00: Coffee break

17:00-18:30: Round Tables

Round Table: Large scale facility updates
Location: Aula Convegni
Chairpersons: D. Lamba, F. Boscherini
Contributions & topics of discussion:

L. Paolasini (ESRF): "ESRF and the upgrade program"
C. Mariani (Sapienza - Univ. di Roma): "Status of European user support programs"
R. Feidenhans'l (XFEL): "Status and perspectives of the European XFEL"
A. Franciosi (Elettra): "Elettra present and future and FERMI"
A. Morgante (CNR-IOM Laboratorio TASC - Trieste): "CNR contribution to ELETTRA 2.0"
M. Ferrario (INFN-LNF): "Challenges and opportunities of a plasma-driven FEL facility at INFN-
Frascati"

Round Table of Young Crystallographers (Under 35 Members)
Location: Aula Polifunzionale
Chairperson: P. Mazzeo

19:00-20:00: Welcome Party - Casa dell'Aviatore - Viale dell'Università, 20
Tuesday, June 26

9:00-10:00: Plenary Lecture 2 (Chair: M. Bolognesi)
D. Rhodes (Nanyang Technological University Institute of Structural Biology,
Singapore) "The “Resolution Revolution” in cryo-electron microscopy "

10:00-10:30: Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 MS1 & MS2

MS1 - Biocrystallography in Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
Chairs: B. Vallone, M. Rizzi | Location: Aula Convegni

10.30-11:00: KN1 S. Mangani (Univ. di Siena) "Protein crystallography contribution to drug
discovery platforms. Benefits and pitfalls"
11:00-11:30: KN2 M. Degano (Osp. S. Raffaele) "Structural basis of B-cell receptor-mediated
autonomous signaling in chronic lymphocytic leukemia"
Selected Short Talks
11:30-11:50: O1 E. Mastrangelo "Type I and II BIR domains inhibitors in cancer therapy"
11:50-12:10: O2 D. Ferraris "Structural investigations and substrate specificity of T. litoralis trans-
3- Hydroxy-L-proline dehydratase"
12:10-12:30: O3 A. Fiorillo "Unravelling the function of post-translational modifications in 14-3-3
from Giardia duodenalis"

MS2 - Inorganic & Organic Functional Materials
Chairs: C. Massera, R. Arletti | Location: Aula Marconi

10.30-11:00: KN1 D. Armentano (Univ. della Calabria) "MOF-Driven synthesis and x-ray snapshots
of ultrasmall metallic nanoclusters for unique catalytic activity"
11:00-11:30: KN2 A. Bacchi (Univ. di Parma) "Functional materials for the controlled storage and
release of liquid ingredients"
Selected Short Talks
11:30-11:50: O1 G. Di Santo "Supramolecular engineering of 2D molecular arrays: orbital mapping
of selected organic/metal interfaces with Synchrotron Radiation"
11:50-12:10: O2 R. Vismara "Unveiling novel interactions between CO and nitro-tagged
2
bis(pyrazolate) MOFs during adsorption at ambient conditions"
12:10-12:30: O3 G. Pierri "Solvatomorphism and adsorption properties of a cyclic hexapeptoid"

12:30-13:10: Commercial Presentations | Location: Aula Convegni

12:30-12:50: ALFATEST: The OCTET Systems to measure protein, antibodies and small molecules
interactions
12:50-13:10: BRUKER: Best data quality from D8 QUEST and D8 VENTURE

13:10-14:30: Lunch - Software Fayre & Poster Session 1

Poster Session 1: Posters form MS1 to MS4 | Location: Digital Poster Gallery & Aula Laguna
Software Fayre
Coordinator: A. E. Miele | Location: Aula Giacomello

13:40-14:00: SF1 N. Corriero (IC-CNR Bari) "OChemDb: the free on-line Open Chemistry Database
portal"
14:00-14:20: SF2 F. Bertolotti (AIAS, Aarhus Univ. DK - To.Sca Lab, Uninsubria Como) "DebUsSy 2.0
- A powerful tool for characterizing structure, microstructure and morphology of
nanomaterials through the Debye Scattering Equation"

14:30-16:30: MS3 & MS4

MS3 - Crystal-chemical behaviour in Mineralogy and Materials Science
Chairs: S. Nazzareni, G. Giuli | Location: Aula Convegni

14:30-15:00: KN1 M. Ardit (Univ. di Firenze) "New insight into the thermodynamic properties of
high silica ZSM-5 zeolite: effect of adsorbed organic molecules"
15:00-15:30: KN2 M. Merlini (Univ. di Milano) "Complex structures and crystal chemistry of
minerals at deep Earth conditions"
Selected Short Talks
15:30-15:50: O1 D. Medas "From pressure to impact of metals to the environment: synchrotron
techniques to unravel biomineralization mechanisms"
15:50-16:10: O2 L. Bindi "Solid solution: an this concept be applied to quasicrystals?"
16:10-16:30: O3 F. Nestola "Super-deep diamonds: recent advances"

MS4 - Methodological and experimental developments in crystallography and synchrotron
techniques, in memory of Davide Viterbo
Chairs: R. Rizzi, G. Aquilanti | Location: Aula Marconi

14:30-15:00: KN1 A. Altomare (IC-CNR) "Advanced methods for solving crystal structure by
powder diffraction data"
15:00-15:30: KN2 L. Gregoratti (ELETTRA) "Bridging the material and pressure gap in synchrotron
based photoelectron in situ/operando studies"
Selected Short Talks
15:30-15:50: O1 D. Moscheni "Modeling stacking faults in colloidal quantum dots"
15:50-16:10: O2 F. Bardelli "Combining synchrotron radiation phase-contrast and fluorescence
nanotomography to reveal the morphology and elemental composition of biological
samples: the case of asbestos bodies"
16:10-16:30: O3 M. Giorgetti "MRC-ALS for the Operando XAFS data analysis of Batteries"

16:30-17:00 Coffee Break

17:00-18:30 AIC Members Assembly | Location: Aula Convegni

17:00-18:30 SILS Awards and Prizes
Chairs: A. Di Cicco | Location: Aula Marconi

17.00-17.15 "Best PhD Thesis Awards" I. Carlomagno (Univ. Roma 3)
17.15-17.30 "SILS young researcher Award" P. Dolcet (KIT, Karlsruhe)
17.30-18.00 "SILS Outstanding scientist award" A. Bravin (ESRF, Grenoble)
18.00-18.30 "SILS lifetime achievement award" A. Bianconi (RicMass)

Wednesday, June 27

9:00-10:00: Plenary Lecture 3 (Chair: G. Zanotti)
I. Margiolaki (Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece)
"SMALLER crystals, FASTER experiments, BRIGHTER beams: drug screening &
innovation via x-ray powder diffraction"

10:00-10:30: Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 MS5; MS6 & MS7

MS5 - Contemporary challenges in Structural Biology: Cryo-EM and Integrative Approaches to
understand complex molecular architectures
Chairs: P. Swuec, F. Forneris | Location: Aula Convegni

10.30-11:00: KN1 A. Vannini (ICR London) "Unveiling (class III) transcription through integrative
structural biology"
11:00-11:30: KN2 M. Gemmi (IIT Pisa) "3D electron diffraction tomography of protein
nanocrystals"

Selected Short Talks
11:30-11:50: O1 E. Pellegrini "Structural and biophysical studies on the innate immune NOD2-RIP2
signaling"
11:50-12:10: O2 M. Maritan "Integrative approaches to elucidate structure and dynamics of
amylodogenic light chains"
12:10-12:30: O3 S. Pilotto "LSD2-NPAC: new insights in nucleosome recognition"

MS6 - Epitaxial Crystal Growth at the Nanoscale
Chairs: S. Sanguinetti | Location: Aula Marconi

10.30-11:00: KN1 L. Geelhaar (Paul Drude Institute, Berlin) "Formation of group-III arsenide
nanostructures with the help of Bi"
11:00-11:30: KN2 G. Capellini (Univ. di Roma3) "Nanoheteroepitaxy of group iv and iii-v islands on
patterned Si substrates, from material science to devices"
Selected Short Talks
11:30-11:45: O1 M. De Santis "In situ GIXRD study of cobalt ferrite ultrathin films grown on
Ag(001) by MBE"
11:45-12:00: O2 E. Tisbi "Strain-Engineering of the Optical properties of GaAsBi alloys grown by
Molecular Beam Epitaxy"
12:00-12:15: O3 L. Sorba "Nanoparticle stability in axial InAs-InP nanowire heterostructures with
atomically sharp interfaces"
12:15-12:30: O4 R. Magri "Effects of surface diffusion and strain in MBE growth"
MS7 - Workshop SILS: Spectroscopy & Scattering with Synchrotron Radiation and FELs
Chairs: A. Di Cicco, P. D'Angelo | Location: Aula Giacomello

10.30-11:00: KN1 B. Ruta (ESRF) "Using coherent X-rays to probe dynamical properties of
materials at the ESRF-EBS"
11:00-11:30: KN2 M.G. Betti (INFN) "Topology and functions of porous 3D graphene architectures"
Selected Short Talks
11:30-11:45: O1 V. Migliorati "Unraveling the solvation properties of Lanhanide (3+) ions: a
combined Molecular Dynamics and XAS approach"
11:45-12:00: O2 A. Verna "Photoelectron experiments from the gas state using x-ray free-electron
lasers: investigation of the space-charge problem"
12:00-12:15: O3 L. Avaldi "Insights in the fragmentation of glycine by PEPICO experiments"
12:15-12:30: O4 S. De Panfilis "Structural transition in liquid Rubidium"

12:30-13:10: Commercial Presentations - Aula Convegni

12:30-12:50: Thermo Fisher: The role of cryo-electron microscopy in structural biology after the
“resolution revolution”.
12:50-13:10: Malvern Panalytical: Pure gyrotropic phase transitions in the arcanite related
materials PbMGeO (M = Ba, Sr)
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13:10-14:30: Lunch - Software Fayre & Poster Session 2

Poster Session 2: Posters from MS5 to MS11 | Location: Digital Poster Gallery & Aula Laguna

Software Fayre
Coordinator: A. E. Miele | Location: Aula Giacomello

13:40-14:00: SF3 A. Falcicchio (IC-CNR Bari) "QualX the computer program for qualitative analysis
of powder diffraction data"
14:00-14:20: SF4 R. Caliandro (IC-CNR Bari) "RootProf, a program for multivariate analysis applied
to diffraction and spectroscopic measurements"

14:30-16:30: MS8 & MS9

MS8 - Crystallography and Drug Design
Chairs: M. Saviano, M. Polentarutti | Location: Aula Convegni

14:30-15:00: KN1 P. Roversi (Univ. of Oxford) "Crystal oligomorph and Ligand Likelihood
Assignment in CoaLLA"
15:00-15:30: KN2 D. Pala (Chiesi Farmaceutici) "At the interface of in silico and biophysical
techniques: the role of crystallography in industrial drug design"
Selected Short Talks
15:30-15:45: O1 C. Pozzi "Amino-thiadiazole as innovative inhibitors of human glutaminyl cyclase
for the treatment of Alzheimer disease"
15:45-16:00: O2 F. Angelucci "Small molecules uncover a new regulatory site in thioredoxin
glutathione reductase acting as doorstops for NADPH entry"
16:00-16:15: O3 S. Galli "Is it gold all that glitters in an API patent? The illustrative case of
Tadalafil"
16:15-16:30: O4 D. Siliqi "Characterization of the interaction between the EFL1 GTPase and the
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome missense mutants"

MS9 - Polycrystalline & Nano Materials
Chairs: C. Giannini, M. Brunelli | Location: Aula Marconi

14:30-15:00: KN1 P. Scardi (Univ. di Trento) "The diffraction from nanocrystalline metal catalysts"
15:00-15:30: KN2 A. Guagliardi (IC-CNR) "The challenge of innovative nanocrystallography tools by
integrating Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering Techniques"
Selected Short Talks
15:30-15:50: O1 A. Procopio "Genesis of zn-hydroxyapatite in the early stages of biomineralization
combining 3D synchrotron-based techniques and x-ray diffraction"
15:50-16:10: O2 E. Fanizza "Ligand induced shape and phase transformation of colloidal lead
halide perovskite"
16:10-16:30: O3 G. Confalonieri "BaCexTi1-xO3 perovskite: how the local disorder influences the
material properties"

16:30-17:00 Coffee Break

17:00-18:30 SILS Members Assembly | Location: Aula Convegni

20:00 Social Dinner - Hotel Quirinale - Via Nazionale, 7

Thursday, June 28

10.30-11:00: Plenary Lecture 4 (Chair: M. Saviano)
M. Venturi (Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Italy)
"Creating order from disorder: the bottom-up construction of molecular-level devices
and machines"

10:00-10:30: Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 MS10; MS11 & Software Fayre

MS10 - Crystallography and Cultural heritage: Science and Passion
Chairs: G. Artioli, F. Zanini | Location: Aula Convegni

10.30-11:00: KN1 P. Baglioni (Univ. di Firenze) "Application of Neutrons and X-Rays to the study of
materials for the conservation of cultural heritage"
11:00-11:30: KN2 F. Grazzi (IFAC-CNR) "The ancient steel sword technology revealed through
neutron imaging and Bragg edge neutron transmission"
Selected Short Talks
11:30-11:50: O1 C. Finocchiaro "Possible reuse of ghiara in Catania cultural heritage through alkali
chemical activation"
11:50-12:10: O2 M. Secco "Crystallography of ancient hydraulic mortars: a combined
mineralogical-spectroscopic approach"
12:10-12:30: O3 F. Zanini "The cultural heritage platform at Elettra"

MS11 - In situ and operando investigations on materials synthesis and functional behaviour
Chairs: L. Palin, S. Gross | Location: Aula Marconi

10.30-11:00: KN1 J.D. Grunwaldt (KIT) "In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy and advanced
photon in/out techniques in catalysis and materials science"
11:00-11:30: KN2 R. Caliandro (IC-CNR Bari) "New methods and applications for in situ
characterization of structural dynamics"
Selected Short Talks
11:30-11:45: O1 J. Plaisier "In situ and operando X-ray diffraction at MCX@Elettra"
11:45-12:00: O2 C. Lamberti " Structural determination of active sites by simulation of in situ and
operando XANES spectra"
12:00-12:15: O3 P. Dolcet "Microfluidic synthesis of Au, Pd and AuxPdy nanoparticles and in situ
XAS studies of Au NP formation in a continuous flow"
12:15-12:30: O4 T. Di Luccio "In situ synchrotron x-ray scattering during extensional flow
induced crystallization of PLLA enabled by tube expansion deformation"

Software Fayre
Coordinator: A. E. Miele | Location: Aula Giacomello

10:30-10:55: SF5 L. Lutterotti (Univ. di Trento) "MAUD: a Rietveld extended program to fit
diffraction, fluorescence and reflectivity data using X-ray, neutron, TOF or electrons"
10:55-11:25: SF6 V. Chaptal (CNRS UMR5086 MMSB - Lione) "Towards a better grasp of the
detergent belt around membrane proteins in biochemical samples using the Det.Belt
server"
11:25-11:50: SF7 M. Rocco (Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - Genova) "The Small-Angle
Scattering and HPLC-SAXS modules of the US-SOMO software suite"
11:50-12:15: SF8 D. Nurizzo (ESRF-Grenoble) "Automated data collection services at ESRF
Massif-1"
12:15-12:40: SF9 A. Trapananti & A. Filipponi (XAS lab - Univ. di Camerino) "GNXAS: a package for
x-ray absorption spectroscopy data analysis. Overview and recent developments"

12:40: Closing Cerimony - Aula Convegni

13:00-14:30: Lunch