Editorial Board

Graham Pawelec, PhD

Experimental Immunology, Department of Immunology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Cancer Solutions Program, Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada

Interests: cancer immunotherapy; immune monitoring; vaccination; immune ageing in humans

Amancio Carnero Moya, PhD

Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Universidad, de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones cientificas, CIBERONC, Spain

Interests: Cancer stem/initiating cells; Cell signaling; Cancer biology; Cancer biomarkers; Cancer metabolism; Gene expression; Signal transduction; Aging; Senescence; Non coding RNA; Cancer therapy

Giuseppe Murdaca, PhD

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Interests: immunodeficiency; autoimmunity; neuro-endocrino-immunology; pharmacogenomics; vaccine and autoimmune diseases

Ioanna-Katerina Aggeli, PhD

Section of Animal and Human Physiology, Department of Biology, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University Campus, Athens, Greece

Interests: cardiac and skeletal muscle physiology; cell death mechanisms; stress-regulated molecular pathways; anti-oxidants effects; ER stress mediators; MAPKs

Rosa Alduina, PhD

Department of Biological, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Palermo, Italy

Interests: regulation of antibiotic biosynthesis; environmental microbiome; gut microbiome; microbial biotechnology; epigenetics in bacteria; antibiotic resistance and resistome

Brenda M. Alexander, PhD

Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA

Interests: Reproductive behavior; Reproduction; Endocrinology; Behavior

Amedeo Amedei, PhD

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Interests: Immunity; T cells; Microbiota; Microbiota-Immunity axis; Cancer (gastrointestinal; breast); Infectious diseases; Autoimmunity (Crohn Disease; Systemic Sclerosis); Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Human Addiction (cocaine)

Vasso Apostolopoulos, PhD

School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne VIC, Australia

Interests: immunology; protein crystallography; medicinal chemistry; cellular and molecular biology; extensive translational research expertise with development of drugs and vaccines; cancer; autoimmunity; chronic diseases

Ricardo Jorge Pinto Araujo, PhD

i3S, Instituto de Inovação e Investigação da Universidade do Porto, R. Alfredo Allen, Porto, Portugal

Interests: Molecular microbiology; Mycology; Microbiome; Diagnostics; Biodiversity; Genetic diversity; Metagenomics; Bioinformatics

Sarah D. Atkinson, PhD

School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK

Interests: ocular disease; glaucoma; personalised medicine; genomic medicine

Ilaria Baglivo, PhD

Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli",via Vivaldi 43, Caserta, Italy

Interests: Interaction of prokaryotic transcription factors with DNA; DNA interaction mechanism of prokariotyc nucleoid-structuring proteins; Prokaryotic and eukaryotic zinc-finger proteins and their interaction with DNA; Structural and functional properties of prokaryotic and eukaryotic transcription factors; Interaction of prokaryotic and eukaryotic transcription factors with their own protein partners; Gene expression regulation

Roberto Bei, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Roma, Italy

Interests: cancer cell lines; polyphenols; dietary compounds and cancer; cancer immunotherapy, immune response; cancer treatment in animal models, monoclonal antibodies

Elisa Belluzzi, PhD

Musculoskeletal Pathology and Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology DiSCOG, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Interests: Musculoskeletal Diseases; Biomarkers; Bone Cancer; Chondrosarcoma; Osteoarthritis; Inflammation; Aging; Infrapatellar Fat Pad; Meniscus; Cartilage; Synovial Membrane; Synovial Fluid

Ranieri Bizzarri, PhD

Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, via Roma 55, Pisa, Italy

Interests: Fluorescence microscopy; Nanobiophysics; Nanobiochemistry; Epigenetics; Fluorescent proteins; Intracellular dynamics

Stephen C. Bondy, PhD

Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

Interests: Neurotoxicology; Nutririon; Aging; Protein aggregates

Christian Borgo, PhD

Department Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Interests: protein kinase CK2; cystic fibrosis; chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) cells

Peter Brenneisen, MSc, PhD

Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Interests: Metabolism in cancer; Tumor-stroma interaction; Redox biology; Oxidative stress; (redox active) nanoparticles; Cancer therapy

Alfredo Budillon, MD, PhD

Experimental Pharmacology Unit and of Laboratory of Metabolomics & Proteomics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy

Interests: Molecular mechanisms of novel anticancer drugs; Epigenetic drugs; Combination approaches and drug repurposing in oncology; Gastrointestinal cancers; Cancer stem cells; Cancer proteomics and metabolomic

Yudong Cai, MD

School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shainghai, P.R. China

Interests: Systems Biology; Bioinformatics; Protein Sequence; Machine Learning

Antoni Camins, PhD

Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona, Spain

Interests: Alzheimer; aging; apoptosis; neuropharmacology; epilepsy

Seon-Heui Cha, PhD

Department of Marine Bio and Medical Sciences, Hanseo University, Seosan, Chungcheongman-do, Republic of Korea

Interests: Marine Biology; Aquatic Life Disease; Aquaculture Disease; Aquatic (Food) Hygiene; Marine Drug (Prevention/Treatment: Diabetes, Diabetes Complication, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease); Environmental Casing Disease

Ru Chen, PhD

Department of Medicine- Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

Interests: cancer; cancer progression; gut microbiome; diagnostics; biomarker

Chen Chen, MD, PhD

Endocrinology and Metabolism Group (Chen Lab), School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld, Australia

Interests: Neuroendocrinology; Patch-clamp; Growth hormone; Diabetes; Obesity

Jen-Tsung Chen, PhD

Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Interests: Bioactive compounds; Chromatography techniques; Medicinal plants; Phytochemicals; Plant biotechnology; Plant growth regulators; Plant secondary metabolites

Indrajit Chowdhury, PhD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Science Research Program, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive Southwest, Atlanta, GA, USA

Interests: Folliculogenesisis; Steroid and hormone action; Uterine abnormalities; Endometriosis

Katarzyna Anna Cieslik, PhD

Houston Methodist Research Institute and Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

Interests: aging heart; fibrosis; extracellular matrix; inflammation; frailty index

Mario Cioce, MD, PhD

Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, General and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Interests: mesothelioma; chemoresistance; lipidomics; inflammation resolution; cancer stem cells; organoids; nuclear condensates

Katrina F. Cooper, PhD

Department of Molecular Biology, Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ, USA

Interests: Cdk8 kinase module; Cyclin C; Med13; autophagy; P-Bodies; proteinopathies; ubiquitin; protein degradation; fluorescence microscopy; S. cerevisiae

Viviana di Giacomo, MD

Department of Pharmacy, University "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Interests: Biomaterials; Bone regeneration; Stem cells; Oxidative stress; Apoptosis; Neuroprotection; Antitumoral drugs; Cell culture; In vitro systems; Flow cytometry

Erika Di Zazzo, PhD

Department of Medicine and Health Sciences “Vincenzo Tiberio”, University of Molise, Italy

Interests: PRDMs; cancer cell behaviour; cancers; steroid hormones; cell signalling

Francesca Diomede, PhD

Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry, University of "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Interests: Mesenchymal Stem Cells; Biomaterials; Regenerative Medicine; Tissue Engineering

Qingping Dou, PhD

Departments of Oncology, Pharmacology and Pathology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

Interests: Molecular targeting; Cancer prevention; Drug discovery; Ubiquitin-proteasome pathways; Proteasome inhibitors; Natural products; Signaling; Therapeutics

Charles E. Egwuagu, PhD

Molecular Immunology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute (NEI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1857, USA

Interests: Regulatory B cells; Bregs; Uveitis; CNS autoimmune diseases

Said El Shamieh, PhD

Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Beirut 115020, Lebanon

Interests: Next-Generation Sequencing; Mutations; Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms; Human Genome; Inherited Retinal Diseases; Genetic Association Studies

Marco Falasca, PhD

University of Parma, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Parma, Italy

Interests: Metabolism signalling; Including signal transduction in cancer cells; Role of ABC transporters in cancer progression and cell signalling; The identification of novel therapeutic strategies for pancreatic cancer and metabolic diseases

Vittorio Fineschi, MD, PhD

Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopedic Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Interests: Forensic sciences; ART; Medical ethics; Pathology

Pedro Fonte, PhD

Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Interests: colloidal carriers; structural characterization of proteins; lyophilization of biopharmaceuticals; targeted and controlled delivery of drugs across biological barriers; solid state characterization of pharmaceuticals; drying of pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals; wound healing; tissue regeneration; cell therapy

Esteban C. Gabazza, MD, PhD

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

Interests: Pulmonary Medicine; Diabetes; Tissue Fibrosis

Francesco Gavelli, PhD, MD

Emergency Medicine Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Interests: sepsis; haemodynamics; diagnostics; therapeutics; critical care

Pietro Gentile, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, University "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy

Interests: Adipose stem cells; Stromal vascular fraction; Platelet rich plasma; Growth factors; Fat graft; Platelet rich lipotransfert; Fat tissue; Regenerative surgery; Regenerative medicine; Plastic surgery

Alexandros G. Georgakilas, PhD

Applied Physics Department, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece

Interests: DNA damage repair; carcinogenesis; radiation biology; bioinformatics; systems biology

Adrian Gericke

Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Interests: ocular perfuion; oxidative stress; retinal ischemia

Xin Han, PhD

School of Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Interests: gene editing; biomicrofluidics; drug delivery

Azizul Haque, PhD

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

Interests: Inflammation; Immunity; Neurodegeneration; Cancer

Shikun He, MD

Department of Pathology and USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Interests: Recent advances in eye and vision research

Thomas Heinbockel, PhD

Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

Interests: translational medicine; drug discovery; neural signaling and synaptic transmission in the central nervous system; functional organization of the olfactory and limbic system; cellular and network mechanisms of brain function and dysfunction studied with electrophysiological, optical, anatomical, and pharmacological methods

Xudong Huang, PhD

Neurochemistry Laboratory, MGH Psychiatry, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA, USA

Interests: Aging; Exposome; Alzheimer’s disease; Parkinson’s disease; Depression; Artificial intelligence; Machine and deep learning; Blockchain; Drug discovery; Molecular imaging

Eun Sook Hwang, PhD

College of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science bldg C206, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Interests: Transcriptional regulation; T helper cell differentiation; Inflammation; Hippo signaling

Marcello Iriti, PhD

Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Interests: bioactive phytochemicals; bioavailability of phytochemicals; funcitonal foods; nutraceuticals; medicinal plants; herbal remedies; mediterranean diet; traditional diets; ethnonutrition; ethnopharmacology; food security; food safety

Margarita M Ivanova, PhD

Lysosomal and Rare Disorders Research and Treatment Center, Fairfax, VA, USA

Interests: lysosomal storage diseases; gaucher disease; fabry disease; biomarkers; cellular biology

Vesna Jacevic, PhD

Head of Department of Experimental Toxicology & Pharmacology, National Poison Control Centre, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia; Medical Faculty of the Military Medical Academy, University of Defence, Belgrade, Serbia

Interests: experimental toxicology, pharmacology, and pathology; experimental toxicology pathology; mycotoxins; cholinesterase inhibitors; neuromuscular transmission; nanoparticles and different drugs affecting heart and cardiovascular system, gut, liver, and kidney

Ananda Ayyappan Jaguva Vasudevan, PhD

Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

Interests: Molecular retrovirology; Restriction factors; APOBEC3 cytidine deaminases; Protein-nucleic acid interactions; Biochemistry and molecular biology; HDACs; HIV-1

Margaret O. James, PhD

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Interests: Mechanisms of metabolism and toxicity of chemicals; Enzymes of steroid biotransformation; Bioavailability

Josef Jampílek, PhD

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia; Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Interests: Medicinal chemistry; Drug design; Structure-activity relationships; ADME; Pharmaceutical analysis

Lin-Hua Jiang, PhD

Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China,School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Interests: TRP channels; P2X receptors; Piezo1 channels; neurodegeneration; neuroinflammation

Wei-Lin Jin, PhD, MD

Institute of Cancer Neuroscience, Medical Frontier Innovation Research Center, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, The First Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Interests: cancer neuroscience; tumor microenvironment; drug repurposing; microbiota medicine; neurodegeneration

Simone König, PhD

IZKF Core Unit Proteomics, Medical Faculty of the University of Münster, Germany

Interests: Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Peripheric Techniques: Instrumentation, Applications, Method Development

Nikos Karamanos, PhD

Biochemistry Lab., Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Rio, Greece

Interests: Matrix pathobiology; Cell signaling; Cell functional properties; Pharmacological targeting; Preclinical evaluation; Cytotoxicity; Structure analysis; Glycosaminoglycans; Matrix metalloproteinases

Rajesh Katare, MBBS, PhD

Department of Physiology-HeartOtago, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Interests: microRNA; gene therapy; stem cells; chronic heart failure; diabetes mellitus; cardiomyopathy; tissue engineering

Kavindra Kumar Kesari, PhD

Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland; Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Interests: cancer and radiation biology; genomic instability; DNA damage

Haseeb Ahmad Khan, PhD

Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

Interests: Biomedical sciences (clinical biochemistry, biomarkers, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, inflammation, metabolomics, animal models, pharmacology, toxicology, molecular genetics); Nanomedicine (immunological response of nanomaterials, safety and biocompatibility, targeted drug delivery, diagnostic and therapeutic potentials of nanomaterials); Bioinformatics and digital health (biomedical software development, clinical trials, evolutionary bioinformatics, microarray data analysis, phylogenetic analysis); Animal biotechnology (cytotoxicity assays, cellular responses to environmental stressors, oxygen consumption rate, DNA barcoding, molecular conservation)

Marek Kieliszek, PhD

Institute of Food Sciences, Department of Food Biotechnology and Microbiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences − SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159C, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

Interests: Genetics; Proteins; Protein purification; PCR; Gel electrophoresis; SDS-PAGE; Molecular biology; Protein expression; Cloning; Electrophoresis

Changsoo Kim, PhD

Crop Genomics and Breeding Laboratory, Chungnam National University, Deajeon, Republic of Korea

Interests: Plant genetics; Plant physiology; Plant breeding; Molecular markers; Plant biotechnology; Plant biology; Plant molecular biology; Abiotic stress tolerance; Agricultural biotechnology; Crop improvement

Sung Eun Kim, PhD

Department of Biosystems & Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Science, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Interests: cancer metabolism; SLC transporters; macropinocytosis; cell death; ferroptosis; entosis

Ki Hyun Kim, PhD

Natural Product Research Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, (16419) 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Interests: Discovery and structural elucidation of novel compounds with biological activities from various natural resources

Sung-Kun Kim, PhD

Department of Natural Sciences, Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow, OK, USA

Interests: biochemistry; enzymology; medicinal chemistry; molecular dynamics; biophysics

Satoshi Kishigami, PhD

Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

Interests: mouse; preimplantation; reproduction; DOHaD; embryo manipulation

Jacek Kubiak, PhD

Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes (IGDR), UMR 6290 CNRS/University of Rennes, Faculty of Medicine, Rennes, France

Interests: cell cycle; embryo development; gonad development; cell differentiation; cancer; cell proliferation; stem cells; macrophages

Vijay Kumar, PhD

Department of Surgery, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Interests: sepsis; innate immunity; inflammation; pneumonia; COVID-19; acute lung inflammation or injury

Julia Kzhyshkowska, PhD

Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Interests: Innate immunity; Mechanism of chronic inflammation; Diabetes; Immunometabolism; Cancer immunology; Bioinformatics; Epigenetics; Biomarkers; Therapeutic targeting of macrophages in cancer and regenerative medicine

Nadia Lampiasi, PhD

Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica IRIB, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy

Interests: macrophages; innate immunity; osteoimmunology; cancer; inflammation; ER stress; apoptosis; oxidative stress

Igor Lavrov, MD, PhD

Department of Neurology & Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mayo clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Interests: Neuromodulation; Spinal cord injury; Neuroprosthetics; Neurorehabilitation; Motor control

Seok-Geun Lee, MD

Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, Bionanocomposite Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Interests: Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Genetics; AEG-1; Anti-Cancer Agents; Phytochemicals; Cancer; Glioma; Neurodegenerative Diseases

Sukmook Lee, PhD

Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy, Biopharmaceutical Chemistry Major, School of Applied Chemistry, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Republic of Korea

Interests: Cancer immunotherapy; Monoclonal antibodies; Theragnosis; Cancer; Therapeutic target; Chimeric antigen rector T cells; T cell engager; Bispecific antibodies; Antibody drug conjugate

Chen Li, PhD

Department of Human Genetics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Interests: developments and applications of deep learning-based methods; computational and systems biology of molecules, processes and pathways; integrative systems understanding of cancer for advanced diagnosis, therapy and prevention

Lianxiang Luo, PhD

School of Ocean and Tropical Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China

Interests: cell death mechanisms; targeted drugs

Gabriella Lupo, PhD

Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences Section of Medical Biochemistry, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Interests: cell adhesiveness on biocompatible surfaces; diabetic retinopathy and retinal angiogenesis; in vivo transport studies across blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers; preparation of in vitro models for the study of blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers; role of the enzymatic isoforms of Phospholipase A2 in the processes of cerebral and retinal inflammation

Quan-Hong Ma, PhD

Institute of Neuroscience & Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Interests: pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and autism spectrum disorders

Mateusz Maciejczyk, PhD, PharmD

Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Ergonomics, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland

Interests: salivary antioxidants and oxidative stress; salivary gland dysfunction; protein glycoxidation and nitrosative stress; salivary; blood and urine redox biomarkers; mitochondrial dysfunction; redox homeostasis; inflammation and apoptosis in metabolic diseases; neurodegeneration; immunodeficiency and cancer; effects of diet on mitochondrial function and oxidative stress; antioxidant activity of drugs and dietary supplements

Jorge M.L. Marques da Silva, PhD

BioISI – Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute and Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Interests: Plant stress detection and management; Plant-water relations; Drought resistance; Photosynthesis; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Optical methods; High-throughput plant phenotyping; Characterization and valuation of agricultural landraces

Alika K. Maunakea, PhD

Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 651 Ilalo St, Honolulu, HI, USA

Interests: Epigenetics; Epigenomics; DNA methylation; Histone modifications; Transcriptional regulation; Chromatin biology; Neurodevelopment; Health disparities

Gheyath K. Nasrallah, PhD

College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Interests: Microbiology; Serology; Zebrafish Research

Catarina M. Paquete, MD

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal

Interests: Microbial electrochemical technologies; Electron transfer mechanisms; Redox proteins; Multiheme cytochromes

Agnieszka Paradowska-Gorycka, PhD

Department of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland

Interests: genetics; epigenetics; molecular biology; rheumatology/rheumatic diseases/pathogenesis; autoimmunity; T cells; transcriptional factors; cytokines; angiogenesis; signaling pathways in immune responses; inflammation; toll like receptors

Eun Jeong Park, PhD

Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan

Interests: microRNA; integrin; extracellular vesicle; cell adhesion and migration

Gianluca Paventi, PhD

Department of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, via de Sanctis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy

Interests: mitochondrial transport; cell bioenergetics; sperm energy metabolism; lactate dehydrogenase ; mitochondria-cytosol cross-talk; laser light biostimulation; plant mitochondria; cancer bioenergetics

Dongsheng Pei, PhD

Department of Pathology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Interests: cancer cell biology; carcinogenesis; cancer metastasis; cancer epigenetics; cancer therapy and prevention

Godefridus J. Peters, PhD

Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 3a, 80-210, Gdańsk, Poland,Department of Medical Oncology, Lab of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, VU University, De Boelelaan 1118, 1081 HZ, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Interests: Pharmacology; Anti-signalling protein kinase inhibitors; Antifolates; Antimetabolites; Platinum analogs; Topoisomerase inhibitors; miRNAs

Gianfranco Pintus, PhD

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Interests: Multiple aspects of vascular biology including i) the impact of natural antioxidants on the mechanisms that modulate vascular cells functions ii) the study of redox regulated signals that orchestrate vascular remodelling during health and chronic diseases iii) the dissection of the signalling pathways impacted by antiangiogenic and anti-vascular remodelling drugs

Alessandro Poggi, MD, PhD

Molecular Oncology and Angiogenesis Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova GE, Italy

Interests: Blood and Bone Marrow; Cancer; Immune System; Signaling

Giordano Pula, PhD

Centre for Biomedicine, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK

Interests: Haemostasis; Thrombosis; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Platelets; Endothelial cells; Regenerative medicine; Vascular pharmacology

Emerito Carlos Rodriguez-Merchan, MD

Osteoarticular Surgery Research, Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research – IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital – Autonomous University of Madrid), Madrid, Spain,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Interests: Diseases such as osteoarthritis and osteoarticular injuries (Cartilage, Ligaments), and conservative and surgical treatment of all the aforementioned problems and related diseases

Catarina Rosado, PhD

CBIOS–Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies, Lusófona University, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisbon, Portugal

Interests: Drug delivery; Transdermal; Topical therapy; Human skin; Cosmetics; Natural products

Barbara Ruaro, MD

Pulmonology Department, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Interests: Pneumology; Rheumatic diseases; Imaging; Musculoskeletal and Lung ultrasound; High-resoltion computed tomograph; Laser technology

Dario Rusciano, PhD

Fidia Pharmaceuticals, Research Center (Retired), Catania, Italy

Interests: ophthalmology; glaucoma; AMD; diabetic retinopathy; dry eye; keratoconus

Jordi Sastre-Serra, PhD

Grupo Multidisciplinar de Oncología Traslacional, Institut Universitari d´Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS), Universitat de les Illes Balears. Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, Illes Balears, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Baleares (IdISBa), Hospital Universitario Son Espases, edificio S. Ctra. Valldemossa 79, Illes Balears, Spain,Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03) Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Interests: Cancer; Breast cancer; Sexual hormones; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Metastasis

Raffaele Serra, MD, PhD

Department of Medical and Surgical Science, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Interests: wound healing; vascular surgery; metabolic syndrome; treatment; vascular medicine; reconstructive surgery; general surgery; surgery; diabetes; atherosclerosis

Francesco Sessa, PhD

Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies ‘GF Ingrassia’ (DGFI), University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Interests: Genetics and molecular biology; Forensics and biological sciences; Forensic genetics; Genomic physiology; Aging and genetics; Pharmacology; Toxicology; Health professions; Translational pharmacology; Biochemistry

Andrej Shevchenko, PhD

MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Pfotenhauerstr. 108 01307 Dresden, Germany

Interests: Lipidomics; Proteomics; Metabolic disorders

Changqing Su, MD, PhD

Department of Molecular Oncology, Navy Medical University, Shanghai, China

Interests: cancer diagnosis and treatment; oncolytic virotherapy; gene therapy; cancer cell cycle and apoptosis; cancer vaccine and immunotherapy; cancer recurrence and metastasis

Guohui Sun, PhD

Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Life Science and Chemistry, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China

Interests: Molecular toxicology; Cancer prevention and treatment

Katsuhiko Tabuchi, MD, PhD

Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Interests: neurodevelopmental disorders; autism; synaptic molecules (CASK, IQSEC2, neuroligin, neurexin); synapse formation and function; synapse physiology; systems neuroscience

Xiaolei Tang, MD, MSc, PhD

College of Veterinary Medicine, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, USA; Division of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA

Interests: regulatory T cells; adult stem cells; vitamin D; retinoic acid; multiple sclerosis; inflammatory bowel disease; type 1 diabetes

Hailin Tang, PhD

State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Interests: oncology research; breast cancer; colorectal cancer; cancer metastasis; non-coding RNA

Kaifu Tang, PhD

Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Disease, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Interests: small cytosolic dsDNA; cytosolic DNA sensor; DNA damage repair; inflammation; autophagy; carcinogenesis; steatohepatitis; hepatitis B virus; SARS-CoV-2

Paramjit S. Tappia, MD

St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Canada

Interests: Nutrition and human health; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes

Luca Testarelli, PhD

Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Interests: endodontics; restorative dentistry; implantology; oral surgery; dental imaging

Natascia Tiso, PhD

Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Interests: disease modeling in zebrafish (Danio rerio); mitochondria; heart; genetic disease; inherited arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; cancer cell xenograft; tumor xenotransplantation; pancreas organogenesis; thyroid; melanoma; transgenesis; signaling pathway reporter; mutant; CRISPR editing; POLG disorders

Alfonso Urbanucci, MD

Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Interests: Prostate cancer; Bromodomain; Cancer research; Chromatin; DNA damage response; Gene regulation; Nuclear receptors; Breast cancer; Transcriptomics; Precision medicine

Wolfgang Wagner, MD, PhD

Institute for Stem Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, Aachen, Germany; Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, Aachen, Germany

Interests: stem cells; iPSC; DNA methylation; epigenetics

Hongquan Wang, PhD

Department of Geriatrics, Aerospace Center Hospital, Peking University Aerospace School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing, China

Interests: regulated cell death; ferroptosis; cuproptosis; pyroptosis; Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; neuroprotection; neuropharmacology; epigenetic modification

Xi Wang, PhD

State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Interests: computational biology; reproductive and developmental biology; immunology; Big Data and Deep Model

Alister C. Ward, PhD

School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Interests: cytokine receptor; JAK; STAT; SOCS; neutrophil; immunology; hematology; oncology; developmental biology; biochemistry; signal transduction

Dorota Wloga, PhD

Laboratory of Cytoskeleton and Cilia Biology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Interests: cilium; basal body; centrosome; centriole; microtubule; tubulin posttranslational modifications

Moo-Ho Won, DVM, PhD

Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea

Interests: experimental ischemia and reperfusion injury in CNS and kidney; experimental cardiac arrest/ROSC; experimental protection against ischemic damage in CNS and kidney

Guangyu Wu, PhD

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia (MCG), Augusta University, 1459 Laney Walker Blvd, Augusta, GA, USA

Interests: G protein-coupled receptor; G protein; Small GTPase; Rab GTPase; Trafficking; Signaling; Maturation; Biosynthesis

Yongmei Xi, PhD

Institute of Genetics and department of genetics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Biological Experiment Center, Hangzhou, China

Interests: reproductive genetics; developmental biology; genetics; reproductive medicine; male infertility

Hongwei Yao, MD, PhD

Departments of Medicine, and Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry (Research), Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA

Interests: bronchopulmonary dysplasia; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; pulmonary hypertension; oxidative stress; inflammatory responses; cellular senescence/premature aging; mitochondrial dysfunction; metabolism

Kun Yu, MD

Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Center, Cancer Center, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Interests: Studying the tumor development of papillary thyroid cancer, The cell typing of undifferentiated thyroid cancer, Application of materials for postoperative reconstruction of head and neck malignant tumors

Neven Zarkovic, PhD, MD

Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Division of Molecular Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

Interests: oxidative stress; lipid peroxidation; cancer growth control; immunochemistry; pathophysiology

Jian Zhang, PhD

Institute of Immunopharmacology and Immunotherapy, School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Interests: liver cancer; immune tolerance; HBV escape; innate immunity; NK cells

Kezhong Zhang, PhD

Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA

Interests: cellular stress responses; endoplasmic reticulum (ER); metabolic disease; autoimmune disease; cancer

Yi Zhao, PhD

Department of Translational Medicine Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Interests: drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; drug design; targeted drug delivery

Dali Zheng, PhD

Fujian Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

Interests: cancer research; oral microbiology; nanoparticles; oncogene; gene regulation; molecular target

Guoping Zheng, PhD

Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, Australia

Interests: chronic kidney disease; inflammation; fibrosis; TGF-beta; Wnt; Notch; signal transduction; beta-catenin; FoxOs