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Dr. Pau Ferrer
Dr. Pau Ferrer
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Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
Interests: industrial biotechnology; synthetic biology; metabolic engineering; bioprocess engineering; recombinant protein production; metabolite production; yeast;
K. phaffii
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Prof. Dr. Arsenio M. Fialho
Prof. Dr. Arsenio M. Fialho
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Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon and Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB), 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: bacterial-host interactions; bacterial infections of the respiratory tract; burkholderia cepacia complex; pseudomonas aeruginosa; bacterial adhesins; trimeric autotransporter adhesins; galleria mellonella as infection model; bacterial proteins/peptides as therapeutic agents; bacterial cell penetrating peptides
Dr. Elvira Fiallo-Olivé
Dr. Elvira Fiallo-Olivé
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Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora” (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida Dr. Wienberg s/n, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
Interests: plant virology; emergent plant diseases; virus taxonomy; plant–pathogen interactions; insect vectors
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Dr. Andrew Foey
Dr. Andrew Foey
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School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
Interests: immunology; inflammation; probiotics; antimicrobial responses; infection; oral and gastrointestinal mucosae
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Dr. Mireille Fouillaud
Dr. Mireille Fouillaud
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CHEMBIOPRO Chimie et Biotechnologie des Produits Naturels, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, Université de la Réunion, F-97490 Sainte-Clotilde, Ile de La Réunion, France
Interests: microbiology; biotechnology; specialized metabolites; fermentations; pigments
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Dr. Yukihiro Furusawa
Dr. Yukihiro Furusawa
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Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama, Japan
Interests: gut microbiota; mucosal immunology; regulatory T cells; dendritic cells; macrophage; dietary fiber; epigenetics; short-chain fatty acids; transcriptome
Prof. Dr. Suresh G. Joshi
Prof. Dr. Suresh G. Joshi
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1. Center for Surgical Infection and Biofilm, College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
2. Drexel School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Interests: antimicrobial agent; resistance; bacterial pathogenesis; biofilm; host-pathogen interaction; infection control; translational medicine
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Prof. Dr. Thomas W. Geisbert
Prof. Dr. Thomas W. Geisbert
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
Interests: Emerging viruses; Ebola virus; Marburg virus; Lassa virus; Nipah virus; pathogenesis; vaccines; treatments
Dr. Federico Giannoni
Dr. Federico Giannoni
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
Interests: molecular biology; microbiology; drug action; drug resistance; multi-drug resistance (MDR) and extensively drug resistance (XDR) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Dormancy and persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Dr. Andrea Gianotti
Dr. Andrea Gianotti
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1. DISTAL, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, V.le Fanin 42, 40135 Bologna, Italy
2. CIRI-AGRO, Interdepartmental Centre of Agri-Food Industrial Research, Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, P.zza Goidanich 60, 47522 Cesena, Italy
Interests: food microbiology; food fermentation; gut microbiota; in vitro intestinal model; metabolomics; microbiomics; hemp; gluten-free;
Bifidobacterium: qPCR; colon microbiota
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Prof. Dr. Davide Gibellini
Prof. Dr. Davide Gibellini
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Section of Microbiology, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
Interests: biology of pathogens (e.g., bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi); mechanisms of infection; antimicrobials; antimicrobial resistance
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Prof. Dr. Henry P. Godfrey
Prof. Dr. Henry P. Godfrey
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Department of Pathology Basic Sciences, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
Interests: microbial and host factors in pathogenesis of Lyme disease and tuberculosis; antimicrobial resistance; aquaculture
Dr. María Teresa Gómez-Muñoz
Dr. María Teresa Gómez-Muñoz
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Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: parasitic diseases; zoonosis; Giardia; Trichomonas; Blastocystis; Leishmania; epidemiology; natural products; treatment
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Dr. Juan José González-López
Dr. Juan José González-López
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1. Clinical Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
2. Genetics and Microbiology Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; enterobacterales; plasmid; molecular epidemiology; infectious diseases; Bordetella; Neisseria meningitidis
Dr. Gregor Grass
Dr. Gregor Grass
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Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology (IMB), 80937 Munich, Germany
Interests: anthrax; bacillus anthracis; bacillus phages; yersinia phages; sporicidal
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Grohmann
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Grohmann
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School of Life Sciences and Technology, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Interests: conjugative plasmid transfer mechanism; plasmids; type IV secretion systems; Enterococcus; antibiotic resistance; biofilm inhibition; antimicrobial surfaces; molecular ecology of antibiotic resistance
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Prof. Dr. Uwe Groß
Prof. Dr. Uwe Groß
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Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
Interests: international health; toxoplasmosis; C. difficile
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Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
Interests: mycology; plant pathology
Dr. María Guembe
Dr. María Guembe
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Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Interests: device-related infections; biofilm; catheter; prosthesis; prevention; infection; innovation research
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Dr. Birgit Habenstein
Dr. Birgit Habenstein
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Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nano-Objects, CBMN UMR5248 CNRS Université de Bordeaux INP, 33607 Pessac, France
Interests: biomolecular assemblies; biophysics; structural biology; NMR; amyloids; membrane-protein interactions; protein-protein interactions; biomolecular interfaces
Dr. Feth-El-Zahar Haichar
Dr. Feth-El-Zahar Haichar
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INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, CNRS, UMR5240, Microbiologie, Adaptation, Pathogénie, Univ Lyon, 10 rue Raphaël Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Interests: rhizosphere; microbiome; root exudation; nitrogen cycle; dentrification; plant growth; carbon catabolic repression; phytobatogenic bacteria; signaling,gene regulation; metabolic network
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Prof. Dr. Sven Hammerschmidt
Prof. Dr. Sven Hammerschmidt
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Department of Molecular Genetics and Infection Biology, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, Center for Functional Genomics of Microbes, University of Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
Interests: gram-positive pathogens; pneumococci; host-pathogen interaction; virulence; immune evasion; bacterial adaptation; platelet-bacteria interaction
Dr. Sherif T.S. Hassan
Dr. Sherif T.S. Hassan
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Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: gene; infectious diseases; herpesviruses; pharmacology and toxicology; molecular medicine; oncology and hematology; cardiovascular diseases; natural products; drug discovery; analytical and bioanalytical techniques
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Viruses: Recent Advances of Natural Products in HSV Research
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Marine Drugs: Marine Natural Products and Autoimmune Diseases: From Chemistry and Molecular Mechanism to Clinical Efficacy
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Viruses: Recent Advances in Herpesviruses Research: What's in the Pipeline?
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Natural-Based Medicine vs Conventional Medicine in Microbial Infections: Insights in Public Health
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Biomolecules: Structural and Mechanistic Enzymology in Drug Discovery: A New Frontier
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Viruses: Recent Progress in Tumor Virology Research
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Microorganisms: Herpesviruses and Their Associated Diseases: From Disease Onset to Therapy
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Molecular Medicine Applications in Infectious Diseases: Latest Innovations
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Pathogens: Herpesvirus Diseases in Humans and Animals
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Current Issues in Molecular Biology: Human and Animal Infectious Diseases: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
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Biomedicines: Tumor Viruses and Cancers: Carcinogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options
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Viruses: Herpesviruses and Associated Diseases
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Current Issues in Molecular Biology: Human and Animal Infectious Diseases: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd Edition
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Microorganisms: Viral Diseases: Current Research and Future Directions
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Current Issues in Molecular Biology: Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Natural Product Pharmacology
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Pharmacology and Toxicology of Synthetic and Natural Products
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Viruses: Herpesviruses and Associated Diseases, 2nd Edition
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Immuno: Immunological Responses and Therapeutic Modulation in Viral Infections: From Acute Disease to Latency
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Tumor Viruses: Infection, Carcinogenesis, and Treatment
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Current Issues in Molecular Biology: Molecular Insights into Pathogen–Host Interactions and Therapeutic Development
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Microorganisms: Viral Diseases: Current Research and Future Directions, Second Edition
Prof. Dimitris G. Hatzinikolaou
Prof. Dimitris G. Hatzinikolaou
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Enzyme and Microbial Biotechnology Unit, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Interests: microbial biotechnology; enzyme biotechnology; environmental microbiology; biorefineries; biofuels; bio-engineering; synthetic biology
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Dr. David Hawman
Dr. David Hawman
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Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID/NIH, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
Interests: host-viral interactions; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, viral pathogenesis; animal modeling
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INRAE, Université Clermont Auvergne, UMR 0454 Microbiologie Environnement Digestif Santé (MEDiS), Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
Interests: foodborne pathogen bacteria; food microbiology; Listeria monocytogenes; biofilms; resistance/adaptation to environmental/technological stresses; proteosurfaceome; proteomics
Dr. Nick Heng
Dr. Nick Heng
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Department of Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Interests: molecular genetics; bioinformatics; genome analysis; antimicrobial proteins (bacteriocins); protein (bio)chemistry; oral microbiomes; next-generation DNA sequencing
Prof. Dr. N. Patrick Higgins
Prof. Dr. N. Patrick Higgins
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Interests: DNA supercoiling; topoisomerases; site-specific recombination; transcription; DNA replication; and DNA damage