Dr. Anca Violeta Gafencu was trained as a biochemist at the University of Bucharest and has more than 30 years of experience in molecular and cellular biology. She leads the Department of Gene Regulation and Molecular Therapies at the Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology “Nicolae Simionescu” of the Romanian Academy. Her research focuses on the biomedical mechanisms underlying cellular…
Education. Finn Werner is a Danish/German scientist who trained at universities in Copenhagen (3-year Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, and a 3-year Candidatum scientiarium post graduate degree in molecular biology under the guidance of Morten Johnsen) and in London (3-year PhD in biochemistry, mentored by Robert Weinzierl). Finn established his own laboratory at University College London (UCL) where he currently…
Professor Ioana Berindan-Neagoe is Professor of Medical Biotechnology at the “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMFCN), Cluj-Napoca, with expertise in cellular and molecular biology, RNA biology, and non-coding RNAs. In 2006, she joined UMFCN as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Immunology, where she established the first microarray laboratory in Romania. In 2010, with financial support from…
Born on September 6, 1963 in Bucharest (Romania). Studies in Biology at the Technical University Munich (1982-1985) and in Molecular Biology at Princeton University (1985-1990); PhD with Jeff Stock on the mechanism of signal transduction in bacterial chemotaxis (1991). Postdoctoral fellow with Andreas Plückthun at the Gene Center of the University, Munich (1992-1993), working on antibody engineering. Research assistant with…
Joanna Rorbach is a Professor at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Her research focuses on mitochondrial gene expression and its implications for human health and disease. She leads a research group investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying mitochondrial ribosome assembly, RNA processing, and protein synthesis, with particular emphasis on their roles in inherited mitochondrial…
Understanding what plant genes do is essential for tackling global food security, sustainable agriculture, and environmental change. When we know a gene’s function, we can use that knowledge to improve crops by increasing disease resistance, lowering the energy cost of growth, or reducing the need for fertilisers. Yet for most plant genes, we still lack clear functional information. This “gene…
Understanding what plant genes do is essential for tackling global food security, sustainable agriculture, and environmental change. When we know a gene’s function, we can use that knowledge to improve crops by increasing disease resistance, lowering the energy cost of growth, or reducing the need for fertilisers. Yet for most plant genes, we still lack clear functional information. This “gene…
Radu Zabet did his PhD in Computer Science at University of Kent working on understanding the physical limits of gene regulatory networks. In 2011, he was awarded an MRC Training Fellowship in Bioinformatics to study the role of the diffusion of transcription factors on gene regulation in Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge. In September 2015, Radu started his own…
Éva Kondorosi is a Hungarian molecular biologist internationally recognized for her pioneering research on Rhizobium–legume symbiosis and biological nitrogen fixation. Her work has significantly advanced understanding of plant organ development, cell differentiation, gene regulation, and interkingdom molecular communication between plants and bacteria, with particular emphasis in recent years on plant-controlled bacterial differentiation. She has received numerous prestigious scientific honors, including…
Nikolaus Rajewsky is a globally recognized leader in Systems Biology, renowned for groundbreaking work on the role of RNA in regulating gene expression in health and disease. His research blends cutting-edge experimental biology, biochemistry, and data science, including machine learning. He has pioneered single-cell and spatial biology approaches, applying them to human tissues and advanced model systems to better understand,…
