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Prof. Dr. Lluís Ribas de Pouplana

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Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: genetic code; genetic translation; codon usage; proteome control; tRNAs; ribosomes; proteome quality control in cell biology and disease; structure-function studies of protein-RNA interactions; biomedicine and biotechnology
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Dr. Ron Elber

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Oden Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Interests: computer simulations; computational biophysics; membranes; membrane permeation; conformational transitions of proteins; molecular dynamics; reaction pathways; long time dynamics; RNA folding
* Section 'Biochemistry, Biophysics and Computational Biology'
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Dr. Daniele Focosi

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North-Western Tuscany Blood Bank, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
Interests: virology; hematology
* Section 'Epidemiology'
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Prof. Dr. Stefano Gianni

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Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: protein folding; protein dynamics and disorder; protein-protein recognition
* Section 'Proteins and Proteomics'
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Prof. Dr. Kousuke Hanada

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Department of Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka 804-8550, Japan
Interests: plant genomics; plant evolution; system biology in plants
* Section 'Plant Science'
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Prof. Dr. Doron Lancet

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Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610010, Israel
Interests: systems biology; systems prebiology; mutually catalytic networks; genome; origin of life
* Section 'Origin of Life'
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Prof. Dr. Bruce J. Nicholson

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Center for Innovative Drug Discovery, Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Interests: intercellular communication; gap junctions in cancer, deafness and endometriosis; ion channel structure and function
* Section 'Biochemistry, Biophysics and Computational Biology'

Prof. Dr. Katalin Prokai-Tatrai

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Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Interests: drug design of central nervous system agents; neuropeptides and peptidomimetics; prodrugs for CNS delivery; CNS-selective estrogen therapy; neuroprotection; proteomics
* Section 'Medical Research'
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Dr. Pabulo H. Rampelotto

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Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre (HCPA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 91501-970, Brazil
Interests: microbiome; molecular microbiology; metagenomics; omics; next-generation sequencing; microbial ecology; bioinformatics; biotechnology; system biology; grand challenges
* Section 'Microbiology'
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Prof. Dr. Einar Ringø

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Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
Interests: fish; microbial ecology; lipid nutrition; electron microscopy; gut microbiota
* Section 'Animal Science'
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Prof. Dr. Nicola Smania

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1. Neuromotor and Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Center (CRRNC), Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
2. Neurorehabilitation Unit, AOUI Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
Interests: neurorehabilitation; rehabilitation; posture; physical rehabilitation; musculoskeletal disorders; movement analysis biomechanics; exercise science; sports injuries; muscle function
* Section 'Physiology and Pathology'
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Dr. Pasquale Stano

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Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
Interests: synthetic biology; bottom-up synthetic cells; cell-free synthetic biology; bio-organic chemistry; protocells; origins of life; artificial life; drug delivery; bio-chem-ICTs; autopoiesis and cognition; molecular communication
* Section 'Synthetic Biology and Systems Biology'
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Prof. Dr. Koichiro Tamura

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Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, ‎Tokyo‎ 192-0397, Japan
Interests: evolutionary genetics; molecular phylogenetics; molecular and genome evolution; mathematical modeling; bioinformatics
* Section 'Evolutionary Biology'
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Dr. Tao Huang

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Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
Interests: bioinformatics; genetics; genomics; machine learning; ceRNA network; predictive modeling
* Section 'Biochemistry, Biophysics and Computational Biology'
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Dr. Chan-Wook Park

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
Interests: preterm birth; preterm labor; preterm-PROM; fetal growth restriction; placenta; feto-maternal interface; ascending intrauterine infection; intra-amniotic inflammation; chorioamnionitis; maternal vascular malperfusion; fetal vascular malperfusion; neonatal morbidity
* Section 'Reproductive and Developmental Biology'
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Prof. Dr. David Deamer

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Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Interests: membrane biophysics; nanopore sequencing; origin of cellular life
* Former Editor-in-Chief (from January 2016 to January 2018)
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Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Paolisso

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Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (DAMSS), University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
Interests: diabetes; ageing; insulin action; glucose metabolism; molecular biology of aging

Prof. Dr. Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin

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1. Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Maximus-von-Imhof Forum 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
2. Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
Interests: analytical chemistry; high-resolution analytics; complex bio(geo)systems; omics/metabolomics; meteoritics; astrochemistry; origin of life
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Prof. Dr. Antonio Abbate