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Dr. Judith Schwartzbaum

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Retired, Division of Epidemiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Interests: glioma, infectious disease; telomere length; anti-seizure medication; glioma survival

Prof. Dr. Leonardo A. Sechi

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Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Interests: molecular bacteriology; medical microbiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; primer; autoimmune disease; microbial genetics; antigen; microbial pathogenesis; bacteriophage; virulence factors; nervous system autoimmune diseases; Mycobacteria; Crohn’s disease; molecular pathogenesis; cerebrospinal fluid; bionumerics; Mycobacterium avium; myelin basic proteins; Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis
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Prof. Dr. Torsten Seuberlich

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Division of Experimental Clinical Research, Vetsuisse-Faculty, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Interests: neuroinfectious diseases; veterinary medicine; prions; metagenomics

Prof. Dr. Kwang-Soo Shin

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Department of Microbiology, Graduate School, Daejeon University, Daejeon 34520, Republic of Korea
Interests: pathogenic fungi; Aspergillus fumigatus
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Prof. Dr. Hong-Bing Shu

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The Medical Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Interests: innate antiviral immunity; inflammation

Dr. Ladislav Šimo

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UMR BIPAR, INRA, ANSES, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Université Paris-Est, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
Interests: tick neuro-physiology; signal transductions; neuropeptides; neurotransmitters; GPCRs
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Prof. Dr. Steven Singer

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Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA
Interests: Giardia; mucosal immunology; intestinal parasites; innate immunity

Prof. Dr. Søren Skov

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Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Interests: host pathogen interaction; immunometabolism; T cell regulation and biology; macrophage regulation and biology; NK cell regulation and biology
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Prof. Dr. Terry K. Smith

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School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
Interests: biosynthesis and uptake of phospholipids in protozoan parasites; the enzymology of biosynthetic enzymes in parasites; lipidomics and focussed metabolomics of pathogens; “simple” chemistry towards drugs for neglected disease; structure, function & biosynthesis of parasite glycoconjugates including GPI anchors
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Prof. Dr. Jianxun Song

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Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology Department, College of Medicine Faculty, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, USA
Interests: adaptive immunity and immunotherapy
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Prof. Dr. Olivier A.E. Sparagano

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Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: vector-borne diseases; animal parasitology; one Health; vaccine development; molecular diagnostic; prevention and treatment; poultry diseases; pathogens
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Dr. Peter Speck

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College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia
Interests: herpes viruses; bacteriophages

Prof. Dr. Barbara Spellerberg

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
Interests: pathogenicity mechanisms; streptococci; antimicrobial peptides

Prof. Dr. Adrie J.C. Steyn

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1. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
2. Africa Health Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa
Interests: Mtb bioenergetics; energy metabolism; immunometabolism; human TB pathogenesis; host gasotransmitters
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Prof. Dr. Tatsuo Suzutani

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Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
Interests: molecular biology; infection biology and antivirals of herpes simplex virus; varicella-zoster virus and cytomegalovirus

Dr. Michelle Tate

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Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Interests: influenza virus; innate immunity; immunopathology

Prof. Dr. Nigel Temperton

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Viral Pseudotype Unit, Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Kent, Kent ME4 4TB, UK
Interests: emerging viruses; viral pseudotyping; neutralisation assays; serology
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Dr. Justin Thornton

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Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
Interests: Streptococcus pneumoniae

Dr. Vjekoslav Tomaić

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Division of Molecular Medicine, Ruđer Bošković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: human papillomaviruses; DNA tumor viruses; oncoproteins and tumor suppressors; ubiquitin and proteasome; cancer; cervical cancer; cell polarity
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Prof. Dr. Francesca J. Torriani

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School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
Interests: hepatitis C infection; hepatitis B infection; HIV; healthcare associated infections; infectious diseases
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Dr. Stephen Tristram

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Laboratory Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Tasmania 7250, Australia
Interests: respiratory pathogens – particularly Haemophilus influenzae; antibiotic resistance – particularly when associated with B-lactamases or altered penicillin binding proteins; natural transfer and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes

Dr. Silvia M. Uriarte

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Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Baxter I Bldg., Room 221F, 570 South Preston St., Louisville, KY 40202, USA
Interests: neutrophil effector functions; oral pathogens; periodontitis; innate immunity; innate immune evasion strategies by oral pathogens

Dr. Eeva Vainio

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Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Natural Resources Unit, Forest Health and Biodiversity, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
Interests: ecology of forest fungi and their viruses
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Dr. Magriet van der Nest

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Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Interests: Fusarium; filamentous ascomycete fungi

Dr. Vijayakumar Velu

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Emory Vaccine Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Interests: HIV; SIV; tuberculosis; viral hepatitis; vaccine; immunology; pathogenesis
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Prof. Dr. Ramesh Vemulapalli

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School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Interests: brucellosis; Brucella; vaccines; zoonotic diseases; molecular diagnostics
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Prof. Dr. Olivier Verneau

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Cefrem, Université de Perpignan, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
Interests: parasites as markers of host evolutionary history

Dr. Fabrizia Veronesi

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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Interests: food-borne zoonotic pathogens; water-borne zoonotic pathogens; vector-borne pathogens of domestic and wild-life animals; lungworms of companion animals; enteric protozoan parasites of small animals and ruminants
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Dr. Anna Maria Vettraino

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Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro‐food and Forest systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Interests: plant pathology; disease epidemiology; detection; management strategies
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Prof. Dr. Fernando Villalta

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School of Medicine, The City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
Interests: Chagas disease; host-pathogen interactions; immunity; drug and vaccine discovery
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