Name

Address

EXPERTISE AREA

1

Sylvie Fournel-Gigleux

UMR 7365 CNRS-Université de Lorraine, Biopôle-Faculté de Médecine, France

Structural biology, GAG synthesizing enzymes

2

Peter Bruckner

Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Germany

Cartilage development and endochondral bone formation

Manuel Dauchez

4

Nikos Karamanos

Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece

Matrix Molecular Targets in Breast Cancer, Proteoglycans, Metalloproteinases,

ER cross-talk signaling

5

Ida Gjervold Lunde

Institute for Experimental Medical Research (IEMR), Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Role of proteoglycans in heart failure

6

Thomas Neill

Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

Role of decorin in the regulation of mitochondrial autophagy (mitophagy) in cancer

7

Antonio Rossi

Department of Molecular Medicine, Unit of Biochemistry, Pavia, Italy

Biochemical and molecular studies of chondrodysplasias

8

Irit Sagi

Department of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Tissue remodeling – from biophysical principles to drug design

9

Rashmin Savani

Department of Pediatrics, Center for Pulmonary &Vascular Biology, University of Texas, USA

Role of Hyaluronan/RHAMM in tissue injury

10

Spyros Skandalis

Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece

Proteoglycans, Hyaluronan/CD44 in Cancer

11

Achilleas Theocharis

Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece

Proteoglycans (serglycin) in multiple myeloma and cancer progression

12

Dimitrios Zeugolis

Regenerative, Modular & Developmental Engineering Laboratory (REMODEL), NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Functional biomaterials, Tissue engineering