Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

Dr. Juan Gambini completed his bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Valencia in 2001 and obtained a predoctoral fellowship. He has made three stays in in foreign research centers 2 in Dallas (USA), in the SMU University, and another one in Dusseldorf (Germany) in Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. He has been awarded a degree of PhD from the University of Valencia in 2007. He has participated in 30 research projects, having H-index 25 more than 2000 citations. He is currently working in the field of nutrition and longevity.

Dr. Surajit Pathak is an Indian born research scientist, advisor and an Associate Professor at CHETTINAD ACADEMY OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, Chennai who has multiple expertise encompassing endocrinology, cancer biology, stem cell and regenerative medicine. He started active research in the year 2001 and received his Ph.D. from University of Kalyani, INDIA in 2007.Worked in USA, Italy and Sweden over 10 years with 930 citations. Dr. Pathak has published over 52 papers till date.

He was selected as the Outstanding Youth Research Talent Cultivation Program in Colleges and Universities in Fujian Province. He was a member of the standing committee Reproductive Health of Chinese Rehabilitation Medical Association, member of Fujian Medical Genetics Society, member of the standing Committee of Cancer Sequencing and Large Data Collaboration Group of China Anti-Cancer Association. Research Direction: enzymes and pain. As project leader, he is responsible for the youth and general program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81201362, No.81571613, and No.81871293) and participation in two National Major Basic Research "863" Programs. A series of innovative results were obtained in the fields of autoimmune diseases, pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer. More than 20 papers were published as the first author or correspondent author index by SCI and the impact factor was over 100, including "Cell Death & Disease", "EBioMedicine", "Int J Nanomedicine", "Biosensors & Bioelectronics" and other academic journals. The first prize winner received the 2009, 2014 Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Award. For his outstanding contribution, he was awarded the May4th Youth medal in Fuzhou.