Calogero Caruso

Italy

Calogero Caruso, MD. Formerly full professor of General Pathology, is Professor Emeritus of the University of Palermo.  He was Coordinator of the PhD course in Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology. He directed the Immunopathology Laboratory and the Transfusion Medicine Unit of the Paolo Giaccone University Hospital.

He is the author of 381 scientific papers with a total of 12995 citations, mainly on topics of immunogenetics and immunopathology, immunosenescence, aging and longevity. Founder and Editor of Immunity & Aging from 2004 to 2018; he is currently Academic Editor of PlosOne, Mediators of Inflammation, International Journal of Molecular Sciences. He recently edited the book “Centenarians. An example of Positive Biology" for Springer Nature, and with Prof. Giuseppina Candore he edited for Elsevier the book "Human Aging: From Cellular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies" to be published in May. Coordinator of an Italian national project on Centenaries and longevity (2017-2020), with Prof. Giuseppina Candore he is responsible for the local unit of the European project “Improved Vaccination Strategies for Older Adults”.

Devki Nandan

Canada

Devki Nandan received his Ph.D. in the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Western Ontario. He conducted postdoctoral research at the International Laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya, then moved to the University of British Columbia, Canada. There, he immersed himself in understanding molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interaction and macrophage cell biology. Later, he became a faculty member in the same division to continue his interest in host-pathogen interactions and understand how intracellular pathogens exploit the cell biology of host cells to survive the hostile environment of macrophages. In addition, he became a founding member of a biotech company' INDEL Therapeutics". The current research goal is to study the role of non-coding RNAs in human leishmaniasis.

Rachel L. Roper

United States

Dr. Roper is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at East Carolina University (ECU) in the Brody School of Medicine. She received her B.S. from Texas A & M University, and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry where she received the M.A. Hare Research Excellence Award. She received her post-doctoral training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Lab of Viral Disease and was awarded an NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence. 

Rachel L. Roper

United States

Dr. Roper is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at East Carolina University (ECU) in the Brody School of Medicine. She received her B.S. from Texas A & M University, and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry where she received the M.A. Hare Research Excellence Award. She received her post-doctoral training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Lab of Viral Disease and was awarded an NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence.