Name Short CV | Address & e-mail | Scientific Field |
Renato Iozzo | Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| Matrix biology, Proteoglycans, Cancer, Angiogenesis molecular therapy |
Vincent Hascall | Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA | Hyaluronan biosynthesis, Models in diabedes |
Hideaki Nagase | Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK
| Metalloproteinases in matrix catabolism |
John Couchman | Biomedicine Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark | Integrins and transmembrane proteoglycans in cell adhesion and matrix-mediated signalling |
Israel Vlodavski | Cancer and Vascular and Biology Research Center, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa 31096, Israel
| Heparanase, Heparan sulfate, Tumor biology, Cancer metastasis and angiogenesis |
Dimitris Kletsas | Institute of Biology, National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", 153 10 Athens, Greece
| Growth factors / Cellular senescence, Signaling, Tissue repair, Ageing related pathologies (including cancer) |
Jan-Olof Winberg | Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway | MMPs-TIPMs complexes in normal and diseased tissue and cells. MMPs as targets and anti-targets. Development of MMP inhibitors and enzyme kinetics |
Liliana Schaefer | Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| SLRPs, signaling, inflammation, fibrosis, kidney and innate and adaptive immunity |
Jeroen Pouwels | University of Turku, Itainen Pitkakatu 4C, 20520 Turku, Finland
| Integrins, cell migration, cancer, EMT and cancer |
Achilleas Theocharis | Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26110, Patras, Greece
| Proteoglycans, Matrix degrading enzymes in Health and Diseases (multiple myeloma) |
Donald Gullberg | Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway
| Collagen -binding integrins |
Nikos Karamanos | Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26110, Patras, Greece
| Matrix Pathobiology, Pharmacological Targeting in solid tumors and bone metastasis, Proteoglycans, Metalloproteinases, ER-mediated cell signaling |
Paraskevi Heldin | Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala University, Biomedical Center, Box 595, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden | Signal transduction, CD44 and hyaluronan biology |
Jeffrey D. Esko | Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA
| Proteoglycans, Glycobiology, Lipoproteins |
Dick Heinegård | Department of Experimental Medical Sciences, Lund University, SE-22184 Lund, Sweden
| Cell-matrix interactions, cell surface receptors, extracellular matrix composition |
Alberto Passi | Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali e Cliniche, Universita degli Studi dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 5, Varese 21100, Italy | Metabolic control of proteoglycans and pathobiology |
Carl-Henrik Heldin | Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala University, Biomedical Center, Box 595, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
| PDGF-R / TGF-R signaling and tumor therapy |
Suzanne Menashi | CNRS UMR 7149 Univerite Paris – Est 61 Ave du General de Gaulle 94010 Creteil, France
| Cancer invasion, Wound healing, Matrix remodeling, MMPs |
Dragana Nikitovic | Laboratory of Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
| Proteoglycans-Glycosaminoglycans structure, functions and role in cancer pathogenesis |
Lena Kjellen | Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, BMC, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
| Glycobiology / biosynthesis of proteoglycans |
K. Sugahara | Lab. Of Proteoglycan signalling and therapeutics, Faculty of Advanced Life Sciences, University of Hokkaido, Japan
| Structure, functions and biosynthesis of sulfated glycosaminoglycans |
Katalin Dobra | Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| Proteoglycans and growth factor regulation |
Suniti Misra | Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
| Tumor stroma interactions in cancer metastasis |
Kristofer Rubin | Uppsala University, Sweden
| Integrins, tumor microenvironment, interstitial fluid pressure |
Gillian Murphy | Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, UK
| Metalloproteinases in matrix pathobiology - cancer |
Athanasios Giannis | Univeristy of Leipzig Institute of Organic Chemistry
| Synthesis and development of bioactive natural products |
Muhammad H. Zaman | Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
| Tumor cell migration, Cell-matrix interactions in 3D systems, Multi-scale modeling. |
Mauro Pavao | Program of Glycobiology, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Glycosaminoglycans structure, pharmacological effects of heparin analogs in thrombosis, tumor invasion and metastasis |
Ruggero Tenni | Dipartimento di Biochimica "A. Castellani", Università di Pavia, via Taramelli 3b, 27100 Pavia, Italy | Collagen properties and interactions. |