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Prof. Dr. Chang-Hwa Song

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Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea
Interests: host-pathogen interaction; tuberculosis; mycobacterium; inflammation; apoptosis; endoplasmic reticulum stress; ER stress; reactive oxygen species; ROS

Dr. Edgar Soria-Gomez

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Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48940 Leioa, Spain
Interests: learning and memory; emotions; feeding behavior; olfaction; brain circuits; cannabinoid research
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Prof. Dr. Valeria Sorrenti

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Department of Drug Sciences, Universita degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy
Interests: the HO-1/HO-2 system and DDAH/NOS pathway in different biological systems and physiopathological conditions; evaluation of the biological activity of natural and newly synthesized molecules capable of interfering with the activity of various enzymes such as dihydrofolate reductase, nitric oxide synthetase (nNOS, eNOS, iNOS), heme oxygenase (HO-1, HO-2); identification of the biochemical mechanisms involved in the beneficial effect of nutraceuticals
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Dr. Magdalena Sowa-Kućma

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Department of Human Physiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical College of Rzeszów University, Kopisto 2a, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland
Interests: antidepressants; glutamte receptors; Epigenetic; depression
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Dr. Rosanna Squitti

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Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio, Sezione Ricerca e Sviluppo, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli Isola Tiberina–Gemelli Isola, Via di Ponte Quattro Capi 39, 00186 Roma, Italy
Interests: neurodegenerative disorders; colorectal cancer; essential metals; Alzheimer’s disease; psychiatric disorders; copper; iron; zinc
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Prof. Dr. Sanjay K. Srivastava

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Department of Immunotherapeutics and Biotechnology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 1718 Pine Street, Abilene, TX 79601, USA
Interests: development of phytochemicals for cancer prevention and therapeutics; targeting STAT-3, NF-kB, HER2, MCL-1, AKT/FOXO, GLI1/2, and related signaling pathways with agents such as capsaicin, piperlongumine, penfluridol, isothiocyanates, diindolylmethane, panabinostat, cucurbitacin B, and deguelin in pancreatic, ovarian, breast, melanoma, and brain cancer; drug repurposing
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Dr. Maria G. Stathopoulou

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INSERM U1065, C3M, Côte d’Azur University, 06204 Nice, France
Interests: epigenetics; non-coding RNAs; genome-wide association study; GWAS; EWAS; genetic variability
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Prof. Dr. Michael Stear

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Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Australia
Interests: genetic variation in immunity to nematodes; selective breeding for disease resistance; host–parasite interactions; immunomodulation
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Prof. Dr. Carla Stecco

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Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Anatomy, University of Padova, Via Gabelli 65, 35127 Padova, Italy
Interests: fascial anatomy; histology
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Prof. Dr. Antonio Di Stefano

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Department of Pharmacy, University G. d’Annunzio, Via dei Vestini, 66100 Chieti, Italy
Interests: drug delivery systems; CNS drug delivery; neurodegenerative disorders
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Dr. Azzurra Stefanucci

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Department of Pharmacy, "G. d'Annunzio" University, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
Interests: peptides; plants; extracts; nutraceuticals; food; health; analysis
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Prof. Dr. Veronika Stoka

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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Jozef Stefan Institute, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: aging; neurodegeneration; neurodegenerative diseases; cysteine cathepsins; cystatins
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Dr. Carmine Stolfi

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Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
Interests: colorectal cancer; immunotherapy; inflammatory bowel diseases; anti-cancer drugs
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Prof. Dr. Christos Stournaras

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Department of Biochemistry, University of Crete Medical School, Giofirakia, Greece
Interests: actin cytoskeleton dynamics and signaling; signal transduction; epigenetic regulation; non-genomic steroid hormone actions; ion channels regulation and signaling

Dr. Emmanuel Stratakis

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Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (F.O.R.T.H.), Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (I.E.S.L.), 70013 Heraklion, Greece
Interests: biosensors; bioelectronics; biomaterials; tissue engineering; biosurfaces; biointerfaces
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Dr. Efstratios Stratikos

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Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Zografou, Greece
Interests: aminopeptidases; enzymes; antigen presentation; adaptive immunity; cancer; inflammation; inhibitors; drug-design
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Prof. Dr. Suzana K. Straus

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Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
Interests: antimicrobial peptides; viral membrane proteins; biophysical chemistry; NMR; structure-function
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Prof. Dr. Jerome F. Strauss, III

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Interests: reproductive medicine; ovarian function; steroidogenesis; polycystic ovary syndrome; preterm birth; preeclampsia; vaginal microbiome; sperm motility
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Dr. Dimitrios J. Stravopodis

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Section of Cell Biology & Biophysics, Department of Biology, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15701 Athens, Greece
Interests: development; cancer; chemotherapy; metastasis; programmed cell death; metabolism; Drosophila aging; brain signaling; proteasome
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Dr. Pavel Strnad

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Medical Clinic III, Gastroenterology, Metabolic Diseases and Intensive Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Interests: internal medicine; liver diseases; liver cirrhosis; gastroenterology; chronic hepatitis C
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Dr. Sergei A. Subbotin

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California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832, USA
Interests: nematology; molecular systematics; phylogenetics; molecular diagnostics; phylogeography; phylogenomics
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Prof. Dr. Kiminobu Sugaya

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College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
Interests: stem cell; Alzheimer’s disease; neurodegenerative diseases; down syndrome; regeneration therapy; cancer stem cell; exosome
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Dr. Yuki Sugiura

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Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0045, Japan
Interests: biomineralization; biomaterial; bio-sensing; medical devices
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Prof. Dr. Manickam Sugumaran

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Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125, USA
Interests: enzymology; post translational modifications; aromatic metabolism; phenolic biochemistry; reactions of quinonoid compounds; invertebrate immunity; insect cuticular sclerotization; phenoloxidase; quinone isomerases; oxidative browning; melanin biosynthesis; catecholic antibiotics
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Dr. Traian Sulea

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Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada
Interests: computational chemistry; molecular modeling; drug design; protein engineering; antibody optimization; structural bioinformatics

Dr. Yoshio Sumida

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1. Department of Hepatology and Pancreatology, Aichi Medical University of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
2. Japan Strategic Medical Administration Research Center (J-SMARC), Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Interests: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; oxidative stress; hepatic fibrosis; diabetes mellitus; liver cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma
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Prof. Dr. Bo Sun

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College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Interests: brassica vegetables; Chinese kale; mustard; carotenoids; glucosinolate; antioxidants; nutritional quality; postharvest
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Dr. Daekyu Sun

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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Interests: DNA chemistry; Drug-DNA interaction; G-quadruplex-interactive drugs; anticancer drug discovery; mechanism of actions of new anticancer drugs; transcription factors; DNA repair
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Prof. Dr. Gun Yong Sung

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1. Interdisciplinary Program of Nano-Medical Device Engineering, Graduate School, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
2. Major in Materials Science & Engineering, School of FutureConvergence, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
3. Integrative Materials Research Institute, School of Future Convergence, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
Interests: organ-on-a-chip; skin-on-a-chip; aged skin model; atopic dermatitis skin model; kidney-on-a-chip; multi-organs on chips; microphysiological system for multi-organs; artificial organs

Dr. Fabiana Superti

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National Centre for Innovative Technologies in Public Health, National Institute of Health, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Interests: virus-host cell interaction; virulence factors; viral receptors; viral entry; antiviral drugs; lactoferrin; lipophilic amines; antiviral peptides; natural and synthetic antiviral compounds; influenza virus; adenovirus
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