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Dr. Richard Lee

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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Interests: mood disorders; HPA axis; neuroendocrinology; stress; epigenetics

Dr. Delphine Legrand

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Station d’Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale, UMR 5321, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Université Paul Sabatier, 09200 Moulis, France
Interests: evolutionary ecology; genomics; dispersal; freshwater microbiology; experimental evolution; metapopulation dynamics
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Prof. Dr. Mingguang Lei

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CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 200032, China
Interests: DNA methylation; histone modification; epigenetics; plant nutrition; gene expression regulation; genome editing

Prof. Dr. José M. Leitão

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MED-Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005‐139 Faro, Portugal
Interests: molecular biology; plant genetics; plant genomics; plant biotechnology; plant breeding; genotyping; epigenetics; plant tissue culture; genetic diversity; molecular markers development; plant disease resistance; marker assisted selection; legumes; linkage analysis; experimental mutagenesis; DNA repair; plant cytogenetics
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Dr. Jennifer A. Leonard

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Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, 41092 Seville, Spain
Interests: mammalogy; evolution; conservation; ancient DNA; phylogeography; biogeography

Dr. Christine Leroux

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Herbivores Research Unit, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (INRAE), 63122 Saint Genès-Champanelle, France
Interests: ruminants; lactation; mammary gland; milk component synthesis and secretion; gene expression regulation; nutrigenomics; mRNA and miRNA

Prof. Dr. Chunjin Li

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College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
Interests: mammals; gene; development; reproductive endocrinology; reproductive cycles; follicular development; gametes; embryos; pregnancy; extracellular vesicles
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Dr. Hui Li

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Department of Pathology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901, USA
Interests: RNA processing; gene fusion; chromosomal rearrangement; chimeric RNA; oncogene
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Prof. Dr. Hui Li

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School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Interests: human genetic diversification; gene environment disease coevolution; gene association of human phenotype
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Prof. Dr. Jianke Li

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Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: insects; honeybees; silkworm; ants; genome; proteome
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Dr. Zhanjun Li

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Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
Interests: transgene animal; animal breeding; pigs; sheep
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Dr. Giuseppe Limongelli

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Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Inherited and Rare Heart Disease, Vanvitelli Cardiology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80131 Naples, Italy
Interests: cardiomyopathies; sudden death; rare disease; heart failure; genetic cardiovascular diseases
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Dr. Chunyu Liu

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School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Interests: statistical genetics; mtDNA genetics; cardiovascular disease (CVD); epigenetics

Dr. Qiuyue Liu

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Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, the Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: indigenous sheep breeds; reproductive/growth traits; single nucleotide polymorphisms; whole genome sequencing; intensive indoor sheep breeding operation
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Dr. Wenxian Liu

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State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Interests: gene family evolution; forage molecular biology; drought resistance; genetic engineering
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Prof. Dr. Zhipeng Liu

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State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730020, China
Interests: forage molecular breeding; drought tolerance; pod shattering; alfalfa; common vetch
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Dr. Bastien Llamas

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1. Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
2. National Centre for Indigenous Genomics, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Interests: ancient DNA; paleogenomics; evolutionary genomics; population genomics; pangenomics; indigenous genomics
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Prof. Dr. Cecilia Lo

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Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Interests: human congenital heart disease; genetics and epigenetics; left-right patterning in cardiovascular development; mouse forward genetic screens
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Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Lombardo

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Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: vector biology; molecular parasitology; mosquito; malaria; transcriptomics
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Dr. Maria Longeri

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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy
Interests: animal genetics; genomics; genetic variability; felidae; disease; heart

Dr. Felix Loosli

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Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems, Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
Interests: vertebrate; teleost; development; genetics; genomics

Prof. Dr. Géraldine Loot

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Université Paul Sabatier (UPS), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), CEDEX 05, F-75231 Paris, France
Interests: impact of climate change on host-parasite dynamics; adaptive potential of parasites; contribution of environmental and genetic factors on host resistance/tolerance and parasite virulence

Dr. Bernard S. Lopez

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Institut Cochin, INSERM, CNRS, 75014 Paris, France
Interests: DNA double strand breaks repair; replication stress; homologous recombination; non-homologous end-joining; genetic rearrangement
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Dr. Xiang-Yang Lou

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Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7450, USA
Interests: genetics of complex traits; statistical genomics; bioinformatics; integrative analysis of omics data; population genetics

Dr. Xuke Lu

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Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
Interests: cotton genetic breeding
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Dr. Xingguang Luo

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Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Interests: neuropsychiatric disorders; schizophrenia; depression; ADHD; autism; substance dependence; genetics; risk SNPs; mRNA expression
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Dr. Lina Ma

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China National Center for Bioinformation/Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: ncRNA curation and annotation; multi-omics integrative analysis; software and database
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Dr. Qinghu Ma

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Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
Interests: lignin biosynthesis; secondary metabolism; cytokinin; plant hormone; plant lectins; wheat; medicinal plants

Dr. Rajiv Machado

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Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George’s University of London, London, UK
Interests: pulmonary arterial hypertension; rare and common genetic variation in pulmonary arterial hypertension; next generation sequencing analysis of childhood pulmonary arterial hypertension; genetic factors underlying Adams-Oliver syndrome; analysis of under-studied patient populations in rare disease
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Dr. Félix Machín

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Hospital Universitario Nuestra Senora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Interests: chromosome segregation; cancer; genomic instability; DNA repair; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; chemical genetics
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