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Prof. Dr. Yuri N. Utkin

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Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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Dr. Pinar Uysal-Onganer

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Cancer Research Group, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
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Dr. Elizabeth Vafiadaki

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Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 4 Soranou Efesiou St, 115-27 Athens, Greece
Interests: cardiac cell biology; calcium homeostasis; cardiovascular physiology; cardiac disease; personalized medicine
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Dr. Georgios Valsamakis

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2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aretaieio Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Interests: metabolism; obesity; appetite axis; endometrial environment
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Prof. Dr. Victor van Beusechem

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Department Medical Oncology, Amsterdam UMC, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Prof. Dr. Hans van Bokhoven

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Department of Human Genetics, Radboudumc, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Interests: neurodevelopmental disorders; intellectual disability; epigenetics; gene therapy; cell therapy

Prof. Dr. Maria Giuliana Vannucchi

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Histology and Embryology Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
Interests: morphology; neurochemistry; enteric nervous system; gut development; brain ischemia; brain aging; nitric oxide

Dr. Cristina Vassalle

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Fondazione CNR-Regione Toscana G Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
Interests: cardiometabolic risk; biomarkers; cardiovascular disease; gender medicine
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Prof. Dr. Stephen F. Vatner

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Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
Interests: cardiovascular biology; cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors; brown adipose tissue; healthful aging
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Dr. Anne Vejux

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Equipe 5, Neurobiologie des Comportements Alimentaires/Neurobiology of Feeding Behaviours 9E, Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, 21000 Dijon, France
Interests: oxysterols; very-long-chain fatty acids; lipid metabolism; diet; peroxisomes; biotherapies; inflammation; cancer; cell cycle and apoptosis; autophagy; biological membranes; oxidative damage; biomarkers; neurodegenerative diseases
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Dr. Tomer Ventura

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Centre for Bioinnovation, School of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia
Interests: androgenic gland; aquaculture; crustaceans; disease management; gene silencing; genetic modification; monosex; selective breeding; sex reversal; yield improvement
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Prof. Dr. Peter Veranič

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Institute of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: epithelium; nano-particles; tunnelling nano-tubes, urinary bladder; cancer; cystitis; chitosan application
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Prof. Dr. Liliana Verestiuc

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Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iaşi, Romania
Interests: polymers; hydrogel; biomaterials; tissue engineering; drug delivery systems; nanotechnologies
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Dr. Laura Vergani

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Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, School of Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Interests: biophysics; molecular and cellular physiology; molecular biology; biochemistry; protein engineering

Prof. Dr. Miguel Vicente-Manzanares

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Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer USAL-CSIC, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Interests: actin; cytoskeleton; myosin; integrin; adhesion; migration; MYH9-RD; mechanotransduction; mechanobiology
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Prof. Dr. Mark H. Vickers

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Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Dr. María Jesus Vidal

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Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors Group, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: ERBB2 mRNA; HER2-positive breast cancer; T-DM1; antibody-drug conjugates; trastuzumab emtansine; non-PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin; HER2-positive; metastatic breast cancer

Dr. Guido Viel

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Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Section of Legal Medicine and Forensic Toxicology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Prof. Dr. Eugenio Vilanova

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Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Avenida de la Universidad s/n, 03202 Elche, Spain
Interests: toxicology; neurotoxicity; pesticides; organophosphorus; in vitro; embryotoxicity
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Dr. Débora Villaño Valencia

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Department of Agronomy, Biotechnology and Food, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
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Dr. Valentina Villari

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CNR—Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Viale F. Stagno d’Alcontres 37, 98158 Messina, Italy
Interests: nanostructured systems; self-assembly; porphyrin derivatives; polymer solutions and microgels; supramolecular aggregates; carbon-based nanomaterials; soft matter; light scattering; optical spectroscopy; induced supramolecular chirality
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Prof. Dr. Fabio Virgili

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Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Rome, Italy
Interests: vitamin; molecules of nutritional interest on transcriptional control of gene expression; gene variants; nutrigenomics
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Dr. Antonella Virgilio

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Department of Pharmacy, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
Interests: G-quadruplex; aptamers; nucleic acid chemistry; circular dichroism; electrophoresis
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Dr. Angelo Viscido

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Department of Life, Health, and Environmental Sciences, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of L’Aquila, Piazza S. Tommasi, 1- Coppito, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Interests: inflammatory bowel disease; Crohn’s disease; ulcerative colitis; advanced therapies; nutrition; surrogate markers of activity
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Prof. Dr. Francesco Visioli

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1. Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy
2. IMDEA-Food, CEI UAM + CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Interests: essential fatty acids; (poly)phenols; cardiovascular disease; functional foods; nutraceuticals
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Dr. Luigi Vitagliano

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Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, Department of Biomedical Sciences, National Research Council (CNR), 80131 Naples, Italy
Interests: protein structure–function; molecular dynamics; computational biology; structural biology; molecular basis of dis-eases; biophysics
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Prof. Dr. Libor Vítek

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Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Na Bojišti 3, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: bilirubin; heme catabolic pathway; carbon monoxide; bile acids; cholestasis; liver diseases; atherosclerosis; cancer
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Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Vitiello

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Dipartimento di Fisica ‘‘E.R.Caianiello’’, Università di Salerno, I-84100 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
Interests: elementary particle physics; condensed matter; quantum field theory; fractals; coherent states; mathematical models of brain; biological systems
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Dr. Srdjan Vlajkovic

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Department of Physiology and The Eisdell Moore Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Interests: sensory systems; auditory neuroscience; inner ear diseases; inner ear therapeutics; hearing loss; purinergic signalling
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Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Vojta

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Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: glycosylation

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