IRPES 2026 - 8th International Congress

IRPES2026 will be held at Centro Congressi Le Benedettine in Pisa. Online attendance will also be available.

About The Conference

Join us for the upcoming IRPES2026 International Conference on "Innovative Research in Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences; Focus on Bioactive Substances and Pharmaceutical process optimization", organized by the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Pisa and the Ph.D students of the doctoral school in "Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances".

This conference offers an exceptional scientific program including keynote presentations, plenary lectures, symposia, and poster presentations. With a focus on multidisciplinarity and the sharing of scientific knowledge, IRPES2026 aims to create synergies between different research realities. Highly qualified international scientists with diverse expertise in the chemical-pharmaceutical, medical, biological, and molecular fields will be present, ensuring an excellent scientific level and the dissemination of the most recent discoveries and advances in research.

The unique multidisciplinary nature of our Doctoral Course in Drug and Bioactive Substances Science inspired us to organize this workshop. With our expertise in different sectors including Phytochemistry, Computational Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Technology, Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology, we are actors in a multi-sectoral field of research. Sharing research results with internationally renowned speakers will allow us to enrich our knowledge, create new collaborative networks for the development of project ideas, increase the level of internationalization of the Ph.D program, and promote the growth of Ph.D students towards autonomous and conscious research.

Join us at IRPES2026 and be part of this exciting opportunity to network and learn from leading experts in the field!

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Program Download

You can download the IRPES2026 conference program.

PROGRAM

8.30 am - 9.00 am
Congress Registration

Opening Ceremony

9.00 am - 9.15 am
Professor Vincenzo Calderone
Director of the Department of Pharmacy, UNIPI

Professor Maria Claudia Gargini
Director of the Doctoral School of Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances, UNIPI

First Session

9.15 am - 9.45 am PLENARY LECTURE
Dr. Nicolò Tonali
CAE Saclay
Engineering Natural Peptides for Therapeutic, Diagnostic and Pharmacological Applications
9.45 am - 10.00 am KEYNOTE
Giada Benedetti
UNIPI
Exploring Novel H₂S Donors: From H₂S Release to Vascular Functional Effects
10.00 am - 10.15 am KEYNOTE
Sara Veneziano
UNIPI
Efficacy and Safety of Drugs for Transthyretin Amyloidosis: An Evidence-Based Analysis

Second Session

10.15 am - 10.45 am PLENARY LECTURE
Prof. Francesca Greco
Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading
Nanomedicines to control drug localisation
10.45 am - 11.15 am
Coffee Break

Third Session

11.15 am - 11.45 am PLENARY LECTURE
Prof. Fabio Zobi
Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg
Rhenium against Resistance: Designing Metal-Based Antimicrobials
11.45 am - 12.00 pm KEYNOTE
Luca Famlonga
UNIPI
What Happens in Solution? Unravelling Metallodrug Stability to Improve Preclinical Reliability
12.00 pm - 12.15 pm KEYNOTE
Camilla Mangini
UNIPI
A Novel Strategy for Targeting TNF-α in the Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases

Fourth Session

12.15 pm - 12.45 pm PLENARY LECTURE
Dr. Maria Rosaria Romano
GSK Vaccines
Proof of concept for a single-dose group B Streptococcus vaccine based on capsular polysaccharide conjugated to Qβ virus-like particle
12.45 pm - 1.00 pm KEYNOTE
Giovanni Santostefano
UNIPI
Development of alternative methods for saccharide quantification and characterization in conjugate vaccines
1.00 pm - 1.15 pm KEYNOTE
Fabio Spiaggia
UNIPI
PolyT-Templated Copper Nanoclusters: From Characterization to Fluorescent Reporting in an Aptamer-Based Lateral Flow Assay (FLA)
1.15 pm - 2.45 pm
Lunch Break and Poster Session

Fifth Session

2.45 pm - 3.15 pm PLENARY LECTURE
Dr. Diego Moreno
Phytochemistry and Healthy Food Lab (LabFAS), CEBAS, CSIC
Sulforaphane-rich formulas for managing Adipose-Based Chronic Disease – preclinical validation
3.15 pm - 3.30 pm KEYNOTE
Giorgia Bray
UNIPI
Effects of the natural H₂S-donor erucin on monocyte-endothelial interactions and macrophage activation in vascular inflammation
3.30 pm - 3.45 pm KEYNOTE
Alessia Galante
UNIPI
Retinal Protective Effects of Saffron Stigma and Tepal Extracts (BEPRON): From Cellular Injury Models to Inherited Retinal Degeneration

Closing Ceremony

3.45 pm - 4.15 pm
Closing Ceremony

General Information

Invited Speakers

We are pleased to welcome five invited speakers to IRPES 2026, bringing together expertise from academia and research institutions across different areas of pharmaceutical, chemical, biological, and health sciences. Their lectures will provide insights into their research activities, current challenges, and future perspectives.

Dr. Maria Rosaria Romano

GSK Vaccines

Glycoconjugate Vaccines

Dr. Nicolò Tonali

CEA Saclay

Protein Misfolding & Aggregation

Prof. Fabio Zobi

University of Fribourg

Bioinorganic & Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry

Prof. Francesca Greco

University of Reading

Oncological Nanomedicine

Dr. Diego A. Moreno-Fernández

CEBAS-CSIC

Phytochemistry & Plant Food Bioactives

PhD Student Presentations

Final-year PhD students will present their research projects, highlighting the main results achieved during their doctoral research and discussing their scientific perspectives.

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Giada Benedetti (University of Pisa, Italy) | Giorgia Bray (University of Pisa, Italy)

Sara Veneziano (University of Pisa, Italy) | Luca Famlonga (University of Pisa, Italy)

Alessia Galante (University of Pisa, Italy) | Camilla Mangini (University of Pisa, Italy)

Giovanni Santostefano (University of Pisa, Italy) | Fabio Spiaggia (University of Pisa, Italy) |


Scientific and Organizing Committee

The conference has been designed by Ph.D. students from the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Pisa, who make up the Scientific and Organizing Committee.

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Lorenzo Filidei - Fabio Di Ricco - Doralice Giorgini - Chiara Lonzi - Francesca Caricchio - Gianmarco Di Vina

Maria Francesca Bozzini - Siria Emily Nesti - Irene Rosa Gallo - Serena Xhihani - Giulia Lauri



Location: Centro Congressi Le Benedettine, Pisa - Piazza S. Paolo a Ripa D'Arno, 16, 56125 Pisa PI, Italy

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Book of Abstracts

The IRPES 2026 Book of Abstracts will be available soon.



Instructions for writing the abstract.

The abstracts should be sent in .docx (Word) format to the email irpes.unipi@gmail.com



Poster

Poster Dimension: A0 (width 841 × length 1189 mm). Use portrait (vertical) orientation.



Registration

Registration is now closed

Registration for IRPES 2026 closed on October 25th, 2026.

Thank you for your interest in IRPES 2026!



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