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Prof. Dr. Philip Serwer

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Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
Interests: phage assembly; phage-derived biotherapeutics; phage genomics; nanoparticle fractionation
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Dr. Francesco Sessa

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Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, 95121 Catania, Italy
Interests: genetics and molecular biology; forensic and biological sciences; forensic genetics; genomic physiology; aging and genetics; pharmacology; toxicology; health professions; translational pharmacology; biochemistry
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Prof. Dr. Hari Shanker Sharma

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Department of Surgical Sciences, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Interests: blood–brain barrier; brain edema; neurochemistry; neurophysiology; neuropathology; nanoneuroscience; nanoneuropharmacology; neuroregeneration; central nervous system injury; traumatic brain injury; neurorepair; military medicine; Alzheimer’s disease; Parkinson’s disease; neurotrophic factors
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Prof. Dr. Qunxin She

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CRISPR and Archaea Biology Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Microbial Technology Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Interests: prokaryotic host-virus interactions; CRISPR-Cas immune systems; archaeal DNA damage repair; archaeal cell division regulation
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Prof. Dr. Wenhui Shen

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Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
Interests: plant biology; histone methylation; histone ubiquitylation; histone chaperones; chromatin remodeling; Arabidopsis; rice; flowering

Prof. Dr. Seiji Shioda

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Department of Functional Morphology, Shonan University of Medical Sciences, 16-48 Kamishinano, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama 244-0806, Japan
Interests: VIP; PACAP; neuroprotection; neurogenesis
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Prof. Dr. Yehuda Shoenfeld

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Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Reichman University, Herzelya 4610101, Israel
Interests: autoimmune diseases; clinical immunology; systemic lupus erythematosus; rheumatology
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Dr. Richard Sibout

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UR1268 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, INRAE, 44300 Nantes, France
Interests: cell wall; metabolism; lignification; digestibility; bioethanol; Brachypodium; Genomics of grasses

Dr. Denis N. Silachev

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1. Laboratory of Biochemistry of Motor Systems, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia
2. Laboratory Stem Cells Technology, V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, 117997 Moscow, Russia
Interests: extracellular vesicles; cerebral ischemia; stroke; brain trauma; mitochondrial traffic; neuroprotection; ischemic preconditioning; autophagy; aging; intercellular communication
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Prof. Dr. Amélia M. Silva

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1. Department of Biology and Environment, School of Life Sciences and Environment, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
2. Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB-UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Interests: cell biology; biochemistry; cell-based assays; evaluation of bioactivities of natural compounds; phytochemicals; nutraceuticals
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Prof. Dr. Armando J. D. Silvestre

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CICECO–Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: natural products; biorefinery; gc-ms; biobased polymers; HPLC-MS; extractives; biobased (nano)composites
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Prof. Dr. Nicola Silvestris

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Department of Human Pathology of the Adult and the Developmental Age “G. Barresi”, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Interests: gastrointestinal tumors; translational research; clinical trials
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Dr. Manuel Simões

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LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Interests: antimicrobial agents; emerging antimicrobial strategies; antimicrobial resistance; biofilms; plant secondary metabolites
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Dr. Wolfgang Sippl

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Institute of Pharmacy, Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany
Interests: epigenetic drug discovery; computer-assisted drug design; histone modifiers; RNA binding proteins; inhibitors for parasitic diseases
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Prof. Dr. Anna-Leena Sirén

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Department Neurosurgery, University Clinic of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Interests: mechanisms of neuroprotection and -regeneration after brain injury; presynaptic structural plasticity; cell culture; transgenic animals; experimental models of brain trauma; behavioural testing; microscopy and imaging
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Dr. Karen Sisley

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The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK
Interests: rare cancers genetics; stem cells microenvironment
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Prof. Dr. Claudia Sissi

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Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences Via Marzolo, University of Padova, 5-35131 Padova, Italy
Interests: molecular recognition; anticancer drugs; drug-nucleic acids interactions; non-canonical nucleic acid structures; G-quadruplex ligands; nucleic acid-directed drug discovery; biological consequences of drug-DNA interactions
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Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Skolnick

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Center for the Study of Systems Biology and School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Drive, NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-2000, USA
Interests: computational systems biology & bioinformatics including the development of algorithms and their application to proteomes for the prediction of protein structure and function, the prediction of small

Prof. Dr. Efthimios M. C. Skoulakis

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Institute of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Division of Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre Alexander Fleming, 16672 Vari, Attika, Greece
Interests: mechanisms of associative and nonassciative learning and memory; Drosophila and mouse models of intelectual disability; neurological and psychiatric conditions
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Dr. Daniel Skuk

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Axe Neurosciences, Research Center of the CHU de Quebec-CHUL and Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada
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Prof. Dr. Mark Slevin

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1. Centre for Advanced Medical and Pharmaceutical Research, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540142 Târgu Mureș, Romania
2. The School of Life Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5QA, UK
Interests: C-Reactive protein; stem cell; drug delivery; neurodegenerative disease; stroke; autoimmune disease
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Prof. Dr. Andrzej Slominski

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Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Interests: dermatopathology; skin pigmentation; neuroendocrinology of the skin; photobiology; melanoma; steroidogenesis; vitamin D; sterols; melatonin; stress response mechanisms
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Prof. Dr. Ralf Smeets

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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
Interests: biomaterials; tissue engineering; resorbable metals; drug delivery systems; surface modifications
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Dr. Andrei Smertenko

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Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Plant Sciences Building, Room 281, Washington, WA, USA
Interests: drought; heat; organelles; peroxisomes; signaling; cytoskeleton; cytokinesis
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Prof. Dr. Karel Smetana, Jr.

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1st Faculty Medicine, Institute of Anatomy and BIOCEV, Charles University, Prague 2 and Vestec, Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: tumor microenvironment; cutaneous malignant melanoma; cancer-associated fibroblasts; squamous epithelium; stem cells
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Dr. Vytautas Smirnovas

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Institute of Biothechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: protein misfolding; protein aggregation; amyloid; prion; proteinaceous infectivity
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Prof. Dr. Koji Sode

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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: protein engineering; enzyme engineering; biosensors; biosensing; biomedical engineering; biomolecular engineering
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Prof. Dr. Manoocher Soleimani

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1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
2. Research Services, Raymond J. Murphy Veterans Health Care Center, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Interests: kidney; nephrology; acute kidney injury; hypertension; acid base and electrolyte transport; renal tubular acidosis; metabolic alkalosis; cloning and characterization of acid base transporters
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Dr. Dong Ju Son

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Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
Interests: cardiovascular disease; atherosclerosis; vascular endothelial inflammation; blood flow shear stress; microRNA
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Prof. Dr. Aiping Song

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State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Landscaping, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: ornamental plants; bioinformatics; biotechnology; gene editing
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