(ERSU) The joint Galveston-Palermo Science Week that began on April 2 in Palermo, Italy, came to an end on April 6 with the return of the US delegation to Texas. The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and the University of Palermo (UniPA) agreed to have a joint PhD for research in Biomedicine and Neuroscience, which, starting from the next academic year, will be issued jointly by the two Universities.
The participation of the public marked the success of this initiative, and encouraged the new projects already under way between UTMB and UniPA. This initiative falls also within the agreement with CSNA (Sicilian Confederation of North America) and the Houston COM.IT.ES (Committee of Italians Abroad).
On April 2, before the Dean Roberto Lagalla, the President of ERSU Antonino Bono, the Dean's Representative for International Affairs Pasquale Assennato and the President of the College of Medicine Giacomo de Leo an agreement was signed between the latter and UTMB. This agreement aims at facilitating the exchange of students, researchers and teachers of medicine and surgery between both Universities. Luca Cicalese, Surgery Professor at UTMB, and Francesco Capello, Associate Professor of Human Anatomy at UniPA, have been appointed as international references.
The Workshop “Biomedicine and Neuroscience at
Namely, the issues that were addressed dealt with the patogenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Alzheimer's disease as well as the regenerative medicine for the nervous system and pancrease. Luca Cicalese, Director of the
On April 3 and 4 the UTMB Professors were part of the jury to award the title of Research Doctor in Neurosensorial Fisiopathology and in Experimental and Molecular Medicine within the context of the PHD course in Biomedicine and Neuroscience coordinated by Giovanni Zummo.
On April 3 the UTMB delegation visited "Villa Malfitano", which hosts the Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST) chaired by Bartolomeo Sammartino, where a joint UTMB-IEMEST Conference was held with theparticipation of members of IEMEST Advisory board and Scientific Committee members, where participants agreed on common targets to be pursued under a new form of collaboration.
The UTMB Professors will be recognized as Visiting Professors at the
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