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phocytic Leukemia”. Dr.
Davide Cattano, anesthesiologist from UT Houston,
presented the exciting
project titled “Echogenic
Endotracheal Tubes and
Laryngeal Mask Airways: A
Reality?” Dr. Carola Gianni,
fellow at the Texas Cardiac
Arrhythmia Institute in Austin, discussed “Ablation
vs. Amiodarone for Treatment of Persistent Atrial
Fibrillation in Patients with
Heart Failure (AATAC-AF
Multicenter Randomized
Clinical Trial).” Dr. Gianni is
currently conducting her
work at the Texas Cardiac
Arrhythmia Institute in Austin under the supervision
of Dr. Andrea Natale who
is the Executive Medical
Director of the center and
leading expert in the field
of atrial fibrillation.
red by Drs. Francesco
Fusco and Orazio Chiarenza. University professors Daniele Mortari and
Roberto Furfaro illustrated
their work respectively on
Satellites Flower Constellations and Space Systems
Engineering Lab and Future NASA Mission to an
Asteroid. Drs. Cristiana
Rastellini, Zarana Patel and
Alberto Fucarino presented their on-going research on Three-Dimensional
Culture of Bronchial Mucosa in Microgravity. This
collaboration
between
UTMB, NASA and University of Palermo originated
from a previous Italian
Researchers in the World
Conference. Dr. Gustavo Priotto introduced Dr.
Roberto Trucco who presented remotely via video
from Torino about ExoRemarkable and thou- mars Rover Operations
ght-provoking was the ae- Control Center. Last but
rospace session co-chai- not least, Francesco Fu-
sco, Paolo Nespoli, Diego
Urbina and Alfredo Garro
talked about Space Mission Simulation and Astronaut Training. Particular
emphasis was placed on
human analog missions
with Diego Urbina revealing details of his participation in Mars500 and
astronaut Paolo Nespoli
holding everyone’s attention with stories and pictures from his amazing
experiences in analogs
such as CAVES, NEEMO
and NOLS.
Italian Researchers from
the San Francisco Bay
area, Drs. Maurizio Pellegrino (Droplet Microfluidics for Single Cell Genomics), Davide Pietrobon
(Down to Earth: Precision
Map-making) and Daniele Filippetto (Ultrafast and
Ultrasmall: The Secret Lives of Particle Accelerators), presented their reWE THE ITALIANS | 39
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