Editorial Board

Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

Members

Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Interests: snake venom metalloproteinases; SVMPs; ADAMs; disintegrins; pathophysiology/histology; hemorrhagic toxins; coagulopathy; disintegrin-like/cysteine-rich domains
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Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences-DIMEC, General Pathology Section, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Interests: Xanthine oxidoreductase; oxidative stress; uric acid; nitric oxide; cytotoxicity; plant toxin; rRNA glycosylase; immunotoxin; targeted therapy; anti-tumour therapy
* Section: Plant Toxins
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Venom Evolution Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Interests: venom molecular evolution; phylogenetics and structure–function relationships; toxins
* Section: Animal Venoms
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Institute of Science of Food Production (ISPA), National Research Council (CNR), Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, BA, Italy
Interests: plant pathology; mycology; fungal genetics; mycotoxicology; mycotoxins; food microbiology; food safety
* Section: Mycotoxins
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Unité “Bactéries anaérobies et Toxines”, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, F-75015 Paris, France
Interests: bacterial protein toxins; clostridial toxins; pore-forming toxins; cellular uptake of bacterial toxins; Rho-GTPases; interactions of clostridial toxins with the actin cytoskeleton; botulinum neurotoxins; passage of the neurotoxins through the epithelial barrier; regulation of clostridial toxin synthesis
* Section: Bacterial Toxins
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Nephrology Section, 0K12, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Interests: uremia; chronic kidney disease; hemodialysis; adequacy of dialysis; acute kidney injury
* Section: Uremic Toxins
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1. Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
2. CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto, 4450-208 Porto, Portugal
Interests: cyanobacteria; toxins; cyanotoxins; marine biotechnology; secondary metabolites; cyanobacterial blooms; ecotoxicology; environmental contamination
* Section: Marine and Freshwater Toxins
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Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Santiago of Compostela, Lugo 27002, Spain
Interests: marine toxins; cyanotoxins; mycotoxins; detection methods of toxins; mechanism of action of toxins; toxin effects
* Section: Marine and Freshwater Toxins
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Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Interests: uremic toxins; protein-bound uremic toxins; chronic kidney disease; leukocyte/monocyte function; leukocyte–endothelial interaction; inflammation in CKD; dialysis fluid purity/endotoxins; gut–kidney axis
* Section: Uremic Toxins
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Interests: fungal secondary metabolites; detection and monitoring of mycotoxins; mass spectrometry; NMR; emerging mycotoxins
* Section: Mycotoxins
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Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Interests: Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry proteins; Lysinibacillus sphaericus; Bin toxin; insect midgut; uptake of protein toxins
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Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
Interests: evolutionary toxinology; macroevolution; diversification; convergent evolution; antipredator defence; herpetology; phylogenetic comparative methods
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Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Université de Toulouse, 31000 Toulouse, France
Interests: impact of climate changes on fungal biodiversity; fungi and indoors; modulation of mycotoxin synthesis by natural compounds
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Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Microbiology and Immunology, BSB-255, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Interests: protein toxins; type-III effectors; structure-based mechanisms of toxin action; botulinum toxins; tetanus toxin; cellular microbiology
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Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, UCSC, Via Emilia Parmense, 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy
Interests: food safety; mycotoxin
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Inserm U1148 LVTS, School of Pharmacy, University Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
Interests: scorpion; spider; antivenom; recombinant antibody; neurotoxin; immunoassay
Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire (C3M), INSERM U1065, Université Côte d’Azur, 06204 Nice, France
Interests: bacterial toxins; RhoGTPases; innate immunity; inflammasomes
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Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca 62250, Mexico
Interests: Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry toxins; Vip3A toxins; pore formation; toxin receptors; resistance mechanisms; Cyt toxin
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Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
Interests: pharmaceuticals from plants and microorganisms; chemistry of natural substances in vegetables and soil; secondary plant metabolites; protection and recovery of ecosystems
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Alfred-Wegner-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Interests: chemical and molecular ecology of protists; genetics of toxin biosynthesis; toxinology and ecotoxicology of harmful microalgae; harmful algal blooms and marine food webs; marine phycotoxin dynamics and diversity; marine microbial biotechnology
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Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Interests: microcystin; cyanotoxin; Microcystis; cyanobacteria; toxic mechanisms; reproductive toxicity; developmental toxicity; hepatotoxicity; carcinogenicity; endocrine-disrupting effects; toxicogenomics
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1. Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Center for Food Safety and Toxicology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
2. Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
Interests: molecular microbiology and toxicology

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Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil
Interests: antibodies CDRs; synthetic CDRs; 3D CDRs x ags epitopes interactions; antivenom
Department of Neurology/Movement Disorders, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Offices, 11370 Anderson, Suite B-100, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
Interests: blepharospasm; dystonia; parkinson’s disease; torticollis; botulinum toxins
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Department of Biology, Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
Interests: conotoxins; structure-function relationships; recombinant expression systems for animal toxins; disulfide-bond formation
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: development of analytical methods based on liquid-phase separation techniques for determination of contaminants; with special focus on mycotoxins
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