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Art

Cherkasov

Medicine

Russian

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computers, Drugs, Russia/Eastern Europe

Drug design; Bioinformatics, Molecular modeling; Proteomics; Artificial intelligence; Antibiotics

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Bandiera

Stelvio

Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Biochemistry, Chemistry, Drugs, Environment, Pollution, Wildlife

drug metabolism; drug toxicity; drug interactions; steroids; toxicology including environmental pollutants such as pesticides, PCBs, TCDD and dioxins; effects on animals

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Brownsey

Roger

Medicine

-

Biochemistry

metabolism, heart metabolism, insulin action, obesity, diabetes

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Brumer

Harry

Science

-

Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Plants, Science

enzymes,polysaccharides,carbohydrates,biomass,biomaterials,cellulose,plant cell walls,microbiota

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Conway

Edward

Medicine

-

Aging, Arthritis, Biochemistry, Blood, Cancer, Heart Disease, Medicine, Research and Development, Science, Students

Translational research, blood, inflammation, hemostasis-thrombosis, transfusion, coagulation, hematology, transgenic mice, vascular biology, endothelial, immunity, bleeding, thrombosis, arthritis

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Davies

Julian

Science

French

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Science

Microbiology Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotics Microbial Genomics

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Dedhar

Shoukat

Medicine

-

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Brain, Cancer, Drugs, Genetics, Medicine, Research and Development, Science, Teaching, Technology

molecular biology, molecular biology as it relates to disease; developing new theraputics for cancer; how brain cells (neurons)make connections, therapeutics for cancer; molecular genetics and cancer; medical research, cancer, inflammatory diseases, cariovascular diseases

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Eltis

Lindsay

Science

French, German

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology

Bacterial catabolism, pollutant degradation, steroid degradation, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, biocatalysts

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Finlay

Brett

Science

-

Biotechnology, Medicine, Microbiology, Biochemistry

bacterial disease; food poisoning; E. coli; Salmonella

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Foster

Leonard

Medicine

-

Biochemistry

mass spectrometry, proteomics, organelles, host-pathogen interactions, pathogenic bacteria, phagocytosis, genomics, honeybees, Apis mellifera

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Francis

Gordon

Medicine

-

Aging, Biochemistry, Biology, Health Care, Heart Disease, Medicine, Physiology

Cholesterol, lipoproteins, HDL, lipid disorders, dyslipidemia, familial hypercholesterolemia, familial dyslipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, LDL,cardiovascular disease, heart disease risk factors, heart disease prevention, preventive medicine, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, diabetes prevention, cholesterol transport

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Frankel

Adam

Pharmaceutical Sciences

-

Biochemistry, Biology, Science

arginine methylation, post-translational modifications, protein arginine N-methyltransferases, enzyme kinetics, proteins, epigenetics, cancer, cardiovascular disease

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GHOSH

SANJOY

IK BARBER SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Hindi, Bengali

Biochemistry, Biology, Exercise, Heart Disease, India, Nutrition, Physiology

diet and heart disease, diabetes, exercise, antioxidants, oxidative stress, dietary fats, omega-3 and omega-6 PUFAs

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Granville

David

Medicine

-

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Heart Disease, Science

Apoptosis, cell death, necrosis, cell biology, cardiovascular injury mechanisms, ischemia, reperfusion, heart, atherosclerosis, heart transplant, oxidative stress, reactive oxygen, photodynamic therapy, cytochrome p450, caspase, mitochondria

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Green

Beverley

Science

French

Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology, Oceanography, Plants, Science

molecular evolution, photosynthesis, molecular biology of marine algae (e.g.diatoms, dinoflagellates)

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Hammond

Geoffrey

Medicine

-

Adolescence, Aging, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cancer, Environment, Genetics, Nutrition, Research and Development, Sex/Sexuality, Stress

Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, Endocrinology, Steroids, Reproduction, Cancer, Hormones, Animal models of human disease

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Issa

Maria

Medicine

French; Hungarian

Biochemistry, Blood, Education, Women's Issues

plasma and blood proteins; platelets and platelet storage; red cell storage; component preparations; science for schools; women in science; science education for girls and women

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Johnson

James

Medicine

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Aging, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Brain, Cancer, Heart Disease, Medicine, Physiology, Research and Development

diabetes, hormones, cell biology, signal transduction, apoptosis or programmed cell death, heart failure, heart disease, calcium signalling, pancreatic cancer, obesity, longevity, imaging

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Kastrup

Christian

Medicine

-

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Blood, Chemistry, Drugs, Engineering, Heart Disease, Medicine, Research and Development, Science

drug delivery, coagulation, biomaterials, atherosclerosis, in-vivo imaging, microfluidics

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Kennepohl

Pierre

Science

French

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Science

spectroscopy, electronic structure, paramagnetic resonance, X-ray absorption, X-ray emission, sulfur radicals in biology, enzymatic catalysis, transition metal catalysis

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Luo

Honglin

Medicine

Chinese

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Heart Disease, Medicine, Science

Coxsackievirus, Myocarditis, Signal transduction, Molecular and cellular biology, Ubiquitin / proteasome, Atherosclerosis

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Mackie

George A.

Medicine

French

Biochemistry, Research and Development

medical/health research; molecular biology; Molecular Biology and nucleic acids (DNA & RNA); Canadian Institute of Health Research and research funding; funding policies

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Mansfield

Shawn

Forestry

-

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Forestry, Plants

plant metabolism, cellulose biosynthesis, lignin biosynthesis, wood formation, wood quality, cell wall biochemistry, tree biotechnology, transgenics

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McIntosh

Lawrence

Medicine

-

Biochemistry

nuclear magnetic resonance; biophysics; protein structure and function

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Murphy

Michael

Science

-

Biochemistry, Microbiology

crystallography, iron metabolism, protein structure

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Ng

David

Biotechnology Laboratory

-

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Education, Ethics, Genetics, Medicine, Teaching

bioethics; genetics; bichemistry; medical advances

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Orvig

Chris

Science

French

Alzheimer's, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Drugs, Medicine, Research and Development, Science

Medicinal inorganic chemistry. Coordination chemistry of biological and medical relevance. Coordination chemistry of the early transition metals, the lanthanides, and the actinides. Main group bioinorganic chemistry (particularly group 13). The role of metal ions in Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurological dysfunctions. Metal complexes as nuclear medicine imaging and therapeutic agents, and as antitumour agents. Technetium and rhenium chemistry. Radiopharmaceutical chemistry. Vanadium compounds as anti-diabetic agents. Lanthanide coordination and bioinorganic chemistry.

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Ouellette

Francis

Medicine

French

Bilingualism, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Computers, Computers in Education, Science

bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, molecular biology databases, comparative genomics, human genome project, yeast

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Overall

Christopher M.

Dentistry

english

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cancer

Proteomics, proteases, MMPs, cancer, arthritis, biochemistry

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Pelech

Steven

Medicine

-

Alzheimer's, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Brain, Cancer, Genetics, Health Care, Heart Disease, Research and Development, Science

general subject and cell communications; drug target discovery and drug development; molecular basis of disease; future of medicine; disease profiling; chemical basis of disease, proteomics, genetics; diseases of the brain - molecular basis; general subject and ethics; general - importance for health and economic development; general subject and philosophy and ethics

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Perrin

David M.

Science

French, some Italian

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Economics

Bioorganic Chemistry, Combinatorial Chemistry Enzyme Mimics Antisense Therapies

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Pritchard

Haydn

Medicine

-

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Health Care, Heart Disease, Internet, Medicine

genetic and environmental risk factors for coronary artery disease

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Song

Weihong

Medicine

Chinese

Aging, Alzheimer's, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Brain, China, Drugs, Genetics, Mental Health, Microbiology, Psychiatry, Research and Development, Schizophrenia, Stress

Alzheimer's Disease, Down Syndrome, Mental Disorders, Genetics

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Van Petegem

Filip

Medicine

English, French, Dutch

Biochemistry, Biology, Heart Disease

cardiac arrhythmia, Ryanodine Receptors, X-ray crystallography, structural biology, electrophysiology, protein biochemistry, calcium signaling, ion channels, excitation-contraction coupling, calmodulin,voltage-gated sodium channels, voltage-gated calcium channels

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Wellington

Cheryl

Medicine

-

Aging, Alzheimer's, Biochemistry, Brain, Genetics, Heart Disease, Medicine, Research and Development, Science

Cholesterol, Alzheimer's Disease, Lipids, Down Syndrome

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Wilkinson

David

Applied Science

-

Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Engineering, Natural Resources, Plants, Research and Development, Science, Technology, Transportation, Sustainability, Environment

Environmentally-friendly energy solutions, renewable energies (hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, bioenergy), energy efficiency and conservation, cleaner methods of utilizing non-renewable energyenergy conversion and storage.

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Withers

Steve

Science

-

Biochemistry

Carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry, Enzymes, Enzyme inhibitors

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