Full Professor in Microbiology (Habilitated). Former Director of the Microbial Biofilm Laboratory (LABIM), IRCCS "Fondazione Santa Lucia", Rome, Italy.
Research Interests: microbiology; microbial biofilms; healthcare-associated infections; biomaterial-associated infections; role of toxins and other virulence factors in microbial pathogenesis.

LEPABE—Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.
Research Interests: multispecies biofilms; nucleic acid mimics for therapy and diagnostics; development of hybridization-based techniques.

Research Interests: industrial biotechnology; microbiology; mycology; marine toxicology; phytomedicine; extraction and purification of protein from algae and enzymes; biofuel production from waste; estimation; isolation and production of enzymes from the waste and their applications in industries; wastewater treatment by using microorganisms and enzymes.

Department of Clinical Medicine and Publich Health, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy.

UOC Laboratory of Clinical Medicine with Specialized Areas, IRCCS MultiMedica, Via Fantoli 16/15, 20138 Milan, Italy.

Centro de Investigación Biomedica En Red-Enfermedades Respiratorias (CibeRes, CB06/06/0028) and Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Research Interests: biofilm associated respiratory infections; interaction between respiratory microbiome dysbiosis and health status; bacterial gene expression; host immune system.

Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Dr. José Eleuterio González, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey 64460, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Institute of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.


Centre for Genecology, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia.

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 030018 București, Romania.

School of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Former Research Director in the Department Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

Department of Microbiology II, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Research Interests: infectious diseases; microbiology; chronic infections; bacteriophage; microcalorimetry; tuberculosis; blood-borne pathogens.

Centre for Biosecurity, and One Health, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.

Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer 305817, India.

Faculty of Health, School of Clinical Medicine, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
