Advisory Board and Editors Molecular Biology
Michael Sammeth
I am a researcher in computational biology and my story starts at the Federal University of Würzburg (2002), where graduated in biology (major: biochemistry, genetics & neurobiology, virology & immunology, minor: computer science). My PhD studies were supported by the Ernst Schering Research Foundation, and I studied specialized algorithms for multiple sequence alignments at Bielefeld University and at the Free University of Amsterdam. The German Academic Exchange service funded my post-doctoral studies at the University Pompeu Fabra, where I started to work on genomics and (alternative) splicing. I followed these research lines at the newly created Center for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona, supported by a young researcher grant by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. Afterwards, I started my first group in Functional Bioinformatics at the Spanish National Sequencing Center, focusing on all aspects of functional elements as assessed by novel sequencing technologies.
Since 2013 I located to Brazil, where I researched at the National Center for Computational Science before joining the Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The research in my lab focuses on functional genomics and transcriptomics in general.
Ripon Sarkar
Ripon Sarkar is a dedicated researcher with over a decade of experience in cutting-edge technology in the fields of mitochondrial metabolism, cardiovascular disease, cancer biology and tissue engineering. Dr. Sarkar has demonstrated a profound commitment to advancing scientific knowledge and innovation.
Currently serving as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The UTHealth at Houston, Dr. Sarkar's research focuses on cardiovascular disease, especially on aortic and coronary artery disease to understand the molecular mechanism. His proficiency in these areas has been instrumental in conducting groundbreaking research and publishing his findings in reputable scientific journals. Throughout his academic and professional journey, Dr. Sarkar has been recognized with numerous honors and awards.
Dr. Sarkar's dedication to advancing scientific knowledge is further evidenced by his service to the community and his editorial contributions to various scientific journals. He is committed to leveraging his expertise to address pressing healthcare challenges and make meaningful contributions to society.
Darren N Saunders
Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of NSW and visiting fellow at the Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute in Sydney, Australia. Science communicator and past deputy chair of the Australian Academy of Science Early-Mid Career Researcher Forum. Australian Leadership Award (2012), NSW Life Scientist Research Award (2010).
My research is focused on proteostasis and metabolic reprogramming in cancer and neurodegeneration, integrating various platforms (including proteomics, genomics, and metabolomics) to better understand genotype-phenotype relationships. I have a long-standing interest in protein homeostasis (proteostasis), publishing numerous manuscripts providing mechanistic insights into serpin biology and the Ubiquitin-proteasome system, with more recent work aimed at characterising novel mutations involved in protein misfolding and Ub systems in various disease states. I developed a novel platform for screening protein-protein interactions in situ, and novel proteomics approaches to systematically identify E3 Ub ligase substrates and for exploring interactome diversity in cell signalling. We use a number of models systems including patient-derived iPS cells, patient derived tumour xenografts and transgenic models of cancer and neurodegeneration. I am also collaborating to develop creative technology-based approaches to visualizing and communicating complex data, using music to explore the intersection between genetics and environment.
Primo Schär
PhD University of Berne, Switzerland with Prof. J. Kohli; Research focus: Yeast genetics, mechanisms of meiotic recombination.
Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Berne, Switzerland with Prof. J. Kohli; Research focus: Yeast genetics and DNA Mismatch Repair in Meiotic Recombination.
Postdoctoral fellow at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Cancer Research UK), London UK, with Prof. Tomas Lindahl; Research focus: Function of DNA ligases in yeast and mammalian DNA repair, DNA base excision repair.
Junior research group leader at the Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zürich, Switzerland; Research focus: Genome Stability, DNA double strand-break repair and DNA base excision repair in yeast and mammalian cells.
Since 2003 Professor and research group leader at the Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Switzerland; Research focus: Molecular mechanisms underlying (Epi)Genome plasticity in stem cells, DNA base excision repair in DNA demethylation and cell fate programming.
Eric C Schirmer
Eric Schirmer received his PhD from the University of Chicago where he studied the HSP100 family of chaperones and their interactions with prions. His post-doctoral research at the Scripps Research Institute focused on assembly of the nuclear lamina and proteomics of nuclear envelope transmembrane proteins. Since establishing his laboratory at the University of Edinburgh he has been investigating tissue-specific differences in the nuclear envelope proteome and the functions of these proteins in tissue-specific patterns of spatial genome and cytoskeletal organization, along with studies of lamin structure, nuclear size regulation and herpesvirus egress through the nuclear membranes.
David Schrama
Research focus on tumorimmunology and tumorbiology of skin cancer especially melanoma and merkel cell carcinoma. PhD and Post-Doc at medical university hospital Wuerzburg. Now Associate Professor at Medical University Graz, Austria.
Martina Schroeder
Dr Martina Schroeder is a Lecturer and Head of the Host-Pathogen Interaction Lab at Maynooth University. Her research addresses viral recognition, innate immune signaling pathways, and the roles of DEAD-box proteins in immunity. Previously Dr Schroeder conducted postdoctoral research with Prof. Andrew Bowie at Trinity College Dublin. In 2007, she was awarded a postdoctoral career development fellowship by the Irish HRB. She completed her PhD at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin in 2003.
Simon F Shamoun
Experienced Research Scientist with a demonstrated history of working with the Canadian Forest Service. Skilled in Forest Pathology, Forest Indigenous & Invasive Alien Pathogens, Sequence Analysis, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR), Epidemiology, and Molecular Ecology. Strong research professional with a M.Sc. & Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees focused in Forest Pathology, Biotechnology & Forest Pest Management from N.C. State University & University of Arkansas, USA, respectively.
Huashan Shi
Professor Shi Huashan is an Associate Professor at Sichuan University. His expertise is in the molecular biology of tumours and tumour transcriptomics. He is currently engaged in clinical and basic translational research, including tumour microenvironment and novel immunotherapeutic modalities, and research on the mechanisms and medical applications related to tumour cell vaccines.
Janet Shipley
Leader of the Sarcoma Molecular Pathology Team, Divisions of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Therapeutics at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London. Scientific member of the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group, European Soft Tissue Sarcoma Group and subgroup of the National Cancer Research Institute Sarcoma Clinical Studies Group. Previous positions include London Research Institute and Genetics Division of Harvard, Children’s Hospital, Boston USA.
Arif J Siddiqui
Dr. Arif Jamal Siddiqui is an Associate Professor and Principal Investigator at the Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD from CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India in 2015. From 2015 to 2018, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America.
He has more than 8 years of experience in research, teaching and administration. In his professional work, he has received research grants as a Principal Investigator from various renowned organizations. He has successfully published more than 100 publications in internationally recognized peer-reviewed prestigious journals, published several book chapters for internationally renowned publishers and presented many articles and posters in various conferences/workshops worldwide. He has published numerous papers in the fields of parasitology, immunology, herbal medicine, vaccine development, drug discovery and natural products with a specialization in anti-parasitic, antiviral, anticancer and antibacterial agents. Furthermore, he is a member of The Indian Science Congress Association, India and the Annals of Parasitology, Poland. He has reviewed more than 250 manuscripts and he also currently holds various editorial positions (Academic, Associate, Guest and Review Editor) in various reputable journals and has edited more than 150 manuscripts.
Jerson L. Silva
Professor of Biochemistry in the Institute of Medical Biochemistry at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Awards include Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, TWAS Prize in Biology. Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences; the National Academy of Medicine; and Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). Director of the Jiri Jonas National Center for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (UFRJ)