Name: Workshop on Advanced Radiotherapies and Diagnostic in Oncology
Start: 2026-03-12T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-13T19:00:00+01:00
Location: CNR - Area della Ricerca di Pisa

Workshop on Advanced Radiotherapies and Diagnostic in Oncology

from Thursday, March 12, 2026 (9:00 AM) to Friday, March 13, 2026 (7:00 PM)

Monday, March 9, 2026
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026

9:30 AM

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Auditorium (Edificio A)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Auditorium (Edificio A)
Contributions

10:00 AM Innovating Radiotherapy: The Tuscany Health Ecosystem and Beyond - Leonida Antonio GIZZI (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Pisa)

10:30 AM Radiation Oncology: Clinical Aims and Technological Horizons - Maurizio PORTALURI (ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo)

11:00 AM Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration in Oncology: Technological Progress, Radiobiological Exploration, and Translational Perspectives - Katalin HIDEGHETY (Department of Oncotherapy, University of Szeged)

11:30 AM Preclinical experiments with high dose rate laser plasma electron accelerators at ELI Beamlines - Gabriele Maria GRITTANI (ELI Beamlines)

12:00 PM Radioprotection in Space, and Molecular Mechanisms Underpinning Proteinogenic Radiation Injuries - Alexandra WALDHERR
12:30 PM

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Room: Auditorium (Edificio A)

12:45 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Aula 29
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Auditorium (Edificio A)
Contributions

2:00 PM Advances in Radiotherapy: From Established Standards to Emerging Physical and Clinical Frontiers - Damiano DEL SARTO (Casa di Cura Privata San Rossore)

2:30 PM SOD Inhibition as Modulator of Mediated Radioprotection in Conventional and UHDR Irradiation - Francesca PAGLIARI (DKFZ)

3:00 PM From ultrafast laser–plasma radiation sources to clinical impact: radiobiology and cancer research at the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Daniele MARGARONE (ELI Beamlines)

3:30 PM High Intensity X-ray Microbeams for the Treatment of Cancer with a Compact High-Power X-ray Tube - Liam DAY (Technical University of Munich)
4:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Aula 29
4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: Auditorium (Edificio A)
Contributions

4:30 PM FLASH Radiotherapy Induces Unique Early Immuno-Transcriptomic Responses Despite Iso-Efficacy with Conventional Dose Rates in a Murine Model of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer - Adrien ARRIGO (University of Antwerp (BE))

5:00 PM Dosimetry and radiobiology of laser-driven ion beams - G. A. Pablo CIRRONE (INFN)

5:30 PM Differential biological response of cell cultures to single-pulse femtosecond and picosecond radiation at mean dose-rates between 10^10 and 10^13 Gy/s - Hannah MAGUIRE (Queen's University Belfast)

6:00 PM kHz laser-driven electron beams for pre-clinical applications - Carlo Maria LAZZARINI (ELI Beamlines Facility)
Friday, March 13, 2026

8:50 AM

8:50 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Aula 27
9:00 AM INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ONCOLOGIC RADIOTHERAPY: RADIATION SOURCES
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ONCOLOGIC RADIOTHERAPY: RADIATION SOURCES
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Aula 27
Contributions

9:00 AM WP1-Low-Energy UHDR Electron Beams at CPFR: Advancing Toward Clinical Use - Maria Giuseppina BISOGNI (INFN-UNIPI)

9:15 AM WP1-Laser-Plasma Accelerated VHEE Source: Beam Characterization and Dosimetric Validation for Advanced Radiotherapy - Simona PICCININI (INO-CNR)
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Aula 27
Contributions

9:30 AM WP2-Radiobiological Evaluation of Laser-Plasma-Accelerated Very High-Energy Electrons (VHEEs) - Andrea BORGHINI (IFC CNR)

9:45 AM Cascade Call - LPA – STAR: Laser-Plasma Acceleration – Stabilization for Radiotherapy - Guido GIORGI (Vacuum FAB)
10:00 AM SIMULATIONS, MOLECULAR MECHANISMS VALIDATION AND RADIOBIOLOGICAL EFFECT MODELLING
SIMULATIONS, MOLECULAR MECHANISMS VALIDATION AND RADIOBIOLOGICAL EFFECT MODELLING
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Aula 27
Contributions

10:00 AM WP2-Integrating modeling and data analysis to understand and quantify the FLASH effect - Camilla SCAPICCHIO (INFN sezione di Pisa)

10:15 AM Integrating modeling and data analysis to understand and quantify the FLASH effect - Camilla SCAPICCHIO (INFN sezione di Pisa) Valentina TOZZINI (CNR-NANO)
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Aula 29
11:00 AM RADIOBIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION: IN VITRO (CELL COLTURE) AND IN VIVO
RADIOBIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION: IN VITRO (CELL COLTURE) AND IN VIVO
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Aula 27
Contributions

11:00 AM High-Speed Radiation, Low Neural Damage: the visual system as a window on FLASH radiotherapy - Gabriele SANSEVERO (IN CNR)

11:15 AM FLASH Radiotherapy selectively protects healthy glia while enhancing glioma cytotoxicity through redox–mitochondrial modulation - Beatrice D'ORSI (CNR-IN)
11:30 AM FLASH RADIOTHERAPY: PRECLINICAL
FLASH RADIOTHERAPY: PRECLINICAL
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Aula 27
Contributions

11:30 AM WP4-The Sparing Effect of Electron FLASH Radiotherapy on Murine Skin: Molecular Mechanisms and Systemic Responses - Giulia FURINI (CNR-IFC)

11:45 AM WP4-Preserving Tissue Integrity: Differential Impact of FLASH and Conventional Radiotherapy on White Adipose Tissue - Gaia SCABIA (CNR Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica)
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Aula 27
Contributions

12:00 PM WP1-Monte Carlo Simulation–Driven Optimization of eFLASH Radiotherapy for Uveal Melanoma - Camilla SCAPICCHIO (INFN sezione di Pisa)

12:15 PM WP4-Comparative Effects of FLASH and Conventional Radiotherapy on Corneal Collagen Organization - Riccardo CICCHI (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (CNR-INO))
12:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Aula 29
2:00 PM FLASH RADIOTHERAPY - FROM PRECLINICAL TO CLINICAL
FLASH RADIOTHERAPY - FROM PRECLINICAL TO CLINICAL
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Aula 27
Contributions

2:00 PM WP5-Beyond the THE Project: What We Learned and the Clinical Consequences for Trial Design and Patient Selection - Fabiola PAIAR (Unipi)
2:30 PM IN SITU ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS OF RADIATION DEPOSITION AND CONFORMALITY
IN SITU ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS OF RADIATION DEPOSITION AND CONFORMALITY
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Aula 27
Contributions

2:30 PM WP6-Plastic Scintillator-Based Dosimetry for FLASH Radiotherapy - Eleonora RAVERA (UniPi)

2:45 PM WP6-Toward Preclinical Validation of Laser-Driven VHEE Beams: Advancing Dose Delivery and Conformality - Luca LABATE (CNR - Istituto Nazionale di Ottica)
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Aula 27
Contributions

3:00 PM Real-Time Dose Monitoring via Non-Destructive Charge Measurement of Laser-Driven Electrons for Medical Applications - David GREGOCKI (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto Nazionale di Ottica)

3:15 PM Cascade Call-JET Target for Laser Electron Acceleration (JET-LEA) - Raffaele BUOMPANE (Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli")
3:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Aula 29
4:00 PM SYNTHESIS AND PRODUCTION OF TUMOR-TARGETED RADIONUCLIDES, RADIOTRACERS AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS FOR EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
SYNTHESIS AND PRODUCTION OF TUMOR-TARGETED RADIONUCLIDES, RADIOTRACERS AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS FOR EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Aula 27
Contributions

4:00 PM Preclinical in vitro evaluation of monomeric radiotracers to support the development of new heterodimeric theragnostic agents selective for the tumor microenvironment - Costanza FABBRI (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - Istituto di Fisiologia clinica CNR Pisa)
4:30 PM SYNTHESIS AND PRODUCTION OF TUMOR-TARGETED RADIONUCLIDES, RADIOTRACERS AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS FOR CLINICAL USE
SYNTHESIS AND PRODUCTION OF TUMOR-TARGETED RADIONUCLIDES, RADIOTRACERS AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS FOR CLINICAL USE
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Aula 27
Contributions

4:30 PM WP8-Profeti Project - Anna NOTARO (Curium Pharma)

4:45 PM WP8-Tuscany Health Ecosystem (THE) - Michela POLI (CNR-IFC)
5:00 PM

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Aula 27