Antibiotics

Dr. Philippe Bulet

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Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Université Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France
Interests: bioactive peptides; antimicrobial peptides; insect immunity; innate immunity; toxins; venoms; drug development; biomarker discovery; infection diseases; chronic diseases; microbiology; peptide and protein chemistry; mass spectrometry

Dr. Antonio Riccardo Buonomo

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Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
Interests: emerging multidrug-resistant bacteria; infection control; new antibiotics for MDR infections
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Dr. Floriana Campanile

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Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 97, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: multidrug-resistant gram-positive isolates; mechanisms of antibiotic resistance; Staphylococcus aureus internalization; mechanism of action of novel drugs
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Dr. Gregory Caputo

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Department of Chemistry, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Rd., Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
Interests: biophysical chemistry; antimicrobials; peptide-lipid interactions
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Dr. Dario Cattaneo

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Laboratory of Pharmacokinetics (Unit of Clinical Pharmacology), ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy
Interests: antibiotics; pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; pharmacogenetics; therapeutic drug monitoring; antifungal agents
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Prof. Dr. Tianbao Chen

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Natural Drug Discovery Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
Interests: peptide science; antibiotic resistance; structure–activity relationship; drug design
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Dr. Guyue Cheng

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National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
Interests: antimicrobial resistance mechanism; zoonotic pathogen; antimicrobial resistance control strategy; multi-epitope vaccine against bacterial pathogen
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Prof. Dr. Myron Christodoulides

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Department of Molecular Microbiology, School of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK
Interests: gram-negative AMR pathogens; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; novel antimicrobial agents; vaccines for AMR pathogens; drug discovery
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Dr. Marco Maria D'Andrea

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Department of Biology, University of “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
Interests: antibiotic resistance mechanisms; genetic bases for the diffusion of antibiotic resistance genes; microbial bioinformatics; new antimicrobial drugs; bacteriophages; bacteriophages as tools for phage therapy
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Prof. Dr. Hermínia de Lencastre

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1. Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology of Human Pathogens Unit, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
2. Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Interests: epidemiology, genetics, evolutionary and biochemical mechanisms of antibiotic resistant pathogens

Prof. Dr. Marc Devocelle

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Department of Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Ireland
Interests: antimicrobial peptides; prodrugs; peptidomimetics
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Prof. Dr. Francesco Di Gennaro

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Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Bari, 70121 Bari, Italy
Interests: HIV; tuberculosis; NTM; malaria; antimicrobial resistance; HCV; HBV; SARS CoV2; COVID-19; infectious diseases
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Dr. Mariagrazia Di Luca

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Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via San Zeno 37, 56127 Pisa, Italy
Interests: medical biofilms; persister cells; implant-associated infections; antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial tolerance; bacteriophages; phage therapy; antimicrobials
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Prof. Dr. Gill Diamond

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Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Interests: regulation of innate immunity; antimicrobial peptides; antifungal peptides; defensins; cathelicidins; novel antiviral compounds
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Prof. Dr. Irene Dini

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Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Interests: nutricosmeceuticals; food chemistry; natural product; analytical chemistry
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Dr. Declan A Doyle

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Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Interests: antibiotics; efflux transporters; structural; biology of integral membrane proteins

Prof. Dr. Djamel Drider

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UMR Transfrontalière BioEcoAgro 1158, Université de Lille, Lille, France
Interests: antimicrobial peptides synthesized by the ribsomal pathway (bacteriocins); probiotics; microbial ecology; alternatives to antibiotics; antibiotic resistance; animal health; food bioconservation
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Dr. Nuno Empadinhas

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Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: biosynthesis; secondary metabolites; mycobacteria; gut microbiota; neurotoxins

Prof. Dr. N.A. Michael Eskin

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Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Interests: edible oils; polyphenols; gums; nutraceuticals
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Prof. Dr. Matthieu Eveillard

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1. Department of Clinical Microbiology, CHU Angers, Angers, France
2. CRCINA, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
Interests: multi-drug resistant bacteria; infection control; one health; clinical microbiology

Dr. Teresa Fasciana

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Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Interests: gram positive and negative microorganisms; multi drug resistance; H. pylori; natural components and their antibiofilm actions
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Dr. Helena Felgueiras

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Centre for Textile Science and Technology, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Interests: antimicrobial agents concomitant; synergistic and additive effects surface functionalization; antimicrobial properties; biomedical therapies; bioactive molecules; green synthesis; environmentally friendly; circular economy; waste materials’ second life
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Prof. Dr. Ismail Fliss

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Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
Interests: lactic acid bacteculture; food microbiology; antimicrobial peptides; bacteriocins; antimicrobial activity; food and animal application
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Prof. Dr. Octávio L. Franco

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1. Center for Proteomics and Biochemical Analysis, Postgraduate Program in Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
2. Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, S-Inova Biotech, Dom Bosco Catholic University, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
Interests: antimicrobial peptides; proteomics; biotechnology
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Dr. Márió Gajdács

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Department of Oral Biology and Experimental Dental Research, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial stewardship; knowledge-attitude-practice (KAP); questionnaires; epidemiology; public health; bacteriology; novel antimicrobials
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Dr. Ren-You Gan

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Department of Food Science and Nutrition, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
Interests: food functional ingredients; bioactivities; gut microbiota; food fermentation; biotransformation
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Dr. Efstathios Giaouris

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Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81400 Myrina, Greece
Interests: food hygiene and safety; natural antimicrobials; sustainable microbial control; beneficial microorganisms; biofilms; intercellular interactions and communication; bacterial stress adaptation; virulence and pathogenesis
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Dr. María Guembe

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Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, 28007 Madrid, Spain
Interests: biofilms; prostheses; infection; devices; catheter
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Dr. Zvi Hayouka

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Department of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Interests: antimicrobial peptide; anti biofilm agents; quorum sensing; Quosum quenching; chemical biology; microbiology; protein protein interaction; crop protection agents; food preservative; bioactive packaging

Prof. Dr. Peter Heisig

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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

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