Editorial Board

Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

Members


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Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Interests: Botulism; botulinum toxins
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, USA
Interests: anthrax; anthrax toxin; anthrax protective antigen; Bacillus anthracis; molecular biology; protein folding; membrane spanning channels
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Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
Interests: actin; bacterial protein toxins; macrophages; rho-gtpases; cellular uptake and intracellular membrane transport of bacterial toxins; interaction of bacterial toxins with host cell chaperones; bacterial toxins as molecular trojan horses for drug delivery
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Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy
Interests: understanding fungal behaviour in different ecological conditions; predictive modelling; decision support systems; omics support in understanding plant-pathogen interaction
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Department of Microbiology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, 63225 Langen, Germany
Interests: vaccines; human immunology; nosocomial infections; toxoid antigens
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Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
Interests: analytical determination of mycotoxins and metabolites in food and biological matrix; risk assessment
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University (FIU), 354/332 Marine Science, Biscayne Bay Campus, 3000 NE 151st St., North Miami, FL 33181, USA
Interests: cyanobacteria; toxins; bioactive compounds; zebrafish embryo model; natural products
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Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Interests: T cell biology; kidney transplantation; immunological ageing; primary kidney diseases

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1. Department of Biological Sciences, California Baptist University, Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92504, USA
2. Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Interests: Bacillus thuringiensis; Lysinibacillus sphaericus; biological control; bioinsecticides; ascoviruses; baculoviruses; chitinases; bacteriocins

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Marine Research Centre (CIMA), Pedras de Corón s/n, Aptdo. 13, Vilanova de Arousa, 36620 Pontevedra, Spain
Interests: harmful algal blooms; toxin accumulation in shellfish; physiology; biotransformation; modeling
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Center of Allergy and Environment (ZAUM), Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Medicine and Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Munich, Germany
Interests: hymenoptera venom; venom allergy; allergy; immunological mechanisms; T cell response; B cell response; antibodies; immunological tolerance; allergen; venom proteomics; biochemical protein characterization
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Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine-DIMES, General Pathology Section, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 14, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Interests: cell death; immunoconjugates; immunotherapy; immunotoxins; lectins; oxidative stress; plant toxins; ribosome-inactivating proteins; ricin; xanthine oxidoreductase
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Faculty of Chemistry, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Interests: chemistry / ecology of marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms; rapid detection methods for toxic cyanobacteria and paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins; large scale algal culture facilities for bioproducts productions; biochemistry of iron in forest and aquatic (marine and freshwater) ecosystems

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Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale (DIMES), Sede di Patologia Generale, Università di Bologna, Via San Giacomo, 14, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Interests: bacterial toxins; Shiga toxins; hemolytic uremic syndrome; ribosome-inactivating proteins
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1. Department of Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
2. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Università Cattolica S Cuore, Largo A Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
Interests: gastric cancer; colorectal cancer; anal fissure; clinical application of botulinum toxin in gastrointestinal diseases

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Inst. Clinical Physiology / Nutritional Medicine, Dept. Gastroenterology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Interests: gut pathogens; epithelial barrier function; tight junction regulation; clostridial toxins; bacterial pore-forming toxins and toxic metabolites; campylobacter toxins; colonization; invasion; leaky gut phenomenon; immune cell—epithelial cell co-culture and organoids; barrier-breaking mechanisms of arcobacter; aeromonas; campylobacter; clostridioides difficile; escherichia coli; klebisella oxytoca; salmonella; yersinia enterocoltitica; helicobacter pylori
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Group of Molecular Microbiology, i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, IBMC, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Interests: host-pathogen interactions; bacterial virulence factors; bacterial pore forming toxins; Listeria monocytogenes
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Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 155 Castle Dr., Dekalb, IL 60115, USA
Interests: fungal development; fungal secondary metabolism; mycotoxins; Aspergillus; gene regulation
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Department of Food Science, Toxicology and Legal Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
Interests: toxicology; risk assessment; food safety; cyanotoxins; microcystins; cylindrospermopsin
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Service of Neuropsychology & Neurorehabilitation, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Interests: spasticity treatment; spinal cord injuries; stroke rehabilitation; gait; neurologic gait disorders
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Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
Interests: molecular evolution of venom components; venom composition; toxin convergence; venom gland transcriptomics; antivenom manufacturing and testing
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1. Project Scientist, Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
2. Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brasil
Interests: molecular biology and pharmacology; characterization of venom toxins; cell signaling in tumor biology

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1. Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
2. Coordinating Research Centres (CRC), Innovation for Well-Being and Environment (I-WE), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Interests: animal nutrition; mycotoxins; feed; cell-based bioassay
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Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan 430072, China
Interests: microcystins; ecotoxicology; reproductive toxicology; hepatotoxicity; nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; glutathione detoxification; metabolites; human health
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Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 261-MERIT, 4 Ave de l'observatoire, 75270 Paris, France
Interests: snakebite; scorpion sting; antivenom; neglected tropical diseases; epidemiology; public health; health policy; clinical trial; clinical; treatment
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Research Institute on Mycology and Mycotoxicology (IMICO), National Scientific and Technological Research Council from Argentina (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto (UNRC), Río Cuarto 5800, Córdoba, Argentina
Interests: fusarium; plant pathogen fungi; mycotoxins; biocontrol; Aspergillus; toxigenic fungi; aflatoxins; cereals; peanuts

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Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Valladolid, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain
Interests: ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs); immunotoxins; protein synthesis inhibition; ribotoxins; protein translocation; intracellular transport; apoptosis
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Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Interests: bacteria-host interactions; bacterial toxins; Helicobacter pylori; gastric cancer
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Molecular Gastroenterology Section, Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Wellcome Trust Brenner Building, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
Interests: Helicobacter pylori; host-pathogen interactions in gastrointestinal tract; infection and gastrointestinal cancer; mucosal immunology
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Faculdade Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte – Programa de Pós Graduação em Medicina e Biomedicina, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Interests: toxins; biotechnology; spider venom; antimicrobial toxins; toxins and pain; anticancer toxins; toxins and therapeutic; arthropod toxins; animal venoms; toxin active in erectile function
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