YOUNG TO YOUNG: TODAY FOR TOMORROW

Friday, September 27th
14.10 – 14.30 Opening ceremony
14.30 – 15.10 Augustin Villar and Anna Mulà (A. Villar: Head of i+D Department, A. Mulà: Head of Quality Unit & Qualified Person – Euromed). Botanical extracts: development, production, quality control and regulatory requirements.
15.10 – 16.10 Young researcher oral presentations
16.10 – 16.40 Coffee break
16.40 – 17.10 Paolo Giordani (Università di Genova, Dipartimento di Farmacia). An incomplete overview of how plants change the synthesis of metabolites in response to the environment, and some thoughts on why we should care about it.
17.10 – 18.25 Young researcher oral presentations
18.25 – 19.25 Young to young poster discussion
19.00 – 19.45 SIF shareholders' meeting
20.30 Social Dinner

Saturday, September 28th
08.45 – 09.20 Andrea Zangara (Head of Scientific Communication and Medical Affairs - Euromed) Developing High-Quality Evidence with Premium Herbal Extracts.
09.20 – 10.20 Young researcher oral presentations
10.20 – 10.50 Coffee break
10.50 – 12.50 Young researcher oral presentations
12.50 Awards Ceremony: best oral presentations and posters, and “SIF Tu Youyou award: Young Scientist in Pharmaceutical Biology”
13.15 Closing Remarks

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The Italian Society of Phytochemistry (SIF) is offering four travel fellowships for participation in the 73rd International Congress on Natural Products (GA), jointly organized with SIF and to be held from August 31 to September 3, 2025 at the Royal Continental Hotel in Naples.

Each travel fellowship will cover travel and/or accommodation expenses up to a maximum of 250 euros each. Reimbursement will only be possible upon receipt of receipts and/or tax receipts and will be made by bank transfer.

At the end of the event, the required documents and bank details must be sent by email to segreteria.sif@gmail.com).