Welcoming the 2nd Edition Early Career Editorial Board Members of Targets
21 August 2026
Targets (ISSN 2813-3137) is pleased to add the following 7 researchers to the 2026 Early Career Editorial Board and congratulates them on becoming part of the Targets community!
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Name: Dr. Mengwei Li Affiliation: Life Science and Technology College, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China Homepage: https://sky.cpu.edu.cn/03/b8/c13407a197560/page4.htm Interests: explore the functions and mechanisms of new non-coding RNA in tumors and diabetes progression; discovery of novel micropeptides/neoantigen encoded by uORF for cancer therapy and diagnosis |
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Name: Dr. Kai Sun Affiliation: Key Laboratory of Microbiological Metrology, Measurement and Bio-Product Quality Security, State Administration for Market Regulation, College of Life Science, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China Homepage: https://cls.cjlu.edu.cn/info/1032/14331.htm Interests: molecular diagnostics; CRISPR/Cas biosensing; prokaryotic Argonaute; pathogen detection; microfluidics; nanopore sequencing; point-of-care testing; AI-assisted biosensing; nucleic acid reference materials |
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Name: Prof.Dr. Xiaojuan Gong Affiliation: Institute of Environmental Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China Homepage: https://hzy.sxu.edu.cn/szdw/hjkxx/jiaos1/4451893e8b084e1aaa63f5ffe89629ad.htm Interests: environmental analytical chemistry; carbon dots; nanozyme; single-atom catalyst; environmental pollutants; biomarkers |
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Name: Dr. Giulia Culletta Affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, via Archirafi, 28, 90123 Palermo, Italy Homepage: https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/c/giulia.culletta Interests: medicinal chemistry; drug design; computational chemistry; drug repurposing; docking; molecular dynamics |
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Name: Dr. Dineth Pramuditha Nagahawatta Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada Homepage: https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/dnagahaw Interests: marine natural products; bioactive compounds; antiviral drug discovery; SARS-CoV-2; functional foods; inflammation; cardiovascular biology; translational research |
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Name: Dr. Laxminarayan Rawat Affiliation: Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA Homepage: https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/207883 Interests: cancer; targeted therapies; molecular medicine; biomarkers |
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Name: Dr. Maria-Anna Kyrgiafini Affiliation: Laboratory of Genetics, Comparative and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, Greece Homepage: https://bio.uth.gr/contract-lecturers/kyrgiafini-maria-anna/ Interests: genomics; reproductive biology; noncoding RNAs; biomarkers; next-generation sequencing |