Reviewer Board

Nageh Fathy Abo-Dahab, PhD

Botany & Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, 71524 Assiut, Egypt

Interests: Biotechnology; Chromatography; High-Performance Liquid Chromatography; PCR; Mass Spectrometry; Nanoparticles; Water Quality; Biomedical Science; Plant Biotechnology; Tissue Engineering

Alia Anwar, PhD

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China (CAAS)

Interests: Molecular biology; Gene editing; Stress physiology; Molecular breeding; Confocal microscopy; HTP sequencing

May T. Aung-Htut, MD

Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, Murdoch University, Western Australia. Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Western Australia

Interests: Molecular biology; Cell biology; Genetics; Rare diseases; Antisense therapy

Andrea Battistini, MD, PhD

Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, 10043 Turin, Italy Department of Neuroscience ‘Rita Levi Montalcini’, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy

Interests: Surgery; Plastic surgery; Regenerative medicine

Fulvio Borella, MD

Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics 1, Department of Surgical Sciences, “City of Health and Science University Hospital”, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Interests: Obstetrics and gynecology; Gynecologic oncology; Breast cancer; Cancer diagnostic; Cancer biomarker

Daniel Bustos, PhD

Universidad Catolica del Maule, Talca, Chile

Interests: Bioinformatics; Biophysical chemistryo computational biology; Comachine learning graph mining network; Molecular dynamics simulations

Belal Chami, PhD

Discipline of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Rm 2235, Level 2, Westmead Centre for Oral Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia

Interests: Inflammatory bowel disease; Oxidative stress; Myeloperoxidase; Immune system; Inflammation; Therapeutics

Luigi Cipolloni, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Forensic Medicine, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia FG, Italy

Interests: Forensic Pathology; Forensic Histopathology

Ciro De Luca, MD, PhD

Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano SA, Italy

Interests: Neuron

Rajib Deb, PhD

ICAR-National Research Center on Pig Rani, Guwahati-781 131, Assam, India

Interests: Genes and genetics; Molecular biology

Udesh Dhawan, PhD

Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Room B501, Institute of Chemistry Academia Sinica, Section 2, No. 128 Academia Road, Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan

Interests: Cancer Biology; Development of Drug-testing Platforms; Physical Microenvironment-Guided Cancer Metastasis; Organic Nanostructures for Bio-Sensing Applications

Donatella Diana, MD

Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging (IBB), National Research Council (CNR), Via Mezzocannone 16,80134 Naple, Italy

Interests: NMR spectroscopy; Structural biology; Molecular recognition; Molecular diagnostics and therapeutics; Protein folding; Misfolding and degradation

Aziz Eftekhari, MD

Pharmacology and Toxicology, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, East Azerbaijan - Maragheh, Iran

Interests: Food additive toxicology; Nutritional toxicology; Nutrient-nutrient interactions; Macronutrients and macronutrient substitutes; Food substances that mitigate toxicity: Antitoxicants and anticarcinogens; Toxicant metabolism and risk assessment; Natural products; Pesticides; Biosensors and nano sensors for the detection of disease and toxins; Novel antioxidant and nano-antioxidants against toxicities; The assessment of environmental hazards and nanoparticles; Environmental effects on gene regulation; Mechanistic in vitro and in vivo modelling of drug-induced liver injury; Development of molecular targeted agents and biomarkers in cancer; Analytical instruments for environmental contaminants analyses; Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) monitoring and abatement; Cellular and molecular mechanisms of xenobiotic induced hepatotoxicity

Adel Elmoselhi, PhD

College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, M27-147, P.O. Box 27272 Sharjah, UAE

Interests: Cardiovascular Diseases; Oxidation Stress; Vitamin D; Medical Education

Ahmed Eltokhi, MD

Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195, USA

Interests: Neuropsychiatric disorders; Nervous system; Rodent behavioral Analysis; Molecular biology; Genes and genetics

Shahid Farooq, PhD

Department of Agronomy, Ghazi University, D. G. Khan, Pakistan

Interests: Agronomy; Weed science; Ecology; Biogeography; Species distribution; Modeling

Masoud Foroutan, MD

Abadan University of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran

Interests: Medical parasitology; Toxoplasmosis; Vaccine; Bioinformatics; Systematic reviews

Nidhish Francis, PhD

Lecturer in Animal Physiology, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 588, Boorooma Street, Wagga Wagga NSW 2678, Australia

Interests: Nutraceutical approaches to improve animal production; Identifying the health beneficial properties of creals and pulses; Developing cell culture models on inflammation; Diabetes; Obesity and other metabolic diseases

Ying Fu, MD

Department of Applied Chemistry, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China

Interests: Computer Aided Drug Design; Design; Synthesis and Bioactivity of Herbicide; Fluorescence Technology for Detection of Environmental Pollutants

Maria Gemelli, MD, PhD

Division of Medical Oncology, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano-Bicocca School of Medicine, 20900 Monza, Italy

Interests: Lung and thoracic neoplasm

Kavita Gulati, PhD

Department of Pharmacology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi-110 007, India

Interests: Respiratory pharmacology and toxicology; Neuropharmacology and allied neurosciences; Herbal drug research; Immunopharmacology; Tranlational research

Ravikumar Hosamani, PhD

Department of Biotechnology University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 580 005, KA, India

Interests: Entomology

Seyed Jalal Hosseinimehr, MD

Department of Radiopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Interests: Radiopharmaceuticals; Radiolabeled peptides and antibody; Radiation biology; Radioprotective study in animal, cell culture and human lymphocytes; HPLC; Tumor bearing Mice; Cytogenetic methods (Micronuclei in mice bone marrow and binulcated lymphocytes); Cell cultures

Kebin Hu, MD, PhD

Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, H040, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA17033, USA

Interests: Blood and bone marrow; Cardiovascular system; Cell biology; Immune system; Inflammatory responses; Molecular biology; Respiratory tract; Signaling

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)

Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, PhD

Department of Physiology, JN Medical College, DMIMS(DU), Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha, India

Interests: Department of Physiology, JN Medical College, DMIMS(DU), Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha, India

Ashwani Kumar, MD

Metagenomics and Secretomics Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, School of Biological Sciences, Dr. H.S. Gour Central University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh

Interests: Environmental Microbiology; Metagenomics; Plant-Microbe Interaction and Abiotic and Biotic Stress; Bioremediation; Biofuel

Shallu Kutlehria, PhD

Tessera Therapeutics, Somerville, MA, USA

Interests: pharmaceutics; drug delivery; 3D printing; nanomedicine

Dhananjaya Bhadrapura Lakkappa, PhD

Centre for Emerging Technologices (CET), Jain University, Kannakapura, Karnataka. India

Interests: Bimolecular Toxinology/Toxicology; Drug Discovery; OMICS Biology - (Proteomics,Transcriptomics,Metabolomics, Genomics & Antivenomics); Structure-Function Studies; Characterization of Therapeutical Secretary Bio-molecules from Diverse Sources; Ethanopharmacological Investigation for Discovery of Lead Molecules for Various Diseases; Application of Computational Biology in Diseases

Guangbi Li, PhD

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, MMRB, Room 3055, 1220 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23298, USA

Interests: Chronic kidney disease; Nephrotic syndrome; Glomerular disease; Renal medullary regulation of blood pressure

Dunhui Li, MD

Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

Interests: molecular medicine; antisense therapeutics; neuroscience; PTEN-induced Putative Kinase; Parkin Protein; Protein Deglycase DJ-1; Alpha Synuclein; Lewy Bodies; Parkinson DiseaseMachado-Joseph Disease; Spinocerebellar Ataxias; Polyglutamine

Yongxiang Liao, PhD

Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu City, China

Interests: Plant growth and development; Genes and denetics; Rice breeding

Chiahsin Lin, PhD

National Dong Hwa University, Institute of Marine Biology, Taiwan

Interests: Cryobiology; Cryopreservation; Genetic conservation; Molecular biology; Coral reproduction and physiology

Chao Lien Liu, MD

School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Taipei Medical University, No.250, Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan

Interests: Immunotherapy; Oncology

Biliana Lozanoska-Ochser, MD

Sapienza University of Rome, DAHFMO Unit of Histology and Medical Embryology, 00161 Rome, Italy

Interests: Skeletal muscle; Muscle stem cells; Muscle injury; Immune response to injury; Muscle regeneration; Muscular dystrophy

Boxun Lu, PhD

Neurology Department at Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, and Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

Interests: Aging; Cell biology; Genes and genetics; Nervous system; Signaling

Ayman Mesalam, MD

Lecturer of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, El-Zeraa St., Zagazig 44511, Sharkia, Egypt

Interests: ln vitro fertilization (IVF); Animal reproduction; ln vitro maturation (IVM); Embryo development; Embryo cloning

Abhinava K. Mishra, PhD

Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Interests: Signal transduction pathways; Cytoskeleton; Cell migration; Cancer genomics; Immunotherapy; Macrophage; Phagocytosis; cell death; cell proliferation and inflammation

Norzilawati Mohamad, PhD

Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Interests: Smart Materials; Materials; Magnetic Materials; Materials & Fabrication; Materials Characterization;; Magnetorheological Materials; Particle Shape; Grease

Manuela Montanaro, PhD

Anatomic Pathology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, Rome (RM) 00133, Italy

Interests: Atherosclerosis; Ectopic calcifications; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Risk factors; Immunohistochemical biomarkers

Ali Noman, PhD

Department of Botany, Government College University Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan

Interests: Plant innate immunity; Plant-environment interaction

Silvia Oldani, PhD

Emergency Department, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milano, Italy

Interests: Simulation; Curriculum development; Assessment; Standardized patients; Communication skills; Approaches to teaching and learning

Ilaria Ottonelli, PhD

Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 103, 41124, Modena, Italy

Interests: Drug Delivery Systems; Blood-Brain Barrier; Transferrin Receptors; Gold Nanoparticle; Nanomedicine; DysopsoninsMucopolysaccharidosis I; Enzyme Replacement Therapy; Maroteaux Lamy Syndrome

Gianmarco Pallavicini, PhD

Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, 10043 Turin, Italy Department of Neuroscience ‘Rita Levi Montalcini’, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy

Interests: Characterization of the molecular aspects of glioblastoma; Identification of citron kinase protein partners

Phil June Park, PhD

Bioscience Lab., Basic Research & Innovation Division, R & D Unit. Amorepacific Corp, 1920 Yonggu-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Interests: Industrial molecular biology; Molecular immunology; Molecular dermatology; Biochemistry; Food chemistry and biology

Rajni Parmar, PhD

Biotechnology Division, CSIR IHBT, Palampur, Palampur, District District-Kangra, 176061, Himachal Pradesh, India

Interests: Plant molecular biology; Plant genetics; Functional genomics; Plant genetic diversity; Transcriptomics and whole genome sequencing in plants; Medicinally important plants from himalayan region

Davide Raineri, PhD

Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

Interests: Immunology; Cancer; Extracellular vesicles; Autoimmune disease

Samir Raychoudhury, PhD

Benedict College, 1600 Harden St, Columbia, SC 29204, USA; Benedict College Animal Care & Use Committee, Columbia, SC 29204, USA

Interests: Cell biology; Reproductive biology; Molecular biology

Deyong Ren, MD

State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China

Interests: Plant cell biology; Plant molecular biology and genetics; Plant abiotic stress

Carlo Rengo, PhD

Department of Prosthodontics and Dental Materials, School of Dental Medicine, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy

Interests: Periodontology; Prosthodontics; Dentistry; Implantology; Dental materials

Jumana Saleh, PhD

Biochemistry Department, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Interests: Lipid biochemistry; Acylation stimulating protein; Endocrine; Oxidative stress and antioxidants

Xiangchun Shen, MD

Department of Pharmacology of Materia Medica, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, Guizhou 550025, China; Director of the High Educational Key Laboratory of Guizhou Province for Natural Medicinal Pharmacology and Druggability, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, Guizhou 550025, China

Interests: Cardiovascular pharmacology; Chemicobiology of functional natural product

Parvesh Singh, PhD

School of Chemistry and Physics, Westville Campus, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN), Durban, South Africa

Interests: Organic chemistry (applications of cycloaddition and molecular hybridization approaches in heterocyclic synthesis); Medicinal/pharmaceutical chemistry (target based drug design); ​Computational chemistry (pharmacophore modelling, molecular docking, molecular dynamics)

Laishram Shantikumar Singh, PhD

Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Sikkim Centre, DBT, Gangtok, India

Interests: Microbial Biotechnology; Bioprospecting for Microbial Secondary Metabolites & Bioactive Compounds; Phytochemicals Against Dermatophytes; Mitigate Drug Resistant & Opportunistic Pathogens; Plant Endophyte Relation; Chemical Ecology of Endophytes; Plant Microbe Interaction

Liting Song, MD

Hope Biomedical Research, Toronto, ON M2K 2J8, Canada

Interests: Virology; Molecular biology; Genetics; Epidemiology; Infectious diseases; Biochemistry

Xiaolei Tang, MD, PhD

Physiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, USA

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

Yohei Tomita, MD

Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 3 Blackfan Circle, CLS18030-9B, Boston, MA, USA

Interests: Retinal disease; Metabolism; Diabetic retinopathy; Age-related macular degeneration; Vitreoretinal surgery

Lay Khoon Too, MD

Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney, 8 Macquarie St., Sydney NSW 2000, Australia; Sydney Eye Hospital, 8 Macquarie St., Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Interests: Behavioural Neurosciences; Neuropathology; Vision Sciences

Marco Vastano, PhD

Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry ICB-Italian National Research Council CNR, Italy

Interests: Biopolymer; Recombinant protein; Biorefinery; Waste valorization; Hyperthermophiles

Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman, MD

Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, Experimental Research Building (ERB), C1-039 P.O. Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Interests: Additive manufacturing; Bioprinting; Biomaterials; Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine; Computational scaffold design; Medical devices

Gian Luca Rampioni Vinciguerra, MD

Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Biomedical Research Tower, 460W 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, Italy

Interests: Molecular biomarkers of prognosis and early diagnosis in solid tumors (Breast cancer; Colon cancer); Particularly; The role of microRNAsC

Tao Wang, MD, PhD

Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Interests: Molecular mechanisms of genetic cardiovascular diseases; iPSC modelling of genetic vascular and neurovascular conditions; Neurovascular interactions and vascular dementia; Notch signalling in human cardiovascular system; Vascular engineering and Nano-medicine

Guoyao Wu, PhD

Animal Science and Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Interests: Amino acids and protein; Nutrition; Health

Changxue Xu, PhD

Department of Industrial, Manufacturing & Systems Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

Interests: 3D bioprinting and biofabrication of vascular structures; Filament thinning and droplet formation of viscoelastic bioink; Guided cell migration on microtopographic surfaces; Fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces for drag reduction and oil/water separation

Hong Xu, PhD

School of Public Health, Hebei Key Laboratory for Organ Fibrosis Research, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, P.R. China

Interests: Anti-Fibrotic Effect of Ac-SDKP on Silicosis Involved in Proteomics; Myofibroblasts Differentiation; Biomarkers of Silicosis

Zhiyou Yang, MD

Institute of Nutrition and Marine Drugs, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, P.R. China

Interests: Neuropharmacology; Aging; Molecular Biology; Natural Product Chemistry; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Neurite Regeneration

Gustavo Yannarelli, PhD

Principal Investigator, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina; Director, Gene Regulation & Stem Cells Laboratory, Institute for Translational Medicine, Transplantation and Bioengineering (IMeTTyB), Favaloro University–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Interests: Mesenchymal Stem Cells; Extracellular Vesicles; Tissue Regeneration; OCT4; Multipotency; Differentiation

Qamar U. Zaman, PhD

Oil Crops Research Institute, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, P.R. China

Interests: Genetics; Crop Production; Agronomy; Molecular Breeding; Genome Editing

Zhengxi Zhu, PhD

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225002, P.R. China

Interests: Nanomedicine; Nanoagrochemicals; Nanotechnology; Micro chemical engineering and process intensification; Turbulent mixing technology; Coatings and film; Polymer science and engineering; Multi-scale and meso-scale competitive kinetics