Dr Giuseppe Grande is MD, Endocrinologist and Ph.D. in “Sciences of nutrition, metabolism, aging and gender disease”. He has attended the 2nd level master in “Andrology and Reproductive Medicine” and the post-graduate courses in "Reproductive andrology", "Andrology and Reproductive Medicine" and in "New technologies in molecular medicine”. Dr. Grande works at the Fondazione Policlinico “A. Gemelli” IRCCS, Rome at the International Scientific Institute (ISI) for the study of human fertility and infertility. He is author of 27 scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals. His research activity is focused in studying the translational applications of clinical proteomics in endocrinology and in reproduction.

Dr. Kangussu obtained his Ph.D. in Physiology and Pharmacology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2014) and then undertook postdoctoral fellowships at the department of Physiology and Biophysics (2017) and Morphology (2019). Currently, he is a full Professor at the department of Morphology of Federal University of Minas Gerais. He has experience in Physiology, Pharmacology and Morphology. More specifically, his research focuses on the following subjects: vasoactive peptides, renin- angiotensin peptides, hypertension, cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative disease.

Dr. Qinlu Lin obtained his Ph.D. degree (in 2002) in Food Science from Hunan Agricultural University and then undertook postdoctoral fellowships at South China University of Technology (2003-2005). He also studied at Lund University in Sweden as a visiting scholar (1999-2000). Currently, he is a full Professor and Dean of the School of Food Science and Engineering of Center South University of Forestry and Technology. He is also the Director of National Engineering Laboratory for Rice and By-product Process. He is experienced in Food Science, Protein Chemistry and Molecular Nutrition. Notably, Dr. Lin has authored more than 300 articles, having over 1000 total citations. In addition, he holds more than 30 patents and has published five academic monographs.

Dr. Runzhi Zhu obtained his Ph.D. degree (in 2010) in Cancer Biology from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. He is currently employed as a Professor, in the Center for Cell Therapy, at The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. The research of Dr. Zhu is currently focused on Autophagy and Apoptosis in liver injury and cancer therapy, and the roles of PTEN and SPOP in prostate cancer survival and metastasis. Dr. Zhu, as an author/co- author, has published more than 45 articles in various journals, having over 815 total citations.