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dna
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Studies of g-quadruplex offer useful indications for designing new therapeutic drugs

08.10.2021

Research conducted at the universities of Padua, Milano-Bicocca, and Insubria, in collaboration with the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies of the National Research Council (CNR-IFN), analysed how a secondary structure of DNA evolves in some proto-oncogene promoters.

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medicine
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Covid-19 intensive care mortality predictions

06.10.2021

A machine learning approach using SuperLearner algorithms to identify the risk of death for patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The study was coordinated by Paolo Navalesi, Director of the COVID-19 VENETO ICU Network, and Dario Gregori, Director of the Biostatistics Epidemiology and Public Health Unit of the Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences, and Public Health of the University of Padua.

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plants
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How Nature works

07.02.2022

On October 9, 2021, the 19th century greenhouses of the Botanical Garden of the University of Padua, reopen to the public with the exhibition of the Czech artist Krištof Kintera. How nature works is a site-specific exhibition resulting from the collaboration with Arte Sella and is part of the University of Padua’s 800th anniversary celebrations

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Kounellis
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Palazzo Bo - Restoration of Kounellis' Resistance and Liberation

05.10.2021

Inaugurated on May 29, 1995, the installation artwork Resistenza e Liberazione by Jannis Kounellis was part of Italy’s 50th anniversary commemorating its liberation from the fascist regime, which was first declared a national holiday on April 25, 1946. Thanks to the Alberto Peruzzo Foundation, the installation artwork of Jannis Kounellis has been the subject of a careful and uncommon method of restoration.

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sustainability
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A circular economy and new sustainability models. A new University Centre in Padua

04.10.2021

On October 7, 2021, at 11 a.m, the Caffè Pedrocchi hosts the inauguration of The Centro di Studi per l'economia circolare – CEWMS (Circular Economy of Waste, Materials and Sustainability), a new centre o f the University of Padua dedicated to scientific research and fostering a dialogue between universities, companies, and civil society for the promotion of creating a circular economy

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