Topical Advisory Panel for section 'Gene and Cell Therapy'

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Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Department of Molecular Genetics, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests: nanomedicine; gene delivery; drug delivery; pharmaceutics; theranostics

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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Interests: gene therapy; genome editing; rare diseases; inborn errors of metabolism; non-viral vectors
Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Interests: mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs); MSC-extracellular vesicles; MSC-exosomes; MSC-secretome; silk proteins; silk-based drug delivery systems; silk-based nanoparticles; drug delivery


Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Interests: antiviral/antimicrobial polymer; drug delivery; gene delivery; bioconjugate chemistry; "living" polymerization

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PHYMEDEXP - INSERM U1046 - CNRS UMR 9214 - Université de Montpellier, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 av. doyen Giraud, CEDEX 5, 34295 Montpellier, France
Interests: cell-penetrating peptide; interfering peptides as pharmaceuticals; nanoparticles; cellular internalization mechanisms; cell targeting; siRNA and pDNA delivery; peptide synthesis; cancer; cystic fibrosis
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Dept Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Interests: gene delivery; nanotechnology; tissue engineering; antibacterial activity; mechanobiology
Department of Experimental Oncology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloska 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: electrochemotherapy; gene electrotransfer; interleukin 12 (IL-12); bleomycin; cancer
Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: cancer; brain tumor; translational oncology; stem cells; tumor microenvironmnet; immunotherapy; cell biology; biochemistry
Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephen's Green, D02 YN77 Dublin, Ireland
Interests: tissue engineering; gene therapy; orthopaedics; cancer; mesenchymal stem cells

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1. Institute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology "Gaetano Salvatore" (IEOS)-National Research Council (CNR), 80131 Napoli, Italy
2. Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy
Interests: miRNA; extracellular vesicless; drug discovery; epigenetics; cancerogenesis; pharmacoresistance; cancer therapy
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Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via L. De Crecchio 7, 80138 Naples, Italy
Interests: prostate cancer, cell migration and invasion; 3D cell models; tumor microenvironment; prostate carcinoma-associated fibroblasts; cell cycle, androgen receptor non-genomic actions; growth factor receptors; signal transduction
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Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: nanosystems; gene delivery; drug delivery; cancer gene therapy; cancer therapy
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
Interests: stem cells; secretome; extracellular vesicles; targeted drug delivery; gene and cell therapy; lung repair and regeneration
Department of Immunological and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Interests: siRNA; exosome; micelles; plga; cancer; metastasis; nanoparticles; drug delivery system; zebrafish
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Tissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, D02 YN77 Dublin, Ireland
Interests: biomaterials; nanoparticles; inhaled therapies; mucosal membranes; MRSA; gene therapy


Bioinorganic and Porphyrinoids Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria 97105-900, RS, Brazil
Interests: porphyrins; corroles; photodynamic therapy; antimicrobial photodynamic therapy; photobiology; DNA-binding; HSA-binding

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1. Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Heyrovsky Square 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic
2. Faculty of Science, Jan Purkyňe University, Pasteurova 1, 400 96 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Interests: cell culture models; nanomedicine; drug delivery; polymer therapeutics; cell to cell communication; tissue engineering; neuroregeneration

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Viral Biotechnology Lab, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503900, Brasil
Interests: gene expression and delivery; virus like particles production; viral antigen production; cell culture; insect cells

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Medical Centre for Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: glioblastoma; nanobodies; nanomedicine; proteomics; oncology; oncogenesis; genetics; transcriptomics
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Laboratory of Virology, Institute for Medical Biology, PAS, Lodowa 106 Street, 93-232 Lodz, Poland
Interests: poptosis; cell signaling; reactive oxygen species; blood-brain barrier; virology; CMV; HPV; SARS CoV-2; EBV
ARNA, Inserm U1212, CNRS 5320, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Interests: pharmaceutical development; formulation and delivery; nucleic acid derivatives
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Department of Genomic Medicine, D.O. Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology, Mendeleevskaya Line 3, 199034 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Interests: gene therapy; nucleic acids delivery; gene silencing; gene expression; peptide-based carriers; receptor-mediated delivery; transfection; genetic testing; spinal muscular atrophy; uterine leiomyoma; endometriosis; duchenne muscular dystrophy; cellular models; animal models
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School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork T12 YN60, Ireland
Interests: nanotechnology; drug delivery; biomaterials engineering; non-viral gene therapy; nucleic acid delivery; polymeric nanocarriers; cardiovascular disease; diabetes
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Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hartmannstraße 14, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany
Interests: dendritic cell and T cell biology; antibodies and Fc receptors; infectious diseases and vaccinations; tumor therapy

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Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine – iBiMED, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: immunobiology of innate immune cells; signal transduction; cell-based therapies
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Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Interests: cellular and molecular imaging; drug and nanoparticle delivery; biomaterials; cell-based therapies
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Department of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Interests: non-viral vectors; gene delivery; neurological diseases; extracellular vesicles; translational research
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1. Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Research Institute in Chemistry “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), Universidad de Alcalá, 28805 Madrid, Spain
2. Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain
3. Institute Ramón y Cajal for Health Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
Interests: dendrimers; metallodendrimers; cancer; gene transfer; antimicrobial; antiviral
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Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Seville, c/Profesor García González, 1 41012 Seville, Spain
Interests: DNA; calixarenes; liposomes; drugs; micelles; vesicles; nanovehicles; nanoparticles
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