U.S.A

Biography:

John C. Carey, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACMGG is Professor and formerly Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Department of Pediatrics, at the University of Utah. Throughout his career, Dr. Carey has been interested in birth defect syndromes and the care of children with these conditions. Dr. Carey graduated from Villanova University in 1968 with an A.B. and obtained his M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1972. He trained in pediatrics, & genetics and dysmorphology as a resident and fellow at the University of California San Francisco, 1972-1979. Dr. Carey obtained an M.P.H. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976 in between his residency and fellowship years. Dr. Carey joined the faculty at University of Utah Health Sciences Center in 1979. He became Chief of the Division of Medical Genetics in 1985 and remained in that leadership position until 1999 when he stepped down to assume the role as Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Medical Genetics. He held that editorial position from 2001-2016 and is currently Editor-in-Chief Emeritus. Dr. Carey established the Medical Genetics Fellowship Program at the University of Utah and continues as a mentor in the Program . Dr. Carey’s research focus has been in congenital malformations, neurofibromatosis, and syndrome delineation. He has authored or co-authored over 300 papers, chapters, invited articles, and editorials for scientific journals. He co-authored the textbook, “Medical Genetics,” by Jorde, Carey, & Bamshad, now in its 6th edition. The book is a widely used text in schools of medicine throughout North America and Europe. Dr. Carey has served as medical adviser and “founding professional” for the Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and Related Disorders (SOFT) since 1980. The medical and ethical aspects of care of infants and children with these important conditions are currently one of his major academic interests.

Romania

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Dr. Mihail Lucian Birsa is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the same university in 1995. He joined the master program at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi in 1995, and in 2000 was awarded a Ph. D. degree in Organic Chemistry. From 2000 to 2002, he was a postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Professor Samuel Braverman at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. In 2003 he was selected as a member of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, working with Professor Henning Hopf in TU Braunschweig – Germany. Since then numerous return fellowships were granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

U.S.A

Biography:

John C. Carey, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACMGG is Professor and formerly Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Department of Pediatrics, at the University of Utah. Throughout his career, Dr. Carey has been interested in birth defect syndromes and the care of children with these conditions. Dr. Carey graduated from Villanova University in 1968 with an A.B. and obtained his M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1972. He trained in pediatrics, & genetics and dysmorphology as a resident and fellow at the University of California San Francisco, 1972-1979. Dr. Carey obtained an M.P.H. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976 in between his residency and fellowship years. Dr. Carey joined the faculty at University of Utah Health Sciences Center in 1979. He became Chief of the Division of Medical Genetics in 1985 and remained in that leadership position until 1999 when he stepped down to assume the role as Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Medical Genetics. He held that editorial position from 2001-2016 and is currently Editor-in-Chief Emeritus. Dr. Carey established the Medical Genetics Fellowship Program at the University of Utah and continues as a mentor in the Program . Dr. Carey’s research focus has been in congenital malformations, neurofibromatosis, and syndrome delineation. He has authored or co-authored over 300 papers, chapters, invited articles, and editorials for scientific journals. He co-authored the textbook, “Medical Genetics,” by Jorde, Carey, & Bamshad, now in its 6th edition. The book is a widely used text in schools of medicine throughout North America and Europe. Dr. Carey has served as medical adviser and “founding professional” for the Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and Related Disorders (SOFT) since 1980. The medical and ethical aspects of care of infants and children with these important conditions are currently one of his major academic interests.

Russia

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Sergey Suchkov was born in the City of Astrakhan, Russia, in a family of dynasty medical doctors.
In 1980, Suchkov graduated from Astrakhan State Medical University and was awarded with MD. During the studentship Suchkov was extensively involved into research in the area of ocular immunology and won in 1980 the First Prize at the First International Contest among the Medical Students in Praque. In 1985, Suchkov maintained his PhD as a PhD student of the I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy and Institute of Medical Enzymology, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia. In 2001, Suchkov finished the PostDoc Research Fellowship Program and maintained his Doctor Degree at the National Institute of Immunology, Russia. From 1985 through 1987, Dr Suchkov worked as a Post Doc Research Associate, Department of Medical Biotechnology, Institute of Medical Enzymology, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences to be involved into research in clinical enzymology and applications of DNA-dependent enzymes in clinical medicine. From 1987 through 1989, Dr Suchkov was a senior Researcher, Lab of Developmental Immunology, Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, USSR Academy of Sciences to deal to developmental immunology. From 1989 through 1995, Dr Suchkov was being a Head of the Lab of Clinical Immunology and Immunobiotechnology, Helmholtz Eye Research Institute in Moscow. From 1995 through 2004, Dr Suchkov was being a Chairman of the Dept for Clinical Immunology, Moscow Clinical Research Institute (MONIKI) and the Immunologist-in-Chief of the Moscow Regional Ministry of Health.

U.K

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Dr. Asaad Istephan is a professor of physical and applied science at Madonna University. He joined the adjunct faculty at Madonna University in 2001 and the full time faculty in 2002, from Lawrence Technological University in Michigan. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Physics in 1968 from Liverpool University, England and his Master of Science in Meteorology and applied Climatology in 1969 from Birmingham University, England and his PhD in Meteorology and Applied Climatology in 1973 from Birmingham University, England.

U.S.A

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Hajar Mozaffar, is a Lecturer in Innovation in the Business School with almost a decade of professional experience, prior to her academic career, in management and consultancy in large IT implementation projects. She holds a PhD in Innovation and Information Systems from the University of Edinburgh Business School (2013); She also holds a BSc and an MSc in Software Engineering (2005). She has an interdisciplinary research interest on Information Systems and its intersection with Innovation Studies, Science and Technology Studies, and Organisation Studies. Her current research interests are around the role of intermediaries in (open/user) innovation, and the complexities of moving from invention to innovation, and adoption in complex organisational technologies.

Hajar has been involved as researcher, Co-I and PI in many interdisciplinary research projects on procurement, implementation, use and optimisation of technologies in large organisations. She is currently part of the evaluation team of NHS England’s flagship Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) Programme, where she is studying the supply markets of Hospital Information Systems and she is particularly looking into the evolution of learning networks and relationships between different actors within field. She is also a Co-I on an interdisciplinary study of development and evaluation of a complex ePrescribing-based Antimicrobial Stewardship (ePAMS+) intervention for hospitals funded by the NIHR.

India

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The bacterial drug resistance complicated the fight against the infectious diseases and recovery of the patients from the diseases. Major target site for the antibiotic actions is ribosomal region. Bacteria has evolved an elegant, novel epigenetic mode of drug resistance, through the methylation of 23S and 16S ribosomal RNA. The addition of methyl group is favoured by methyltransferase enzymes encoded by different genes. We have evaluated the presence of methyltransferase genes including chloramphenicol/florfenicol cfr gene which confer drug resistance to five different classes of antibiotics such as oxazolininones, phenicols, lincosamides, pleuromutilins and streptogramin A in 308 gram positive bacterial isolates. We also studied the presence of methyltransferase genes armA, rmtB, rmtC, rmtD in 150 gram negative bacteria conferring drug resistance to aminoglycosides. These methyltransferases enzymes post transcriptionally methylate residue G1405 of 16S rRNA resulting in high-level resistance to gentamicin, tobramycin, and amikacin. Our study found the presence of cfr gene in several multidrug resistant Staphylococcus species and concurrent occurrence of armA, rmtB, rmtC, rmtD in several cases of gram negative bacteria including E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella sp and Acinetobacter Sp. This study conclude the alarming wide spread occurrence of epigenetic mode of bacterial drug resistance in both gram positive and gram negative bacteria along with other resistant mechanisms. We also evaluated the methylation status of 16S rRNA using RNA bisulfite sequencing.in presence of these methyltransferase genes. We emphasize for screening the presence of these methyltransferase genes for the better surveillance of emerging multi drug resistant bacteria. Further studies are warranted for the global evaluation of presence of these multidrug methyltransferase enzymes to execute the program for the prevention of rapid spread of bacterial drug resistance among community.

Turkey

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Gulnaz Karatay is an associate professor in Public Health Nursing, in the Tunceli University Health High School in Turkey. I completed my master and doctorate program Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Science in Ankara, Turkey. My academic background and work experience as a Nurse-Researcher has enabled me to develop a range of skills. Accordingly I have been in Prato Hospital in Italy-Florence for 3 months and US-Wisconsin Madison University for 3 months. My research focuses on motivational interviewing for smoking cessation, improving congnitive function of the elderly, prevention of substance use in adolescent period and women health.

U.K

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Madeleine Introduction Schizophrenia is a chronic illness often accompanied by metabolic disorders, diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular problems often associated with unhealthy lifestyles, as well as neuroendocrine problems caused by the disease itself. Lifestyle changes, such as regular physical exercise, have a positive effect on metabolic disorders and malin is a protein that interacts with integrins, causing their activation in the plasma membrane. This generates a communication between the different groups of proteins, participating in focal adhesions, in stabilizing the junctions of cells.