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Editorial Board
Honorary Editors-in-Chief
George Fu Gao
Dean of Cunji Medical College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests:

Virology; Immunology

Profile:

Chinese pathogenic microorganisms and immunologists
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Foreign Academician of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom
Academician of the German National Academy of Sciences
Foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Director of the Academic Committee of the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Director of the Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microorganisms and Immunology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chairman of the Chinese Bioengineering Society
Vice President of the Chinese Medical Association

Oliver Kepp
Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Interests:

Biology & Biochemistry; Immunology

Profile:

A recognised expert in cancer immunotherapy, has been recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate for seven consecutive years since 2018 and received the Biology and Biochemistry Leader Award (Research.com) in both 2022 and 2023. He is considered among the world’s most influential scientists in the fields of biology and biochemistry.

Editors-in-Chief
Antonio Arnaiz-Villena
Founder and Full Professor of Department Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University Complutense, 28041 Madrid, Spain
Interests:

Immunology; Immune deficiency; Evolutionary immunology; Autoimmunity; Immunochemistry; Immunogenetics; Cellular immunology; Population genetics

Profile:

The founder and director of the Immunology Department at Ramon Yacar Hospital;
As one of the co-authors, he worked with Nobel laureate J. Dizet to formulate the current Spanish organ transplantation law. This achievement was recognized by the Senate in 2016;
Approved by the International Review Committee, he was appointed as a professor at the Spanish University, responsible for pioneering the field of immunology at the Spanish University. This appointment was made together with Professor Ortiz de Landa Zuri and Professor Sanchez Madrid;
The founder, as the first professor of the Immunology Department at the University of Complutense Madrid (now promoted to full professor);
The founder of the European Immunogenetics Foundation;
Elected president of the Spanish Immunology Society.

Yigang Tong
College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
Interests:

bio-Safety; Microbiology; Genomics; Bioinformatics; High-throughput Sequencing; Super-resistant Bacteria; Bacteriophagology

Profile:

Member of the Bacteria and Archaea Division of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
Member of the Microbiology and Immunology Professional Committee of the Chinese Medical Association
Standing Committee Member of the Medical Microbiology and Immunology Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Microbiology (Head of the Bacteriophage Group)
Member of the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Professional Committee of the Chinese Biotechnology Society

Associate Editors
Thangavel Chellappagounder
Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University. Philadelphia, PA, USA
Interests:

Tumor immunology; Cell cycle; Retinoblastoma protein and cancer; Prostate cancer; Breast cancer; Lung cancer

Profile:

A translational cancer biologist with more than 40 publications in high-tier journals. The work mainly focuses on mitigating prostate, breast and lung cancers by rewiring the tumor suppressor RB via small molecular inhibitors and ionizing radiation.

Samir Jawhara
Researcher at University of Lille, CNRS-UMR 8576, Lille, France
Interests:

Candida albicans; Candida species; Fungal infection; Antifungal drugs; Malassezia species; Immune response; Inflammatory bowel diseases

Profile:

Researcher in Lille University Hospital, France (CNRS-UMR 8576, Inserm U1285). He was a research fellow in Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH), before returning to Lille University Hospital in 2012. He received my Ph.D. in immunology-microbiology in 2006 from Lille University. He Is interested in how the human pathogenic yeast Candida albicans may manipulate host innate immune pathways during the intestinal inflammation to cause disease.

Sonia Carina Morais Da Silva
Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal;  National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research, Vairao, Vila do Conde, Portugal
Interests:

Health biotechnology; Bioengineering; Candida infections

Profile:

Assistant Researcher of the Biotechnology Center at Minho University

Xiangxi Wang
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests:

Herpes virus; Flavivirus; African swine fever virus

Profile:

His research aims to completely understand the various steps of the virus cycle, including the entry, replication and assembly using a combination of structural analysis, cellular assays, virological, reverse genetics and animal studies. The study of virus cycle facilitates the design of better antiviral compounds and vaccines, which is in agreement with our commitment to translate our research findings into health benefits.

Zhao Yang
College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
Interests:

Precision oncology; cancer stem cells; biomarkers; tumorigenic mechanisms

Profile:

Dr. Yang has published over 70 papers across prestigious international journals including Cell Research, European Urology, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, Molecular Cancer, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Chemical Engineering Journal, EBioMedicine, and Critical Reviews in Food Science, with over 1000 citations. Additionally, he has published 8 professional books. He has led or participated in 14 projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and other national and local government agencies. Furthermore, he has applied for 23 Chinese invention patents with 12 granted. He has obtained the Shenzhen Science and Technology Progress Award (First Prize) in 2020 and the Outstanding Paper Award of Journal of Bioengineering in 2021.

Jincun Zhao
State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Interests:

Respiratory virus infection; Immunity research; Antibody drug development

Profile:

Highly cited scientist, Clarivate Analytics
National Outstanding Young Scientist Award recipient
Changjiang Scholar Professor

Consulting Editor
Patrick C Y Woo
Department of Microbiology, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests:

Emerging infectious disease; Novel microbe discovery; Microbial genomics

Profile:

2015 Croucher Senior Medical Research Fellowship
The Croucher Foundation Hong Kong
2013 Director
Research Centre of Infection and Immunology
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
2013 Convener
Strategic Research Theme of Infection and Immunology
The University of Hong Kong.
2008 Member
Coronavirus Study Group
International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses
2006 Outstanding Young Researcher Award
The University of Hong Kong
1990 Ho Kam Tong Prize in Community Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Editorial Board Members
Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin,  WI, USA
Interests:

Neuroimmunity; Public health

Walid Kamal Abdelbasset
Department of Physiotherapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Interests:

Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Immune; Cancer disorders

Liwei An
Institute for Advanced Study, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Interests:

Hippo pathway, gastric cancer, targeted therapy

Albert J. Auguste
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Interests:

Arbovirus ecology; Arbovirus evolution; Vaccine development

Ki Hyun Bae
Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), A*STAR, Singapore
Interests:

mRNA vaccines; Mucosal vaccines; Lipid nanoparticles; Nanobiotechnology

Vasco Barreto
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Hospital Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
Interests:

Molecular biology; Immunology; Genetics; Antibodies

Christian Celia
Department of Pharmacy, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti - Pescara, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy
Interests:

Liposomes; Nanoparticles; Nanomedicine; Nanoscale delivery

Profile:

Associate Professor at Department of Pharmacy, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti - Pescara
1999 – 2004, M.Sc. in Pharmacy, University of Catanzaro “Magna Græcia”
2008 – 2012, Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science, University of Catanzaro “Magna Graecia”:
“Supramolecular vescicular aggregates: innovative drug delivery systems for anticancer therapy”,
mentor: Prof. Donatella Paolino (S.S.D. CHIM/09 – Applied Pharmaceutical Technology).
Main research fields: design, preparation, physicochemical characterization and in vitro and in
vivo evaluation of Supramolecular Nanotherapeutics for local and systemic delivery of bioactive
compounds.

Jasper Fuk Woo Chan
Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, HongKong, China
Interests:

Emerging infectious diseases; Viruses; Antivirals; Coronavirus; Zika virus; Influenza; Microbial immunology; Clinical microbiology

Profile:

He is an internationally recognized expert in virology and immunology, with outstanding contributions to microbiology, infectious disease control, and emerging pathogen research.

He has been named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate in both Microbiology and Immunology from 2021 to 2024 and has been ranked among the top 1% of global scientists since 2015. He is also listed among the top 2% most-cited scientists globally by Stanford University since 2019. In 2024, he was elected as a Member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences and received the prestigious RGC Research Fellow Award from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.

One of his first-author publications, published in The Lancet, was selected in 2023 as one of the 34 landmark papers in the journal’s “200 Years of The Lancet” timeline. His scientific contributions have earned numerous international accolades, including the 2023 Dalton Horizon Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Gold Medal at the 48th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, and the 8th VCANBIO Innovation Breakthrough Award in Biomedical Sciences.

He has also received multiple early-career honors, such as the Biomedicines and Pathogens Young Investigator Awards (2021), the Gold Medal for Best Original Research by Young Fellows from the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (2021), and the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2nd Class) from the Chinese Government (2019). He is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA), the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), and the Institute of Biomedical Science (FIBMS). Since 2017, he has served as the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Young Ambassador to Hong Kong.

His research has significantly advanced our understanding of virus transmission dynamics and therapeutic development, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, where his team’s discoveries played a key role in early identification and response strategies.

 

Pei-Ching Chang
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Region, China
Interests:

Virus-Host interaction: Epigenetic regulation and Cancer; Cancer immunology; Transcriptomics; Histone modification

Keith Chappell
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Interests:

Vaccine; Influenza; Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV); SARS-CoV-2; Koala Retrovirus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Wei Chen
Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States
Interests:

Nanomaterials; Nanomedicine; Cancer nanotechnology

Profile:

Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at Arlington.

Education:

Ph. D. in Chemistry, 1992, Peking University, Beijing, China

MS in Crystallography, 1988, Central South University, Changsha, China

BS in Mineral Chemistry, 1985, College of Earth Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China

Awards:

Distinguished young scientist award by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1997

Honor award for the distinguished achievement in Science & Technology by State Education Commission of China, 1995

Honor award for the achievement in Science & Technology by Peking University,1994

Research Excellent Award, University of Texas at Arlington, 2008, 2009, 2010

Yibao Chen
Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
Interests:

Bacteriophage; Genome; Lysin; Gene editing; Drug resistance gene

Huarong Chen
Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territory, Hong Kong, China
Interests:

RNA modifications; GI cancer; Tumor microbiome; Sepsis

Hua Chen
1. CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;  
2. China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
Interests:

Theoretical population genetics; Mathematical and Computational biology; Molecular evolution; Coalescent theory; Population dynamics; Adaptive evolution; Applied stochastic modeling in biology;  Genomic epidemiology; Forensic genomics 

Jonathan HK Chen
Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests:

Molecular diagnosis of infections, Bacterial genomics; Infection control

Annalisa Chianese
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
Interests:

Microbial infections; Natural antimicrobial peptides

William Cho
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Interests:

Genomics; Proteomics; Drug repurposing; Bioinformatics; Next-generation sequencing; Cancer biomarker; Evidence-based medicine; Extracellular vesicles; MicroRNA; Molecular diagnostics; Non-coding RNAs; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Non-small cell lung cancer

Profile:

Dr. William Cho is a biomedical scientist at the Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong. With a strong background in cancer biomarker discovery and translational research, Dr. Cho has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include genomics, proteomics, and liquid biopsy in oncology. He actively serves on editorial boards and is a frequent reviewer for international scientific journals.

Hin Chu
Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 122 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Interests:

SARS-CoV-2; MERS-CoV; SARS-CoV-1; Virus-host interactions; Viral pathogenesis

Luca Coppeta
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Interests:

Biomedical; Hygiene prevention

Profile:

He is currently mainly engaged in clinical work at the University of California, Los Angeles.
He works at Romatol Vitorgia General Hospital, where he is a doctor.
He is competent and authorized.
He is also a qualified doctor for research institutions and public institutions.
Private.
In 2021, he was certified by the National Science as eligible to become a teacher
(SC 06/M2).
In January 2022, he won through the RtdB benchmark procedure.
He is an expert in the field of professional medicine, engaged in teaching and research
at the medical school and the professional medical school. It's done.
Furthermore, there are many teaching tasks in the professional degree courses,
including a master's degree in health and university.
He is an executive member of the regional branch of the Italian Professional Medical Association.

Mariusz Cycoń
Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice,Sosnowiec, Poland
Interests:

Microbial activity/structure; Antibiotics

Debora Decote-Ricardo
Instituto De Veterinaria, Universidade Federal Rural Do Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Interests:

Imunologia

Qiang Ding
School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Interests:

Viral infection; Host interaction; Molecular mechanism of species-specific virus infection

Shou-wei Ding
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Interests:

Molecular virology; Antiviral RNAi response (plants and animals)

Dani Dordevic
Department of Plant Origin Food Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Interests:

Microbiology; Medicine

Galal Elgemeie
Chemistry of Natural &Microbial Products Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
Interests:

DNA synthesis; Nucleic acid chemistry; Medicinal and Pharmaceutical chemistry

Hanping Feng
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Interests:

Clostridium difficile; VHH; Immunotherapy; Toxins; Antibody; Vaccine development; Animal models; Toxemia; Pathogenesis; Inflammation

Dechao Feng
1. Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China;  
2. Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Interests:

 Circadian rhythm; nanomaterials; multi-omics; cancer rehabilitation

Celio Geraldo Freire-de-Lima
Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Interests:

Cryptococcus; T Lymphocytes; Immunology; Macrophage

Jiaqi Fu
The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
Interests:

Microbial Pathogenesis, Post-Translational Modifications, Bacterial effector, Pathogen-Host interactions, Proteomics

Sadanand Fulzele
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
Interests:

Aging; Nutrition; Stem cells; Exosomes; miRNAs

Marilena Galdiero
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
Interests:

Microbiologia; Virologia

Yann Gambin
EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science, and School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Interests:

Innate immunity; Protein aggregation; Viral infection; Single molecule science

Chunqi Gao
College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Interests:

Intestinal stem cells; Gut microbiome-host interactions

Rosa Giugliano
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
Interests:

Microbiology; Antivirali; Antimicrobial

Jingmin Gu
College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
Interests:

Antibacterial-Resistant bacteria; Antibacterial protein therapy

Mohamad S. Hakim
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
Interests:

RNA virus, Viral immunology, Medical microbiology

Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain
Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
Interests:

Microbiology

Subhash Hira
Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Interests:

Infectious diseases; Dermatology; Public health

Guoku Hu
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
Interests:

HIV; Drug abuse synergy

Margaret IP
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine: Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
Interests:

Antimicrobial resistance; Epidemiology streptococcus pneumoniae; MRSA; Group B streptococcus

Ronald M. Iorio
Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Interests:

Microbiology; Immunity; Virology; Structural biology

Dazhi Jin
Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China
Interests:

Clostridioides difficile

Yen Chin Koay
School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
Interests:

Gut microbiome; Metabolic diseases; Cardiovascular diseases; Mitochondrial; Diet

Ifigenia Kostoglou-Athanassiou
Department of Endocrinology, Asclepeion Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece
Interests:

Breast cancer; Neuroendocrinology; Melatonin; Thyroid cancer; Vitamin D; Autoimmune diseases

Ashwani Kumar
Metagenomics and Secretomics Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad (A Central University), Prayagraj, India
Interests:

Microbes interaction; Metagenomics; Metabolomics; Bioremediation

FRANÇOISE LUNEL-FABIANI
Virology Department, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France
Interests:

Hepatitis C; Viral hepatitis; Hepatitis B

Marta Laranjo
Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Sciences and Technology, University of Evora, Evora, Portugal
Interests:

Microbiology; Molecular biology; Fermented foods; Antimicrobial resistance; Bacterial evolution

Shuai Le
Department of Microbiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
Interests:

Bacteriophage; Genomics; Sequencing; High throughput sequencing; Microbiology

Nidia Leon-Sicairos
School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Culiacan Sinaloa, Mexico
Interests:

Antibacterial;  Antitumor compounds

Shui Yee Leung
School of Pharmacy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Interests:

Nanotechnology in drug delivery; Bacteriophages

Special Issue and Columns in AccScience journals
Profile:

Dr. Sharon Shui Yee Leung received her B. Eng. (Chemical Engineering) in 2007 from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and completed her PhD (Chemical Engineering) in the University of Sydney in 2012. After her PhD, she joined the Faculty of Pharmacy in the University of Sydney with interest in developing technology platforms for the production of engineering particles for respiratory delivery. In 2014, she was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Faculty of Pharmacy to develop technologies for aerosol delivery of bacteriophages to combat multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. Sharon joined the School of Pharmacy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in April 2018. Her research focuses on incorporating engineering approach with formulation designs to advance the science and potential application of phage and phage-encoded proteins as novel antibacterial agents to address the threats associated with MDR bacteria.

Yan Li
Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Interests:

Virus; Parasite; Microbe-Host interaction; Drug discovery; Structure biology

Lin Li
State key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasure, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China
Interests:

HIV molecular epidemiology; HIV interacts with the body; HIV drug resistance

Peng Li
Biosecurity Department, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
Interests:

Genomics; Epidemiology

Mengzhe Li
College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
Interests:

Virology; Bacteriophages

Dengfeng Li
School of Marine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
Interests:

Epidemiology; Micropathogenicity biobiology; Interaction between pathogen and host

Kui Li
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry. the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 858 Madison Ave. Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Interests:

Host interactions; RNA viruses; Innate immunity; Viral pathogenesis

Profile:

Our research is aimed at understanding virus-host interactions that regulate pathogenesis and outcome of RNA virus infections. Currently, work in the Li laboratory is centered on two main themes. The first one is to dissect host responses to infections by positive-strand RNA viruses including hepatitis C virus and related flaviviruses and human coronaviruses. We are particularly interested in how these viruses interact with the innate immune signaling pathways via the Toll-like receptors and RIG-I-like receptors to modulate antiviral and inflammatory responses. We are also interested in host factors that govern coronavirus replication fitness and disease severity. The second focus area is to investigate how TRIM56, a tripartite motif protein, contributes to innate antiviral immunity. Studies are ongoing to delineate the molecular determinants by which TRIM56 restricts RNA virus infections and by which it promotes innate immune signaling. To study these themes, we employ a combination of biochemical, cell biological and molecular approaches. We leverage viral infection models in cell culture and laboratory mice to identify molecular targets for investigation in vitro and in vivo.

Shuaicheng Li
Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Interests:

Bioinformatics

Ming Li
Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests:

Phage immunization; Phage therapy; Gene editing

Zhenxing Liu
Center of Smart Laboratory and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China
Interests:

Genetics; Biochemistry; Molecular biology; Cell biology

Ningning Liu
State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Center for Single-Cell Omics, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Interests:

Fungal infection; Cancer development; Fungal microorganisms

Jun Liu
NHC Key Laboratory of Biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Beijing, China
Interests:

Influenza control; T cell immunity to emerging and re-emerging viruses; Molecular mechanism of immune recognition

Fei Liu
School of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
Interests:

Dynamic analysis of the molecular mechanisms of virus-host interaction; Protein engineering and protein drug development; Nucleic acid metabolism and antiviral immunity

Jonathan F. Lovell
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Interests:

Nanobiotechnology; Nanoparticles; Biotechnology; Cancer research

Profile:

Broadly, our focus is on developing novel nanomedicine approaches to meet unmet needs in treating, diagnosing or preventing disease. We strive to use good engineering principles to iteratively design, synthesize, characterize, test and validate next generation nanoparticles and biosensors with the ultimate goal of making a translational impact on improving human health. Developing safer, organic nanoparticles that will allow superior treatment options for cancer therapy is a major research thrust.

Jia-hai Lu
School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Interests:

 Vaccinology; Emerging infectious diseases; Zoonotic diseases; Chikungunya virus; EV71 virus; Influenza

Yang Luo
Director of Center of Smart Laboratory and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Chongqing University, Chong Qing, China
Interests:

Novel nanomedicine diagnostic technology; Nanomaterial sterilization technology

Luis Martinez-Sobrido
Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, USA
Interests:

Immunology; Virology; Vaccines; Virus-host interactions

Profile:

Dr. Martinez-Sobrido is continuing his work with the New York Influenza Center of Excellence, which is part of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS) program through the National Institutes of Health. In addition to characterizing the influenza virus, as part of this project, he is working with collaborators to develop a universal flu vaccine with the use of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) or blood proteins that can recognize key pieces of the virus to help a person’s immune system clear infected cells from the system. Studies are underway to test these bNAbs in small animal models and suitable candidates will move into nonhuman primate models.

Jochen Mattner
Microbiology Institute -Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene-University Clinic of Erlangen
Wasserturmstraße 3/5 D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
Interests:

Clinical microbiology; Immunology; Hygiene

Profile:

Jochen Mattner is currently affiliated as a Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Infection Immunology and a specialist in Microbiology, Virology and Infection Epidemiology at the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen. He studied medicine and received his MD from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2001. After graduation he completed his postdoctoral studies at the University of Chicago and obtained a tenured faculty appointment at the Cincinnati Children´s Hospital before returning to his alma mater. His research focuses on the interactions between commensal microbiota and the mucosal immune system. In particular, his research group studies the pathogenesis of many immune-mediated diseases of the gastrointestinal system, including inflammatory bowel disease, Type 1 diabetes and hepatitis. Jochen Mattner is an author for many high-ranking journals and has obtained many national and international awards. He is also a member of the German Society of Immunology and the German Society of Microbiology and Hygiene.

Danilo Ciccone Miguel
Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
Interests:

Parasitology; Protozoan parasites; Leishmania infection

Profile:

He teach Parasitology and Parasite-Host interactions for graduate and undergraduate students at UNICAMP (State University of Campinas, Campinas - Sao Paulo, Brazil). His main interest in basic science is focused on understanding the mechanisms that allow Leishmania to survive in the intracellular environment. In his Lab, we also study the efficacy of several compounds aiming at the discovery of novel/repurposed drugs for  leishmaniasis treatment.

Rahul Mittal
Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Research and Cochlear Implant Laboratory, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Interests:

Microbial flora; Auditory

Alexandre Morrot
Immunoparasitology Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Interests:

Infection; Viral immunology; Cancer immunology

Justyna Możejko-Ciesielska
Department of Microbiology and Mycology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
Interests:

Applied microbiology; Microbial biotechnology; Microbiology; Microbial molecular biology; Molecular biology

Profile:

Dr. Justyna Mozejko-Ciesielska currently works in the Department of Microbiology and Mycology at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. Her research interests are focused on the microbial synthesis of polymers. She puts a great effort into the high-throughput screening of potentially new bacteria that are able to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates. She pursues to optimize novel bioprocesses utilizing waste feedstocks in the fermentation processes. Besides, she attempts to understand the genetic and metabolic regulation that drives PHAs synthesis and accumulation.

Giuseppe Murdaca
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Interests:

Pharmacogenomics; Immunology; Vaccines; Biologics; HIV; Allergies; Atherosclerosis; Autoimmunity; Immune-mediated diseases; Immunodeficiency; Neuroendocrine-immunology

Profile:

Giuseppe Murdaca has received his PhD in Science and Space Engineering at the University of Genova (Italy) during the period of 2000-2003. Currently, he is working as Assistant professor in Internal Medicine University of Genova (Italy).

His research has included Immunodeficiency Autoimmunity Neuro-endocrino-immunology Pharmacogenomics.

Based on this research and fellowship training he has received several awards and honors, such as:
Prize for young researchers of the study, assigned by the GILS, with the following motivation: "Standardization of a method to assess impairment by skinfold thickness skin", delivered on the occasion of the "Day VII Italian to fight Scleroderma" (Milan, 17/3 / 2001).

Award for one of the three best oral presentations at the Ninth Congress of the Inter-SIMI Piemonte and Valle D'Aosta, Liguria (Genoa, 06.17.2004): Murdaca G., Fenoglio D., M. Setti, Brenci S., Villa R., Pontali E., A. Kunkl, Indiveri F., Puppo F. "Generation of CD4 + lines specific for Pneumocystis carinii and Candida albicans obtained from HIV + patients. Meaning of the coexpression of IFN-? and IL-4 ".

Nalu Navarro-Alvarez
1. National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition, Salvador Zubirán, Departament of Molecular Biology, Universidad Panamericana School of Medicine, Mexico; 
2. Department of Surgery University of Colorado Denver / Anschutz Medical Campus. Denver, CO, USA
Interests:

Cirrhosis; COVID-19; Liver regeneration; Transplantation immunology

Valentyn Oksenych
Broegelmann Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Interests:

DNA repair; V(D)J recombination; Mouse genetics

Profile:

Dr. Valentyn Oksenych is currently a Norwegian researcher at the University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. He graduated from the University of Strasbourg's Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) in 2009. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University from 2010 to 2014 and at the University of Copenhagen from 2014 to 2015. In 2017, he was awarded a research grant by the Norwegian Cancer Society for his studies in cell responses to DNA damage and the significance this has for cancer and developmental disorders in the nervous system. Overall, he has obtained a dozen grants in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and France to support his externally-funded research group in Triondheim (2016-2022). He came to NTNU as a participant in the Star Program 2017–2021 in connection with the Research Council of Norway Young Talent Grant. Furthermore, since 2020, he has been employed as a researcher at the Universities of Oslo and Bergen, as well as an invited lecturer at Stavanger. His research topics mainly include DNA repair in cells, B cell development, and DNA damage response.

Isaac Onyango
International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
Interests:

Mitochondrion; Oxidative stress; Neuroscience; Cell Biology; Molecular Biology

Vincenzo Di Pilato
Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Interests:

Antibiotic resistance; Molecular diagnostics; Microbial genomics; Medical microbiology

Profile:

• Italian Society of Microbiology, SIM
• Italian Association of Clinical Microbiology, AMCLI
• European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, ESCMID 

Cristian Piras
Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy
Interests:

Proteomics; Protein biomarkers; Antibiotic resistance

Profile:

He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Milano, using proteomics and mass spectrometry to improve animal welfare and combat antibiotics. He also did a two-year postdoctoral research at the University of Reading in the UK, using large-scale mass spectrometry to diagnose bovine mastitis and study the spectrum of antibiotics. 
Since July 2020, he has been a researcher at the University of Magna Graecia in Catanzaro, and is also the coordinator of the project "Development and Sustainability of Typical Animal Production: Traceable and Improved Slaughtering Methods for Calabrian Dairy Products". The research activities aim to study animal welfare by applying veterinary pharmacology and toxicology sciences under the umbrella of public and global health (a single health approach).

Md.Tanvir Rahman
Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Interests:

Antimicrobial resistance; Virulence; Food hygiene; One health

Profile:

Dr. Md. Tanvir Rahman is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Science at Bangladesh Agricultural University and former Director of International Desk, and Director of Prof. Mohammad Hossain Central Lab of Bangladesh Agricultural University.

He is also a Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Science (BAS). He is an Adjunct Visiting Professor of Xinxiang University, Henan, China. Dr. Rahman completed DVM from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in 1993. Later he completed MSc and PhD from University of Guelph, Canada and University of Warwick, UK respectively and Postdoc from the Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.

Xiancai Rao
Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Under the Educational Committee in Chongqing, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
Interests:

Microbial pathogenesis; Drug resistance; Pathogen-Host interactions

Zhigang Ren
Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
Interests:

Gut microbiome; Liver disease; Infectious diseases

Vince Rotello
Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, USA
Interests:

Nanotechnology; Nanoparticles; Supramolecular chemistry

Profile:

He is an internationally recognized chemist and nanoscientist, known for his pioneering work in chemical biology and nanotechnology. He has been named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate/Web of Science multiple times, and is a Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). His accolades include prestigious lectureships such as the Langmuir Lecturer (ACS, 2010), Bioorganic Lectureship (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016), and Cedric Hassell Lecturer (2014). He has received several major awards recognizing research and teaching excellence, including the NSF CAREER Award, Sloan Fellowship, Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, Cottrell Scholar, and the Research Corporation’s Transformational Research and Education Award. He has held visiting and guest professorships at leading institutions including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan. His contributions span decades of impactful research, innovation, and mentorship in the field.

Remo Castro Russo
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Interests:

Immunity; Innate immunity; Immunology of infectious diseases; Inflammation; Adaptive immunity

Profile:

Biologist with high degree in immunology with experience in immunopharmacology and PhD in immunology, studying the aspects of chronic pulmonary inflammation and tissue repair, pharmacological mechanisms and regulation. Expertise in animal models of pulmonary diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis, asthma, Influenza H1N1 infection, Aspergillosis, Acute Lung Injury, silicosis, lung metastasis of mammary tumors, and pleurisy. Background in GPCR and chemokine system biology related to immunology, inflammation, angiogenesis and fibrogenesis, with a multidisciplinary knowledge on the fields of Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Lung Pathology, Infection Diseases and Cancer. Experience drug administration and pharmacological screening in mice.

Bashar Saad
Faculty of Medicine, Arab American University, P.O. Box 240, Jenin, Palestine and Al-Qasemi Academic College, Baga Algharbiya, Israel
Interests:

Anti-Inflammatory; Immunomodulatory medicinal plants; in Vitro biological assessment

Jean-Marc Sabatier
CNRS UMR 7051, Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales, Institut de Neurophysiopathologie (INP), Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
Interests:

Viral infection; Toxins; Bacteriocins; Peptides; Antimicrobials; Solid phase peptide synthesis

Varun Sasidharan Nair
Genetics and Epigenetics of Behavior, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy
Interests:

T-cell immunity

Profile:

Currently he is working as a post-doctoral researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology. Here, he focus more on neuroimmunology and gene imprinting architecture in glial cells.

Carmela Saturnino
Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
Interests:

Pharmaceutical development; Pharmaceutical chemistry; Medicinal and Pharmaceutical chemistry; Antioxidant activity; Synthetic organic chemistry; Heterocyclic chemistry; Medicinal chemistry; Organic synthesis; Cytotoxicity; Synthesis

Profile:

Dr. Saturnino Carmela is a distinguished academic and researcher in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. She earned both her undergraduate degree in Pharmacy and her postgraduate degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Naples, where she later completed her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Throughout her academic journey, Dr. Carmela was the recipient of numerous scholarships in recognition of her outstanding research contributions.

Currently, she serves as a Professor in the Department of Sciences and Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Basilicata. Her research interests lie in pharmaceutical chemistry and drug development, and she has published extensively in several high-impact, peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Carmela is an active member of various international scientific societies and regularly participates in global conferences, contributing her insights and staying abreast of the latest developments in her field. Her dedication to advancing pharmaceutical research and education has made her a respected figure among her peers and a mentor to aspiring scientists.

Baik Lin Seong
Department of Microbiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests:

Flu virus; Flu vaccine; Protein

Seung-Yong Seong
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Interests:

Innate immunity; Damage-associated molecular pattern; Inflammation; Atopy; Pneumoniae;
Ulcerative colitis; Nash; Single domain antibody therapeutics; Cancer immunotherapy

Donald Seto
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA
Interests:

Adenovirus; Genomics and bioinformatics; Molecular evolution; Zoonosis

Profile:

As a Scientific Advisor to the Surgeon General and the Director of Molecular Diagnostics for the USAF-EOS program, He has project management experience, dealing with research groups at the USAF Surgeon General’s Office, AFIP, NHRC, NRL and LAFB (see below for an acronym key), as well as arranging, directing and managing contract work with Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. and Virapur, Inc.  His lab’s current focus is in software tools development for whole genome data mining and analyses, and in the genomic and bioinformatics analysis of adenovirus genomes, with emphasis on the evolution and natural variation of these genomes.

Yongyi Shen
School of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Interests:

Bird flu; MERS; African swine fever; Evolutionary genomics; Mechanism of virus evolution

Steven S. Shen
Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Interests:

Genomics; Bioinformatics; Translational science; Epigenetics

Profile:

After postdoctoral training in molecular immunology from Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Dr. Shen spent seven years at MIT Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology as a research scientist for high throughput technology and computational method development. Prior to joining IHI at UMN, Dr. Shen worked at Boston University Medical School as an assistant professor for two years and NYU Langone Medical Center as an associate professor for six years for teaching and research at the area of genomics and bioinformatics. From 2007 to 2008, Dr. Shen also spent two years at Helicos Bioscience for the next generation sequencing technology development. Dr. Shen completed undergraduate and graduate education from Nantong Medical College and Suzhou Medical College, respectively in China.

Jerry Simecka
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and UNTHSC Preclinical Services, University of North Texas System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Interests:

Mycoplasma pneumonia; Immunity along the respiratory tract

Profile:

A member of numerous professional organizations that include the American Association of Immunology and American Society for Microbiology (ASM). I have served on numerous NIH and other grant review panels, member of Editorial Board of the ASM journal, Infection and Immunity, Chair of the Association of Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Chairs committee on Education. He was the Division Chair for Division G (mycoplasmology) for the ASM. He has received several awards from our institution, including Academic Commendation of Excellence, Benjamin L. Cohen, Award for Outstanding Research Achievement, and President’s Award for Research Excellence.

Fabricio Oliveira Souto
Institute Keizo Asami, Federal University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil
Interests:

Cell culture; Innate immunity; Immunology; Infectious diseases

Gopu Sriram
Discipline of Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Interests:

Host-Microbe interactions; Organ-on-a-chip; Organ-on-a-chip; Periodontal disease; Innate immunity

Profile:

An Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, with affiliate positions in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the NUS Centre for Additive Manufacturing. Trained as a dentist and bioengineer, research focuses on the application of cutting-edge technologies like 3D bioprinting and microfluidic organ-on-chip to develop novel approaches for understanding and treating periodontal disease. Further, by combining 3D bioprinting with artificial intelligence, his team develops novel strategies for fabricating personalized grafts for periodontal tissue regeneration.

Rakesh Srivastava
Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA
Interests:

Autophagy; Nanotechnology; Pharmacology; Toxicology; Biochemistry; Pancreatic cancer; Stem cells; Immunology; Autophagy; Biomarker development; Cancer therapy diabetes

Profile:

Dr. Srivastava has served as a professor and eminent scientist in major US Universities. He has been proclaimed as an eminent scholar by the Kansas Bioscience Authority, and endowed professor at KUMED. The list of accolades and awards conferred on him is huge and rightly deserved too as he has been a pioneer in some trailblazing subjects when it comes to research. He has received national merit awards and scholarships during his graduate and postgraduate studies. He was awarded fellowships at the National Institutes of Health, and the National Academy of Sciences, USA, and a Career Development Award from the US Army. Furthermore, he has been rightly touted as a Scholar by Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium.

Caijun Sun
School of Public Health(Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
Interests:

HIV vaccine development; Viral immunology

Xingmin Sun
Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Interests:

Allergy; Immunology; Infectious disease

Profile:

Dr. Sun (http://www.sunlab-usf.com/) is a tenured Professor with early promotion in the Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida (USF). He holds affiliation appointments in the Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Molecular Bioscience, Department of Chemistry at USF, and USF Genomics. He obtained his Ph.D. in Natural Sciences (magna cum laude) from the University of Kiel, Germany, followed by postdoctoral training in Molecular Microbiology and Biochemistry at Brown University, USA. Dr. Sun's research focuses on microbial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions, with a particular emphasis on Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) pathogenesis and the development of novel therapeutics, including vaccines, to prevent and treat C. difficile infection (CDI). He is nationally and internationally recognized for his contributions to vaccine / therapeutic development against CDI as well as the understanding of C. difficile pathogenesis. His work has been continuously funded by the NIH since 2012. He has actively served NIH study section panels, including as chair. Additionally, he is an Associate Editor for Microbiological Research, Molecular Medicine, and Frontiers in Immunology, and serves on the editorial boards of Infection and Immunity and Applied and Environmental Microbiology. He received the “Tufts Institute for Innovation Inaugural Award” in 2014, the “Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award” in 2018, and the “Excellence in Innovation Award” in 2020 at USF. He also chaired the Research Committee at the USF College of Medicine from 2019 to 2020. Since 2021, he has served as President, Vice President, Secretary, and Executive Committee member of the USF Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), USA. In 2025, he was elected to be the “Senior Member” of NAI. He enjoys music, workout, and cuisines from different cultures during spare time.

Abrar K. Thabit
Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Interests:

Infectious diseases; Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial surveillance studies

Nagendran Tharmalingam
Research Scientist, Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA
Interests:

Infection biology; Novel antibiotics; Helicobacter pylori; Drug repurposing; Intracellular bacteria

Profile:

1. Accomplished medical bacteriologist, biomedical scientist, and molecular biologist with six years of post-doc
experience with animal infection model expertise. An individual with proven I.R.B., IACUC protocol handlings, ten
years of experience as a basic science researcher, and seventeen years of hands-on experience as a bacteriologist.
2. Results-driven team player, with practical knowledge and experience in analytics (descriptive, inferential, and
predictive) and along with nine years of international experience (India, South Korea, and the USA).
3. Active communicator, an excellent scientific writer with a published cumulative impact factor of 110, and problem
solver with project management experience ranging from short-term to full-scale self-funded and other working
projects. 

Ruchi Tiwari
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, U.P, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Veterinary University, Mathura, India
Interests:

Microbiology; Immunology; Infectious diseases; Animals; Bacteriophage therapy

Giovanni Vozzi
Department of Information Engineering (DII) and Research Center “E. Piaggio”, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Interests:

Bioengineering; Microbiology

Profile:

Giovanni Vozzi is Full Professor in Bioengineering. He is lecturer of Laboratory of Bioengineering and Chemical Bioengineering at I level of Biomedical Engineering, and of Micro and nano systems at II level of Biomedical Engineering. He acts as supervisors of PhD students in Materials Engineering and Biomedical Engineering and coordinates the work of several undergraduate students and graduate fellows. He was supervisor of 80 Master Degree thesis in Biomedical Engineering. He acts as reviewers for the most important journal in his field.He is member of Directors board of International Society for Biofabrication, of the Technical Committee on Biomanufacturing of American Society of Mechanical Engineering, of IEEE and Of National Group of Bioengineering.

Qihui Wang
CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests:

Pathogenic infection; Host immunity

Nannan Wu
Shanghai Institute of Phage, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Interests:

Phage therapy for resistant bacterial infection; Prevention of BK virus infection after transplantation

Zhiqiang Wu
NHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Interests:

Monitoring, early warning and traceability of animal-derived pathogens

Yuntao Wu
Department of Molecular and Microbiology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA
Interests:

Applied science; Biology; Biomedical research

Profile:

Dr. Yuntao Wu is a professor at NCBID, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, USA. He has been studying viruses for over 30 years, and for the past 20 years, he has been primarily focused on studying HIV infection of blood CD4 T cells and macrophages. Dr. Wu received his Ph.D. in Molecular Virology from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He received his postdoctoral training at NIH, studying HIV-1 pre-integration transcription in blood resting CD4 T cells (Science, 2001, 293:1503). Currently, his lab studies chemokine co-receptor signaling and role of cofilin in HIV infection and pathogenesis (Cell, 2008, 134:782; Science Advances, 2019, 5:eaat7911). Recently, his lab also studies the mechanisms of PSGL-1 restriction of HIV infectivity (Nature Microbiology, 2019, 4:8132)

Jianping Xie
School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
Interests:

Microbiology; Cell biology; Cell microbiology; Molecular medicine and Molecular immunology; Molecular genetics; Microbiology and Biochemical pharmacy; Computational biology

Ximing Yuan
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden
Interests:

Toxicology; Cell biology; Clinical trials; Clinical immunology; Antioxidants

Profile:

Chief physician and docent, currently works at the Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Clinical Medicine Unit, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linkoping university , Sweden, with clinical occupational medicin, medical education and biomedical research on i) gender/sex differences in atherosclerotic vascular diseases and related sickness absence; ii) mapping of exposures and lung function in real time in patients with work-related asthma.

Koichi Yuki
Department of Anaesthesia and Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Interests:

Immunology; Anaesthetization

Profile:

Dr. Koichi Yuki obtained his M.D. from the University of Tokyo, Japan. After his initial medical training in Japan, he came to US and completed his surgical internship in the University of Hawaii, anesthesia residency in Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by pediatric anesthesia fellowship and pediatric cardiac anesthesia fellowship in Boston Children’s Hospital. He is currently an Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and an Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital. He did postdoctoral research fellowship under Drs. Timothy Springer and Motomu Shimaoka (Immune Disease Institute), and his laboratory research focuses on elucidation of sepsis pathophysiology and understanding the impact of anesthetics on perioperative immune function. In addition, he is interested in performing risk stratification of noncardiac surgery in patients with congenital heart disease.

Giacomo Zaccone
Comparative Anatomy, Department of Verterinary Anatomy, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Interests:

Evolution; Physiology; Immunohistochemistry; Immunofluorescence; SEM analysis; Ecology and evolution; Systematics; Epidemiology; Cell culture; Biodiversity

Qiwei Zhang
Key Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis & Infection Prevention and Control, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Interests:

Adenovirus vector; Adenovirus vaccine; Epidemiology; Virus evolution

Fuming Zhang
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
Interests:

Microbiology

Kezhong Zhang
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA
Interests:

Metabolic disease; Autoimmune disease; Cancer

Ping Zhao
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
Interests:

Viral infection; Immune and pathogenic mechanisms; Antiviral vaccine; Small molecule and antibody drug development

Guangyu Zhao
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests:

Microbial epidemics

Jingen Zhu
Bacteriophage Medical Research Center, Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
Interests:

Bacteriophage; Mucosal vaccine; Protein and DNA Delivery; CRISPR

Liuluan Zhu
Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Interests:

Immune regulation; Infectious diseases

Youth Editorial Board Members
Greiciely Andre
Vaxine Pty Ltd, Bedford Park, Adelaide 5042, Australia and Australian Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Institute, Clovelly Park, Adelaide 5042, Australia
Interests:

Infectious diseases; Host-Pathogen interactions; Complement-Mediated immunity evasion; Vaccines; Drug development

Wenhui Guo
Department of Pathology, Stanford University, CA, USA
Interests:

T cell exhaustion; cDC1 immunotolerance

Yingjie Guo
Stanford University/Arc Institute,CA, USA
Interests:

Cancer immunotherapy; Mitochondrial biology; Metabolism; Biochemistry; Cell biology

Nitin Kamble
Electro-microbiology Research Lab (Dr. Rowe Lab), College of Arts and Science, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Interests:

Microbiology; Biotechnology; Cell biology; Immunology

Yibo Li
College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
Interests:

Vaccine adjuvants; Influenza vaccine; Vaccine delivery

Lei Li
Vaxine Pty Ltd, Bedford Park, Adelaide 5042, Australia and Australian Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Institute, Clovelly Park, Adelaide 5042, Australia
Interests:

DNA vaccine; Epigenetics; Gene regulation; Immunology; Vaccines; Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP); Cancer biology; Influenza vaccines

Qiong Liu
Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China
Interests:

Infection; Immunity; Bacterial extracellular vesicles; Helicobacter pylori; Vaccine design; Pathogenic mechanisms.

Shizue Mito
Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg 78541, USA
Interests:

medicinal chemistry; natural products; drug discovery; anti-cancer drugs

Likai Tan
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territory, Hong Kong, China
Interests:

T cell immunology; Single-Cell multi-omics; Influenza virus

Zurong Wan
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States
Interests:

Adaptive immunity; Autoimmune

Xiaobo Wu
The Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests:

Urologic Cancers; Prostatic Diseases

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