Programme

International Summer School on Natural Products – Maldive edition15-21 March 2026 – MaRhe Center
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15th March

Sunday

17.30-18.30 Info Session and Networking Meeting (introducing each other) with Federica Siena, Luca Fallati and Lorenzo Toniolo (UNIMIB and Marhe Center)

19:00: 20:00 Dinner

20:00-22:00 Networking (teamwork and round table and/or presentation by participants)     

Giorgio Chiappetta & Nadia Pellgrino, DinoSub with Lucas Di Cerbo:

DinoSub: A history of Sea preservation 

16th March

Monday

08:15-8:30: Opening: Valeria Costantino, UNINA, ISSNP Board

08:30-9:30: Lecture and open discussion, Chair: Valeria Costantino

Prof. Vitor Vasconcelos, CIIMAR and ISSNP International Scientific Board

Blue Natural Products & Sustainable Research

10:00-12:00: Diving Lab (diving or snorkelling, and sampling)

12:30-14:00: Lunch

14:00-16:00: Diving Lab (diving or snorkelling, and sampling)

16:30-17:30: Talk Ing. Carlo De Sterlich – UNINA: Safe on Land and Underwater: Best Practices for the Lab and Diving Lab”

17:30-18:30: Lab Time (working in the lab- all together- Referent person: Dr Viviana Di Matteo – UNINA)

19:00: 20:00- Dinner

20:00-22:00 Round-Table- Chair Dr. Serenella Gagliardi, Food and Culture Consultant,

The Maldives: the Identity of a Paradise

17th March

Tuesday

08:30-9:30: Lecture and open discussion

Prof. Valeria Costantino – UNINA

From the Collection to the NPs discovery. The Nagoya Protocol and ABS Sharing.

10:00-12:00: Diving Lab (diving or snorkelling, and sampling)

12:30-14:00: Lunch

14:00-16:00: Diving Lab (diving or snorkelling, and sampling)

16:30-18:00: Lab Time: working session in the lab- all together- Lab Instructors: Vitor Vasconcelos and Pedro Leao – CIIMAR

19:00: 20:00- Dinner

20:00-22:00 Round table and talk by Dr. Giovanni Bottiglieri – MBA spa

Marine Protection: Environmental Responsibilities of the Shipping Sector

18th March

Wednesday

09:00-12:00: Diving Lab (diving or snorkelling, sampling)

12:30-14:00: Lunch 

14:00-16:00: Diving Lab (diving or snorkelling, and sampling)

16:30-17:00: Lecture and open discussion- Chair: Dr. Viviana D Matteo

Dr. Germana Esposito (online)– UNINA

The Metabolomic approach using Molecular Networking and other tools

17:00-18:30: Lab Time (working session in the lab- all together- Referent person: Dr Viviana Di Matteo)

19:00: 20:00- Dinner

20:00-22:00 Round table by Dr. Thomas Gale – University of Greenwich

To what extent is green chemistry helping to preserve our oceans?

19th March

Thursday

08:30-9:30: Lecture and open discussion, Chair: Joana Almeida

Dr. Pedro Leao – CIIMAR

Harnessing the Biosynthetic Diversity of Cyanobacterial Biofilms

10:00-12:00: Diving Lab (diving or snorkelling, and sampling)

12:30-14:00: Lunch

14:00-16:00: Diving Lab (diving or snorkelling, and sampling)

16:30-18:00: Lab Time (working session in the lab- all together)

Lab Instructors: Viviana Di Matteo – DNA extraction

19:00: 20:00- Dinner

20:00-22:00 Networking by Lucas Di Cerbo – UNINA

Team Building & Effective Communication: from the Sea floor to the Laboratory

20th March

Friday

08:00-10:00: Lecture and open discussion, Chair: Pedro Leao

      Dr. Thomas Gale – University of Greenwich

Reviewing Structure-Activity Relationships in Marine Natural Products

10:00-12:00: Diving Lab (diving or snorkelling, and collection)

12:30-14:00: Lunch 

14:00-16:00: Diving Lab (snorkelling)

16:00-18:00: Lab Time (working session in the lab- all together- Referent person: Dr Viviana Di Matteo – UNINA)

19:00: 20:00- Dinner

20:00-21:30: Dr. Luca Pallonetto, UNINA

AI & Natural Products Research

21:30-22:00- Conclusions and future, Valeria Costantino