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Venkat Giri Magupalli, PhD

Venkat Giri Magupalli Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA Venkat Giri Magupalli is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Pediatrics. His research focuses on innate immune recognition of pathogenic and sterile signals, with a special emphasis on the mechanistic basis of signal recognition [READ MORE]

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Olivia Luise Gern

Olivia Luise Gern Veterinary University of Hannover, Germany Olivia Luise Gern obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Life Science in Lille, France, where she focused on cell biology and physiology. Since she was always primarily interested in infectious diseases, she continued with a bi-national Master of Science in Infection Biology between [READ MORE]

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Damian Bertheloot, PhD

Damian Bertheloot, Ph.D. Institute of Innate Immunity, Bonn, Germany Dr. Damien Bertheloot is passionate about the signature dying cells leave behind and the impact these molecular patterns have on the immune system. His first taste for the world of innate immunity came from an internship in the laboratory of Prof. [READ MORE]

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Jonathan C. Kagan, PhD

Jonathan C. Kagan, Ph.D. Marian R. Neutra, PhD Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Director of Basic Research and Shwachman Chair in Gastroenterology Boston Children’s Hospital Jon Kagan is a world leader in defining the molecular and cellular pathways by which the innate immune system recognizes microbes and infection. He [READ MORE]

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Juan Pedro Lapuente, PhD

Juan Pedro Lapuente, Ph.D. Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada LivingCells Lab Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain Dr. Juan Pedro Lapuente is a Medical Doctor from Zaragoza University, with several master’s degrees in cell and molecular biology and advanced therapies. He completed his PhD in cell and molecular biology at UCAM University in 2020. [READ MORE]

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Takashi Nishina, PhD

Takashi Nishina, Ph.D. Toho University Department of Biochemistry Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan Twitter: @nishina_takashi Takashi Nishina is an Assistant Professor in the laboratory of Prof. Hiroyasu Nakano at Toho University School of Medicine, Japan. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo, Japan, under the supervision of Prof. Junichiro Inoue. [READ MORE]

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Fahar Merchant, PhD

Dr. Fahar MerchantPresident & CEOMedicenna TherapeuticsToronto, Canadawww.medicenna.com Dr. Fahar Merchant is a biotech veteran with 30 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur and co-founder, President and CEO of Medicenna Therapeutics Inc. Previously, he was President and CEO of Protox Therapeutics Inc. where he transitioned a pre-clinical start-up to a [READ MORE]

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Jan Pencik, PhD

Jan Pencik, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, United States 2015 ICIS-Sidney & Joan Pestka Graduate Award Winner Jan Pencik is a NOMIS Center Postdoctoral Fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, US). Pencik is originally from Brno, Czech Republic. He obtained his [READ MORE]

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Douglas Philip Dyer, Ph.D.

Douglas Philip Dyer, Ph.D. Sir Henry Dale Fellow Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester, UK Twitter: @tripledougdyer  Dr. Dyer undertook his Ph.D. research investigating how an anti-inflammatory protein functions by disrupting the interactions between chemokines and their extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycan binding partners. Supervised by Prof. Anthony Day, Dr. Caroline Milner and [READ MORE]

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Hector Huerga Encabo, Ph.D.

Hector Huerga Encabo, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory The Francis Crick Institute London, United Kingdom Twitter: @DrHHEncabo and @TReNDinAfrica  Postdoctoral Fellow at The Francis Crick Institute (London, UK), he received the Kay Kendall Leukemia fellowship to develop his research in the Haematopoietic Stem Cell laboratory led by Dominique Bonnet. Hector performed his Ph.D. [READ MORE]