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…
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…
Alessio Mengoni is a full professor of genetics in the Department of Biology at the University of Florence, Italy. He graduated in biology and obtained a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Pavia, Italy, in 2000. During his Ph.D., he worked on the evolutionary genetics of plants, then shifted his focus to studying microbial communities. He also conducted research…
