International Journal of Biopharmaceutical Sciences

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Dr. Bhushan is Chair and Professor in Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jefferson School of Pharmacy at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Dr. Bhushan received his B. Sc. (Honors) and M. Sc. degree in chemistry from University of Delhi, India. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Punjab Agricultural University, India. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina and University of Vermont. He has held faculty positions at Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Vermont and Department of Biomedical Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Idaho State University. He has over 15 years of experience in Pharmacy education.

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Andrew Allen Webster has completed his first degree in the field of Pharmacy and Doctorate in Pharmaceutical chemistry from Temple University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia.He is currently working as a Professor of Pharmacy at Belmont University. He has received many international awards and recognition for his contribution in various fields of pharmacy. He also served on the editorial board and as a reviewer for some of the international journals such as “Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Designing”. He is an active member of many professional societies such as “American Chemical Society” and funded grants for his research. He published many articles in both national and international journals.

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His scientific research focuses on Impact of pedagogical processes on learning, Preparation of undergraduate and graduate courses in Medicinal Chemistry, Physiologic Chemistry, Research Methodology, Dosage form stability studies, Structure-activity relationships, with the emphasis on the synthesis and evaluation of novel pharmacologic agents.

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Prof. Yuri L. Lyubchenko received his PhD in Molecular Biophysics from the Moscow Institute Physics and Technology (Russia) during the period of 1969-1971. He also received D. Sc. degree in Molecular Biology from Institute of Molecular Genetics (Moscow, Russia) in 1989. Currently, he is Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.

Research of Lyubchenko focuses on understanding fundamental mechanisms underlying health and disease, which are key to developing new and more effective diagnostics and medications. This primarily basic research allows him not only identify new drug targets for small molecule drugs, it also leads to the development of the tools and methods to discover novel approaches for diagnostic, treatment and disease prevention and to more rapidly determine their efficacy at the molecular level. A number of critical contributions were made in the methodology of atomic force microscopy (AFM) including topographic and force spectroscopy AFM applications. The current research of Lyubchenko is supported by three NIH and one NSF grants. Based on this research, he has received several awards and honors, such as UNMC distinguished scientist (2008).

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Dr.S.Narasimha Murthy is a Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery at the University Of Mississippi School Of Pharmacy. Dr.Murthy has published over one hundred peer-reviewed research papers and edited two books on topical delivery of drugs. He is the recipient of several awards including the Cumberland Researcher of the year award from the University of Mississippi and Global Indus Technovator award from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr.Murthy serves on the Editorial Board of over fifteen journals including Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He is the Associate Editor of the journal Drug Development Industrial Pharmacy. He is also serving as Grant Reviewer to National Institutes of Health, USA and Government funding agencies of Italy, UAE, Portugal, and UK. Dr.Murthy is the Founder-Director of a non-profit research facility “Institute for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Sciences” in Bangalore, India. He has mentored 7 Ph.D students and five postdoctoral fellows so far. Currently, his research programs are funded by USFDA, NIH and Pharmaceutical companies.

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His research mainly focused in Pharmaceutical dosage forms¸ Pharmaceutical Stability, Dermal Transdermal Delivery of Drugs, Pharmaceutical Dosage forms, Advanced Drug Delivery Products

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Francisco López-Muñoz, MD, Ph.D., DLitt, received his PhD Degree in Medicine at Madrid Complutense University in 1993 (Doctorate Extraordinary Award), and another Ph.D. Degree in Spanish Language and Literature at the University of Alcalá in 2015. Currently he is Professor of Pharmacology, Director of International Doctorate School, Chairman of the Research Ethics Committee, and Assistant Director of Academic Staff at Camilo José Cela University, and Research Fellow at “Hospital 12 de Octubre” Research Institute (Madrid, Spain), and Portucalense Institute of Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Neurosciences (INPP), Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique (Porto, Portugal).

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Neuropsychopharmacology and Neurosciences

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Dr. Wilson is currently working as Associate Research Professor for the Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the School of Medicine at Loma Linda University and has been involved in active teaching and research for a period of 24 years. During his tenure, he had occupied various academic capacities as Director - University Bioinformatics Center and Director – Advanced imaging facility. As an experienced and well-trained scientist in the field of Microbiology and Biotechnology of microbial diseases, he has focused my research program in studying infectious pathogens, their virulence and their importance in systemic diseases. His expertise in the field of Bioinformatics and nano vaccine delivery is well acknowledged. In addition to his research initiatives, he has completed 4 extramural grants funded by the DBT, DST, and ICMR (India) and currently funded with 2 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). His research work has culminated in 88 publications, 3 books, and 5 book chapters. All of his doctoral students had taken up a permanent academic/ research positions internationally. He is currently serving on editorial boards of high impact peer-reviewed journals in the field of Medical Microbiology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics.

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Proetomics, Microbial Metabolomics, Immunoproteomics , bioinformatics and Microbiology.

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Dr. Poon is currently the CSO of Hisun Pharma – Biopharm. He previously worked for SAFC, Roskamp Institute in the USA. He completed his Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry at University of Kentucky, and MBA from University of South Florida. He has years of experience in the field of biological therapeutics, analytical research, bioinformatics, and proteomics. He has more than 10 years of cell culture experience with the focus on biopharmaceutical products. He published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and contributes to more than 5 book chapters. He is currently the managing editor for biomedical and pharmacology journal; Associate Editor for Journal of Chemistry, Biochemistry; and Molecular Biology, Band Journal of Bioinformatics and Biometrics.

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Biotherapeutics; proteomics, metabolics, cell line engineering, cell cultures, multivariate analysis, QbD, PAT.

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Prof Suleyman Aydin has received his PhD in Illinois Institute of Technology during the period of 1999. Currently, he is working as Professor in Firat University. He is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals. He has authored more than 100 research articles/books. He is a member of Organization Committee Members, Council Members, Association Members (The American Chemical Society, The American Turkish Society, Turkish Biochemical Society and The Endocrine Society).

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Hayriye Eda Satana Kara is currently working at Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy, and Department of Analytical Chemistry. She received Master and Doctorate Degrees from Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy. During her master period, she was at Heyrovsky Institute, Prague, Czech Republic and for the post-doctoral fellowship, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Coimbra, Portugal. Her research focuses on DNA-drug interaction analysis, quantum dots, spectrometry, electrochemistry, separation techniques as well as flow injection systems. Her contribution to this field includes peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. She also served on the editorial board and as a reviewer for some of the international journals.

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Currently, Prof. Dr Hosam Bayoumi Hamuda is working at Óbuda University, Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering (Budapest, Hungary). He worked as Senior Researcher and deputy director of Research Group for Environmental Microbiology of Hungarian Academy of Sciences-Gödöllő University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences-Szent István University (Budapest). Briefly, He received the degrees of B.Sc. (Chemistry and Botany), M.Sc. (Biological Sciences), University Doctor (Agricultural Sciences-Soil Microbiology) and C.Sc. in Biological Sciences from Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya, Gödöllő University of Agricultural Sciences and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, respectively. Also, he received the PhD in Biological Sciences, Doctor Habilitation Degree in Environmental Sciences as well as the Professor degree from Szent István University (Gödöllő, Hungary). Also, he received the University Doctor Degree in Natural Sciences from Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest). Prof. Hamuda was awarded many times by different organizations.

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Antonio Simone Laganà was born in Reggio Calabria (Italy) on 8th May 1986. During his university career he was trained in particular in histology and embryology (supervisor Prof. Domenico Puzzolo), Clinical Pharmacology (supervisor Prof. Edoardo Spina), Immunology and General Pathology (supervisors Prof. Vincenza Sofo, Dr.Francesca Maria Salmeri) and finally in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He attended also the Department of Interventional Radiology of the Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia - USA), where he studied the technique of uterine fibroids chemoembolization (supervisor Prof. Uma Prasad), and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the “Klinicky Centar” (Belgrade - Serbia. Supervisor Prof. Milan Terzic). He earned his graduation at University of Messina (Italy) and became Resident Medical Doctor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is “In-Training Member” of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Regular Member of Italian Society of Perinatal Medicine, and of Giorgio Pardi Foundation’s professional research team. Currently, he is attending a Master of “gynaecological minimally invasive and robotic surgery” (supervisor Prof. Vito Cela, University of Pisa). Moreover, he is developing a research program on Endometriosis and Reproductive Immunology. He is author of many papers published in national and international peer-reviewed journal, and his presence is often requested as Invited Speaker in international congresses.

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Dr. Monzurul Roni joined the School of Pharmacy at Hampton University as Assistant Professor in 2014. Dr. Roni teaches Anatomy & Physiology (PHA 321), Drug and Disease State Management courses (PHA 482,484,583,585,588), and Introduction to Toxicology (PHA 522). Dr. Roni has interest in translational pharmaceutical research including behavioral and molecular pharmacology.

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He studied Degree in Medicine (1980) - University of Coimbra. Master in Sports Medicine (1994) - University of Coimbra. Ph.D. in Internal Medicine (1999) - University of Coimbra. He is the Invited Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of Coimbra (FMUC), 1985-1999. He is the Coordinator of the 6th Year Degree in Medicine FMUC (2006-2010). He is the Invited Associate Professor at the University of Aveiro (2001-2007). He is a Graduate in Nutrition at the University of Southampton (1991). He is the Specialist in Internal Medicine (1990), Sports Medicine (1995). Team leader of the Emergency Service of HUC (1994 to 2007). He is an Elected President of the Portuguese Society of Atherosclerosis. He is the President of the Portuguese Society of Internal Medicine.

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Prof. Chang-Sik Ha received his PhD. in Chemical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (1987). He has joined at the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, PNU as a professor since 1982. He was a visiting scholar for a year four times in USA including Stanford University (1997) and UCLA (2011). He served as the Director of the Pioneer Research Center for Nanogrid Materials (2010-2016). He served also as a Vice President of Pusan National University in 2012, an Honorary Professor of the University of Queensland, Australia (2013-2015), and the President of the Society of Adhesion and Interface, Korea (2013-2014). Recently, he was appointed as the University Distinguished Professor. He was elected to both the Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) and the National Engineering Academy of Korea(NEAK) in 2004.

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Polymers, Organic/Inorganic Nanohybrid Materials, and Mesoporous Materials for drug delivery, hydrogels and other biomedical applications and so on.

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Mohamed Eddouks is Professor at Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques Errachidia, Morocco. He is a researcher in Physiology and Pharmacology with a Master Degree in Metabolic and Molecular Endocrinology from University of Paris via the specialized certificate in Endocrine Pharmacology from University of Paris vii and Ph.D. degrees in Physiology and Pharmacology from the University of Liege, Belgium and Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco. After his post-doctoral fellowship at Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Montreal, Canada, he is working for the last 16 years on medicinal plants. His work on antidiabetic and antihypertensive plants is well recognized globally. His research focuses on ethnobiological as well as pharmacological issues in the use of Moroccan medicinal plants for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, obesity, and hypertension. His contribution to this field includes four international books and more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters of international repute. He is Guest Editor of American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Lead Guest Editor of an annual special issue published by Evidence-Based and Complementary Alternative Medicine, Regional Editor of the Following journals: American Journal of Food Technology, Journal of Applied Sciences, Trends in Applied Sciences Research and Singapore Journal of Scientific research, Member of Editorial Board of several international journals. He has been honored with the first Prize of Scientific Research in 2008 by the Moroccan Association of Research and Development and the first Prize of the Federation of Arab Scientific Councils in 2016. He has been the Dean of Polydisciplinary Faculty of Errachidia from 2008 to 2012.

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Massoud Kaykhaii is a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Sistan and Baluchistan (Zahedan, Iran) since 1989. His research work is focused on modern sample preparation techniques including µ-solid phase extraction, solid phase microextraction, liquid phase microextraction and stir bar sorptive extraction. He has published over 76 research articles; presented ca. 120 seminars/conferences; authored two textbooks, and (co)supervised more than 100 MSc and Ph.D. thesis. He is secretary of three national mirror committees of ISO/TC and member of the editorial advisory board of five journals. He finished 25 industrial projects and has been counselor in 10 companies in Iran.

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Salvatore Vitale was born in Catania (Italy) on August 30th, 1984. During his university career, he trained in histology and embryology, microbiology, clinical pharmacology, general surgery and finally, in obstetrics and gynecology. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery in July 2009 from the University of Catania with 110/110 cum laude, presenting an experimental degree thesis entitled "Quality of life and sexual changes after double transobturator tension-free approach to treating severe cystocele", later published in the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Reproductive Biology. In February 2010 he received a professional qualification to practice medicine with full marks and, in June 2015, he specialized in gynecology and obstetrics with honors. He began his clinical activity in June 2010 at the "Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele" University Hospital in Catania, where he worked in the delivery room, obstetric and gynecological emergency unit, obstetrical and gynecological outpatient diagnostic service, as well as gynecological operating theater activities (mainly for benign diseases). During his specialization, he initially focused on gynaecological surgery, attending a one-year training period at the Division of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the “Ospedali Riuniti / Papa Giovanni XXIII” Hospital in Bergamo (directed by Prof. Luigi Frigerio) and another period, which lasted six months, at the Unit of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the "Santa Maria Delle Grazie" Hospital in Pozzuoli (directed by Dr. Nicola Gasbarro). He then moved to prenatal diagnosis, including mainly invasive diagnostic procedures (amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling), diagnostic ultrasound images (ultrasound levels I and II), prenatal screening of fetal aneuploidy (SCA-Test & Multiprenataltest), and pregnancies at risk, undergoing a training period at the Alameda Main Center of Rome, directed by Prof. Claudio Giorlandino.

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Prof. Haseeb A. Khan is a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is also Group Leader of Analytical and Molecular Bioscience Research Group and Chair Professor at Prince Sultan Research Chair for Environment and Wildlife, King Saud University. Before moving to King Saud University, he served as a Senior Scientist at Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He obtained his Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India and received scientific training at USA, UK, Denmark, and Finland. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. He is an editorial board member of several international journals. He has published more than 200 articles, authored 2 books and 19 book chapters. He is a recipient of Microsoft e Science Award.

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Biomedical sciences, Nanomedicine, Disease markers, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Molecular conservation

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Holder of the First Class Golden Medal for Sciences and Arts and the recipient of the 2010 Appreciation State Prize in the realm of Advanced Technological Sciences. Professor Ammar is currently the Chairman of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology Department, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Industries, Future University in Egypt; formerly, Dean of the Pharmacy Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. He has 125 research papers published in international scientific journals. These research papers cover most of the areas related to pharmaceutics, biopharmaceutics, and pharmacokinetics. Design of nanotechnology-based new drug delivery systems lies at the top of his research interests during the past two decades.

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Professor Viroj Wiwanitkit is a medical professor and Asian Scholar. He is presently a visiting University Professor, Hainan Medical University, China. He has many international publications in the medical field with more than 950 international journal publications and 150 international textbook publications. He has ever been invited to be keynote speakers at many international conferences. He is the Thai scientists with the most number of publications. He is a guest lecturer at many universities. He has received many academic honors.

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Simone Brogi got his “Laurea” in Biological Sciences in 2005. During his Master training, he started the studies in the field of molecular modeling. He obtained the Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010. During his Ph.D. research activity, he used different computational techniques applied to diverse drug targets with relevant achievements. Actually, Dr. Brogi is a research fellow at the Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy at University of Siena, Italy. Dr. Brogi is the head of Molecular Modeling Unit in the research group directed by Prof. Giuseppe Campiani. The scientific production of Dr. Brogi consists of over 45 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals, one patent, and one book chapter. Dr. Brogi research activity has been mainly focused on computational approaches in drug discovery with particular attention to lead optimization in terms of pharmacokinetics properties and metabolic stability. The computational research of Dr. Brogi includes the discovery and optimization of small molecules as potential antalgic agents, antitumor compounds, and also with the therapeutic potential for the treatment of neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, and parasitic diseases. These interests include target selection and the rational design of innovative drugs, the application and validation of novel computational strategies, and the study of important structure-function relationships. Specifically, Dr. Brogi has sound knowledge of various computational methodologies: High throughput Docking (HTD), High throughput QM-Polarized Ligand Docking (HTQPLD), 3D-QSAR and 3D-QSSR models, Molecular Dynamics, QM/MM calculations, in silico prediction of ADME+T Properties. Furthermore, Dr. Brogi possesses expertise in GPU calculation by means of CUDA technology applied to Molecular Dynamics software.

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Dr. Sezer is Ph.D. of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Marmara (Turkey). He is a member of many Pharmaceutical Associations and acts as a reviewer for scientific journals and European projects under different research areas such as drug delivery systems, nanotechnology, and pharmaceutical biotechnology. Dr. Sezer is the author of many scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and notifications

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Drug delivery, physico-chemical characterization and biological evaluation of biopolymers micro and nanoparticles as modified drug delivery system, and colloidal drug carriers (liposomes, nanoparticles, etc.).

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Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Daim is an associate professor of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, and Ismailia, Egypt. He was published many experimental studies on laboratory animals as well as review articles at many scientific journals related to Pharmacology, Drug Toxicology, Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Clinical Pathology, Molecular Biology and Alternative Medicine. He is currently a member of Research Ethics Council, Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, and Egypt.

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Pharmacology, Toxicology, Alternative Medicine, Drug Toxicology, Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory, Anticancer, Antioxidant.

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Dr. Weien Yuan is an associate professor in the School of Pharmacy, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai. He has received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from Shanghai JiaoTong University. He is interested in the development of Translational Pharmacology, Nanobiotechnology, Immunotherapies, and Vaccines, translational medicine, drug delivery, gene delivery, tissue engineering, Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy of nanomedicine, biomaterials based interdisciplinary methodologies for human health.

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Islam M Ghazi, PharmD, has been named assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. He comes to USciences with experience as a clinical pharmacotherapy fellow for the Center for Anti-infective Research and Development in Hartford. He previously worked as a clinical pharmacist in Brockville, Ontario. Dr. Ghazi’s research interests include investigating the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of microbiology active compounds using in vivo animal modeling designed to experimentally simulate human conditions and performing bench-top microbiological testing. At USciences, Dr. Ghazi will teach a variety of courses, including those about infectious diseases in the University’s department of pharmacy practice and pharmacy administration.Dr. Ghazi earned his doctor of pharmacy degree at the University of Florida in CT- Gainesville, Fla. He also earned a Master of Science degree in applied chemistry and a bachelor of science in pharmaceutical sciences from Alexandria University in Alexandria, Egypt. Originally from Egypt, Dr. Ghazi currently resides in FL and Wayne, PA with his wife and two children.

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Prof. Agyare obtained his doctorate from University of Muenster, Germany and an alumnus of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). He obtained his Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) and Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degrees from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He has been a post-doctoral fellow at University of California San Francisco, California and the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, USA. He was appointed a Lecturer at KNUST in 2003 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2011 and to Associate Professor in 2016. He has more than 57 publications in peer-review journals, 50 articles published in conference proceedings and has co-authored five (5) book chapters. He is a reviewer for more 50 peer-review journals and an editorial member of 9 international journals. He is a Pharmacist and Immediate past Chairman of Academic, Social and Research Pharmacists’ Association and an Executive member of Standing Executive Committee (SEC) and National Governing Board of Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH). He is the Head of External Relations Directorate of the Society (PSGH). He is a member of Global Young Academy (GYA) and Membership Selection Committee of GYA since 2012. He is also a foundation member of Ghana Young Academy (GhYA).

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Search for antimicrobial agents from medicinal plants and natural products. Wound healing agents from medicinal plants and natural products. Antibiotic resistance in humans and animals

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Gian Maria Pacifici was a conscientious worker who demonstrated a good grasp of biochemical pharmacology. He developed rapid and sensitive assays suitable for suitable for studies of drug metabolism in human tissues. His scientific productivity has been highly impressive. He (GMP) co-edited, with Dr. G.N. Fracchia, European Commission (Brussels, Belgium), a book entitled “Advances in Drug Metabolism in Man” (EUR 154139 EN - ISBN 92-827-3982-1) in 1995. It was published by the European Commission (Brussels, Belgium) and it was identified as a textbook on the metabolism of drugs in man, and the European Commission freely distributed it to all Departments of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology to the five continents. He co-edited, with Prof. Olavi Pelkonen, Oulu, Finland, a book entitled “Interindividual Variability in Human Drug Metabolism” (ISBN 0-7484-0864-9). It was published by Taylor & Francis, London EC4P 4EE (UK), in 2001. Gian Maria Pacifici has been the Italian Delegate at the European Commission (Brussels, Belgium). Gian Maria Pacifici has written 225 articles in peer-scientific journals, including some book chapters.

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metabolism and pharmacokinetics of the drugs administrated to neonates and infants

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Nicola Micale, received the Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Messina in 2000 From 2002 to 2006, he got a research contract within the project: "New Agents for the Treatment of Pathologies Neurodegenerative". In 2003-2004, he joined Prof. A. P. Kozikowski, first at the Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, then at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, Illinois University, Chicago, where within the "Drug Discovery Program" he undertook a study on peptidomimetic cysteine protease inhibitors. In 2006 he received the “Farmindustria Prize” for the quality of his researches in the Medicinal Chemistry field. In 2006-2007 he was “Guest Professor” at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. From 2008 to 2017 he worked periodically and constantly as “Visiting Scientist” at the Institute of Pharmacy and Food Chemistry, Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg and at the Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz within a steady research collaboration with Prof. Tanja Schirmeister. In 2013-2014 he worked for six months at the National Physical Laboratory of London within the “Biotechnology Group” of Dr. Max Ryadnov. He worked also as “Visiting Scientist” (2017) at the KU Leuven (BE), Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Division of “Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy”. From 2008 he is Assistant Professor at the University of Messina and on January 29th, 2014 he was appointed as Associate Professor. His current research is mainly focused on biopolymers for the development of drug delivery systems for active and/or passive targeting of bioactive molecules and on design and synthesis of heterocyclic compounds targeting human and parasitic proteases.

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Dr. Thiagarajan Venkatesan currently working as an Associate Research Scientist in Rumbaugh Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA. He did Ph.D. in Microbiology-Botany from University of Madras, India. He has also worked as a Research Scientist in R&D in Bharat Biotech and involved in the development of a recombinant human vaccine against cancer. His work involved upstream and the downstream processing of cancer-related viral antigens to the pilot and large-scale levels. Currently, he is doing the development of therapeutic proteins against selected targets in cancers. Also, I am analyzing the gene expression pattern in highly aggressive cancers. He is an Associate member of the American Association for Cancer Research. I have published research articles in international peer-reviewed journals and also presented papers in National and International conferences.

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His research interests are focused on: Prognostic and diagnostic markers and novel therapeutic targets for human cancers, development of new therapeutic molecules against cancer, cloning, expression and purification of new biologics, testing the efficacy of small molecules, natural products and therapeutic molecules against various cancers, analyzing the pathway-specific gene expression profile.