Seyed Hesamoddin Bidooki received his Master's degree in Genetics from the Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch in 2018, and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Zaragoza. He worked as a Laboratory Technician at the Dr. Bidoki Medical Genetics Center (2017–2019) and as CEO at Gene Afzar (2015–2021).
María A. Navarro works in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Health Research Institute of Aragon-University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. Navarro is also working at the Agrifood Institute of Aragon, CITA-University of Zaragoza, Spain, and the Biomedical Research Center for the Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition Network (CIBEROBN), Carlos III Health Institute, Spain. Navarro's subjects include her Master's final project, Biology and Biochemistry, Animal Biotechnology, Functional Genomics, and Final Degree Project.
Susana C.M. Fernandes is a teacher-researcher at UPPA, where she created and directs the MANTA Chair. She is also a visiting researcher at the Ångström laboratory at Uppsala University in Sweden. She is a co-author of 50 articles and has participated in more than 40 conferences and media articles. She received the “Top Cited Authors” award in 2012-2013 from the journal Carbohydrate Research. She has also written four book chapters and one book. Her innovative thinking and experimental work also contributed to two international patents. She has also won several prizes, scholarships, and projects totaling EUR 3 million, such as the prestigious Marie Curie Intra-European Scholarship (funded by the European Commission, awarded for 2 years at KTH, Sweden) and the ANR TREMPLIN-ERC 2016 grant (funded by the French National Research Agency, awarded for 18 months to UPPA, France).
Jesus Osada works in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Health Research Institute of Aragon, University of Zaragoza, Spain. Osada obtained Postdoctoral positions at Tufts University under the supervision of Drs Schaefer and Ordovas (2.5 years), at North Carolina at Chapel Hill under Drs Maeda and Smithies (Nobel Prize for Medicine 2007) supervision (1.5 years), at the University of Leiden with Dr. Hofker (0.5 years) and University of Harvard with Dr. Alvarez (0.3 years). Osada's main scientific achievement is in the protective role of extra virgin olive oil against atherosclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using genetically modified mice.