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Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. med. Florian Lang
Physiologisches Institut I, Universität Tübingen Gmelinstrasse 5, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany Tel. +49 (0)7071 29 72194; Fax: +49 (0)7071 29 5618
Website: http://www.physiologie.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/DepI/#public E-Mail:
Interests: Mechanisms and clinical significance of cell volume regulation; Erythrocyte death signaling; Serum-and Glucocorticoid inducible kinase isoforms; Physiology and pharmacology of human ion channels and carriers expressed in oocytes; Host cell physiology in hostpathogen interaction; Mechanisms of apoptotic cell death
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MDPI Haidian Office, Yingu Mansion, Suite 815, North 4th Ring Road West, 9, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, China Tel. +86 10 6280 0830
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MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel Tel. +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
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MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel Tel. +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
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Editorial Board
Prof. Dr. Arturo Anadón
Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040-Madrid, Spain Tel. +34 1 394 38 34; Fax: +34 1 394 38 40
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scan/cv/cv_anadon_en.pdf E-Mail:
Interests: neurotoxicity; toxicokinetics
Prof. Dr. Michael Aschner
Department of Pediatrics, 2215-B Garland Avenue, 11415 MRB IV, Vanderbilt University, Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-0414, USA Tel. +1 615 322 8024; Fax: +1 615 936 4080
Website: http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/site/people/show.aspx?id=8993 E-Mail:
Interests: transport mechanisms from the periphery into the brain; developmental neurotoxicology; role of metals in neurodegeneration; gulf war syndrome
Dr. Charles W. Bacon
Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research, Russell Research Center, Athens, GA 30604, USA Tel. +1 706 546 3158; Fax: +1 706 546 3116
Website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=232 E-Mail:
Interests: regulation and biosynthesis of mycotoxins; fungal endophyte-grass relationships; bacterial endophytes, and the coevolution of secondary products; primarily mycotoxins, with grasses and other plants, as an adaptive strategy for mutualistic associations
Prof. Dr. John P. Berry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 354 Marine Science Building, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA Tel. +1 305 919 4569; Fax: +1 305 919 4030
Website: http://www.fiu.edu/~berryj/ E-Mail:
Interests: cyanobacteria; toxins; bioactive compounds; zebrafish embryo model; natural products
Contribution:
Special Issue: Algal Toxins
In other journals: Special Issue: Algal Toxins
Dr. Deepak Bhatnagar
Research Leader, Food and Feed Safety Research, USDA/ARS/, Southern Regional Research Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, USA Tel. +1 504 286 4388; Fax: +1 504 286 4269
Website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=446 E-Mail:
Interests: mycotoxins; secondary metabolism; genomics; toxin biosynthesis; Aspergillus species
Contribution:
Special Issue: Aflatoxins
Dr. Greta J. Binford
Department of Biology, Lewis & Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd. Portland, Oregon 97214, USA Tel. +1 503-768-7653; Fax: +1 503-768-7658
Website: http://legacy.lclark.edu/~binford/ E-Mail:
Interests: spider venom chemical diversity; mechanisms of venom evolution; phylogenetic patterns of venom diversity
Contribution:
Special Issue: Spider Venoms
Prof. Dr. Wayne Briner
Psychobiology Program, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849, USA Tel. +1 308 865 8196; Fax: +1 308 865 8980
Website: http://www.unk.edu/acad/psychology/index.php?id=29378 E-Mail:
Interests: heavy metals; depleted uranium; developmental neurotoxicology; behavioral toxicology
Contribution:
In other journals: Special Issue: Heavy Metals and Health
Dr. Jeffrey W. Cary
Molecular Biologist USDA, ARS, SRRC, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70124-4305, USA Tel. +1 504 286 4264; Fax: +1 504 286 4533
Website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=907 E-Mail:
Interests: molecular biology of mycotoxin biosynthesis and regulation; fungal-host plant interactions; secondary metabolism; gene clusters; genomics; antifungal peptides; transgenic approaches to mycotoxin elimination in plants
Contribution:
Special Issue: Advances in Mycotoxin Research
Prof. Dr. Sang Ho Choi
NRL of Molecular Microbiology and Toxicology, Department of Food Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea Tel. +82 2 880 4857; Fax: +82 2 873 5095
Website: http://food.snu.ac.kr/English/Professor_index.html E-Mail:
Interests: molecular biology of food-borne pathogenic bacteria; expression and regulation of genes encoding microbial virulence factors; quorum sensing of microorganisms; functional genomics of survival and toxigenesis of food-borne pathogenic bacteria
Prof. Dr. Jean E. Crabtree
Molecular Gastroenterology Section, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, Wellcome Trust Brenner Building, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK Tel. +44 113 343 8615; Fax: +44 113 343 8703
Website: http://www.limm.leeds.ac.uk/research_sections/molecular_gastroenterology/groups/crabtree.htm E-Mail:
Interests: Helicobacter pylori; host-pathogen interactions in gastrointestinal tract; infection and gastrointestinal cancer; mucosal immunology
Prof. Dr. Daniel R. Dietrich
Human and Environmental Toxicology, Jacob-Burckhardtstrasse 25, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany Tel. +49 7531 883518 (Direct); +49 7531 883171 (Secretary); Fax: +49 7531 883170
Website: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/Bio/forsch/etox/dietrich.html E-Mail:
Interests: natural toxins; mycotoxins; cyanobacterial toxins; mechanisms of toxicity; renal toxicity and carcinogenesis; environemntal and human risk assessment
Prof. Dr. Jia-You Fang
Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Chang Gung University, Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kweishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan Tel. +886 3 2118800ext5521; Fax: +886 3 2118236
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Interests: pharmaceutics; natural products; dermatology; nanotechnology; drug delivery; pharmacokinetics
Contribution:
Special Issue: The Toxicity of Natural Products
Dr. Carmela Fimognari
Laboratory for Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Bologna, Italy Tel. +39 051 2095636; Fax: +39 051 2095624
Website: http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.htm?UPN=carmela.fimognari@unibo.it E-Mail:
Interests: 1) antitumour pharmacology: identification of natural agents as potential antitumor drugs and definition of their cellular (analysis of apoptosis/necrosis; cell proliferation; cell-cycle progression; cytodifferentiation) and molecular (level of proteins involved in apoptosis and cell-cycle regulation) mechanism; 2) cellular and genetic toxicology: study of the cellular response after treatment with xenobiotics (cytotoxicity; analysis of DNA and RNA damage; fluorescence in situ hybridization)
Contribution:
Special Issue: Natural Products for Multi-Targeted Cancer Treatment: Where Are We Now?
Prof. Dr. Maria Cristina Fossi
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via Mattioli, 4, 53100 Siena, Italy Tel. +39 0 577232913; Fax: +39 0 577232930
Website: http://www.scientificjournals.com/sj/all/AutorenAnzeigeESS/autorenId/90108 E-Mail:
Interests: non invasive biomarkers; aquatic toxicology; aquatic environments; xenobiotics; marine mammals; genomics; environmental toxicology; endokrine Disruptoren; endocrine effects of chemicals; ecotoxicological effects; biomarkers
Dr. Yukako Fujinaga
Laboratory for Infection Cell Biology, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 3-1, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Tel. +81 6 6879 4250; Fax: +81 6 6879 4252
Website: http://www.biken.osaka-u.ac.jp/act/act_fujinaga_e.php E-Mail:
Interests: bacterial protein toxins; enterotoxins; mechanism of toxicity; interaction of toxins with epithelial cell barriers
Contribution:
Special Issue: Bacterial Protein Toxins
Prof. Dr. Helmut Greim
Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene, Technical University of Munich, Hohenbachernstrasse 15-17, D-85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany Tel. +49 8161 715600; Fax: +49 8161 715618
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Interests: general toxicology; mechanisms of toxicity, especially in mutagenicity and carcinogenicity; mode of action; risk assessment
Prof. Dr. Arthur P. Grollman
Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA Tel. +1 631 444 3080; Fax: +1 631 444 7641
Website: http://www.lcb.stonybrook.edu/ E-Mail:
Interests: nephrotoxins, enviromental mutagens
Dr. Yasuhiko Horiguchi
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 3-1, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Tel. +81 6 6879 8284; Fax: + 81 6 6879 8283
Website: http://www.biken.osaka-u.ac.jp/act/act_horiguchi_e.php E-Mail:
Interests: structure and domain organization of proteins; cell-to -cell or intracellular signaling; receptors for toxins; membrane-damaging toxins
Contribution:
Special Issue: Bacterial Protein Toxins
Prof. Dr. R. Manjunatha Kini
Protein Science Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4, 117543 Singapore Tel. + 65 65165235; Fax: + 65 67792486
Website: http://www.dbs.nus.edu.sg/staff/kini.htm E-Mail:
Interests: protein chemistry; structure-function relationships; protein-protein interaction and protein design and engineering
Prof. Dr. Brigitte König
Otto-von-Guericke-University, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics, Leipzigerstr. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany Tel. +49 391 6713353; Fax: +49 391 6713938
Website: http://www.med.uni-magdeburg.de/Institute/Medizinische+Mikrobiologie.html E-Mail:
Interests: superantigens; microecology; microorganism-host-microorganism interactions; host-medical devices interactions; oxidative stress; staphylococci; enterococci; lactobacilli
Dr. Emmanuel Lemichez
INSERM U895, C3M, Université de Nice, Bâtiment Universitaire ARCHIMED, 151 route Saint Antoine de Ginestière, BP 2 3194, 06204 NICE CEDEX 3, France Website: http://www.unice.fr/c3m/EN/Equipe6.html E-Mail:
Interests: microbial toxins in host pathogen interactions; host epithelium and endothelium barriers; inflammation; cell cytoskeleton; toxin and bacterial entry; cell signaling : Rho GTPases; regulation by ubiquitination; MAP Kinases
Contribution:
Special Issue: Cellular Microbiology of Bacterial Toxins
Prof. Dr. Richard J. Lewis
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia Tel. +61 7 3346 2984; Fax: +61 7 3346 2101
Website: http://www.imb.uq.edu.au/index.html?id=11701 E-Mail:
Interests: cone snail and spider venom peptides; sodium and calcium channels; nAChRs; monoamine transporters; adrenoceptors; ciguatera and ciguatoxins; pain; toxin SAR
Contribution:
Special Issue: Toxins as Therapeutics
Prof. Dr. Stephen P. Mackessy
School of Biological Sciences, 501 20th. St., CB 92, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639-0017 USA Tel. +1 970-351-2429; Fax: +1 970-351-2335
Website: http://www.unco.edu/nhs/biology/faculty_staff/mackessy_stephen.htm E-Mail:
Interests: reptile venom proteomics and evolution; toxin evolution and structure/function relationships; venom proteinases; biochemical ecology of venomous reptiles
Prof. Dr. Azzam A. Maghazachi
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, POB 1103, N-0317 Oslo, Norway Tel. +47 22851203; Fax: +47 22851279
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Interests: drug toxicity; autoimmunity; innate immunity; lysophospholipids; chemokines
Contribution:
Special Issue: Toxicity and Therapeutic Interventions in the Immune System
Prof. Dr. Richard A. Manderville
Department of Chemistry and Toxicology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 Canada Tel. +1 519 824 4120; Fax: +1 519 766 1499
Website: http://www.chemistry.uoguelph.ca/manderville/webpage.htm E-Mail:
Interests: DNA damage by phenolic toxins including ochratoxin A; Modified DNA bases as fluorescent probes
Contribution:
Special Issue: Ochratoxins
Special Issue: Ochratoxins 2011
Dr. Frank S. Markland
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Cancer Research Laboratory #106, 1303 N. Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA Tel. +1 323 224 7981; Fax: +1 323 224 7679
Website: http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/util/directories/faculty/profile.php?PersonIs_ID=735 E-Mail:
Interests: protein chemistry and structure/ function interrelationships; snake venom components with procoagulant and anticoagulant activities; snake venom platelet aggregation inhibitors (disintegrins); disintegrins as anti-angiogenic agents; disintegrins and wound healing; novel fibrinolytic agents (structure and modeling); thrombolytic therapy
Contribution:
Special Issue: Disintegrins: Structure-Function and Translational Potential
Dr. Mark P. Mattson
Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Neurosciences, NIA Biomedical Research Center, Room 05C214, 251 Bayview Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21224, USA Tel. +1 410 558 8463; Fax: +1 410 558 8465
Website: http://www.grc.nia.nih.gov/branches/lns/index.html E-Mail:
Interests: oxidative stress and calcium regulation; apoptosis (programmed cell death); neuroprotective signal transduction; synaptic signaling and plasticity; genetic aberrancies and neurodegeneration; diet and neuronal vulnerability; neuroendocrine and neuroimmune mechanisms
Contribution:
Special Issue: Can Botanical Toxins Enhance Human Health?
Prof. Dr. Shin-ichi Miyoshi
Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima-Naka, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan Tel. +81 86 251 7966; Fax: +81 86 251 7926
Website: http://www.pharm.okayama-u.ac.jp/lab/user/miyoshi.html E-Mail:
Interests: bacterial protein toxins; pore-forming toxins; cell membrane proteins/receptors; proteolytic enzymes
Contribution:
Special Issue: Protein Toxins as Proteases
Prof. Dr. Michio Murata
Department of Chemstry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan Tel. +81 66850 5774; Fax: +81 66850 5774
Website: http://www.ch.wani.osaka-u.ac.jp/lab/murata/welcome-english.htm E-Mail:
Interests: marine biotoxins; seafood poisoning; membrane-active toxins; mechanism of toxicity and solid state NMR
Prof. Dr. Richard E. Peterson
School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2222, USA Tel. +1 608 263 5453; Fax: +1 608 265 3316
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Interests: developmental toxicology of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and perfluorinated acids
Prof. Dr. Annie Pfohl-Leszkowicz
National Agronomical High School of Toulouse (ENSAT), Unit of Toxicology & Food safety, 1 avenue de l’Agrobiopôle, BP 32607, 31326, Auzeville-Tolosane, France Tel. + 33 562 193 947; Fax: + 33 562 193 947
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Interests: mycotoxin; ochratoxin; fumonisin; zearalenone; biomarker; risk evaluation; environmental toxicology; polycyclic aromatic compounds; genotoxicity; DNA adduct; balkan endemic nephropathy; kidney cancer; biotransformation
Contribution:
Special Issue: Ochratoxins
Special Issue: Ochratoxins 2011
Prof. Dr. Frances Pick
Department of Biology & Environmental Science, Gendron Hall 275, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Tel. +1 613 562 5800; Fax: +1 613 562 5486
Website: http://www.careg.uottawa.ca/bio_frances_pick.htm E-Mail:
Interests: ecosystem ecology and state of environment reporting; aquatic microbial ecology
Dr. Adam J. Ratner
Columbia University, 650 West 168th Street (BB 421), New York, NY 10032, USA Tel. +1 212 305 9807; Fax: +1 212 342 5218
Website: http://www.ratnerlab.org E-Mail:
Interests: bacterial toxins; toxin evolution; host cell responses to pore-forming toxins
Prof. Dr. Des R. Richardson
Professor of Cancer Cell Biology, NHMRC Senior Principal, Research Fellow; and Iron Metabolism and Chelation Program, Department of Pathology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia Tel. +61 2 9036 6548; Fax: +61 2 9036 6549
Website: http://www.pathology.usyd.edu.au/Pathology2004/Research/Research_Units/Iron_Metabolism.htm E-Mail:
Interests: metal ions; iron; copper; chelators; X-ray crystallography
Dr. Jean-Marc Sabatier
Laboratory ERT 62 \'Ingenierie des Peptides a Visee Therapeutique\', Universite de la Mediterranee, Faculte de Medecine Nord, Boulevard Pierre Dramard, 13916 Marseille, Cedex 20, France Tel. +33 640 15 24 19; Fax: +33 442 29 16 12
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Interests: toxinology; animal toxins; ion channel blockers; toxin-derived drug; drug design; peptide and protein engineering; therapy
Contribution:
Special Issue: Animal Venoms
Special Issue: Toxins - Organic and Analytical Chemistry
In other journals: Special Issue: Toxins - Organic and Analytical Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Jun Sakurai
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima, Japan Tel. +81 (0)88 602 8483; Fax: +81 (0)88 655 3051
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Interests: structure-function of bacterial toxins; molecular biology of bacterial toxins; membrane-damage induced by bacterial toxins; membrane translocation of bacterial toxins
Prof. Dr. Gudula Schmidt
Pharmakology and Toxikology, Albertstrasse 25, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany Tel. +49 761 203 5316; Fax: +49 761 203 5311
Website: http://www.pharmakologie.uni-freiburg.de/i/index.htm E-Mail:
Interests: bacterial toxins; GTPases; signal transduction; toxins and carcinogenesis
Prof. Dr. David Sheehan
Dept. Biochemistry, Third Floor, Western Gateway Building, Western Rd, Mardyke, Cork, Ireland Tel. +35 321 420 5424; Fax: +35 321 427 4034
Website: http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/biochemistry/staff/dsheehan.html E-Mail:
Interests: enzymology and evolution of glutathione transferases; application of proteomics to study of oxidative stress; implications of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species for kidney function; environmental toxicology; nanomaterials as emerging toxicological threats
Contribution:
Special Issue: Toxins from Aquatic Organisms
In other journals: Special Issue: Nanotoxicology
Prof. Dr. Andreimar M. Soares
Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, FCFRP-USP, Brazil, 14040-903 Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil Tel. +55 16 3602 4714; Fax: +55 16 3602 4725
Website: http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.jsp?id=K4792564Y7 E-Mail:
Interests: bioactive compounds; natural venoms; structure-function relationships of toxins; snake venoms; toxins and enzymes; anti-venoms; pharmacological applications
Prof. Dr. J. Glenn Songer
Department of Veterinary Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA Tel. +1 520 621 2962; Fax: +1 520 621 6366
Website: http://microvet.arizona.edu/Faculty/songer/index.html E-Mail:
Interests: microbial pathogenesis; epidemiology of clostridial enteric infections
Prof. Dr. Peter S. Spencer
Global Health Center and Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, L356, Portland, Oregon, USA Tel. +1 503 4942517
Website: http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/croet/faculty/profiles.cfm?facultyID=520 E-Mail:
Interests: neurotoxinology (plant, fungal); neurotoxicology; systems biology; human disease
Dr. Tammy E. Stoker
MD-72, Endocrine Toxicology Branch, Toxicity Assessment Division, ORD, NHEERL, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA Tel. +1 919 541 2783; Fax: +1 919 541 5138
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Interests: neuroendocrine control of reproductive function/LH surge and ovulation; pubertal development following gestational or peripubertal exposure to EDCs; perinatal exposures and effects on prostate development/prostatitis in the rat; in vitro/ex-vivo approaches to evaluate the effects of EDCs on the HPG/HPT/HPA axis
Prof. Dr. David C. Straus
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Texas Tech University, Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA Tel. +1 806 743 2523; Fax: +1 806 743 2334
Website: http://www.ttuhsc.edu/som/microbiology/ E-Mail:
Interests: mycotoxins; the microbiology of indoor air
Prof. Dr. Bruce E. Tabashnik
Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA Tel. +1 520 621 1141; Fax: +1 520 621 1150
Website: http://ag.arizona.edu/ento/faculty/tabashnik.htm E-Mail:
Interests: insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins
Prof. Dr. Vernon L. Tesh
Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Medical Research and Education Building, Room 3002, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, 8447 State Highway 47, Bryan, TX 77843-1114, USA Tel. +1 979 436 0357; Fax: +1 979 845 3479
Website: http://medicine.tamhsc.edu/basic-sciences/mmp/faculty/vernon-tesh.html E-Mail:
Interests: Shiga toxins; verotoxins; ribosome-inactivating proteins; intracellular signaling pathways activated by microbial toxins; ER stress response; regulation of cytokine expression; innate immune response to microbial toxins; microbial pathogenesis
Contribution:
Special Issue: Novel Properties of Well-Characterized Toxins
Prof. Dr. Anthony T. Tu
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523, USA Tel. +1 970 491 1591; Fax: +1 970 491 6313
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Interests: snake venoms; sea snake neurotoxins; Raman spectroscopy; structure-function relations of toxins; chemical weapons defense; NBCR anti-terrorism
Contribution:
Special Issue: Neurotoxins of Biological Origin
Prof. Dr. Jan Tytgat
Laboratory of Toxicology, University of Leuven (KULeuven), Campus Gasthuisberg, O&N2 PO Box 922, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium Tel. +32 16 32 34 03; Fax: +32 16 32 34 05
Website: http://www.kuleuven.be/cv/u0018354e.htm E-Mail:
Interests: natural and bioactive compounds; animal venoms & toxins; structure-function relationships; ion channels & receptors, electrophysiology, pharmacology
Dr. C. Chris Yun
Emory University, School of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, Whitehead Bldg., Suite 201, 615 Michael St. Atlanta, GA 30322, USA Tel. +1 404 712 2865; Fax: +1 404 727 5767
Website: http://medicine.emory.edu/gi/profile_highlights.cfm?id=4021#top E-Mail:
Interests: effects of lysophosphoipids in colon cancer and colitis; sodium and fluid absorption in the intestine and kidney; protein-protein interaction; chemokine sin colon cancer; cancer therapeutics; GPCR signaling
Contribution:
Special Issue: Enterotoxins
Prof. Dr. Gerald W. Zamponi
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. N.W., Calgary, T2N 4N1, Canada Tel. +1 403 220 6597; Fax: +1 403 919 2212
Website: http://www.cell.ucalgary.ca/G.Zamponi.html E-Mail:
Interests: calcium channels; sodium channels; T-type channels; N-type channels; pain; G protein; second messengers; epilepsy
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