Scientific Committee

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Sapienza University of Rome "Invited speaker and chairman" at international conferences in USA, Japan, China, India, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, Taiwan, Thailand (Bangkok), Russia, Turkey, Italy and in many other European countries. Author of over 140 publications on international journals "Visiting Professor" in several Universities in the world: - Canada (Universitè du Quèbec à Montreal); Japan (Universities: Kanazawa, Osaka, Yamaguchi, Himeji) - USA (New York (Albert Einstein); San Diego University California; at the Temple University of Philadelphia; College Station Houston –Texas; University of New Hampshire; USDA-ARS, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory Baltimore) - India (Nerhu University); in China at the Beijing and Wuhan Universities - in South Africa, in France, Russia, Turkey, in Israel at the Hebrew and Technion Universities and at the Weizmann Institute; - at the Taiwan National Ocean University and University Sao Paolo do Brazil (Araraquara) Has organized over 27 International Congresses on Copper Proteins (Copper in Biological Systems); Polyamines, Cancer and other diseases in Italy, Austria, Turkey, China, Texas, Brazil, Taiwan, Thailand and the Gordon Research Conference in 2009 and 2011, USA. Co-Editor of the international journals: Amino Acids, Molecular Medicine Reports, International Journal of Oncology and Experimental Therapeutic Medicine, World Academy of Sciences Journal Editor and Author of 6 volumes (special issues) published on Amino Acids, Springer-Verlag Editions: on Polyamines, Cancer and Transglutaminases -Has coordinated as P.I. bilateral projects of the Italian Ministry of Health; Sapienza University, projects of Italian Ministry of Research and projects with Italian National Research Council - P.I. for bilateral projects between Italian Ministry of Health and NIH (USA) -Has an active collaboration with Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd Japan He was awarded in 2011 with the Medal of honor from the Mayor of Rome He received in 2013 the Award in Advanced Oncology (Greece) The research group mainly follows three lines of research: 1) The first concerns studies of natural products (as Garlic and Enzymes Amine Oxidases) for new therapeutic applications in anticancer strategies; 2) The second research area involves nanosystem studies for the delivery of drugs for therapeutic applications; 3) The third line of research concerns studies on neurodegenerative diseases. Particular attention is paid to multiple sclerosis (MS).

President
Enzo Agostinelli
enzo.agostinelli@uniroma1.it

Otto Phanstiel Affiliation: University of Central Florida, College of Medicine Position: Full professor Field of interest in polyamines: Cancer Honors: 2017 Inducted into the Japanese Society of Polyamine Research (June 23, 2017) 2016 UCF- COM Research Achievement Award (awarded Nov 7, 2016) 2011 UCF Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award 2007 UCF Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award 2006 Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award presented by UCF 2002 Research Incentive Award (RIA) presented by UCF 2002 UCF Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award 2002 UCF Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award 2000 Teacher of the Year Award awarded by the UCF ACS student chapter

Otto Phanstiel
Otto.Phanstiel@ucf.edu

Keith T. Wilson, M.D. Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Nashville, TN USA Professor of Medicine; Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology; Thomas F. Frist Sr. Chair in Medicine; Director, Vanderbilt Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer; Director of Research, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Staff Physician, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Interest in Polyamines: Gastrointestinal Diseases; Cancer; Immunology; Microbiology Honors: Cornell University (undergraduate): Phi Beta Kappa (1981), Magna Cum Laude (1982), College Scholar Honors Program (1979-1982); Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Young Investigator Award (1992); American Society for Clinical Investigation (2005); Thomas F. Frist Sr. Endowed Chair (2012); Grant W. Liddle Award for Promotion of Scientific Research at Vanderbilt (2015); Association of American Physicians (2017)

Keith T. Wilson
keith.wilson@Vanderbilt.Edu

HAN-JIA LIN Education 1998-2001 Ph.D. Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University 1994-1996 M.S. Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University 1992-1994 B.S. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University Research and Professional Activities 2018~ Chair, Taiwanese Society for Polyamine Researcch 2018 Organizer, 5th International Conference on Polyamines, Taipei, Taiwan 2017~ Professor, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University 2017~2018 Director of Division of Academic Development, National Taiwan Ocean University 2014~2017 Chair, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University Honors 2018 Platinum Award in 2018 Taiwan Innotech Expo, Invention Contest 2017 Bronze Medal Award in 2017 Taipei International Invention Show & Technomart Invention Contest Research Fields in Polyamines Microalgae, nanomaterial, fish physiology, polyamine metabolic pathways

Han-Jia Lin
hanjia@ntou.edu.tw

Professor Dr. Annette Kaiser studied Pharmacy at the University Bonn. After her exam she finished a Ph.D. thesis on vitamin K 2 biosynthesis in Pharmaceutical Biology. After her postdoctoral time at the Salk Institute in San Diego, USA she started a habillitation on „Genes and enzymes in hypusine biosynthesis in malaria parasites as novel targets in the therapy of malaria“. She stayed as a Professor of Biology and Head of Department for three years at the German University in Cairo, Egypt. After her return to Germany during the Arabian spring she was working as a representaion professor in Cologne and Bonn. Professor Kaiser is now a member of the Faculty of Medicine at the University in Duisburg-Essen and teaching Pharmacology. She has another teaching license in Parasitology and a Certificate for Clinical Pharmacy and safe drug treatment. She published 53 original papers, 37 Congress abstracts and 17 posters and supervised 6 Bachelor theses, 8 Master theses, 11 Ph.D. theses.

Annette Kaiser
kaiser@microbiology-bonn.de

Affiliation: Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Position: Vice-president My specific field of interest in polyamines: cancer and plants Educational background: Keio University

Hironobu Wakunaga
wakunaga_h@wakunaga.co.jp

UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA
DEPARTMENT OF COMPARATIVE BIOMEDICINE AND FOOD SCIENCE
Degree (Bachelor and Master) in Biological Sciences at the University of Padova
(cum Laude) with a dissertation on 'Purification and characterization of two casein
kinases from bull spermatozoa', at the the Department of Biological Chemistry.
PhD in Biophysics at the University of Genova, Italy, with a dissertation on 'Use of
fluoride ion for the study of biological systems'.

Fabio Vianello
fabio.vianello@unipd.it

Position: Professor, Department of Bioscience, School of Science
and Technology, Kwansei-Gakuin University
Education: 1981-1985: Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University,
with the degree of B.Sc.
1985-1987: Master program, Graduate School of Biosphere Science,
Hiroshima University, with the degree of M.Sci.
1987-1990: Ph.D. program, Graduate School of Biosphere Science,
Hiroshima University, with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Occupation: 1990 - 1992:Researcher, Nihon Shokuhin Kako Ltd.
1992 - 1994:Post-doctoral research associate, University of Illinois at
Chicago., College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and
Immunology
1994 to 2000: Assistant professor, Department of Biotechnology,
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
2001 to 2002: Associate professor, Department of Biotechnology,
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
2002 to 2005: Associate professor, Department of Bioscience, School
of Science and Technology, Kwansei-Gakuin University
2006-to date: Professor, Department of Bioscience, School of Science and
Technology, Kwansei-Gakuin University

Shinsuke Fujiwara
fujiwara-s@kwansei.ac.jp

Leah Vardy is a Senior Principal Investigator at the Skin Research Institute of Singapore, A*STAR and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Nanyang Technological University. Leah received her Ph.D at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London and did post-doctoral work at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge in the US. In 2007, she was appointed to the Institute of Medical Biology in A*STAR. Leah has worked in a diverse array of systems including yeast, fruit flies, embryonic stem cells and epidermal cells. Her lab is interested in understanding the role of the polyamines in the control of cellular behaviour in the epidermis. Projects in the lab focus on skin barrier function, wound healing, pigmentation and aging.

Leah Vardy
leah.vardy@sris.a-star.edu.sg