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Prof. Dr. Ahmad R. Safa

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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Dr. MS 550, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Interests: drug- and apoptosis-resistance; drug-induced apoptosis; cytotoxic anticancer drugs, cancer developmental therapeutics; glioblastoma, pancreatic cancer, and breast cancer targeted therapies; cancer stem cells

Prof. Dr. Akiyoshi Saitoh

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Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
Interests: neuropharmacology; neuropsychopharmacology; opioid; anxiety; depression; reward; fear; antidepressant; anxiolytics; animal model
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Dr. Nitin Saksena

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Institute of Health and Sport, Victoria University, Footscray, Melbourne, VIC 3011, Australia
Interests: HIV/AIDS; SARS coronaviruses; influenza viruses; neurodegenerative diseases; genomics and epigenomics; ageing; highthroughput molecular technologies; cancer
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Dr. Gabriele Sales

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Department of Biology, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Interests: pathways; transcriptomics; bioinformatics; data; visualization
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Prof. Dr. Andrea Salis

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Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, S.S. 554 bivio Sestu, 09042 Monserrato, CA, Italy
Interests: nanostructured materials; ordered mesoporous silica; metal–organic frameworks; nano–bio interfaces and nanobiotechnologies; biocatalysis (enzyme immobilization, enzymatic biofuel production, biosensors); nanomedicine; ion-specific “Hofmeister” effects; biophysical chemistry
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Prof. Dr. Jorge A. R. Salvador

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Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: semisynthetic steroids; diterpenoid and triterpenoid derivatives with improved antitumor activity and investigation of their mechanisms of anticancer action; cancer research; novel PARP-1 inhibitors; enzyme inhibitors able to tackle hormone-dependent cancers, such as 5alpha-reductase and CYP17 inhibitors; new drugs acting on the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS); inhibitors of BACE1 and glutaminyl cyclase for Alzheimer’s disease treatment; green pharmaceutical processes
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Dr. Michela Salvatici

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Laboratorio Clinico Generale con Aree Specialistiche, Patologia Clinica—Microbiologia e Virologia, IRCCS MultiMedica SPA, Via Fantoli 16/15, 20138 Milan, Italy
Interests: cardiovascular
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Prof. Dr. Francesco Salvatore

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1. Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
2. CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.ar.l., Naples, Italy
Interests: predictive medicine; germline gene alterations; disease-predisposition genomics
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Prof. Dr. Michele Samaja

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Department of Health Science, University of Milan, via di Rudinì 8, I-20142 Milan, Italy
Interests: hypoxia; hyperoxia; cardioprotection; brain protection; reoxygenation, molecular mechanisms; apoptosis; autophagy; erythropoietin; nitric oxide; animal models; exercise; high altitude; hemoglobin; oxygen carriers; blood oxygen transport
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Dr. Pier Luigi San Biagio

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Institute of Biophysics (IBF) of the National Research Council (CNR), Via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Interests: biopolymer interaction and gelation; protein aggregation; liquid-liquid phase transition; static and dynamic light scattering; neurodegenerative diseases
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Dr. J. Thomas Sanderson

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INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, QC H7V 1B7, Canada
Interests: toxicology; endocrine disruptors; aromatase (CYP19); steroidogenesis; pesticides; natural compounds; cytochrome P450; physiologically relevant cell bioassays
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Dr. Francesca Sanguedolce

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Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Viale Pinto 1, 71121 Foggia, Italy
Interests: genitourinary pathology; diagnostic biomarkers; prognostic/predictive biomarkers; digital pathology; emolymphopathology; bladder cancer; prostate cancer
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Dr. Despina Sanoudou

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Clinical Genomics and Pharmacogenomics Unit, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Building 15, Mikras Asias 75, 115-27 Athens, Greece
Interests: cardiovascular genetics; molecular biology; pharmacogenomics
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Prof. Dr. Nalini Santanam

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Department of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA
Interests: oxidative stress; cardiovascular disease; obesity; microRNA; biomarker; translational research; endometriosis; ovarian cancer
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Prof. Dr. Mariarosaria Santillo

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Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
Interests: obesity; DNA methylation
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Prof. Dr. Eric Santoni-Rugiu

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1. Departnent of Pathology, Diagnostic Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen E., Denmark
2. Biotech Research & Innovation Center, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, DK-2200 Copenhagen N., Denmark
Interests: malignant pleural mesothelioma; molecular alterations; novel biomarkers; molecular subtypes; diagnosis; prognosticators and predictors
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Dr. Antonietta Santoro

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Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
Interests: the effects of environmental pollutants on human health; the role of the endocannabinoid system in the processes of carcinogenicity, inflammation, neurogenesis and neuronal differentiation
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Prof. Dr. Nuno C. Santos

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Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: dengue virus; Zika virus; West Nile virus; HIV; viral entry inhibitors; broad-spectrum antivirals; antimicrobial peptides; antiviral peptides; biophysics; nanomedicine
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Prof. Dr. Vincent Sapin

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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Interests: receptor of advanced glycation endproducts; retinoids; acute respiratory distress syndrome; premature rupture of membranes; sterile inflammation; diseases biomarkers; traumatic brain injury; S100B protein
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Prof. Dr. Luca Saragoni

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Department of Pathology, G.B.Morgagni–L.Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Interests: gastrointestinal pathology; gastric cancer
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Prof. Dr. Nobuya Sasaki

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Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
Interests: diabetes; linkage analysis; mouse genetics; disease models; animal welfare; chronic kidney disease; CRISPR/CAS9

Dr. Paola Sassi

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Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
Interests: physical chemistry; ir and raman spectroscopy

Dr. Ferdinando Carlo Sasso

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Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Luigi Miraglia 2, 80138 Naples, Italy
Interests: diabetes; diabetes chronic complications; CV disease; metformin
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Prof. Dr. Honoo Satake

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Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, Kyoto 619-0284, Japan
Interests: neuropeptide; peptide hormone; GPCR; signaling; orphan receptor; reproduction; GPCR heterodimerization; comparative endocrinology; evolution; machine learning; bioinformatics

Dr. Chikara Sato

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Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan
Interests: electron microscopy; liquid-phase EM; cryo-EM, molecular complex; biophysics; neural network; nanostructure
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Dr. Tsuyoshi Sato

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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Japan
Interests: oral surgery; oral medicine; bone metabolism; tendon hyperplasia; periodontitis

Prof. Dr. Christie M. Sayes

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Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, One Bear Place, Waco, TX 76798-7266, USA
Interests: biochemical & chemical transformations; model development; environmental health; toxicology; advanced materials; nanoscience; aerosols

Prof. Dr. Orfeo Sbaizero

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Department of Engineering and Architecture, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Interests: biophysics and mechanical properties of cells
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Dr. Bruna Scaggiante

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Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Valerio 28, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Interests: biological fluids; cancer; cancer biomarkers; cfDI; cfDNA; cfNA; copy number variation; ctDNA; ddPCR; disease-free survival; epigenetic; epigenetic sequencing; exosome; extracellular vesicle; genotyping; liquid biopsy; miRNA; mRNA; mutation; ncRNA; next- generation sequencing; overall survival; progression-free survival; recurrence-free survival; whole-exome sequencing
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Dr. Franco Scaldaferri

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UOC di Medicina Intena e Gastroenterologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” IRCCS, Roma, Italy
Interests: inflammatory bowel disease; endoscopy; nutrition; gut microbiota
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