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Prof. Dr. Wolfram S. Kunz

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1. Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
2. Department of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
Interests: mitochondrial DNA; somatic mutations in mtDNA; mitochondrial diseases; genetic epilepsies

Dr. Andreas Kurtz

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BIH Center for Regenrative Therapies, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
Interests: stem cells; cell data management, extracellular matrix; kidney organoids; regenerative medicine; ethics of organoids
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Dr. Giampiero La Rocca

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Histology and Embryology Section, Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Interests: wharton's jelly; mesenchymal stromal cells; stem cells; differentiation; immune modulation; cell transplantation; regenerative medicine; placenta; umbilical cord; extraembryonic tissues; mitochondria

Prof. Dr. Majlinda Lako

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Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, International Centre for Life, Newcastle NE1 3BZ, UK
Interests: pluripotent stem cells; retinal development; inherited and age related retinal disease; cornea development and regeneration; single cell analyses; limbal stem cell deficiency

Prof. Dr. Nathalie Lamarche-Vane

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Cancer Research Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Hospital Centre; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Interests: Rho GTPase signaling; cell migration; cytoskeletal dynamics; axon guidance; cancer metastasis

Dr. Laura Lasagni

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Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy
Interests: stem cells; kidney regeneration; cancer stem cells; renal diseases; cell hypertrophy
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Dr. Giovanna Lattanzi

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CNR Institute of Molecular Genetics, Unit of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Interests: laminopathies; cell biology of lamins; emerin and lamin-linked proteins; emery-dreifuss muscular dystrophy; hutchinson-gilford progeria syndrome(hgps); mandibuloacral dysplasia; familial partial lipodystrophy type 2
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Dr. Sari Lauri

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Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program and HiLife Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
Interests: circuit development; synaptic transmission; synaptic plasticity; ionotropic glutamate receptor; kainate receptor

Dr. Michael Lazarou

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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Level 2, Building 77, 23 Innovation Walk, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
Interests: autophagy; selective autophagy; mitophagy; autophagosome formation; mitochondrial quality control

Prof. Dr. Gerardo Z. Lederkremer

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School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Interests: ER quality control; ERAD; glycoprotein misfolding; ER stress; UPR; protein aggregation; huntington disease; neurodegenerative diseases
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Prof. Dr. In-Kyu Lee

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Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu 41944, Korea
Interests: diabetes; metabolic regulation; mitochondrial dynamics to diabetes; mitochondrial dynamics
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Dr. Kyung-sang Lee

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National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Interests: cellular organization; higher-order assemblies; centrosomes; cell cycle; protein kinases
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Dr. Moo-Yeal Lee

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Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
Interests: 3D bioprinting; 3D-cultured cells; biomedical engineering; 3D printing human tissue

Prof. Dr. Wan Lee

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1. Department of Biochemistry, Dongguk University School of Medicine, Gyeongju 38066, Republic of Korea
2. Channelopathy Research Center (CRC), Dongguk University School of Medicine, Ilsan 10326, Republic of Korea
Interests: mechanotransduction; cytoskeleton remodeling; proliferation; differentiation; myogenesis; sarcopenia; insulin resistance; diabetes; metabolism; glucose metabolism; lipid metabolism; metabolic diseases; energy metabolism
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Prof. Dr. Yong J. Lee

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Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Interests: ferroptosis; apoptosis; autophagy; mode of cell death; crosstalk between death signals
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Dr. Michael Leitges

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Faculty of Medicine, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Craig L. Dobbin Genetics Research Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6, Canada
Interests: PKC signalling; PKD signalling; Mmouse models; cancer research; molecular cell biology

Dr. Rudolf E. Leube

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Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Interests: epithelia; cytoskeleton; junctions; mechanobiology
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Dr. Giovanni Levi

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Département Adaptations du Vivant, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Interests: developmental biology; morphogenesis; craniofacial development; reproduction; osteogenesis; brain development; neuronal differentiation; aging (or ageing...); human evolution
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Dr. Frank Lezoualc’h

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Inserm Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Toulouse, France
Interests: molecular pharmacology; camp; physiology, cell signalling; cardiovascular diseases
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Prof. Dr. Chenglong Li

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1. Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
2. Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Interests: cancer; cytokine; inflammation; epigenetics; transcription; therapeutics; drug discovery; structural biology; computational biochemistry

Dr. Ka Wan Li

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Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interests: brain research; proteomics; synapse; neurodegenerative diseases; protein-protein interaction

Dr. Peng Li

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National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Interests: molecular and cellular immunology; chromatin remodeling; cytokine regulation; gene expression and regulation
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Prof. Dr. Stefan Liebau

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Institute of Neuroanatomy & Developmental Biology INDB, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Österbergstr. 3, 72074 Tubingen, Germany
Interests: pluripotent stem cells; neurosensory systems; stem cell differentiation; neuroplasticity; neurogenesis; retinal organoids; gene therapy; organ-on-chip
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Dr. Marc Liesa

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Department of Medicine, Endocrinology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Interests: mitochondria; alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; type 2 diabetes; obesity; ROS; heme; bilirubin; redox

Prof. Dr. Kenneth Linton

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Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
Interests: scavenger receptors; lipid transport; ABC transporters; ABCB4; drug efflux pumps; ABCB1
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Dr. Michael Lisanti

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Translational Medicine, School of Science, Engineering and the Environment (SEE), University of Salford, Greater Manchester, Salford M5 4WT, UK
Interests: cancer stem cells; cancer metabolism; tumour recurrence and metastasis; drug resistance; clinical trials
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Dr. Paloma B. Liton

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Departments of Ophthalmology & Pathology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Interests: autophagy; trabecular meshwork; glaucoma; mechanotransduction; retinal ganglion cell; lysosomal enzymes; fibrosis
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Prof. Dr. Tao Liu

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Histone Modification in Cancer, Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Interests: cancer therapy; histone modification enzymes; histone modification enzyme inhibitors; long noncoding RNA
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Dr. Yongqing Liu

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Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
Interests: cell and molecular biology; stem cells; ocular diseases; cancers; cell division and differentiation
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Dr. Elena Llano

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Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacalogía. Centro de Investigación del Cancer, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Interests: meiosis; chromosome segregation; spermatogenesis; oogenesis; aneuploidy; cohesins
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