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Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Wegrzyn
Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Wegrzyn
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Department of Molecular Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
Interests: gene expression regulation; DNA replication; bacteriophages; plasmids; human genetic diseases; neurodegeneration
* Section "Molecular Microbiology and Immunology"
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Molecules: Chemistry and Pharmacology of Modulators of Oxidative Stress
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Mucopolysaccharidoses: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management
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Diagnostics: Mucopolysaccharidoses: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Genetic and Metabolic Molecular Research of Lysosomal Storage Disease
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Molecules: Chemistry, Biology and Pharmacology of Modulators of Oxidative Stress
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Diagnostics: Mucopolysaccharidoses: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management 2.0
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Mucopolysaccharidoses: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management 2.0
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Antibiotics: Antibiotics vs. Phage Therapy
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Small Prokaryotic Proteins Interacting with Nucleic Acids
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Genetic and Metabolic Molecular Research of Lysosomal Storage Disease 2.0
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Complex Molecular Mechanisms of Monogenic Diseases
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Microorganisms: Feature Papers in Microbial Biofilm Formation
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Diagnostics: Mucopolysaccharidoses: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management, Volume 3
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Mucopolysaccharidoses: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management 3.0
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Current Issues in Molecular Biology: Complex Molecular Mechanism of Monogenic Diseases
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Antibiotics: Antibiotics vs. Phage Therapy, 2nd Edition
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Small Prokaryotic Proteins Interacting with Nucleic Acids 2.0
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Latest Review Papers in Molecular and Cellular Biology 2023
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Microorganisms: Esther Lederberg’s 100th Anniversary: Microbial Genetics and Bacteriophages
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Genetic and Metabolic Molecular Research of Lysosomal Storage Disease 3.0
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Microorganisms: Latest Review Papers in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology 2023
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Current Issues in Molecular Biology: Complex Molecular Mechanism of Monogenic Diseases 2.0
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Mucopolysaccharidoses: Diagnosis, Treatment and Management 4.0
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Genetic and Metabolic Molecular Research of Lysosomal Storage Disease 4.0
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Microorganisms: Latest Review Papers in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology 2024
Dr. M. Javad Aman
Dr. M. Javad Aman
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Section Board Member
Integrated BioTherapeutics, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Interests: microbial pathogenesis; bacterial toxins; viral glycoproteins; monoclonal antibody development; vaccine development
Dr. Augustin Aranda
Dr. Augustin Aranda
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, University of Valencia, 46100 Valencia, Spain
Interests: wine yeasts; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; yeast biomass; non-Saccharomyces yeasts; oxidative stress; nutrient signaling pathways
Prof. Dr. David Bermudes
Prof. Dr. David Bermudes
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Section Board Member
Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA
Interests: Tumor-targeted Salmonella; immunotherapy; protease inhibitors; suppressor mutations; fungi
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Departamento de Microbioloxía e Parasitoloxía, Facultade de Veterinaria, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 27002 Lugo, Spain
Interests: escherichia coli (ExPEC, STEC, EPEC, ETEC, EAEC, AIEC); bacterial pathogens; virulence; antibiotic resistance; veterinary microbiology
Prof. Dr. Jarl Bøgwald
Prof. Dr. Jarl Bøgwald
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Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
Interests: fish immunology; fish vaccinology; fish diseases both bacterial and viral; fish pathology
Dr. Cristina Cerboni
Dr. Cristina Cerboni
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Laboratory Affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy
Interests: immunology; innate immunity; host-pathogen interaction; viral immunoevasion; Viruses; CMV; HPV; HIV
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Department of Oral Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Interests: host-pathogen interactions; cellular microbiology; bacterial virulence and secretion systems; biology of bacterial persister/dormant cells; antibiotic persistence and resistance; bacterial evolution and pathogenicity; biofilm; gene regulation; functional genomics
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Prof. Dr. Charles M. Dozois
Prof. Dr. Charles M. Dozois
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Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), 531 Boul des Prairies, Laval, QC H7V 1B7, Canada
Interests: bacterial pathogens; Escherichia coli; metal transport; bacterial adhesins; autotransporters; siderophores; Salmonella; veterinary microbiology
Prof. Dr. Tassos Economou
Prof. Dr. Tassos Economou
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Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Interests: protein secretion; membrane proteins; Sec pathway; Type III secretion; proteomics; protein structure/function; protein dynamics; protein folding
Dr. Maurizio Falconi
Dr. Maurizio Falconi
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Laboratory of Moleculal Genetics and Microorganisms, School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino,Via Gentile III da Varano, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy
Interests: regulation of gene expression; virulence genes; small non-coding RNAs; nucleoid proteins; DNA/RNA-protein interaction
Prof. Dr. Renato Fani
Prof. Dr. Renato Fani
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Department of Biology, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Interests: antibiotic resistance; bacterial genetics; endophytes; environmental microbiology; gene and genome evolution; molecular evolution
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Dr. Andrew Foey
Dr. Andrew Foey
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School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Interests: immunology; inflammation; probiotics; antimicrobial responses; infection; oral & gastrointestinal mucosae
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Center for Applied Medical Research, Department of Gene Therapy and Hepatology, Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Interests: long non-coding RNAs; liver cancer; HCV; IFN; DNA damage; PI3K/AKT
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Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nano-objects, CBMN UMR5248 CNRS Université de Bordeaux INP, 33607 Pessac, France
Interests: biomolecular assemblies; biophysics; structural biology; NMR; amyloids; membrane-protein interactions; protein-protein interactions; biomolecular interfaces
Prof. Dr. Sven Hammerschmidt
Prof. Dr. Sven Hammerschmidt
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Department of Molecular Genetics and Infection Biology, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, Center for Functional Genomics of Microbes, University of Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
Interests: gram-positive pathogens; pneumococci; host-pathogen interaction; virulence; immune evasion; bacterial adaptation; platelet-bacteria interaction
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School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Interests: bacterial cell biology; cell envelope; outer membrane; secretion systems
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Pharmaceutical Biology and Microbiology, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Interests: antibiotic resistance; antibiotics microbiology; molecular biology; gene expression; molecular cloning; bacterial transformation
Dr. Nick Heng
Dr. Nick Heng
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Department of Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Interests: molecular genetics; bioinformatics; genome analysis; antimicrobial proteins (bacteriocins); protein (bio)chemistry; oral microbiomes; next-generation DNA sequencing
Prof. Dr. N. Patrick Higgins
Prof. Dr. N. Patrick Higgins
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Interests: DNA supercoiling; topoisomerases; site-specific recombination; transcription; DNA replication; and DNA damage
Prof. Dr. Francesco Iannelli
Prof. Dr. Francesco Iannelli
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Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Interests: mobilome characterization in Gram positive bacteria; bacterial genetics and genomics
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Prof. Dr. Michael E. Konkel
Prof. Dr. Michael E. Konkel
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School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
Interests: bacterial pathogenesis; bacteria-host cell interactions; bacterial adhesion; fibronectin-binding proteins; bacterial invasion of intestinal cells; actin cytoskeletal rearrangements; modulation of host cell signaling pathways; foodborne illness; virulence factors
Dr. Chang-Ro Lee
Dr. Chang-Ro Lee
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Department of Biological Sciences, Myongji University, 116 Myongjiro, Yongin, Gyeonggido 449-728, Republic of Korea
Interests: antibiotic resistance; peptidoglycan hydrolase; porin; lipoprotein; microbial physiology; Escherichia coli
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Philips Research Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Interests: bacteria-host interactions; including bacterial physiology (motility, chemotaxis, and signaling transduction); genetics; biofilms; antibiotic resistance; immune evasion
Dr. Sangyong Lim
Dr. Sangyong Lim
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Radiation Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeongeup 56212, Republic of Korea
Interests: molecular microbiology; gene regulatory networks; radiation resistant microorganisms; stress response proteins; deinococcus
Prof. Dr. Matxalen Llosa
Prof. Dr. Matxalen Llosa
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Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), Universidad de Cantabria-CSIC-SODERCAN, 39011 Santander, Spain
Interests: bacterial conjugation; protein secretion; host-pathogen interactions; transkingdom DNA transfer; conjugative relaxases
Prof. Dr. Anders Løbner-Olesen
Prof. Dr. Anders Løbner-Olesen
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Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests: bacterial cell cycle; mechanism and regulation of chromosomal replication initiation; initiator proteins; DNA methylation; antibiotic inhibition of chromosome replication; designing whole cell screens for discovery of new antibiotics; antimicrobial peptides
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Prof. Dr. Ian Macreadie
Prof. Dr. Ian Macreadie
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School of Science, RMIT University, Bundoora West Campus, PO Box 71, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
Interests: Alzheimer's disease; yeast models; ageing; stress responses; drug mechanisms; drug resistance; microbial genomics
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