Topical Advisory Panel for section 'Biomacromolecules: Proteins, Nucleic Acids and Carbohydrates'

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Jacob and Lena Joels Memorial Foundation Senior LecturerDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsThe Institute for Medical Research Israel-CanadaThe Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School,Ein Kerem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Interests: DNA damage; DNA repair; nucleotide excision repair; UV damage; mutagenesis; transcription; genomics; chromatin.
PhysioLab, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
Interests: single cell mechanics; mechanics of motor and cytoskeletal proteins; mechanics and energetics of motor proteins in vitro and in situ; force spectroscopy; optical tweezers; AFM; confocal microscope; TIRF
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Centre for Reproductive Health and Centre for Cancer, Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
Interests: RNA; RNA binding proteins; gene expression; genetic disease; stem cell; differentiation
Department of Biophysics, Medical School, University of Pécs, Szigeti str. 12, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary
Interests: actin cytoskeleton; actin-binding proteins; actin structure and dynamics; functional polymorphism of actin; actin-microtubule crosstalk
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: cancers; renal cancer; ncRNAs; microRNAs; lncRNAs; cancer cells proliferation; adhesion; metastasis and metabolism; TGF-b1; alternative splicing; thyroid hormones; thyroid hormones receptors
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
Interests: protein aggregation; protein-ligand interactions; protein biophysics; protein-membrane interactions; biomarkers of neurodegeneration; antibody structure and stability

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Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
Interests: membrane proteins; potassium channels and toxin inhibitors; intrinsically disordered proteins; protein-protein interactions; biomolecular nuclear magnetic resonance; biochemistry and biophysics
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Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Interests: protein structure prediction and machine learning; protein design; enzyme engineering; biophysics; structural biology

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Immunology and Functional Genomics Unit, Centro Cardiologico Monzino-IRCCS, Via Parea 4, 20138 Milan, Italy
Interests: ncRNA; miRNA; cardiovascular disease; epigenetics; biomarkers

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Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Strathclyde Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Univesity of Strathclyde, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 0NR, Scotland, UK
Interests: cardiovascular; GPCRs; cardiotoxicity; thrombin; thrombin receptors; receptor pharmacology; receptor dimerisation; protein-protein interactions; cell signalling

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Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Interests: protein-nucleic acid interactions; lncRNAs; transcription; nuclear receptors; biophysics; biochemistry

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HiLIFE, Neuroscience Center, Academy Fellow, Marseille, France
Interests: lipid-protein interactions; cholesterol; gangliosides, amyloid proteins; membrane proteins; neurodegenerative diseases; epilepsy
‘Architecture and Reactivity of RNA’ Department, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Interests: translation; ribosome; internal ribosome entry site; RNA viruses; RNA structure

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Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
Interests: molecular engineering of proteins; biomembranes and membrane proteins; fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; supported biomembrane systems for membrane protein studies; biointerface engineering of phase separated lipid microenvironments
1. Second Department of Internal Medicine, St. Anne´s University Hospital in Brno and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Pekařská 53, 65691 Brno, Czech Republic
2. Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
3. Department of Physiology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
Interests: microRNA; piRNA; small noncoding RNA; circulating microRNA; biomarker; plasmatic microRNA; urinary microRNA; heart transplantation; acute cellular rejection; cardiac allograft vasculopathy; microRNA-related polymorphisms (SNPs); renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system polymorphisms; deep vein thrombosis; pulmonary embolism; capillaroscopy
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Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H4R2, Canada
Interests: membrane proteins; ion channels; TRP channels; CFTR channel; cancer; anticancer drugs; mitochondria; lysosomes
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1. Department of Clinical and Biological Science, University of Torino, 10143 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
2. Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, 10060 Candiolo, Torino, Italy
Interests: preclinical and translational oncology research; predictive/prognostic biomarkers; circRNAs-miRNAs-RBP circuits; exosomes; DNA damage response and repair; targeted therapies; syngeneic cancer models and cancer patient-derived xenografts
Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
Interests: proteostasis; Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress; Unfolded Protein Response (UPR); ERAD and protein folding
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CBM Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, UPR 4301 du CNRS, Orleans, France
Interests: DNA and RNA structure; Transcription; RNA polymerase; RNA-protein interactions; RNA metabolism; Genomics and transcriptomics
Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology,College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Interests: electronegative low-density lipoprotein; ceramide; ceramidase; lysophosphatidylcholine; lysophospholipase; endothelial dysfunction; mitochondria; metabolic syndrome; lipid metabolism
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Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Interests: RNA regulation; small non-coding RNAs; ribonucleoproteins; Argonautes; Piwi; piRNAs; miRNAs; tRNAs; RNase P; RNA helicases; RNA-Seq; CLIP-Seq
Unit of Bacterial Genetics, Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Interests: lipopolysaccharide assembly and its modifications: heat shock response; protein folding catalysts; chaperones; proteases; regulatory RNAs; two-component systems; RpoE sigma factor
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School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
Interests: chromatin architecture; tumorigenesis; long noncoding RNA

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1. Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
2. Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto (IPATIMUP), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Interests: cancer; cellular communication; glycobiology; oncobiology; proteoglycans


Department of Cell Pathology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
Interests: actin; actin cytoskeleton; migration; invasion; adhesion; signaling; molecular medicine

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Department of Sciences andTechnologies, Scientific Sector: BIO-11 (Molecular Biology) University of Sannio, ViaFrancesco de sanctis, 11, 82100 Benevento, Italy
Interests: biomolecular condensates; centrosomes; ribonucleoprotein granules; intrinsically disordered proteins; aneuploidy; chromosome instability; rare genetic disorders

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Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar - Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Interests: peroxisome biogenesis; protein targeting; transient ubiquitination

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Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, UK
Interests: Alpha synuclein; Amyloid beta; Tau; neurodegeneration; fluorescence lifetime; superresolution imaging; C. elegans

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Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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
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Department of Biological Sciences, Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
Interests: computational biology; protein structure; protein-protein interaction; protein evolution; protein function; post-translational regulation; signaling; virus evolution; host-virus interactions; intrinsically disordered proteins
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