As part of our ongoing review of our editorial structure, the Topical Advisor Panel (TAP) role will be discontinued effective January 1, 2027.
Topical Advisory Panel
- Behavioural Biology Section
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section
- Biotechnology Section
- Cancer Biology Section
- Cell Biology Section
- Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Section
- Ecology Section
- Evolutionary Biology Section
- Genetics and Genomics Section
- Immunology Section
- Marine and Freshwater Biology Section
- Medical Biology Section
- Microbiology Section
- Neuroscience Section
- Plant Science Section
- Zoology Section
Members
Institute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 80539 Munich, Germany
Interests: p53; lncRNAs; miRNAs; gene expression; transcription factors; EMT; colorectal cancer
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Interests: p53; lncRNAs; miRNAs; gene expression; transcription factors; EMT; colorectal cancer
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Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
Interests: tumor metabolism; lipidomics; cell signaling; lipid droplets; organelle interactions
Interests: tumor metabolism; lipidomics; cell signaling; lipid droplets; organelle interactions
Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Interests: infection biology; host-pathogen interaction; gene regulation; cell signaling; drug discovery; redox biology
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Interests: infection biology; host-pathogen interaction; gene regulation; cell signaling; drug discovery; redox biology
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Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Cardiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan
Interests: stem cells; chemokines; macrophagse; CXCR4; SDF-1; iPS cells
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Interests: stem cells; chemokines; macrophagse; CXCR4; SDF-1; iPS cells
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1. Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
2. Archaeology Department, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 8000, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
Interests: mammal paleontology of Eurasia and Africa from the neogene and quaternary; small mammals; great apes; paleobiology; paleoecology
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2. Archaeology Department, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 8000, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
Interests: mammal paleontology of Eurasia and Africa from the neogene and quaternary; small mammals; great apes; paleobiology; paleoecology
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Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, 450 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
Interests: chromatin/chromatin remodeling; epigenetics; histone modifications
Interests: chromatin/chromatin remodeling; epigenetics; histone modifications
Faculty of pharmacy and biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Ante Kovačića 1, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: glycobiology; glycoproteomics; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; immunoglobulin G; plasma protein N-glycosylation; high-throughput glycomics; biomarker discovery
Interests: glycobiology; glycoproteomics; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; immunoglobulin G; plasma protein N-glycosylation; high-throughput glycomics; biomarker discovery
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tulane University, 1430 Tulane Ave., Rm 6512A, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Interests: autophagy and liver metabolism; role of autophagy in liver disease, degeneration and regeneration (DDR); determine molecular mechanism of autophagy during cellular stress
Interests: autophagy and liver metabolism; role of autophagy in liver disease, degeneration and regeneration (DDR); determine molecular mechanism of autophagy during cellular stress
The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA
Interests: cancer cells; tumor microenvironment; cancer biology; cell culture; tumor biology; tumor cell culture, anti-microbial, anti-inflammation, host-microbe interaction
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Interests: cancer cells; tumor microenvironment; cancer biology; cell culture; tumor biology; tumor cell culture, anti-microbial, anti-inflammation, host-microbe interaction
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Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Life Science and Nano Technology, Hannam University, Daejeon 34430, Republic of Korea
Interests: medical nutrition therapy in metabolic diseases (diabetes mellitus, obesity, coronary vascular disease, dyslipidemia, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and liver disease, etc.); weight reduction program; clinical trials; nutritional support or supplementations; lipid metabolism; antioxidant system: vitamins, minerals, and peroxidation; nutrition and aging; age and disease-related (early) biomarkers; epidemiological study: cohort study; metabolomics (nutrition-metabolite interaction); nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics (nutrition-gene interaction)
Interests: medical nutrition therapy in metabolic diseases (diabetes mellitus, obesity, coronary vascular disease, dyslipidemia, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and liver disease, etc.); weight reduction program; clinical trials; nutritional support or supplementations; lipid metabolism; antioxidant system: vitamins, minerals, and peroxidation; nutrition and aging; age and disease-related (early) biomarkers; epidemiological study: cohort study; metabolomics (nutrition-metabolite interaction); nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics (nutrition-gene interaction)
Dr. Yong-Ick Kim
Department of Chemistry, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USA
Interests: circadian clock; kinase and phosphatase; enzyme
Interests: circadian clock; kinase and phosphatase; enzyme
Infectious Disease Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB), 125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Korea
Interests: molecular microbiology; antibiotic resistance; synthetic biology; microbiome; stringent response; bacterial persistence; antibiotic tolerance; bacteriology; bacterial pathogenesis
Interests: molecular microbiology; antibiotic resistance; synthetic biology; microbiome; stringent response; bacterial persistence; antibiotic tolerance; bacteriology; bacterial pathogenesis
Ludwig-Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Center for Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Interests: vascular biology; pathophysiology of adverse cardiac remodeling; mechanism of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury; cardiomyopathies
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Interests: vascular biology; pathophysiology of adverse cardiac remodeling; mechanism of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury; cardiomyopathies
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Whitehead Institute at MIT, Cambridge, MA 2142, USA
Interests: non-coding RNAs; adipocyte development; B cell development; tissue specific regulatory T cells; computational biology
Interests: non-coding RNAs; adipocyte development; B cell development; tissue specific regulatory T cells; computational biology
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara 259-1193, Kanagawa, Japan
Interests: diagnosis; prognostic factor; clinical genetics; neuroscience; molecular pharmacology; gene mutation; drug resistance; mitochondrial DNA; polymorphism; heteroplasmy; nucleotide differentiation index; cell signaling; catecholamine receptors; gene expression; evolution; molecular phylogeny; domestication; phenotype
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Interests: diagnosis; prognostic factor; clinical genetics; neuroscience; molecular pharmacology; gene mutation; drug resistance; mitochondrial DNA; polymorphism; heteroplasmy; nucleotide differentiation index; cell signaling; catecholamine receptors; gene expression; evolution; molecular phylogeny; domestication; phenotype
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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
Interests: cancer; chromium; inflammation; infectious diseases; natural products; toxicology; pharmacology
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Interests: cancer; chromium; inflammation; infectious diseases; natural products; toxicology; pharmacology
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Laboratory of Nanobiology and Biomaterials, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Kozielska 4 St., 01-063 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: nanomaterials; antivirals; pathogenesis of herpesviral infections; cell death in virus infection
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Interests: nanomaterials; antivirals; pathogenesis of herpesviral infections; cell death in virus infection
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Institute for Experimental Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, Schillingallee 69a, 18057 Rostock, Germany
Interests: hepatitis; liver failure; apoptosis; diseases; nutrition, metabolism, neurodegenerative diseases
Interests: hepatitis; liver failure; apoptosis; diseases; nutrition, metabolism, neurodegenerative diseases
Institute of Physiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Schoepfstrasse 41/EG, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Interests: neurophysiology; neuropathic pain; addiction; gene expression; microRNAs; bioinformatics
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Interests: neurophysiology; neuropathic pain; addiction; gene expression; microRNAs; bioinformatics
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Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8577, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Interests: microbiology; nanobiotechnology; environmental science
Interests: microbiology; nanobiotechnology; environmental science
Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Warren Alpert Bld, Rm 140, 200 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Interests: microfluidics; membrane-protein biochemistry; bioengineering
Interests: microfluidics; membrane-protein biochemistry; bioengineering
Primate Resources Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Jeongeup-si 56216, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea
Interests: advanced bioconvergence; digital biotechnology; primatology; cancer biology; cancer stem cells; neurodegenerative diseases; therapeutic approaches; bioplasma
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Interests: advanced bioconvergence; digital biotechnology; primatology; cancer biology; cancer stem cells; neurodegenerative diseases; therapeutic approaches; bioplasma
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1. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy
2. Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Policlinico Universitario “Riuniti” di Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy
Interests: interventional bronchoscopic procedures (i.e., endobronchial biopsy, transbronchial needle aspiration, endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration, cryobiopsy); diagnosis and management of interstitial lung diseases; sleep respiratory disorders and pulmonary hypertension and cancer biology; biomarkers and diagnosis
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2. Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Policlinico Universitario “Riuniti” di Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy
Interests: interventional bronchoscopic procedures (i.e., endobronchial biopsy, transbronchial needle aspiration, endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration, cryobiopsy); diagnosis and management of interstitial lung diseases; sleep respiratory disorders and pulmonary hypertension and cancer biology; biomarkers and diagnosis
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Computational Biology Laboratory, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests: molecular dynamics; protein interactions; intrinsically disordered proteins; structural biology; atomistic simulations; bioinformatics; proteins; molecular dynamics simulation; cancer biology; lipids and biological membrane; membrane proteins; autophagy; metalloproteins; drug design
Interests: molecular dynamics; protein interactions; intrinsically disordered proteins; structural biology; atomistic simulations; bioinformatics; proteins; molecular dynamics simulation; cancer biology; lipids and biological membrane; membrane proteins; autophagy; metalloproteins; drug design
School of Molecular Cell Biology & Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo 39040, Israel
Interests: rare diseases; metabolites; inborn error of metabolism; yeast; yeast as a model for human disease; chemical chaperones; target of rapamycin; amyloids; amyloid like structures; neurodegenerative disorders; high throughput screening for small molecules
Interests: rare diseases; metabolites; inborn error of metabolism; yeast; yeast as a model for human disease; chemical chaperones; target of rapamycin; amyloids; amyloid like structures; neurodegenerative disorders; high throughput screening for small molecules
Department of Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G. F. Ingrassia", Cannizzaro Hospital, University of Catania, 95126 Catania, Italy
Interests: gut microbioma; cancer & obesity; colon cancer; metabolic surgery
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Interests: gut microbioma; cancer & obesity; colon cancer; metabolic surgery
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College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
Interests: mesenchymal stem cell; extracelluar vesicle; spine disease; spinal cord disease; regeneration
Interests: mesenchymal stem cell; extracelluar vesicle; spine disease; spinal cord disease; regeneration
Department of Legal and Forensic Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute (IMIB), Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: forensic sciences; legal medicine; biochemistry; proteomics; genetics; biomedicine; human toxicology; bioethics
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Interests: forensic sciences; legal medicine; biochemistry; proteomics; genetics; biomedicine; human toxicology; bioethics
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Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Interests: cancer; metastatic cancer; circulating tumor cells; tumor microenvironment; tumor-stroma interactions
Interests: cancer; metastatic cancer; circulating tumor cells; tumor microenvironment; tumor-stroma interactions
Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien 974301, Taiwan
Interests: cheminformatics; molecular modeling; computer-aided drug; design/computer-aided molecule design; machine learning applications
Interests: cheminformatics; molecular modeling; computer-aided drug; design/computer-aided molecule design; machine learning applications
