Topical Advisory Panel

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Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Interests: neurodegeneration; autophagy; membrane trafficking; mechanisms of cell death; pharmacology; Drosophila; neuroscience; movement

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Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Genomics and Evolutionary Studies, Department of Biology, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago 3363, Chile
Interests: animal production; aquaculture; genomics; epigenomics; transcriptomics; molecular markers

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Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Republic of Korea
Interests: seaweeds; taxonomy; biogeography; ecology; phylogenetics; evolution
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Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Island Bat Research Group (IBRG), Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Interests: computational modelling; conservation biology; ecology; bat biology
Department of Agronomy & Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55455, USA
Interests: biotechnology; gene editing; quantitative genetics; epigenetics of shoot architecture traits

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Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, RJ, Brazil
Interests: infection; inflammation; host-parasite interaction; pathogens; macrophage; innate immunity; leishmania; cell signaling

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EXPRELA Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Química de Química y Biología (CICA), Universidade da Coruña (UDC), 15008 A Coruña, Spain
Interests: neoantigens in cancer; lncRNAs; molecular oncology; structural biology and biophysics; HMGB proteins; gene regulation

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Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: plant molecular biology; NGS approaches; metagenomics and functional genomics
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College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: food science and technology; food microbiology and gut microbiota; food biochemistry and metabolism; insect model system; honeybee/bumblebee
Jianan Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan 717, Taiwan
Interests: opioid addiction; opioid dependence; opioid receptors; methadone; buprenorphine; naloxone; GWAS; polygenic risk score; crispr; medical treatment
Department of Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA
Interests: macrophages; inflammation; obesity; atherosclerosis; cancer
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Molekulare Mikrobiologie, Institut für Allgemeine Mikrobiologie, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Interests: molecular microbiology; bacterial communication; biofilms; bacteriophages and host-microbe interactions
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
Interests: diabetes; autoimmune disorders; inflammatory regulation; signaling pathway crosstalk; cell-cell interaction; angiogenesis; translational research; stem cell; bioinformatics
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Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
Interests: wheat genetics; wheat breeding; fine map and clone wheat genes for yield components and Hessian fly resistance

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1. Department Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Genética, Facultad de Enfermería y Terapia Ocupacional, Universidad de Extremadura Avda de la Universidad s/n, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
2. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), 28049 Madrid, Spain
Interests: autophagy; Parkinson disease; acetylation; myotonic dystrophy
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International Joint Research Laboratory in Universities of Jiangsu Province of China for Domestic Animal Germplasm Resources and Genetic Improvement, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Interests: machine learning; genetic variants; animal breeding
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Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
Interests: sustainable catalysis; green chemistry; renewable energy; nanotechnology; biocatalysis; CO2 conversion; biomass valorization; circular economy; machine learning; medicinal plants; climate change mitigation; salinity stress; antioxidants; CRISPR/Cas genome editing
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Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
Interests: environmental microbiology; molecular microbiology; "-omic" approach; plastic waste; emerging contaminants; biodegradation; microbial bioactive compounds; microbiota; molecular biomonitoring; rhodococcus genomics
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
Interests: neutrophils; leukocyte recruitment; gut dysbiosis in animal models of Alzheimer's disease and Multiple Sclerosis; immune mechanisms contributing to neurodegeneration
Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China
Interests: microbial diversity; thermophilic microbe; anaerobic microbe; piezophilic microbe; resource utilization; sulfur cycle; iron cycle
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State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: chromosomal DNA organization; DNA replication; post-translational modification; archaeal virus–host interactions; Sulfolobus cell cycle regulation
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Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Interests: plant cytoskeleton; plant-microbe interactions; plant immunity; membrane trafficking; cell wall; calcium signaling; ROS
Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Germplasm Innovation of Ministry of Agriculture of China, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: animal genetics; animal breeding; food chemistry; animal behavior; cell biology; molecular biology; molecular genetics

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Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: Poaceae; genome research; self-incompatibility
1. Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
2. The Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Interests: aging; senescence; drug discovery; drug screening; drug design; medicinal chemistry; cancer; DNA damage and repair; oxidative stress; cell death; apoptosis; ferroptosis; lipid peroxidation; autophagy

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State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: plant developmental biology; root development; biotic/abiotic stress; hormone signaling; stem cell; Arabidopsis

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3B’s Research Group, I3Bs–Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, 4805-017 Barco, Guimarães, Portugal
Interests: cell and molecular biology; modulation of cell behaviour by cell-sugars interactions; cell-sugars interactions; the role of sulfation in cell-cell and cell-materials interactions

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Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
Interests: immunity; infection; host pathogen interactions; autophagy; vesicle trafficking

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Center for Biopharmaceuticals, Department of Drug Design & Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests: role of redox metabolism in cellular signaling and proteomics in neurological disorders; mechanistic aspects of protein function and protein modification in infection & disease

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Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology (IMBIM), Biomedical Center, P.O. Box 582, Uppsala University, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Interests: cell cycle; genomic integrity; cell adhesion; integrin; cytokinesis; mitosis; centrosome
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