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Dr. Amedeo Lonardo

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Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, 41126 Modena, Italy
Interests: NAFLD-MAFLD; cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance; sex differences
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Dr. Didier R. Long

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Laboratoire MATEIS, UMR 5510 INSA/UCB/CNRS, INSA Lyon, 20 Avenue Albert Einstein, F-69621 Villeurbanne CEDEX, France
Interests: mechanical properties of polymers close to and below Tg; diffusion in polymers close to Tg; damage mechanisms in polymers, ductile-fragile transition; rheology of polymers; glass transition mechanisms in non-polar and polar polymers
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Dr. Jose Javier Lopez

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Department of Physiology, Institute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, University of Extremadura, 06006 Cáceres, Spain
Interests: physiology; pathophysiology; breast cancer; calcium homeostasis; store-operated calcium entry; STIM; orai; TRPC
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Prof. Dr. Marcos López Hoyos

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1. Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), 39011 Santander, Spain
2. Immunology Department, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, 39008 Santander, Spain
3. Molecular Biology Department, University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain
4. National Microbiology Center, National Institute of Health Carlos III, 28220 Madrid, Spain
5. Department of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
Interests: immunology; autoimmunity; transplantation; tolerance; human pathology; biomarkers
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Dr. Antonio López-Pousa

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Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Interests: soft tissue tumors; sarcoma; cancer therapy

Prof. Dr. Jörn Lötsch

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1. Medical Faculty, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Goethe - University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2. Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Interests: data science; pain; clinical pharmacology
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Prof. Dr. Yonggen Lou

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Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: insect–plant interactions; herbivore-induced plant defense; defense-related signaling
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Prof. Dr. Joachim Lübke

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1. Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-10, Research Centre Jülich GmbH, Leo-Brandt Str., 52425 Jülich, Germany
2. JARA-BRAIN-Translational Medicine, Aachen, Germany
Interests: anatomy and physiology of cortical and hippocampal networks in experimental animals and in humans in health and disease; structure and function of synapses; neurotransmitter receptors and synaptic proteins; neurodegenerative and neurological disorders

Prof. Dr. Antonio Lucacchini

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VIA PASCOLI, 4F, Università di Pisa, 55042 Pisa, Italy
Interests: proteomics; enzyme; biomarkers; thyroid; diabetes; biochemistry

Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Lucarelli

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Andrology and Kidney Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation—Urology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Interests: kidney cancer; prostate cancer; kidney transplantation; metabolomics
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Dr. Guendalina Lucarini

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Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
Interests: immunohistochemical prognostic markers; melanoma; squamous cell carcinoma; renal cancer; inflammation; wound healing
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Dr. Claudio Luchini

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1. ARC-NET Applied Research on Cancer Center, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
2. Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
Interests: pancreatic cancer; pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; precursors of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; IPMN; variants of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; molecular profile of pancreatic cancer
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Dr. Joost Luiken

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Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Interests: lipid metabolism; myocellular insulin resistance; diabetic cardiomyopathy; cellular signaling; endo/exocytosis

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. Abderrahim Maazouz

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CNRS, UMR 5223, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères, INSA Lyon, Université de Lyon, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
Interests: viscoelasticity; rheology; rheology and process engineering of polymer materials, biopolymers and their composites; interfacial phenomena in the polymer and composites processing
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Dr. Jeffrey Macdonald

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Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Interests: metabolomics; fluxomics; stable-isotope tracer studies; Multi-omics; tissue engineering; bioreactor design; glycine and antioxidant metabolism; in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and imaging (MRI); biomarkers
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Prof. Dr. Andrzej Mackiewicz

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1. Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-866 Poznan, Poland
2. Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan, Poland
Interests: melanoma; cancer; skin; skin cancer; DNA repair
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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. Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Mile End Hospital, Queen Mary University of London, 275 Bancroft Road, London E1 4DG, UK
2. School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University Faculty of Medicine, Thornburrow Drive, Stoke on Trent ST4 7QB, UK
3. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Fisciano, Italy
Interests: orthopaedic
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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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