International Summer School of
Blue Biotechnology (ISSBB)
3° Edition, Naples 22-25 September 2026
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
 

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Location: Department of Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN), Via F. Acton 55, Giardini del Molosiglio, Naples, Italy 

 

22nd September 2026 

Day 1: Marine Bioprospecting  

The first day focus on systematic and multidisciplinary approaches to discover bioactive compounds with applications in human health and well-being. Topics will include biosynthetic gene clusters, sustainable bioprospecting, and sampling strategies for marine organisms such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, algae, and invertebrates. Applications in medicine, food, feed, and industry will be discussed. A presentation session of the participating students will be included.  

9.00 – 9.30 Registration  

Session Chairs: Daniela Coppola and Christian Galasso 

9.30-9.45 Welcome by the Organising Committee, Department Head and description of the Summer School events 

9.45 – 10.15 Chiara Lauritano (Drugs from the sea) 

10.15 – 11.15 Jana Asselman (Marine natural products in sea spray aerosols)

11.15 – 12.00 Coffee break  

12.00 – 12.15 Giovanna Romano (European Society of Marine biotechnology) 

12.15 – 12.30 Antonella Penna (Italian society of Marine Biology - SIBM) 

12.30 – 13.30 Student presentations 

13.30 - 15.00 Lunch  

Practical Session 

15.00 – 17.00 Genome mining (Pietro Tedesco and Gerardo Della Sala) 

Social event 

18.30 Visit to the Castello dell’Ovo and aperitif  

 

23rd September 2026 

Day 2: Waste Valorization and Meet the Companies session   

Lectures will showcase successful cases of marine waste valorization through sustainable extraction of biomaterials and circular economy approaches. Focus will be given to the transformation of discarded biomass into value-added products in line with the EU Zero Waste Strategy. This session will be focused on the WASTE2TASTE project, as well as companies working in the sector such as SINTEF, TETHYS, etc). In addition, new project will be presented (e.g. PEPECO project).  

Session chairs: Christian Galasso and Chiara Lauritano 

9.30 – 10.00 Daniela Coppola Introduction on the topic and projects presentations 

10.00 - 11.00 Speaker to be confirmed  

11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break 

11.30 - 12.00 Peppino Mirabella (PEPECO Project: Bridging Marine Biotechnology and
Children’s Health) 

12.00 - 12.30 Marcello Zamparelli (Santobono Hospital – PEPECO project)  

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch 

14.00 - 15.00 Emre Yemiken (TETIS - Development of green processes for the production of 

molecules with high commercial value) 

15.00 - 16.00 Anne Tondervik (SINTEF)  

16.00 - 17.00 Aniello Cammarano (Materias; Turning your ideas into sustainable innovation) 

 

Social event 

19.00 Social dinner (Muu Mozzarella via partenope 18)  

 

24th September 2026 

Day 3: Euremap project  

EUREMAP brings together 4 European research infrastructures with complementary fields of activity from discovering new compounds to screening their applications, while ensuring the resulting data are usable by the entire scientific community. Speakers working within EUREMAP will present their activities.  

Session Chairs: Daniela Coppola and Chiara Lauritano 

9.30 –10.00 Fortunato Palma Esposito (Funding Opportunities) 

10.00 – 11.00  Eveline Diopere (From marine molecules to FAIR use: Navigating ABS with a siderophore antifouling case study) 

11.00 - 11.45 Coffee break 

11.45 – 12.45 Anna Vetter (EU-OPENSCREEN & the role of  European Research Infrastructures in marine bioprospecting)

12.45 - 14.30 Lunch  

 

“Visit to the Company” Session 

14.30 - 18.30 transfer and visit to local company (transfer organized by the school) 

 

Social event  

19.00 Walk for the streets of historical centre of Napoli and Pizza 

 

25th September 2026 

Day 4: Funding opportunities and some insights on academic publishing

The fourth day will be dedicated to talks on funding opportunities for young researcher and European infrastructures supporting marine biotech research.  Second part of the day will be focused on the use of artificial intelligence in research and the role of early-career researchers as key drivers of Open Science.

Session chairs: Christian Galasso and Chiara Lauritano 

9.30 – 10.00 Fortunato Palma Esposito (Funding Opportunities) 

10.00 - 11.00 Publication ethics and the responsible use of artificial intelligence in research 

11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break 

11.30 - 12.30 The role of early-career researchers in Open Science – opportunities and support 

12.30 - 13.00 Final remarks and best poster and best presentation award assignment 

13.00 - 14.30 Lunch 

15.00 - 16.00 Team working exercise: how to write a successful proposal  

16.00 - 17.00 Visit to Museum Darwin Dohrn+Acquarium