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Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Prof. Craig B. Wilen

Prof. Craig B. Wilen

Yale School of Medicine Departments of Laboratory Medicine & Immunobiology, New Haven, USA

Prof. James Cai

Prof. James Cai

Texas A&M University, USA

Dr Bruna Corradetti

Dr Bruna Corradetti

Houston Methodist Research Institute, USA.

Prof. Adela Cota-Gomez

Prof. Adela Cota-Gomez

Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado, USA

Prof. Antonio Facchiano

Prof. Antonio Facchiano

Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata (IDI-IRCCS), Rome, Italy

Prof. Rafael Franco

Prof. Rafael Franco

Universidad de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain

Dr Mushtaq Hussain

Dr Mushtaq Hussain

Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Dr Johan Lundberg

Dr Johan Lundberg

Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Prof. Ravi Mahalingam

Prof. Ravi Mahalingam

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA

Prof. Sean P. J. Whelan

Prof. Sean P. J. Whelan

Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA

Prof. Jianyu Rao

Prof. Jianyu Rao

UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, LA, USA

Prof. Susan R. Weiss

Prof. Susan R. Weiss

Penn Center for Research on Coronaviruses & Emerging Pathogens, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Prof. Panagiotis Skendros

Prof. Panagiotis Skendros

Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece

Dr Efstratios Stratikos

Dr Efstratios Stratikos

National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos, Greece

Dr Jeremy W Prokop

Dr Jeremy W Prokop

Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, USA

Dr Busra Aktas

Dr Busra Aktas

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey

Dr. Muhamed Amin

Dr. Muhamed Amin

University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Dr Corrado Pelaia

Dr Corrado Pelaia

University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Italy

Sanya Shabbir

Sanya Shabbir

Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Talks

Coronaviruses: History and Biology

21 September 2020, 08:00 AM
Prof. Susan R. Weiss

Genome-wide CRISPR screen reveals host genes that regulate SARS-CoV-2 infection

21 September 2020, 10:00 AM
Prof. Craig B. Wilen

SARS-CoV-2 mechanisms of severe outcomes

21 September 2020, 12:00 PM
Dr Jeremy W Prokop

Lung under attack by COVID-19-induced cytokine storm: pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic implications

21 September 2020, 01:00 PM
Dr Corrado Pelaia

Lessons learned from animal models of COVID-19

22 September 2020, 10:00 AM
Prof. Ravi Mahalingam

Stem cells from gestational tissues: a promising tool to restore the body’s own potential to fight SARS-CoV-2 infections

22 September 2020, 02:00 PM
Dr Bruna Corradetti

Allelic Variations in ACE2 and Natural Resistance against COVID-19

22 September 2020, 03:00 PM
Dr Mushtaq Hussain

The renin angiotensin system (RAS) involvement in SARS-CoV-2 infection

23 September 2020, 08:30 AM
Prof. Rafael Franco

Molecular basis of COVID-19 comorbidities

23 September 2020, 10:00 AM
Prof. Antonio Facchiano

Gut-lung axis in COVID-19

23 September 2020, 01:00 PM
Dr Busra Aktas

Generation of SARS-CoV-2 S1 spike glycoprotein putative antigenic epitopes in vitro by intracellular aminopeptidases

23 September 2020, 03:00 PM
Dr Efstratios Stratikos

Vesicular stomatitis virus vectored vaccine for SARS-CoV-2

24 September 2020, 08:00 AM
Prof. Sean P. J. Whelan

Potential connections of COVID-19 and prostate cancer – the TMPRSS2 story

24 September 2020, 09:00 AM
Prof. Jianyu Rao

Targeting the Master Regulator of Cellular Redox Homeostasis, Nrf2, in SARS-CoV-2 Infection

24 September 2020, 12:00 PM
Prof. Adela Cota-Gomez

Complement and neutrophil-mediated immunothrombosis: lessons from COVID-19

24 September 2020, 01:00 PM
Prof. Panagiotis Skendros

How Molecular Modelling Could help in the COVID19 Crisis

24 September 2020, 03:00 PM
Dr. Muhamed Amin

Machine learning analysis of single-cell gene regulatory networks reveals potential mechanisms of action of antimalarials against SARS-CoV-2

25 September 2020, 12:00 PM
Prof. James Cai

COVID-19 pathophysiology may be driven by a loss of inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

25 September 2020, 01:00 PM
Dr Johan Lundberg

Poster Talk: Homologous Proteins in Drosophila melanogaster for SARS-CoV-2/Human Interactome

25 September 2020, 04:30 PM
Sanya Shabbir