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 giovedì 12 marzo 2026 (09:00) to venerdì 13 marzo 2026 (19:00)

lunedì 9 marzo 2026
martedì 10 marzo 2026
mercoledì 11 marzo 2026
giovedì 12 marzo 2026

09:30

09:30 - 10:00
Room: Auditorium (Edificio A)
10:00
10:00 - 12:30
Room: Auditorium (Edificio A)
Contributi

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

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

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

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

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

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

12:45 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:45 - 14:00
Room: Aula 29
14:00
14:00 - 16:00
Room: Auditorium (Edificio A)
Contributi

14:00 Advances in Radiotherapy: From Established Standards to Emerging Physical and Clinical Frontiers - Damiano DEL SARTO (Casa di Cura Privata San Rossore)

14:30 SOD Inhibition as Modulator of Mediated Radioprotection in Conventional and UHDR Irradiation - Francesca PAGLIARI (DKFZ)

15:00 From ultrafast laser–plasma radiation sources to clinical impact: radiobiology and cancer research at the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Daniele MARGARONE (ELI Beamlines)

15:30 High Intensity X-ray Microbeams for the Treatment of Cancer with a Compact High-Power X-ray Tube - Liam DAY (Technical University of Munich)
16:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Aula 29
16:30
16:30 - 18:30
Room: Auditorium (Edificio A)
Contributi

16:30 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))

17:00 Dosimetry and radiobiology of laser-driven ion beams - G. A. Pablo CIRRONE (INFN)

17:30 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)

18:00 kHz laser-driven electron beams for pre-clinical applications - Carlo Maria LAZZARINI (ELI Beamlines Facility)
venerdì 13 marzo 2026

08:50

08:50 - 09:00
Room: Aula 27
09:00 INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ONCOLOGIC RADIOTHERAPY: RADIATION SOURCES
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ONCOLOGIC RADIOTHERAPY: RADIATION SOURCES
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Aula 27
Contributi

09:00 WP1-Low-Energy UHDR Electron Beams at CPFR: Advancing Toward Clinical Use - Maria Giuseppina BISOGNI (INFN-UNIPI)

09:15 WP1-Laser-Plasma Accelerated VHEE Source: Beam Characterization and Dosimetric Validation for Advanced Radiotherapy - Simona PICCININI (INO-CNR)
09:30
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Aula 27
Contributi

09:30 WP2-Radiobiological Evaluation of Laser-Plasma-Accelerated Very High-Energy Electrons (VHEEs) - Andrea BORGHINI (IFC CNR)

09:45 Cascade Call - LPA – STAR: Laser-Plasma Acceleration – Stabilization for Radiotherapy - Guido GIORGI (Vacuum FAB)
10:00 SIMULATIONS, MOLECULAR MECHANISMS VALIDATION AND RADIOBIOLOGICAL EFFECT MODELLING
SIMULATIONS, MOLECULAR MECHANISMS VALIDATION AND RADIOBIOLOGICAL EFFECT MODELLING
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Aula 27
Contributi

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

10:15 Integrating modeling and data analysis to understand and quantify the FLASH effect - Camilla SCAPICCHIO (INFN sezione di Pisa) Valentina TOZZINI (CNR-NANO)
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Aula 29
11:00 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 - 11:30
Room: Aula 27
Contributi

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

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

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

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

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

12:15 WP4-Comparative Effects of FLASH and Conventional Radiotherapy on Corneal Collagen Organization - Riccardo CICCHI (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (CNR-INO))
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Aula 29
14:00 FLASH RADIOTHERAPY - FROM PRECLINICAL TO CLINICAL
FLASH RADIOTHERAPY - FROM PRECLINICAL TO CLINICAL
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Aula 27
Contributi

14:00 WP5-Beyond the THE Project: What We Learned and the Clinical Consequences for Trial Design and Patient Selection - Fabiola PAIAR (Unipi)
14:30 IN SITU ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS OF RADIATION DEPOSITION AND CONFORMALITY
IN SITU ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS OF RADIATION DEPOSITION AND CONFORMALITY
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Aula 27
Contributi

14:30 WP6-Plastic Scintillator-Based Dosimetry for FLASH Radiotherapy - Eleonora RAVERA (UniPi)

14:45 WP6-Toward Preclinical Validation of Laser-Driven VHEE Beams: Advancing Dose Delivery and Conformality - Luca LABATE (CNR - Istituto Nazionale di Ottica)
15:00
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Aula 27
Contributi

15:00 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)

15:15 Cascade Call-JET Target for Laser Electron Acceleration (JET-LEA) - Raffaele BUOMPANE (Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli")
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Aula 29
16:00 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
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Aula 27
Contributi

16:00 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)
16:30 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
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Aula 27
Contributi

16:30 WP8-Profeti Project - Anna NOTARO (Curium Pharma)

16:45 WP8-Tuscany Health Ecosystem (THE) - Michela POLI (CNR-IFC)
17:00

17:00 - 17:30
Room: Aula 27