Announcements

Name: Dr. Carmine Siniscalchi
Institutional email: csiniscalchi84@gmail.com
Affiliation: Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy
Research interests: internal medicine; coagulation; statins; venous thromboembolism; pulmonary embolism; deep vein thrombosis; clotting factors; cardiovascular risk factors

Name: Dr. Liberalis Debraj Boila
Institutional email: lboila@fredhutch.org
Affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Homepage: https://research.fredhutch.org/kugel/en/lab-members.html
Research interests: cancer biology; epigenetics; leukemia; hematology; liver cancer

Name: Dr. Dongheon Lee
Institutional email: dongheon.lee@duke.edu
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Homepage: https://pratt.duke.edu/people/dongheon-lee-ph-d/
Research interests: mathematical modeling; systems and synthetic biology; biomolecular phase separation

Name: Dr. Sayantani Sinha
Institutional email: ssinha2@fredhutch.org
Affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Homepage: https://www.stanleyleelab.com/team
Research interests: hematopoiesis; acute myeloid leukemia; myelodysplastic syndromes; bone marrow microenvironment; epigenetics and splicing

Name: Dr. Chiara Di Berardino
Institutional email: cdiberardino@unite.it
Affiliation: Department of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Research interests: assisted reproductive technologies; gamete biology; ovarian folliculogenesis; reproductive tissue engineering; cell culture; cell physiology

Name: Dr. Raffaele Pellegrino
Institutional email: raffaele.pellegrino@unicampania.it
Affiliation: Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138, Naples, Italy
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5074-230X
Research interests: inflammatory bowel diseases; Crohn’s disease; ulcerative colitis; inflammation; nutraceuticals; digestive endoscopy; large language models

Name: Dr. Angelo Canciello
Institutional email: acanciello@unite.it
Affiliation: Department of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agricultural and Environment, University of Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Homepage: https://www.unite.it/UniTE/Docente/Doc/acanciello
Research interests: cell biology; epithelial–mesenchymal transition; stem cells; cancer biology; regenerative medicine; immunomodulation

Name: Dr. Paulina Adamska
Institutional email: paulina.adamska@gumed.edu.pl
Affiliation: Division of Oral Surgery, Medical University of Gdańsk, 7 Dębinki Street, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
Homepage: https://dentysta-gdansk.com/en/lekarz/paulina-adamska-2/
Research interests: oral surgery; maxillo-facial surgery; dentistry; dental implants; dental pulp stem cells; growth factors

Name: Dr. Avik Dutta
Institutional email: avik.dutta@nih.gov
Affiliation: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Bethesda, MD, USA
Homepage: https://avikdutta1988.wixsite.com/resume
Research interests: immunotherapy; immunology; cancer; hematology; epigenetics; T cell development

Name: Dr. Alessandra Ferraresi
Institutional email: alessandra.ferraresi@med.uniupo.it
Affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, Via Solaroli 17, 28100 Novara, Italy
Homepage: https://upobook.uniupo.it/alessandra.ferraresi@med
Research interests: cancer; autophagy; tumor microenvironment; cell metabolism; metastasis; tumor dormancy; nutraceuticals; nanomedicine; 3D models

Name: Dr. Yuhua Wei
Institutional email: yuhua19@uab.edu
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Homepage: https://sites.uab.edu/jayzhanglab/yuhuawei/
Research interests: cardiovascular research; cardiomyocytes; regeneration; heart failure

Name: Dr. Erica Pranzini
Institutional email: erica.pranzini@unifi.it
Affiliation: Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence, 50121 Florence, Italy
Homepage: https://cercachi.unifi.it/p-doc2-0-0-A-3f2b3d2d382f2b-0.html
Research interests: cancer metabolism; tumor microenvironment; anticancer therapy resistance

Name: Dr. Clemens Gögele
Institutional email: clemens.goegele@pmu.ac.at
Affiliation: Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg and Salzburg, General Hospital Nuremberg, 90419 Nuremberg, Germany
Homepage: https://www.pmu.ac.at/en/forschung-innovation/institute-zentren-und-programme/universitaetszentrum-fuer-anatomie-und-zellbiologie/team-contact
Research interests: ligament/tendon; cartilage; tissue engineering and reconstruction

Name: Dr. Rosario Amato
Institutional email: rosario.amato@unipi.it
Affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via San Zeno 31, 56127 Pisa, Italy
Research interests: retina; neurodegeneration; microvascular alterations; angiogenesis; hyperglycemia; hypoxia; oxidative stress; retinal ganglion cells; beta adrenoceptors; thyroid hormones

Name: Dr. Valentina Ricciardi
Institutional email: valentinaricciardi@cnr.it
Affiliation: Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Research interests: biotechnology; genomics; crops; molecular biology; breeding

Name: Dr. Erin M. Harberts
Institutional email: eharberts@towson.edu
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA
Homepage: https://www.towson.edu/fcsm/departments/biology/facultystaff/erin-harberts.html
Research interests: immunology; toll-like receptors; adjuvants; lipopolysaccharide

Name: Dr. Guglielmo Puccio
Institutional email: guglielmo.puccio@cnr.it
Affiliation: Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR), National Research Council (CNR), Via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Homepage: https://www.cnr.it/sigla/genericdownload/Curriculum%20Vitae%20Puccio%20Guglielmo.pdf?nodeRef=de47e8a2-f368-4602-b886-16cded74c449;1.0
Research interests: bioinformatics; plant genetics; nitrogen use efficiency; abiotic stress

Name: Dr. Zenia Kaul
Institutional email: zenia.kaul@nih.gov
Affiliation: Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Research interests: immunology; metabolism; signaling; allergy; mouse models; cell biology

Name: Dr. Jacopo Pizzicannella
Institutional email: jacopo.pizzicannella@unich.it
Affiliation: Department of Engineering and Geology, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Viale Pindaro, 42, 65127 Pescara, Italy
Homepage: https://www.unich.it/ugov/person/2998
Research interests: regenerative medicine; stem cells; biomaterials; extracellular vesicles; exosomes; cardiac regeneration; cardiomyocytes

Name: Dr. Xiaoqing Wang
Institutional email: xiaoqing.wang@louisville.edu
Affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/xiaoqing-wang-uofl
Research interests: molecular biology; developmental toxicology; epigenetic regulation; CRISPR/Cas9 technology; human embryonic stem cells; cell techniques; high-throughput omics; artificial intelligence; machine learning and deep learning; computational toxicology; zebrafish models

Name: Dr. Dandan Wang
Institutional email: dwang2@versiti.org
Affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Immunotherapy, Blood Research Institute, Versiti, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Homepage: https://versiti.org/versiti-blood-research-institute/our-investigators/subramaniam-malarkannan
Research interests: Immunology; NK cells; transcription factors; immuneoncology; scRNA-seq; ATAC-seq; CUT&Tag-seq

Name: Dr. Lizhong Liu
Institutional email: liulizhong@westlake.edu.cn
Affiliation: Stem Cell and Embryonic Development Lab, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China
Homepage: https://en.westlake.edu.cn/faculty/lizhong-liu.html
Research interests: stem cell and developmental biology

Name: Dr. Jia Huang
Institutional email: Jia.Huang@UTSouthwestern.edu
Affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
Homepage: https://labs.utsouthwestern.edu/wu-jun-lab/people
Research interests: stem cells; organ regeneration; gene editing

Name: Dr. Li Nie
Institutional email: nieli@nbu.edu.cn
Affiliation: School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?nl=&user=rYCeQjcAAAAJ; https://zhaosheng.eol.cn/11646/tutors/index/daoshidetail?school_id=461&m_id=36628&ds_id=20614
Research interests: developmental and comparative immunology

Name: Dr. Ilaria D’Agostino
Institutional email: ilaria.dagostino@unipi.it
Affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Homepage: https://unimap.unipi.it/cercapersone/dettaglio.php?ri=184516&template=dettaglio.tpl
Research interests: medicinal chemistry; organic synthesis; antimicrobial; anticancer; carbonic anhydrase; aldehyde dehydrogenase; guanidine

Name: Dr. Alessia Varone
Institutional email: alessia.varone@cnr.it
Affiliation:  Institute of Endocrinology and Experimental Oncology “G. Salvatore”, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
Homepage: https://www.su.ieos.cnr.it/alessia-varone.html
Research interests: signaling; post-translational modifications; cancer; cell invasion; cell motility; lipid signaling; glycerophosphoinositols

Name: Dr. Marisa M. Merino
Institutional email: marisa.merino@liverpool.ac.uk
Affiliation: Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Homepage: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/marisa-merino
Research interests: cell competition; morphogens; scaling, growth; cell death; tumours; shape and size

Name: Dr. Mei Yu
Institutional email: micmyu@nus.edu.sg
Affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Homepage: https://discovery.nus.edu.sg/7220-yu-mei/about
Research interests: cancer immunology

Name: Dr. Shahla Shojaei
Institutional email: shahla.shojaei@umanitoba.ca, shojaeis2019@gmail.com
Affiliation: Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
Research interests: glioblastoma; lipid metabolism; cell stress; microfluidic model

Name: Dr. Francesco Gubinelli
Institutional email: Francesco.Gubinelli@mail03.med.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliation: Metabolic Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Center (BMC), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Homepage: https://www.biochemie.abi.med.uni-muenchen.de/about/staff/scientists/gubinelli/index.html
Research interests: neuroscience; neurodegenerative diseases; Parkinson; cell therapy; regenerative medicine; in vivo modelling; in vitro modelling

Name: Dr. Wei Huang
E-mail: huangwe@ucmail.uc.edu
Affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati,  Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Homepage: https://www.huangwelab.com/
Research interests: heart failure; cardiomyopathy, mitochondria-centered communication

Name: Dr. Amir Barzegar Behrooz
Institutional emails: am.barzegar.behrooz@gmail.com/ amir.barzegarbehrooz@umanitoba.ca
Affiliation: Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Homepage: https://amirbarzegarbehrooz.faculty.bio/
Research interests: cancer biology; cancer metabolism; glioblastoma; cancer omics

Name: Dr. Maria Villiou
Institutional email: villioum@mpip-mainz.mpg.de; villiouma@gmail.com
Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P), Mainz, Germany
Homepage: https://www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/901223/Villiou
Research interests: cell biology; biophysics; biomaterial; stem cells; biofabrication

Name: Dr. Yajin Zhao
Institutional email: Yajin.zhao@uhn.ca; zhaoyajinyy@163.com
Affiliation: Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Research interests: lung transplantation

Name: Dr. Eleni Tsakiri
Institutional email: etsakiri@med.uoa.gr
Affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
Homepage: http://scholar.uoa.gr/palikarask/labmembers
Research interests: ageing; neurodegeneration; protein aggregates; tau; proteostasis; mitochondria

Name: Dr. Muhammad Nauman Arshad
Institutional email: marshad@wesleyan.edu; marsha03@tufts.edu
Affiliation: School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Homepage: https://medicine.tufts.edu/people/staff/muhammad-nauman-arshad
Research interests: neurodevelopmental disorders; autism; KCC2; epilepsy; adult neurogenesis; hippocampus; GABA; neuroanatomy; EEG; neural regeneration

Name: Dr. Taxiarchis Katsinelos
Institutional email: katsinelos@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Affiliation: Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
Homepage: https://neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/member/tk537/
Research interests: protein aggregation; neurodegeneration; Alzheimer’s disease; prion-like replication; tau

Name: Dr. Syed Adeel H. Zaidi
Institutional email: syezaidi@augusta.edu
Affiliation: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, GA 30912, USA
Homepage: https://www.augusta.edu/centers/vbc/caldwell-lab.php
Research interests: optic neuropathy; ocular hypertension; ischemic retinopathy; retinal neovascularization; neurodegeneration; neuroinflammation

Name: Dr. Martina Kunkl
Institutional email: martina.kunkl@uniroma1.it
Affiliation: Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy
Homepage: https://research.uniroma1.it/en/researcher/f36947d665df9980a733a7a88e730ab6e47fd7f4747d4bbc09cfa6c6
Research interests: immunology; T cells; CD4+; CD8+; T cell signaling; multiple sclerosis; tumor immunology

Name: Dr. Maria Chatziathanasiadou
Institutional email: m.chatziathanasiadou@imperial.ac.uk, m.chatziathanasiadou@gmail.com
Affiliation: Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, UK
Research interests: immunology; T cells; CD4+; CD8+; T cell signaling; multiple sclerosis; tumor immunology

Name: Dr. Bignog Yohan
Institutional email: yohan.bignon@inserm.fr
Affiliation: INSERM Unit 1242, University of Rennes, Centre Eugène Marquis, Rennes, France
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-8158
Research interests: renal physiology; renal metabolism; renal rhythmicity; endoplasmic reticulum stress; inflammatory bowel diseases; gut rhythmicity

Name: Dalal Bakhos-Douaihy
Institutional email: dalal.douaihy@gmail.com
Affiliation: Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, F-75006 Paris, France
Research interests: renal co-transporters; endoplasmic reticulum stress; molecular and cell biology; hypoxia and cellular adaptation; post-translational regulation; rare kidney diseases; epithelial transport mechanisms

Name: Dr. Puja Sohal
Institutional email: sohalpuja01@gmail.com
Affiliation: National Institute of Environmental health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Homepage: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/iidl/pi/cell-bio/staff
Research interests: inflammation; immunology; cell biology; sarcoidosis; polycystic kidney disease; infectious diseases

Name: Dr. Aida Shomali
Institutional email: aida71.shomali@gmail.com
Affiliation: Institute of plant and environmental science, Nitra, Slovakia
Research interests: photosynthesis; photobiology; photoreceptors; controlled-environment agriculture

Name: Dr. Giusi Alberti
Institutional email: giusi.alberti@unipa.it
Affiliation: Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Homepage: https://siaionline.it/sedi/universita-degli-studi-di-palermo/
Research interests: histology; cell biology; anatomy

Name: Dr. Junnan Li
Institutional email: jli373@jhu.edu
Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7422-076
Research interests: intra- and extracellular signaling; neurodegenerative diseases

Name: Dr Hannah Bolland
Institutional email: h.bolland@surrey.ac.uk
Affiliation: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK
Homepage: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/hannah-bolland
Research interests: cancer; hypoxia; tumour microenvironment

Name: Dr. Jonathan Paul Lambert
Institutional email: jonathan.lambert@unipd.it
Affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Padua, 35122 Padova, Italy
Homepage: https://www.unipd.it/en/msca-lambert-mitoformsinhf
Research interests: mitochondria; calcium signaling; dynamics; metabolism; cardiovascular biology; membrane transporter; ischemia reperfusion injury

Name: Dr. Michela Carraro
Institutional email: michela.carraro@unipd.it
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, 35122 Padova, Italy
Homepage: https://economia.unipd.it/sites/economia.unipd.it/files/CV%20Michela%20Carraro.pdf
Research interests: mitochondria; bioenergetics; permeability transition; ATP synthase; calcium

Name: Dr. Panthipa Suwannakot
Institutional email: pan.suwannakot@lh.org.au
Affiliation: Arto Hardy Family Biomedical Innovation Hub, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hvET-mkAAAAJ&hl=en
Research interests: biomaterials; 3D bioprinting; cancer research; molecular analysis and drug resistance

Name: Dr. Siddhesh Aras
Institutional email: saras@wayne.edu
Affiliation: Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Homepage: https://www.aras-lab.com/
Research interests: mitochondria; inflammation; cell signaling; cancer; transcription; neurodegeneration

Name: Dr. Satoko Shinjo
Institutional email: satoko.shinjo@unipd.it
Affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Homepage: https://www.unipd.it/en/yr-soe-shinjo
Research interests: cell biology; organelle biology; membrane contact sites

Name: Dr. Tiziano Mazza
Institutional email: tiziano.mazza@unical.it
Affiliation: Department DiBEST, Unit of Biochemistry & Molecular Biotechnology, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Research interests: proteoliposome; membrane proteins; protein purification; cryo-EM

Name: Dr. Arathyram Ramachandra Kurup Sasikala
Institutional email: a.ramachandrakurupsasikala@bradford.ac.uk
Affiliation: Centre for Pharmaceutical Engineering Science, School of Pharmacy and Medical, Sciences University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK
Homepage: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/aramachandrakurupsasikala/
Research interests: biomaterials; cancer; therapeutics; tissue engineering; nanomedicine

Name: Dr. Sneha Swaroop
Institutional email: S.Swaroop@bradford.ac.uk
Affiliation: Faculty of Life Sciences, Science School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK
Homepage: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/sswaroop/
Research interests: cancer stem cells (CSCs); targeted therapies; stem cell pathways; endocrine disrupting chemicals

Name: Dr. Mudasir Ahmad Khanday
Institutional email: mkhanday@bidmc.harvard.edu
Affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Homepage: https://sleep.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/mudasir-ahmad-khanday
Research interests: neuroscience; sleep

Name: Dr. Qin-Wei Wu
Institutional email: qinwei.wu@unibas.ch; qwwu@ahu.edu.cn
Affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
Homepage: https://microbiome.ahu.edu.cn/2023/0324/c19410a303358/page.htm
Research interests: neurobiology; developmental biology