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Centre of Experimental Medicine of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská Cesta 9, Bratislava, Slovakia
Interests: developmental toxicology; psychoactive drugs; pharmacology; animal models; behavior
UMR CNRS 8612, Institut Galien Paris-Sud, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Interests: smart and bioinspired drug delivery systems; self-assemblies; lipid–porphyrin conjugates; AFM; force spectroscopy; nanomechanics; amyloid fibrils; photodynamic therapy; photothermal therapy
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G.A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ivanovo, Russia
Interests: synthetic organic chemistry; chemistry of heterocyclic compounds; molecular recognition; hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions; ion-assisted functional materials; sensors; nanotechnologies
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Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
Interests: brain metabolism; neuroinflammation; oxidative stress; cell death; gap junction; extracellular matrix remodeling; neurodegeneration; epilepsy; neuropharmacology; neurotherapeutics
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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Milan, Via L. Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: medicinal chemistry; chemical biology; photopharmacology; translational chemistry; GPCRs; biased signaling; ion channels; acetylcholine; muscarinic receptors; nicotinic receptors; dopamine; dopamine receptors; multi-target ligands; bifunctional ligands; dual-acting agents; dualsteric ligands; bitopic ligands; photoswitches; cancer; antibiotics; neurodegeneration
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Laboratorio Antidoping FMSI, Largo Giulio Onesti, 1, 00197 Rome, Italy
Interests: doping analysis; forensic toxicology; proteins purification and analysis; metabolism study; drug-drug interactions; genetic polymorphism; separation methods (GC-MS, LC-MS, CE-UV, CE-MS); steroid profile in urine and blood
CNRS, University Paris-Saclay, Faculty of Pharmacy, Châtenay-Malabry, France
Interests: glycochemistry; organometallic chemistry; medicinal chemistry; chemical biology
Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
Interests: zinc-binding proteins; medicinal chemistry; molecular dynamics; virtual screening; natural products; antiviral agents; anticancer agents; chemoinformatics; computational structural biology; lead optimization
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1. Faculty of Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
2. Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Interests: cell death; energy metabolism; mitochondria; inflammation; neurodegenerative disorders; ischemia/reperfusion; amyloid proteins; brain cell cultures
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Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: gene editing; drug delivery; prodrugs; antibacterial diagnostics and drugs

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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Pharmacy, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, Athens, Greece
Interests: rational drug development; molecular simulations; advanced methods for solvation mapping; natural products; biophysics; protein kinases; epigenetics
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Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: PET; radioligand; neuroscience
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Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Interests: synthetic medicinal chemistry; synthesis of small molecules; adamantane derivatives; neglected diseases; tuberculosis; melatoninergic activity; cannabinergic activity; antiviral activity
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Pharmacy Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Interests: pharmacokinetic; pharmacodynamics; therapeutic drug monitoring; population modelling; critically-ill patients
College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511436, China
Interests: transdermal drug delivery; dissolving microneedles; nano-microparticulate drug delivery
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1. Phytotherapy Lab, Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
2. Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Oncologica di Base, Padova, Italy
Interests: plant medicinal chemistry; phytotherapy research; oncology; preclinical research; endocrinology
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Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
Interests: drug design; bioactive molecules; organic synthesis; preclinical studies; antiepileptic agents; neuroprotective agents; enzyme inhibition
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Department of Life Sciences, Health and Health Professions, Link Campus University, Via del Casale di San Pio V, 44, 00165 Rome, Italy
Interests: medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry; supramolecular chemistry; nanomedicine; theranostics; metabolomics; nuclear magnetic resonance; HPLC analysis; nutraceutics
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Department of Biomedical Science, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA
Interests: cancer drug discovery; cancer cell biology; molecular biology; cancer cell signaling; mouse tumor models; pre-clinical translational studies
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Molecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases(NIDDK) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Bldg. 8A, Rm. B1A-17 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-0810, USA
Interests: medicinal chemistry; inhibitors for cancer-promoting extracellular zinc-enzymes; organic synthesis

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School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Interests: natural product chemistry; bio-inorganic chemistry; cancer drug discovery; targeted drug delivery; synthesis of bio active metal complexes; medicinal plants; phytochemicals

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Institute Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (ICGM), University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34000 Montpellier, France
Interests: pharmaceutical excipients; oral drug delivery; direct compression; co-processing; 3D printed medicines for oral drug de-livery; development of novel high-performance excipients for drug formulation
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Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
Interests: drug delivery systems for pharmaceutical; nutraceutical and cosmetic applications; application of micro/nano-encapsulation techniques in particle engineering; biopolymers; medicinal plant extracts; spray drying; technological and solid state characterization
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Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Interests: synthetic methods; RNA targeting; drug discovery
Centre ALGATECH, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Novohradska 237 – Opatovicky mlyn, CZ 379 01 Trebon, Czech Republic
Interests: isolation and structural elucidation of new leads compounds as anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer drugs; exploration of the QSI and the QS molecules for development of antivirulence drug therapy; cyanobacteria as a source of novel lead compounds and toxins; advances in the detection of toxins in fresh water
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58/B, 35131 Padova, Italy
Interests: zebrafish; muscular dystrophy; cell death; mitochondria; cancer; pancreatic adenocarcinoma; phage display library; drug screening; permeability transition; immunology; immunotherapy; vaccine; HIV-1; signaling pathways; NOTCH; TGFb; HIF-1a; animal models
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Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Interests: antibacterials; organic chemistry; antibiotic resistance; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Proteomics; drug discovery; assays
Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Interests: antimicrobial drug discovery and development; medicinal chemistry; peptides and peptidomimetics; unnatural amino acids; fluorescent probes; peptide nucleic acids; anticancer drug discovery; phenotypic drug discovery; neurodegenerative diseases
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Department of Drug Addiction Pharmacology, Maj Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences, Smętna 12, 31-343 Kraków, Poland
Interests: cocaine use disorder; cocaine self-administration; NMDA receptors; depression; endocannabinoid system; animal models of depression; oxidative stress; preclinical studies
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