Announcements

Name: Dr. Angela-Patricia Hernández
Affiliation: Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cáncer, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Unamuno s/n, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Homepage: https://produccioncientifica.usal.es/investigadores/157306/detalle
Research interests: drug discovery; natural products; immunotherapy; nanomedicine; medicinal chemistry; organic chemistry; cancer

Name: Dr. Carla Vitorino
Affiliation: Centro De Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Homepage: https://cqc.uc.pt/person/carla-sofia-pinheiro-vitorino
Research interests: nanotechnology; drug permeation enhancement; transdermal and oral drug delivery; brain targeting

Name: Dr. Andrea Angeletti
Affiliation: IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Homepage: https://www.gaslini.org/staff/andrea-angeletti/
Research interests: glomerular diseases

Name: Dr. Zhidong Zhou
Affiliation: National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore, Singapore City, Singapore
Homepage: https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/directory/detail/zhou-zhidong
Research interests: biomarkers; therapeutic targets and compounds for Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases

Name: Dr. Manikandan Selvaraj
Affiliation: Department of Clinical Genomics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
Research interests: molecular docking; virtual screening; molecular modeling; docking studies; cheminformatics and computational chemistry; drug discovery; molecular dynamics simulation; protein modeling; computational chemistry; structural bioinformatics and structural biology

Name: Dr. Adriana Georgescu
Affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology 'Nicolae Simionescu' of Romanian Academy, 8, BP Hasdeu Street, P.O. Box 35-14, 050568 Bucharest, Romania
Homepage: https://www.cnatdcu.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/05_Georgescu-Adriana.pdf
Research interests: cardiovascular disease; atherosclerosis; diabetes; obesity; inflammation; vascular dysfunction; biomarkers; therapies; extracellular vesicles; microvesicles; microRNA

Name: Dr. Sean Chia
Affiliation: A*-Star, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Singapore City, Singapore
Homepage: https://research.a-star.edu.sg/researcher/sean-chia/
Research interests: protein aggregation; protein-ligand interactions; protein biophysics; protein–membrane interactions; biomarkers of neurodegeneration; antibody structure and stability

Name: Dr. Marco Casciaro
Affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit and School of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy
Research interests: immune system; allergy; cytokines; oxidative stress; inflammation; autoimmunity

Name: Dr. Anna Cieślińska
Affiliation: Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Homepage: http://wbib.uwm.edu.pl/kb/dr-hab-anna-cieslinska
Research interests: proteins; opioids; nutrigenomics; polymorphism; SNPs; mutations; vitamins; markers

Name: Dr. Maroula Kokotou
Affiliation: Laboratory of Chemistry, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece
Homepage: http://fst.aua.gr/sites/fst.aua.gr/files/CV_KOKOTOU%20M_July%202021%20eng1-1.pdf
Research interests: mass spectrometry; liquid chromatography–high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS); lipidomics; bioactive food ingredients; study of organic reaction mechanisms by HRMS

Name: Dr. Xavier Gallart-Palau
Affiliation: Pec Proteomics Research Group (+PPRG), Neuroscience Area, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida Dr. Pifarré Foundation (IRBLLEIDA), University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova (HUAV), 25198 Lleida, Spain
Homepage: https://www.irblleida.org/en/research/staff/133995/xavier-gallart-palau
Research interests: neurochemistry; proteinopathy; Alzheimer’s disease; vascular dementia; neurovascular unit; extracellular vesicles; proteomics

Name: Dr. Michele Scuruchi
Affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Policlinico Universitario, Messina, Italy
Homepage: https://www.unime.it/it/persona/michele-scuruchi/corsi
Research interests: inflammation; cell signalling pathways; vascular proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans in the initiation and progression of vascular damage; structure, function, immunological and biological properties of hyaluronic acid and proteoglycans in arthritis

Name: Dr. Chi Keung Lam
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, 105 The Grn, Room 118 Wolf Hall, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Homepage: https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/cas/units/departments/biological-sciences/our-people/chi-keung-lam/
Research interests: heart disease; calcium regulation; stress signalling; chaperone; proteasome

Name: Dr. Carmen Cerchia
Affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano, 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Homepage: http://www.drugdiscoverylab.unina.it/postphds.html
Research interests: computer-aided drug design; drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; structure-based drug design; molecular modeling; polypharmacology; data mining

Name: Dr. Camilla Russo
Affiliation: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
Research interests: magnetic resonance imaging; neuro-oncology; glioma; neuro-otology; neuro-inflammation

Name: Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Janusz
Affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19 Street, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
Homepage: https://www.umcs.pl/en/addres-book-employee,1000,pl.html
Research interests: enzymes; wood degradation; fungi

Name: Dr. Amarylis Wanschel
Affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences and Pharmacy, High Point University, High Point, NC, USA
Research interests: intermediate metabolite signaling; intracardiac cell–cell cross-talk between cardiomyocytes and non-cardiomyocytes; metabolomic signaling; spatial metabolomics; metabolite–protein interactions; post-translational modifications by intermediate metabolites; endoplasmic reticulum stress; oxidative stress; nitrosative stress

Name: Dr. Xingbo Xu
Affiliation: Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medical Center of Goettingen, Roberg-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
Homepage: https://herzzentrum.umg.eu/translational-multiomics-and-precision-cardiology/
Research interests: genetic and epigenetic regulatory mechanisms of organ fibrosis; AAV-based gene therapy; DNA methylation; non-coding RNA; CRISPR/Cas-based gene function analysis; single-cell multi-omics; spatial transcriptomics

Name: Dr. Xianrui Yang
Affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3749-9461
Research interests: craniofacial bone regeneration; translational research; bone remodeling; orthodontics; biology of tooth movement

Name: Dr. Jure Knez
Affiliation: Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine University of Maribor, Taborska ulica 8, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Homepage:
https://www.iandonaldschools.com/admin/uploads/branches/Slovenia%20Maribor.pdf
Research interests: endometrial cancer; endometriosis; biomarkers in gynecology; ultrasound; gynecological oncology

Name: Dr. Peng Shao
Affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8453-6480
Research interests: T cell differentiation; infections; non-coding RNAs

Name: Dr. Franck Chiappini
Affiliation: Laboratoire Croissance, Régénération, Réparation et Régénération Tissulaires (CRRET)/ EAC CNRS 7149, University Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), F-94010 Créteil, France
Homepage: https://www.scilit.com/scholars/6505238
Research interests: lipids; lipidomic; fatty liver diseases; liver metabolism; Alzheimer's disease; extracellular matrix; glycosaminoglycanes; heparan sulfate mimetics

Name: Dr. Beatrice Mihaela Radu
Affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 91-95, 050095 Bucharest, Romania
Homepage: https://unibuc.ro/user/beatrice.radu/
Research interests: blood–brain barrier; drug safety; drug arrhythmogenic effects; neuropharmacology; epileptogenesis; depression

Name: Dr. Silvia Nuzzo
Affiliation: IRCCS Fondazione SDN, Naples, Italy
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6537-7867
Research interests: aptamers; non-coding RNAs; cancer; targeted therapy; cancer diagnosis

Name: Dr. Massimo Tusconi
Affiliation: Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09042 Cagliari, Italy
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9155-4740
Research interests: psychiatry; statistics; bipolar disorders; mood; biomarkers

Name: Dr. Joy Mitra
Affiliation: Center for Neuroregeneration, Department of Neurosurgery, The Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA
Homepage: https://scholars.houstonmethodist.org/en/persons/joy-mitra
Research interests: neurodegeneration; DNA repair; cardiovascular; neurodevelopment; neuro-inflammation

Name: Dr. Giorgia Miolo
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Homepage: https://www.dsfarm.unipd.it/giorgia-miolo-0
Research interests: photochemistry; photobiology; photodegradation; phototherapy; phototoxicity

Name: Dr. Qiuhua Yang
Affiliation: The Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Homepage: https://www.augusta.edu/centers/vbc/caldwell-lab.php
Research interests: metabolism; inflammation; fibrosis; angiogenesis; retinal degeneration

Name: Dr. Clement Agoni
Affiliation: UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Belfield, Ireland
Homepage: https://pharmacy.ukzn.ac.za/discipline-staff/dr-clement-agoni/
Research interests: peptides; bioactive peptides; computer-aided drug design, structural bioinformatics and molecular modelling

Name: Dr. Bala Moku
Affiliation: Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Homepage: https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/bala-moku-94341
Research interests: medicinal chemistry; organic synthesis; anticancer and antiviral drug discovery

Name: Dr. Marco Piccoli
Affiliation: Laboratory of Stem Cells for Tissue Engineering, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Piazza Malan 2, 20097 Milan, Italy
Research interests: cardiovascular diseases; sialidase Neu3; sialidase inhibitors; sialic acid biochemistry; strategies for cardioprotection

Name: Dr. Avisek Majumder
Affiliation: Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology Div.), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
Homepage: https://profiles.ucsf.edu/avisek.majumder
Research interests: HER3; SynNotch CAR-T cell therapy; HER2-positive breast tumors

Name: Dr. Tony Z. Jia
Affiliation: Office of Research and Academia-Government-Community Collaboration, Hiroshim, Hiroshima University: Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Homepage: https://researchmap.jp/tzjia/?lang=en
Research interests: origins of life; astrobiology; biophysics; materials science; prebiotic chemistry

Name: Dr. Niraj Lodhi
Affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Research interests: aging; epigenetics; transcription; PARP1; metabolic disorders; gene regulation; aging process

Name: Dr. Benesh Joseph
Affiliation: Department of Physics, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Research interests: conformational dynamics; membrane proteins; ABC transporter; spin labeling; protein

Name: Dr. Makram Merimi
Affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 121 Boulevard de Waterloo, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium, Genetics and Immune Cell Therapy Unit, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed Premier, Oujda 60000, Morocco
Research interests: cancer biology; hematologic malignancies; immunotherapy; stem cell therapy; gene expression regulation; epigenetics; ncRNA; antitumoral drugs; bioactive molecules; cell death pathways; regenerative medicine; inflammation

Name: Dr. Udayakumar Karunakaran
Affiliation: School of Medicine, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7049-9105
Research interests: pancreatic islet biology; ferroptosis; oxidative stress; metabolic disease; cell death

Name: Dr. Eleni Tsakiri
Affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 72 Athens, Greece
Homepage: https://www.fleming.gr/kiparaki-lab-personnel
Research interests: proteostasis; oxidative stress; tau protein; protein aggregates; mitochondria; mitophagy; neurodegeneration; aging

Name: Dr. Camilla Bean
Affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
Homepage: https://www.biologia.unipd.it/dipartimento/persone/scheda-persona/?tx_wfqbe_pi1%5Baccount%5D=camilla-bean
Research interests: mitochondria; metabolism; transcriptomics; epigenetics

Name: Dr. Mathieu Schwartz
Affiliation: Flavour Perception: Molecular Mechanisms (Flavours), INRAE, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2670-5274
Research interests: oral microbiota; flavor; perception; glycosidases; glutathione; crystallography; crystal structure; c-s lyase

Name: Dr. Hongxia Ren
Affiliation: 1. Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics; Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; 2. Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indianapolis, IN, USA; 3. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology; Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Homepage: https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/26336/ren-hongxia
Research interests: diabetes; obesity; metabolism; glucose metabolism; insulin; feeding; G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR); metabolic disease; signaling; cyclic AMP (cAMP); calcium; central nervous system (CNS); intestine; glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1); glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS); enteroendocrine cell (EEC); inducible knockout

Name: Dr. Bi Zhao
Affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, ISA 2015, Tampa, FL 33620-5150, USA
Homepage: https://health.usf.edu/publichealth/overviewcoph/faculty/bizhao
Research interests: multi-omics; bioinformatics; system biology; structural biology

Name: Dr. Shantanu Kundu
Affiliation: 1. Ocean and Fisheries Development International Cooperation Institute, College of Fisheries Science, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea; 2. International Graduate Program of Fisheries Science, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea
Homepage: https://icms.pknu.ac.kr/oceanfisheries/6649
Research interests: biodiversity genomics; bioinformatics; conservation genetics

Name: Dr. Hewang Lee
Affiliation: Division of Kidney Diseases & Hypertension, Department of Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Homepage: https://joselab.smhs.gwu.edu/lab-members
Research interests: neuropeptides; dopamine receptor; blood pressure; autophagy; sorting nexin; renal physiology; cardiovascular research