Reviewer Board

Members of the reviewer board are selected from all Microorganisms reviewers for regularly providing timely high quality reports on submitted manuscripts. Responsibilities of reviewers are available here.

Members


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1. Smart Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
2. DIBRIS, Università di Genova, Via Opera Pia 13, 16145 Genova, Italy
Interests: wound healing; Antimicrobial patches; microbial biotechnology
LUM University "Giuseppe Degennaro"
Interests: infectious disease; Vaccine; vaccination; murine models of infection; Salmonella enterica; NTS; streptococcus pneumoniae; mycobacterium tuberculosis; IGRA test; SARS-CoV-2; antibody response; cellular immune response; mucosal immunization

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Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Interests: microbial ecology; bioinformatics; comparative genome analysis; metagenomic; metatranscriptomic; RNA-sequencing; heavy metals; rhdococcus; transcriptomics; endophytes
Non-Vesicular Reference Laboratories, The Pirbright Institute, UK
Interests: enteric viruses; arboviruses; environmental and veterinary virology; molecular diagnostics

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Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Interests: diabetes; cardiovascular disease; kidney disease; diabetic nephropathy; stroke; survival analysis; lipids; BCAA; insulin; ketone bodies

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Department of Biological Sciences and Biothecnology, University of Algarve, CIMA, FCT-DCBB, Faro, Portugal
Interests: molecular virology; microbiome; functional genomics; molecular ecology; molecular diagnostics
Discipline of Veterinary Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Interests: aquatic veterinarian; diagnostics; veterinary public health; aquatic pathology; epidemiology; Aquatic Animal Health; Aquaculture; Husbandry; food safety; assurance; whole of chain; quality control; HACCP; prevention

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Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Interests: critical care; infections; immunology; emerging pathogens; viral infections; respiratory viruses; SARS-CoV-2; HIV; viral infections in ICU; multi-drug resistant pathogens

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Magna Graecia University
Interests: artificial organs; cardiovascular mechanics; CFD (computational fluid dynamics); cardiac mechanics; ECMO (extra corporeal membrane oxygenation)

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Italian Brewing Research Center CERB, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Interests: brewing science; malting science; beer tasting; beer quality evaluation; fermented beverages; food science; food quality

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Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Interests: cardiac infection and antimicrobial peptides; cardiovascular aging; cardioprotection during ischemia/reperfusion injury; cardiotoxicity of cancer chemotherapy
Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Interests: drug delivery and drug targeting; nano and micro-structured systems for antimicrobial, antiadhesive and antibiofilm; phage-display technology; polyhydroxyalkanoates (phas) and biosurfactants; raman spectrometry and sers-raman

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CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
Interests: bioinformatics; molecular biotechnology; fermentation; yeasts; whole genome sequencing; data science and machine learning; high-value products; yeast pheno-metabolomics
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
Interests: theileria orientalis; theileria equi; theileria haneyi; theileria parva; mycobacterium avium; vector-born disease; ticks; piroplasmosis; cattle; horses; veterinary pathology
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Interests: critical care; HAP; cap; microbiota; CPA (chronic pulmonary aspergillosis); IPA (invasive pulmonary aspergillosis)
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences (BIOMETEC), University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Interests: probiotics; lactobacillus; bacteriocins; drug delivery; electronic cigarettes; e-liquids; flavors; Nicotine; natural substances
Department of Agricultural Microbiology Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute (IUNG-PIB) Czartoryskich Street 4, 24-100 Puławy, Poland
Interests: soil; microorganism; biolog EcoPlate; soil quality; soil enzymes; activity of dehydrogenases; biodiversity of soil microorganism; tilage systems; crop cultivation
1. Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
2. Department of Oral Surgery, University Dental Clinic, University Hospital Center Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: dental implantology; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; laser bone and soft tissue surgery; bone augmentation techniques; bone grafts; sinus surgery; peri-implant diseases
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 21, I-80126 Naples, Italy
Interests: host defence peptides; peptides as novel bio-preservatives; surface functionalization with self-assembling peptides; biofilms; multi-drug resistance; anti-cancer peptides; amyloid peptides

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Faculty of Biosciences, Nord University, 8049 Bodø, Norway
Interests: germ-free models; vibrionacea; innate and mucosal immunity; genomics; cell and molecular microbiology; biotechnology; aquaculture; host-microbe interactions; non-model fish; zebrafish; human immunology; autoinflammatory diseases; psoriasis; ibd; arteriosclerosis
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Interests: coronavirus disease; Colitis; gastrointestinal infections; peritonitis; anal neoplasia; sexually trasmitted infections; Colorectal Surgery; Proctology; Hemorrhoidal Disease; IBD
Department of Agriculture Microbiology, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute, Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Puławy, Poland
Interests: microbial diversity; soil; agricultural; environmental protection; molecular biology; genetic differentiation; identification of microorganisms; characterization of metabolic profile of bacteria and fungi
MIGAL—Galilee Institute of Science, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
Interests: fruit; ethylene; postharvest pathology; ripening; postharvest physiology; climacteric ripening
1. Laboratory of Inflammation and Epithelial Tissus and Cytokines, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
2. Department of Infectious Agents, Virology and Mycobacteriology, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
Interests: innate immunity; pamps; inflammatory response; antimicrobial peptides; flaviviruses; emerging viruses; skin; host-pathogen interactions
Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milan, Milan 20133, Italy
Interests: microbiome; DataAnalysis; ecology; machine-learning; metagenomics; 16S; NGS

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Department of Biotechnology and Food Analysis, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, 53-345 Wroclaw, Poland
Interests: food biotechnology; food quality; sensory evaluation; enzyme and microorganism in food; bio-catalysis; special-propose food
1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
2. Department of Immunohematology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
Interests: stress response systems; mutagenesis; genome stability; UPEC; microbiome; multidrug resistance

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Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO-InBIO), Vairão, Portugal
Interests: human population genetics; evolutionary genomics; human genetic diversity; oral microbiome; human oral microbiota; human populations; metagenomics; positive selection; Human population history
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BioMedicinska Centrum Box 596, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
Interests: ribosome; protein synthesis; translation initiation; translation elongation; translation termination; biochemistry; fast kinetics
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Interests: microbial resistance; Virulence Factors; drug delivery; Microbial products; natural extracts; antimicrobial peptides
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