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Prof. Dr. Claudiu T. Supuran

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NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
Interests: drug design; metalloenzymes; carbonic anhydrases; anticancer agents; antiinfectives; sulfonamides; coumarins
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Prof. Dr. Luigi Casella

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Department of Chemistry, Universita degli Studi di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Interests: biological oxidations; bioinorganic neurochemistry; heme proteins; copper proteins; metal-peptide complexes; metal-amyloid complexes; oxidative stress and neurodegeneration; neuromelanin and Parkinson's disease; catecholamine metabolism and toxicity
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Dr. Sabato D’Auria

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Institute of Food Science, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Roma 64, Avellino, Italy
Interests: protein biochemistry; enzymology; biosensors; fluorescence protein; protein structure

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Dallinger

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Institute of Zoology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Interests: environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology; molecular physiology; microevolution of metal sensitivity; evolution; biochemistry and gene regulation of metallothioneins; metal-specific pathways in animal physiology; metal detoxification; metal-related biological indicators and biomarkers
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Dr. Samuel De Visser

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK
Interests: computational chemistry; density functional theory; QM/MM; reaction mechanisms; biomimetic models; enzyme catalysis
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Prof. Dr. Sotiris K Hadjikakou

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Section of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece
Interests: biological inorganic chemistry; discovery and development of new therapeutic anticancer or antibacterial formulation; drugs activation (anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), antibiotics or antithyroid) with main group elements; structure activity relationship (SAR); intracellular components (DNA-Enzymes-Mitochondrion) interaction of with drugs or new formulations; in vitro cells’ and microbes’ screening; in vivo testing of the toxicity and genotoxicity; study of the molecular mechanism of action; activation of apoptosis mechanism; enzymes inhibitory study; encapsulated formulations into micelles, hydrogels or natural resins with enhanced bioactivity; active medical devices (anti-microbial conduct lens, medical gauzes for wound healing, active antimicrobial packages for medical usage, etc); anti-thyroid drugs mechanism of action ex vivo
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Prof. Dr. Werner Hoffmann

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Director Emeritus of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Interests: protection, regeneration and repair of mucous epithelia with special emphasis on the role of TFF peptides; TFF peptides in the immune and central nervous systems
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Prof. Dr. Toshiyuki Kaji

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Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda 278-8510, Japan
Interests: signaling and cell response; transporter; vascular toxicity; extracellular matrix; atherosclerosis; blood coagulation-fibrinolytic system; growth factors; cytokines
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Linert

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1. Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/163-AC, A-1060 Wien, Austria
2. Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Interests: transition metal chemistry; molecular magnesium; spin crossover; coordination chemistry related bioinorganic chemistry; redox-kinetics
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Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc A. Lobaccaro

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Reproduction et Développement, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS UMR6293, INSERM U1103, 28 Place Henri Dunant, BP38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Interests: nuclear receptors; prostate; reproduction; lipids; steroids; endocrinology; cancer; ligand screening; mouse models
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Prof. Dr. Claudia Martini

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Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Interests: neurochemistry; neurodegeneration; signaling: receptors interactions; receptor metabolism; life/death/differentiation signaling; traslocator protein
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Prof. Dr. Cristina Marzano

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Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via F. Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy
Interests: bioinorganic chemistry; medicinal chemistry; drug discovery and development; copper complexes; platinum complexes; molecular mechanisms of anticancer metallodrugs

Dr. Alexey Nazarov

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Department of Chemistry, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Interests: bioinorganic chemistry; organic chemistry; medicinal chemistry; development of anticancer compounds; phosphorus ligands

Prof. Dr. Andrea Pace

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Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche-STEBICEF, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Interests: synthesis; coordination chemistry; heterocyclic compounds synthesis; photocatalysis; photochemistry; supramolecular chemistry; heterocyclic compounds; coordination complexes; fluorinated compounds; fluorinated materials; functional organic salts
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Prof. Dr. Giorgio Pelosi

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Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Interests: metal complexes; biological properties; sulfur containing ligands; thiosemicarbazones; anticancer compounds; antiviral compounds; metal-based antibiotics; antimycotic compounds; antioxidants; apoptosis; X-ray diffraction; inorganic synthesis; topoisomerase IIA; phototherapy; nanoparticles
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Prof. Dr. Annibale Puca

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1. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
2. Cardiovascular Research Unit, IRCCS MultiMedica, 20138 Milan, Italy
Interests: genetics of exceptional longevity; immunological phenotype of exceptional long living individuals; BPIFB4, a longevity associated protein, and its isoforms in health and diseases
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Prof. Dr. Lothar Rink

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Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Institute of Immunology, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Interests: trace elements; zinc; immunology; T cells; granulocytes
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Prof. Dr. Antonio Rosato

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Department of Chemistry and Center for Magnetic Resonance, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Interests: metalloproteins; NMR; metallomics; structural biology; metalloproteomics; bioinformatics
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Prof. Dr. Maria Ruzzene

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Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Interests: signal transduction; cell signaling; signaling pathways; protein phosphorylation; protein kinases; protein phosphatases; protein kinase inhibitors; cancer biology; proteins; apoptosis; cell death; cancer research; cancer cell line
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Prof. Dr. Athanasios Salifoglou

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School of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: bioinorganic chemistry; molecular engineering; hybrid materials; metallodrugs; cell (patho)physiologies; neurodegeneration; neoplastic process
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Dr. Mauro Salvi

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Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Interests: protein phosphorylation; acidic protein kinases; tyrosine kinases; kinase inhibitors; signal transduction; post-translational modifications; cancer; cystic fibrosis
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Prof. Dr. Hartmut Schlüter

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Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
Interests: pathobiochemistry; proteoforms; glycomics; lipidomics; metabolomics; proteomics; mass spectrometry; liquid chromatography; biomarker
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Prof. Dr. Sang Won Suh

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Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
Interests: the pathogenic mechanisms of NADPH oxidase activation on neuronal death; the role of zinc in the brain; neurogenesis after ischemia, hypoglycemia, epilepsy and brain trauma; role of zinc on multiple sclerosis pathogenesis; Alzheimer's disease; NADPH oxidase; stroke
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Prof. Dr. Frank Thévenod

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Department of Physiology, Pathophysiology & Toxicology, Universitat Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany
Interests: renal epithelia; metal ions; cadmium; iron; membrane transport; cancer biology; signal transduction

Dr. Alessandro Attanzio

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Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
Interests: biochemistry and methodologies; Sicilian foods; bioactive compounds; phytochemicals; bioactivity; cell cultures; chemoprevention; oxidative stress; apoptosis; eryptosis
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Dr. Ignazio Barbagallo

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Department of Drug Science, Biochemistry Section, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Interests: inflammation; cell differentiation; butrition; oxidative stress; natural compounds in cancer; degenerative and metabolic disease; aging
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Dr. Sabrina Battista

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Institute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology “G. Salvatore” (IEOS), National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy
Interests: cancer stem cells; glioblastoma; asymmetric division; HMGA proteins; diet; gene expression
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Prof. Dr. Roberto Bei

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Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy
Interests: cancer immunotherapy; natural compounds and cancer; cancer vaccines; cancer prevention and treatment in preclinical models
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Prof. Dr. Dominique Belin

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Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, CH1201 Geneva, Switzerland
Interests: serine proteases and extracellular proteolysis; inhibitors of serine proteases (SERPINs); protein translocation across membranes; genetics of bacteria and phages

Dr. Francesca Bersani

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Department of Oncology, University of Torino, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano, Italy
Interests: cancer biology; translational biochemistry; preclinical models; cancer metabolism; repeat elements; lung cancer; patient-derived organoids; circulating tumor cells
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