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Prof. Dr. Izabela Makalowska

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Institute of Human Biology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-712 Poznan, Poland
Interests: functional genomics; genomes evolution; comparative genomics; retrogenes; non-coding RNA

Dr. Vincenzo Malagnino

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Department of System Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, 00133 Roma RM, Italy
Interests: infectious diseases; virology; hepatitis; HIV; opportunistic infections
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Prof. Dr. Stefano Manfredini

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Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
Interests: synthesis; isolation; natural compounds; UV protection; cosmetics
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Dr. Hakim Manghwar

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Lushan Botanical Garden, Jiangxi Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiujiang 332000, China
Interests: plant molecular biology; plant stress physiology; plant resistance to different stresses; plant genome editing
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Dr. David Mann

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Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London,Exhibition Rd,South Kensington, London SW7 2BU, UK
Interests: cancer biology; cell proliferation; therapeutic intervention

Dr. Jian-Hua Mao

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Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: cancer biology; cancer genetics; environmental toxicology; thirdhand smoke; biomarker development; translational medicine
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Prof. Dr. Paolo Mariani

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Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, 60121 Ancona, Italy
Interests: molecular biophysics; structural properties of biological molecules and systems; lipid membrane; lipid non lamellar systems; lipid nanoparticles; hydrogels; G-quadruplex; DNA/RNA; nucleic acid origami; lyotropic systems; soft condensed biological matter; proteins in solution (including structure, dynamics, interactions and conformational changes); membrane proteins; X-ray diffraction; in-solution small-angle X-ray scattering; neutron scattering; small-angle neutron scattering; AFM; light scattering; large scale facility; synchrotron; neutron sources

Dr. Eva Mateo Martí

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Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Carretera de Ajalvir km 4, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain
Interests: biomolecules; surfaces; minerals; prebiotic chemistry; planetary simulation chambers; XPS spectroscopy; IR spectroscopy

Dr. Hassan Marzban

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Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, The Children's Hospital Foundation University of Manitoba (CHRIM), Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
Interests: neurodevelopmental disorders; neurodegenerative disease

Prof. Dr. Rodolfo Mastropasqua

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Department of Surgery, Medicine and Dentistry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41121 Modena MO, Italy
Interests: eye surgery; eye diseases; retina; vitreoretinal diseases; cataract, imaging in pphthalmology
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Prof. Dr. Eiji Matsuura

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Neutron Therapy Research Center, Collaborative Research Center, Department of Cell Chemistry, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
Interests: theranostics; targeted medicine; drug delivery system (DDS); lipid biochemistry; antibody engineering; cancer; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease; rheumatic disease; antiphospholipid syndrome
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Prof. Dr. Katsumi Matsuura

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Institute for Early Metabolic Evolution, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
Interests: mechanisms, ecology, and evolution of electron transfer through hydrogen, sulfur, iron, nitrogen, chlorophyll, cytochrome, and quinone in bacteria and archaea

Dr. Andres Daniel Maturana

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Graduate School of Bio-Agricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
Interests: ion channels; signal transduction; alternative splicing
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Dr. Eric R. May

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Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Interests: computational biophysics; molecular dynamics simulations; multi-scale modeling; virus structure and dynamics; membrane biophysics; peptide-membrane interactions; protein dynamics
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Prof. Dr. Jaroslaw Meller

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Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Interests: bioinformatics; computational genomics; protein structure prediction

Dr. César Menor-Salván

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Departamento de Biología de Sistemas-Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Investigación Química "Andrés M. del Río”, Universidad de Alcalá, Campus Científico-Tecnológico, 28805 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
Interests: prebiotic chemistry; origins of life; chemical evolution; astrobiology; organic geochemistry; biogeochemistry; mineralogy

Dr. Othmane Merah

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1. Agro-industrial Chemistry Laboratory (LCA), University of Toulouse, 31030 Toulouse, France
2. Biological Engineering Department, Paul Sabatier University, 32000 Auch, France
Interests: plant physiology; plant breeding; bioactives accumulation; essential oils; biofertilizers; cereals; oilseed crop; legumes; vegetables; secondary metabolites; andioxidants
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Dr. Angela Anna Messina

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Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
Interests: mitochondria; membrane proteins; bioenergetics; apoptosis; sequencing; protein–protein interaction; cell culture; recombinant protein expression
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Dr. Alessandra Micera

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Research and Development Laboratory for Biochemical, Molecular and Cellular Applications in Ophthalmological Sciences, Research Laboratories in Ophthalmology, IRCCS-Fondazione Bietti, 00184 Rome, Italy
Interests: neuromediators; ocular diseases; biomarkers; epigenetics; genetic variants
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Dr. Daisuke Miki

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Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China
Interests: epigenetics; genome engineering

Dr. Roberto Miraglia

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Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta, Specializzazione, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Interests: transplantation; radiology; liver diseases; liver cirrhosis; liver transplantation; tmaging; kidney transplantation; liver; cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma

Prof. Dr. Nikolai N. Modyanov

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Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Research, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614-2598, USA
Interests: ion transporting ATPases; gene cooption and evolution of mammalian proteins

Prof. Dr. Tal Mor

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Department of Computer Science, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
Interests: origin of life; quantum information; biological computing; origin of the genetic code; molecular evolution; autocatalytic sets; early evolution of life; prebiotic chemistry
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Dr. May Morris

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Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, CNRS, IBMM-UMR 5247, Université de Montpellier, 15 Av. Charles Flahault, 34093 Montpellier, France
Interests: protein kinases; cell cycle; cancer; fluorescent biosensors; allosteric inhibitors
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Dr. Michael B. Morris

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Discipline of Physiology, University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW 2006, Australia
Interests: stem cells; assisted reproduction technologies; regenerative medicine; development; cell differentiation; cell signalling; protein structure and function

Dr. Dmitry L. Musolin

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European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO), 21 Boulevard Richard Lenoir, 75011 Paris, France
Interests: Heteroptera seasonal development; diapause; responses to climate change
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Dr. Jay Nadeau

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Physics Department, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207, USA
Interests: digital holographic microscopy; nanomaterials; astrobiology; scintillating materials
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Dr. Emilio Nardi

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Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), Università di Palermo, 129 - 90127 Palermo, Italy
Interests: cardiology; internal medicine; echocardiography; hypertension; cardiovascular risk; chronic kidney disease
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Prof. Dr. Adrian Neagu

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Department of Functional Sciences, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Piata Eftimie Murgu No. 2-4, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
Interests: three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting; cell spheroids; tissue engineering; multicellular self-assembly; computational models
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Dr. Zoltan Neufeld

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School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, 4000 Brisbane, Australia
Interests: mathematical and computational cell biology; tissue modeling; bio-mechanics of cells; nonlinear dynamics; pattern formation; complex systems; fluid dynamics; mixing and turbulence

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