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Prof. Dr. Clara Lehmann

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Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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Dr. Sebastiano Leone

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Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, S. Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy
Interests: antibiotic management; antimicrobial resistance; CA- and HA-bacterial infections

Prof. Dr. Huixin Li

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College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang, No. 1, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: soil ecology; interaction between soil fauna and microbe
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Prof. Dr. Wen-Jun Li

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State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Interests: microbiology in extreme environments
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Prof. Dr. Haihua Liang

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School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Interests: microbial functional genomics; pathogenicity and drug resistance mechanisms of pathogens; development of new antibacterial drugs
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Prof. Dr. Miriam Lichtner

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Department of Infectious Diseases, La Sapienza University, Polo Pontino, Latina, Italy
Interests: HIV; infectious diseases; infection; clinical immunology; T lymphocytes; immunodeficiency; innate immunity; AIDS; microbiology; virology

Dr. Sangyong Lim

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Radiation Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeongeup 56212, Republic of Korea
Interests: molecular microbiology; gene regulatory networks; radiation resistant microorganisms; stress response proteins; deinococcus

Prof. Dr. Henry Lin

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Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Interests: gut microbiota; role of resident gut bacteria; gut bacterophages
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Dr. Matthew G. Links

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Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
Interests: microbiome; bioinformatics; genomics; metagenomics; microbiology

Dr. Hongwei Liu

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School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Interests: biocorrosion; biomineralization
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Prof. Dr. Hongwei Liu

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State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 Beichenxi Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: prebiotics and probiotics; microbial metabolism; natural product chemistry
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Prof. Dr. Jun Liu

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Department of Ecology, School of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: microbiome; biogeochemical cycles; ecological remediation; soil microbial ecology
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Prof. Dr. Xiaobo Liu

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School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Interests: microbiomes; photosynthetic bacteria; microalgae; biogeochemical cycles; microbial interaction
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Dr. Josep M. Llibre

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Infectious Diseases Division, University Hospital Germans Trias, 08916 Badalona, Spain
Interests: HIV infection; HIV resistance; antiretroviral treatment; antiretroviral strategies; HIV resistance tests; SARS-CoV2
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Dr. Vincent C. Lombardi

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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Interests: gut-brain axis; neuroimmune disease; GI-associated plasmacytoid dendritic cells; Alzheimer’s disease; myalgic encephalomyelitis
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Dr. Catia Longhi

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Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Microbiology Section, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests: Uropathogenic Escherichia coli; Listeria monocytogenes; intracellular bacteria; antimicrobial resistance; biofilm; host-pathogen interactions; drug delivery systems; natural compounds
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Dr. Gabriele Andrea Lugli

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Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
Interests: genomics; metagenomics; microbiota; bifidobacteria; bacteriophages

Dr. Juliana Luna

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School of Health and Life Sciences, Catholic University of Pernambuco (UNICAP), Rua do Príncipe, n. 526, Boa Vista, Recife 50050-900, Brasil
Interests: biomolecules; natural products
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Dr. Erika Lutter

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Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Interests: chlamydia; Pseudomonas; Coxiella; Rickettsia; quorum sensing; signaling

Prof. Dr. Renate Lux

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Section of Periodontics, Division of Constitutive & Regenerative Sciences, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: biofilms; interspecies interaction; Fusobacterium nucleatum; microbiome; periodontal diseases; natural and artificial oral surface colonization

Dr. Giuseppantonio Maisetta

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Department of Translational Research and New technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Interests: bacteria; pathogens; biofilm; bacterial virulence; persisters; antimicrobial peptides; antibiotics
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Dr. Lung Yi Mak

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1. Barts Liver Centre, Centre for Immunobiology, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK
2. Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Interests: hepatitis B; hepatitis delta virus

Prof. Dr. Ignacio Eduardo Maldonado Mendoza

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Departamento de Biotecnología Agrícola, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR-Sinaloa, Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico
Interests: molecular ecology of the rhizosphere; arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis; plant-bacteria-fungi associations; soil and root microbiome; transcriptomics; multi-partite plant-microorganism interactions; plant molecular biology; crop biotechnology; biocontrol of fungal diseases; bacillus; fusarium; genomics

Dr. Giuseppina Mandalari

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Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy
Interests: antimicrobials, antiviral, gut microbiota, plant extracts, bioactive compounds
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Dr. Ilaria Mannazzu

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Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Interests: fermented beverages; yeast physiology; yeast biotechnology; microbial interactions; natural antimicrobials non-conventional yeasts, carotenoids
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Dr. Michael K. Mansour

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Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Prof. Dror Marchaim

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Unit of Infection Control and Prevention, Shamir (Assaf Harofeh) Medical Center, Zerifin 7030000, Israel
Interests: infectious diseases; epidemiology; infection control; nosocomial infections; hospital acquired infections; multidrug resistant organisms

Dr. Adolfo J. Martinez-Rodriguez

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Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL) (CSIC-UAM). C/ Nicolás Cabrera, 9, Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Interests: foodborne pathogens; food safety; antibiotic resistance; natural antimicrobial compounds; biofilms; Campylobacter spp.; Helicobacter pylori
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Dr. Antonio Mastroianni

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Infectious & Tropical Diseases Unit, “Annunziata” Hub Hospital, Cosenza 87100, Italy
Interests: clinical infectious diseases; clinical microbiology; emerging infectious diseases; gram-negative multi-drug resistant bacteria; endocarditis antibiotics; tuberculosis; leishmaniasis; HIV infection

Prof. Dr. Simonetta Mattiucci

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Section of Parasitology, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza - University of Rome" and "Umberto I" University Hospital, Rome, Italy
Interests: parasitology; population genetics; genetic diversity; gene expression analysis; Transcriptomics; molecular markers; genetics; molecular systematics; sequencing; phylogenetics; molecular population genetics; diagnostics
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