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Dr. Ângelo Luís

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CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
Interests: plant extracts; essential oils; polyphenols; antioxidant and antimicrobial properties; functional films
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Prof. Dr. Keming Luo

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Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Interests: functional genomics of woody plants; secondary cell wall biosynthesis; transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation; plant biotechnology
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Prof. Dr. Ray Luo

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Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
Interests: computational analysis of biomolecular sequence, structure, dynamics, and function
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Dr. Vladimir Lupashin

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Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Interests: vesicular transport; COG; GARP; Golgi; SNARE; Rabs; vesicular tethers; congenital disorders of glycosylation; Golgi enzymes; protein glycosylation

Prof. Dr. José Antonio Lupiáñez

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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva 1, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: study of the anticancer potential of natural and derivatives products derived from the olive grove; molecular pathways involved in anticancer processes; glucose metabolism and its regulation; enzimology and kinetics; biochemical characterization of anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties; proteomics and metabolomics associated with cancer; cell growth processes: protein synthesis and degradation
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Dr. Raul M. Luque

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Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
Interests: cancer; metabolism; obesity; G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs); pituitary; prostate; splicing; apoptosis; cell migration
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Prof. Dr. Qiu-Gang Ma

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State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Interests: mycotoxin bio-degradation; mycotoxin detoxification; feed safety
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Prof. Dr. Roberto Madeddu

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Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Interests: trace elements; cadmium; toxicity; neurodegenerative disorders; cancer stem cells; oncology; miRNA
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Dr. Akiko Maeda

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1. Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, BDR, RIKEN Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
2. Retinal Degeneration Research Unit, Kobe City Eye Hospital Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Interests: inherited retinal dystrophy; gene therapy; pharmacological therapy; stem cell therapy; disease modelling
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Prof. Dr. Massimo Maffei

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Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Via Quarello 15/a, 10135 Turin, Italy
Interests: astrobiology; plant interactions with the surrounding environment; plant–insect interactions; plant responses to varying magnetic fields; metabolomics and transcriptomics of secondary plant metabolites and related genes
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Prof. Dr. Michele Maffia

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Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
Interests: cell physiology and differentiation; adaptive physiology; neurodegeneration; cancer biology; functional proteomics
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Prof. Dr. Nicola Maffulli

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1. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Sapienza University, Roma, Italy
2. Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Mile End Hospital, Queen Mary University of London, 275 Bancroft Road, London E1 4DG, UK
3. School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University Faculty of Medicine, Thornburrow Drive, Stoke on Trent ST4 7QB, UK
Interests: orthopedics
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Prof. Dr. David Magne

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MEM2 Team, Metabolism, Enzymes and Molecular Mechanisms, Institute of Molecular and Supramolecular Chemistry and Biochemistry, ICBMS UMR CNRS 5246 University Lyon 1, CEDEX, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Interests: vascular calcification; pathological bone formation; tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase; inflammation; mineralization
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Prof. Dr. Massimiliano Magro

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Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Interests: protein corona; theranostic nanodevices; endogenous protein recognition; smart nanomaterial surfaces; iron oxide nanoparticles; selective protein binding; biosensing; drug delivery; stealth nanomaterials; biochemistry and biophysics
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Prof. Dr. Gail B. Mahady

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Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Interests: herbal medicine; traditional medicines; reproductive medicine; osteoporosis; myopathies; imaging; teleost fish; osteoblastogenesis; osteoclastogenesis; mitochondrial biogenesis

Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Hasani-Sadrabadi

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Department of Bioengineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: biomaterials; drug delivery; tissue engineering; microfluidics; immunoengineering; cancer immunotherapy

Prof. Dr. Margherita Maioli

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Department of Biochemical Science, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Interests: stem cells; cell senescence; stem cell differentiation; adipogenesis; osteogenesis; cardiogenesis; conditioned media; nutraceuticals; gene expression; epigenetics; cellular mechanisms; cell-based therapies
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Dr. Manuela Malatesta

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Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37124 Verona, Italy
Interests: nanomedicine; regenerative medicine; cell imaging; ageing; muscle atrophy/dystrophy; antioxidant processes
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Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Malatino

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Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Universita degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy
Interests: heart failure; cardiovascular and renal damage in hypertension; natriuretic peptides; venous thromboembolism; deep venous thrombosis-DVT; pulmonary embolism-PE; neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as marker of inflammation and atherosclerosis

Dr. Anagha Malur

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Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
Interests: sarcoid; asthma and pulmonary; hypertension; sarcoidosis; granuloma
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Dr. Michelangelo Mancuso

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Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Interests: mitochondria; mitochondrial disease
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Prof. Dr. Mirko Manetti

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Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Florence, Italy
Interests: anatomy; histology; morphological and functional aspects of stromal cells; fibroblasts; telocytes; endothelial cell biology; angiogenesis; cellular and molecular mechanisms of tissue fibrosis; pathogenesis of autoimmune, chronic inflammatory and connective tissue diseases; animal models of human disorders
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Dr. Marcello Manfredi

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Department of Translational Medicine (DiMeT), Center for Translational Research on Autoimmune & Allergic Diseases—CAAD, University of Piemonte Orientale, Corso Trieste 15/A, 28100 Novara, Italy
Interests: cancer and microenvironment; biochemistry; mass spectrometry based-omics analysis; tumour microenvironment; biomarkers; aging related diseases
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Dr. Katrin Mani

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Department of Experimental Medical Science, Glycobiology Group, Lund University, Biomedical Center A13, SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden
Interests: glycobiology; glypicans; cancer
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Prof. Dr. Morris F. Manolson

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Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1G6, Canada
Interests: bone; osteoclasts; V-ATPases; proton pumps; osteoporosis; osteopetrosis

Prof. Dr. Jorge Manzanares

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Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Miguel Hernandez-CSIC, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain
Interests: endocannabinoid system; psychiatry; animal models; alcohol addiction; cannabis use disorders
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Dr. Kranti A. Mapuskar

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Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Interests: mitochondrial metabolism; normal tissue injury; inflammation; thoracic radiation induced cardiovascular injury

Prof. Dr. Dario Marchetti

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1. Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87120, USA
2. Department of Pathology, The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87120, USA
3. UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Interests: the biology and therapeutic utility of circulating tumor cells (CTCs); liquid biopsies; mechanisms of brain metastasis and dormancy in breast and melanoma cancers; molecular crosstalks between dormant bone-marrow (BM) cells and CTCs; roles of BM and BM cellular heterogeneity interplaying with metastasis and dormancy
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Prof. Dr. Bronisław Marciniak

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1. Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
2. Center for Advanced Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Interests: photophysics; photochemistry; radiation chemistry of organic compounds of biological interest; photo-induced chemical reactions in sulfur- or silicon-containing organic compounds of importance in biology and material chemistry
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Prof. Dr. José Marco-Contelles

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Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry (IQOG, CSIC), C/Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Interests: Alzheimer’s disease; biological evaluation; drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; molecular design; neurodegenerative diseases; stroke; synthesis
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