The following letter is from Italian scientists working around the world, addressed to International colleagues and discussess the current COVID-19 pandemics. We warmly invite fellows and colleagues willing to sign this message to add their name, surname, affiliation and country in a comment to this post.

Pubblichiamo una lettera, redatta a seguito di un’iniziativa nata tra AIRIcercatori, indirizzata a colleghi ricercatori di altre nazioni, in merito alla attuale pandemia di COVID-19. Invitiamo chiunque voglia sottoscrivere questa lettera a commentare questo articolo indicando nome, cognome, affiliazione e nazione di residenza

We are a group of Italian researchers who want to share our concerns on the COVID-19 pandemic on behalf of the International Association of Italian Researchers (AIRIcerca). We are particularly involved as Italy is currently the second most affected country worldwide, and we feel it is our duty to raise further awareness amongst academics over the apparent lack of appropriate countermeasures to the spread of the Coronavirus in several countries.

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy dates back to February 21, 2020, when the first sixteen “Italian” cases were confirmed, triggering the introduction of restrictive measures to attempt containing the disease in eleven municipalities in northern Italy. In the following days, a rapid increase in the number of infected individuals, as well as the first deaths related to COVID-19 drove both local authorities and the central government to raise the alert level. The escalation of the epidemic and the impact on public and private hospitals finally led to two drastic decisions, mirroring in part the ones enforced by the government of the People’s Republic of China. First, Lombardy and several provinces in Northern and Central Italy were placed under quarantine in the early hours of March 8, 2020. Then, the quarantine was extended to the whole country the next day. On March 11, further measures limiting social contact and commercial activities were adopted, while ensuring access to pharmacies, grocery stores, and other basic services.

At the time this letter is being drafted, the most recent reports from Italy confirm a total number of 15113 COVID-19 cases, of which 1258 patients were declared healed, while the death toll has climbed to 1016 (650 in the last 4 days). Regardless of the discrepancies between the criteria followed in different countries to test individuals with symptoms or at risk, the current projections for Italy are well above the earlier estimate of a case fatality rate in the range of 2%. The high number (1153) of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) depicts a reality of immense pressure on hospitals explained by the unusual virulence of the disease, able to cause severe respiratory ailments even in young subjects (contrary to the popular belief that initially downplayed the risks associated to the virus).

Despite fake news, short-sighted or ill-advised evaluations of the impact of the disease, and the dramatic perspective of a global recession, Italians have come to terms with the need for strong actions aimed to prevent the collapse of the healthcare system. So far, the emergency has hit parts of Italy endowed with a high-quality health system according to the last, albeit dated, World Health Organization (WHO) performance ranking (https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf), as well as to more recent reports (https://www.sciencedirect.com/sdfe/reader/pii/S0168851019302593/pdf) which ranked healthcare systems by utilizing multiple indicators. However, the potential spread of COVID-19 to less prepared areas not only in Italy, but in Europe as a whole, makes the outlook even grimmer. COVID-19 transmission rates have been growing steadily also in Spain, France and Germany, among other countries. Despite the earlier misperception of an Italian problem, other regions in Europe and in the USA are now witnessing a trend in the number of cases that matches the progression observed in Italy, with a delay of a few days.

The WHO has praised those countries that have taken firm initiatives to contain the disease, and the available data support this stance. In mainland China, March 11 marked the seventh consecutive day without new cases in the Hubei province, the original epicenter of the pandemic (8 new cases were reported on March 12, though). Similarly, roughly two weeks of quarantine have resulted in a sensible reduction of new cases in Vò (Padua) and in the Lodi province in Lombardy. In light of the Italian experience, the indecisive and uncoordinated response in Europe is for us a source of concern and befuddlement.

In this regard, the decision to close schools and universities in Italy is commendable and similar restrictions may be advisable in the immediate future also in other countries. Earlier today France called for the same actions starting next Monday. This decision makes us hopeful that more countries will follow suit. The adoption of a proactive approach consisting in strong, uniform sets of rules regarding social habits and interpersonal interactions can produce tangible benefits.

We are disconcerted by the inaction of a number of governments, many of which have so far merely introduced restrictions on the maximum number of attendees allowed at public events. We are also puzzled by the wait-and-see attitude of the University sector in several countries, where academic institutions continue in most cases to operate in a “business as usual” mode at this time.

The greatest priority must be the preservation of public health. Clearer actions must follow urgently. We believe that the authorities overseeing healthcare systems should focus on communicating and enforcing rigorous rules and norms to be followed to prevent and limit the spread and diffusion of the virus, in order to ensure effective responses by hospitals, clinics and primary doctors as well. Describing COVID-19 as a “stronger than usual flu” is an easy but extremely dangerous temptation, and we oppose views that may be misinterpreted and lead the populace to downplay the impact of the disease on the ICU systems worldwide. While mortality rates may be relatively low (and we wholeheartedly hope that numbers will soon improve in Italy) and protecting categories at risk, such as elderly and immunosuppressed individuals, may be enough to cope with coronavirus successfully, we are worried by the progressive breakdown of our hospital systems. Given the percentage of COVID-19 cases requiring critical care for extended periods, assuming that any country will be able to handle a significant peak of COVID-19 is a risky proposition. In Italy, despite a number of ICU beds above the EU average (12.5 beds / 100000 inhabitants vs. 11.5), intensive care doctors and nurses have been dealing with never-ending shifts, and there is a shortage of beds and ventilators for all the patients requiring critical care in affected communities.

Furthermore, we are also worried that the decisions adopted to manage the emergency in the short-term will likely have severe long-term implications for our societies by wearing out the trust among citizens and institutions, workers, and employers.

We trust academics to act now and promote a science-based approach, aimed to reassure and guide citizens in the adoption of the best preventive behaviors, and to instill a greater sense of urgency in decision makers and legislators. The immediate goal of implementing careful and incisive initiatives is instrumental for the success of the collective effort against COVID-19 and for the safeguard of our healthcare systems and professionals. As scientists and academics, but most importantly citizens, we expect no less.

Federico Aletti, Assistant Project Scientist-Marie Curie Alumnus, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA

Gabriele Malengo, Head of Facility and AIRIcerca Vice President, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Anita Lavorgna, Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Luca Cassetta, Principal Investigator and AIRIcerca President, Univeristy of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Massimo Sandal, freelance science writer and journalist, Aachen, Germany

Giulia Piccolino, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom

Simona Guglielmi, Assistant Professor, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

Andrea Marchesi, PhD student, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Lara Campana, Post-doc, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Celestina Mazzotta, Post-doc, Boston University Medical School, Boston, USA

Francesco Della Costa, Post-doc, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, München, Germany

Valeria Montis, teacher, MIUR, Torino, Italy

Stefano Annunziato, Postdoc, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Nathan Shammah, postdoctoral research scientist, RIKEN, Wako, Japan

Claudia Savina Bianchini, Associate professor (maître de conférences), Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France

Floria Ottonello Briano, Post-doc, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Maria Giulia Preti, Senior Scientist, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Marco Lorenzi, PhD Student, Ångströmlaboratoriet – Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Virginia Claudio, Venture Innovation Manager, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium Mirella Vivoli Vega, Postdoctoral Reseach Associate, Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Marco Vigo, Research assistant, IBEC – Institute of Bioengineering of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Barbara Gorgoni, Public Engagement with Research Coordinator, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Elisa Peranzoni, Translational scientist, Servier Research Institute, Paris, France

Carmela Iosco, Teacher of Science, Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “Cremona”, Pavia, Italy

Alessio Silva, Research fellow, IRCCS – Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Cusano, Italy

Annalisa Colombino, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Regional Sciences, Graz, Austria

Matteo Paganoni, Production Geologist, Shell International Global Solutions B.V., L’Aja, Switzerland

Edoardo Ceci Ginistrelli, PhD student, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

Claudia Burrello, Post-doc, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Switzerland

Davide Berta, postdoc, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FInland

Carlotta Gilardi, PhD student, ETH Zürich, D-HEST, Zurigo, Svizzera

Valentina Donadei, PhD student, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

Claudia Foray, PhD student, European Institute for Molecular Imaging – University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Valeria Vitelli, Associate professor (førsteamanuensis), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Cristina Maglio, Principal investigator, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Martina Stazi, PhD student, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Elisa Barbieri, Postdoc, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Filippo Cortesi, Postdoc, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Gisella Figlioli, Postdoc, IFOM (Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare), Milan, Italy

Enrico Greco, Postdoctoral Assistant Researcher, Aix-Marseille Université – Peking University, Marseille, France

Marianna Fontana, Reasearch Fellow, CERN, Ginevra, Switzerland

Federico Forneris, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Fabiola Camuti, Senior Researcher, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, Netherlands

Dorothea Fonnesu, Fellow, CERN, Ginevra, Switzerland

Alessandro Porrovecchio, Lecturer in Sociology of Health, University of the Littoral Opal Coast, Dunkerque, France

Ilaria Parenti, PostDoc, Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria

Sofia Fazio, PhD Student, Université Cote d’Azur, Nice, France

Giulia Pellizzari, Clinical Trial Manager, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Maria Teresa Esposito, Senior Lecturer, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom

Matteo Bianchini, Lab Team Leader, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Mario,Picozza, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy Agnese Compagnone, PhD Student, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Alberto Campanaro, Post-doc, Durham University UK

Aldo Mozzanica, Detector Scientist, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland

Alessandra Biancolillo, RTDa, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Alessandra Quarta, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Alessandra Saracino, PhD student, Udine & Trieste University, Italy

Alessandra Tammaro Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands

Alessandro Braga, PhD student, University of Leipzig, IMPRS NeuroCom, Leipzig, Germany

Alessandro Buonaccorsi, PhD student, University of Pisa, Italy

Alessandro Erba, Associate Professor, Università degli studi di Torino Italy

Alessandro Grilli, Associate Professor, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Alessandro Magnani, Post-doctoral researcher, IMEC/KULeuven, Belgium

Alessandro Scacchetti, PhD Student, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Monaco di Baviera

Alessandro Siani, Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Portsmouth (UK)

Alessandro Sonnenfeld, Marie Curie Fellow, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

Alessandro Stirpe, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Leicester (UK)

Alessandro Vacchini, Postdoctoral researcher, University and University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Alessia Baseggio Conrado, Clinical Project Manager, Imperial College London, London, UK

Alessia Fiorentino, Research Associate, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, London, UK

Alessia Galasso, Post Doctoral Researcher, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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Alessia Pennacchia, PhD Student, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Alessio Dessì, Researcher, Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (CNR-ICCOM), Florence, Italy

Alessio Fuoco, Post-DOC, CNR-ITM, Lamezia Terme, Italy

Alessio Iannetti, Lecturer at Newcastle University (UK)

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Andrea Belluati, PhD Student, University of Basel, Switzerland

Andrea Bernardini, Postdoctoral research fellow, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Andrea Bonassi, PhD Student, University of Trento and Foundation Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, Assistant Professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Pomona, CA, USA

Andrea Carobbi, PhD student, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Andrea Di Luca, Postdoctoral researcher, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

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Antonella Catalano,Postdoctoral fellow, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

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Beatrice Demarchi, Associate Professor, University of Turin, Italy

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Beatrice Zitti, Postdoctoral fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

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Benedetta Fazari, Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Germany

Benedetta Izzi, PhD, Responsible of the Nutritional and Vascular Genomic Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli (IS), Italy

Bettina Ryll, MD/ PhD, Melanoma Patient Network Europe, Uppsala, Sweden

Bianca Borsarini, PhD, University of Geneva, Geneva – Switzerland

Bianca De Leo, Preclinical Pharmacologist, Bayer AG Pharmaceuticals, Berlin, Germany

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Britta Bouwman, Postdoc, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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Carlotta Olivero, Marie Curie Fellow, European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, Cardiff University, UK

Carlotta Pagli, PhD student, Durham University (UK)

Carmen Dell’Aversano, Associate Professor, Università di Pisa, Italy

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Chiara Becchetti, MD, Fellow Research, Inselspital, Univestity Hospital of Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland

Chiara Cianciaruso, Postdoctoral fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States

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Claudia Cicione, PhD, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy

Claudio Feliciani, Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Clelia Amato, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Edinburgh

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Daniela Mercatelli, Postdoc, University of Ferrara, Italy

Daniela Muoio, postdoc, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia USA

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Daniela Zinzi, MD Infectious Diseases Specialist, Firenze, Italy

Daniele D’Agostino, PhD candidate, Univerisity of Nottingham, UK

Daniele Franchi, Postdoctoral Researcher, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

Daniele Galatolo, PhD Student, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy

Daniele Spinozzi, PostDoc researcher in Thoracic Surgery at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, The Netherlands

Daniele Stajano, PhD student at ZMNH, Hamburg, Germany

Daniele Visioni, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Danilo Basili, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge (UK)

Daria Boscolo, Post Doc researcher, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany

David Benassi, Associate Professor, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Davide Rizzo, Associate Professor, UnilaSalle France

Davide Simonato, Fellow in Interventional Neuroradiology, Oxford University Hospital, United Kingdom.

Desire’ Macheda, PhD Student, James Hutton Institute/ Newcastle University, UK

Domenico Chiarella, Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London, UK

Domenico Somma, Research Associate, Glasgow University

Donatella Camedda, Adjunct Professor, University of Padova, Italy

Donatella Romaniello, Postdoc at University of Bologna, Italy

Dorotea Fracchiolla, PostDoc, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Edoardo Moretto, postdoc, UCL, UK

Edoardo Pappaianni, Post-doc, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Elena Battistello, Postdoc, New York University

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Elena Cutri, Postdoc, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France

Elena Dalla Benetta, Postdoc Fellow, University of California San Diego USA

Elena Di Martino, PhD student, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Elena Gonnelli, Postdoc, University of Muenster, Germany

Elena Guzzolino, Post Doc, Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), CNR, Pisa, Italy

Elena Tantillo, Research assistant, IN-CNR of Pisa

Elena Tassi, post-doctoral researcher, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Elena Tonti, Assistant professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Eleonora Forte, Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, USA

Elisa Maria Lori, Post Doc, University of Southampton (UK)

Elisa Nerli , PhD Student, Max Planck Insitute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

Elisa Postinghel, Lecturer, Loughborough University, UK

Elisa Storelli, Post-Doc, Universitá dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy

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Emanuela Cortesi, PhD student, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Emanuela Giancola, Ciemat, Senior Researcher, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

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Emanuela Mastronardo, Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain

Emanuela Sani, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University Of Edinburgh (UK)

Emilia Luca , Postdoctoral Fellow, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada

Emilio Sanseviero, Postdoctoral Reseacher, Immunology, microenvironment and metastasis Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104,USA

Enrico Fatighenti, Postdoc, Loughborough University, UK

Enrico Garaldi, Postdoctoral research fellow, Max-Planck-Institüt für Astrophysik, Garching bei München, Germany

Enrico Lemma, Postdoctoral Researcher of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Erica Prosdocimi, Post-doc reearcher, King’s College London, London, UK

Erika Parasido, PhD, Instructor Research Track, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA

Erika Riva, Post Doc at University Hospital of Lausanne CHUV. Lausanne

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Esra Güç, Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Fabio Giovannercole, Postdoctoral researcher at ITQB, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Fabiola Iannarilli, PhD Student, University of Minnesota, MN, USA

Federica Cappuccini, Post Doctoral Scientist, Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, UK

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Federica Fabro, PhD student and MSCA Early Stage Researcher, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Federica Francesca Masieri, Associate Professor, University of Suffolk, UK

Federica Quattrone, PhD student, CeMM – Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences / Medical University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria)

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Filippo Veglia, PhD., Assistant Professor, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida USA

Flavia Occhibove, Postdoctoral Research Associate, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK)

Foteini Paschalidou, Junior Researcher , INRAE France

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Francesca Curbis, Associate professor, Lund University, Sweden

Francesca Favaro, PhD student, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands

Francesca Lami University of Melbourne

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Francesca Ronchi , Senior Scientist, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Francesca Viterbo, Research Associate, University of Colorado, NOOA, Boulder, CO, USA

Francesca Volpi, post-doc fellow, Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York, USA

Francesco Baschieri, post-doc, Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France

Francesco Cicconardi, Postdoc, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Francesco Correale, CNRS, UMR 7324 CITERES, Tours, France

Francesco De Sanctis – Ph.D, University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Immunology Section, Verona, Italy

Francesco Siracusa, Dr. Rer. Nat. , Universitätsklinikum Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany

Francesco Valzano, PhD student, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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Gabriele D´Uva, Senior Assistant Professor, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy

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Gabriella Marincola, Post Doc, Univetsity of Wuerzburg, Germany

Gabriella Mosca, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Zurich, CH

Gabriella Sarò, Postdoc, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Gabriella Scarlatti, Director viral evolution and transmission, DITID, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Gaetano Naso, PhD Student, University College London, London (UK)

Gaia Lapomarda, PhD Student, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy

Gian Andrea InkofPhD Student Karlsruhe institute of technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Gianluca De Rosa, Post-Doctoral fellow at Children’s hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA

Gianluca Inverso, Marie Curie Fellow, Queen Mary U. of London, London, UK

Gianluca Trifiro’, PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, UK

Gianmarco Gurioli, PhD Student in Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy)

Giànni Cesareni, Professor of Genetics, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy

Gilda Giancotti, Research Associate, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Giorgia Busso, Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge (UK)

Giorgia Ortolani, PhD student, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Giorgio Grasselli, Italian Institute of Technology (Genoa, Italy)

Giorgio Scalici, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal

Giovanna Borsellino, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Giovanna Brancati, Postdoc, ETH Zürich, D-BSSE & Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB)

Giovanni Burrai Phd,researcher, University of Sassari, Italy

Giovanni Spitale, PhD Student @ Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Giovanni Zanco, Assistant Professor, LUISS, Roma, Italy

Gisella Guerrera, Postdoctoral Researcher, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Giulia Bianco, Postdoc, Scripps Research, San Diego, California

Giulia Boezio, PhD Student, Max Planck for heart and lung research, Bad Nauheim, Germany

Giulia Cencetti, Postdoc, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

Giulia Corda, Post Doc biomedical sciences university of Cagliari IT

Giulia De Conti, Postdoc, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Giulia Della Chiara, Senior Postdoc, University of Milan and INGM – Milan, Milan, Italy

Giulia Fioravanti, Erasmus student, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Giulia Fiore, University of Bologna, Italy

Giulia Gaggero, University of Trento

Giulia Guzzo, Post Doc, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Giulia Petrovich, Freelance scientific editor, Berlin, Germany

Giulia Poggi, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zürich, Switzerland

Giulia Priolo, Ph.D. Student, University of Trento, Italy

Giulia Rossana Gulino, Post-doctoral researcher, KU Leuven

Giulia Trani PhD, Bambino Gesu Children Hospita, Rome,Italy

Giuliana Galati, assegnista di ricerca presso INFN Napoli, Italia

Giuliana Tiripelli, De Montfort University, UK

Giuseppe Ciossani, Postdoc, Max Planck Institute of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

Giuseppe Federico Amodeo, Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University, NY, USA

Giuseppe Pontrelli, Centro Trials, Dipartimento Pediatrico Universitario Ospedaliero, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

Giuseppina Polino, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rome Tor Vergata,Italy

Gloria Colombo, PhD Student, Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Austria

Greta Zara, Postdoc, Department of Hematologic Malignancies Translational Science, City of Hope, California, USA

Guido Gambacorta, PhD student, Durham University, Durham, UK

Héctor Coronel-Brizio, Professor, Faculty of Physics, Universidad Veracruzana

Ignazio Puccio, Honorary Research Associate, University College London, London, Uk

Ilaria Angelino, Research Visitor at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Ilaria Cappadona, PhD in Virology and molecular biology from Ulm University, Germany. Actually working in industry in Switzerland.

Ilaria Farace, Research Assistant, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ilaria Gionfriddo, Assistant Professor, Oncohematology Research Center, University of Perugia

Ilaria Giovannellim PhD student, University of Sheffield, Sheffield Institute of Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)

Ilaria Giretti, PhD Student, Università Politecnica delle Marche,Italy

Ilaria Marocco, Postdoc, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Ilaria Porcellato, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Università di Perugia, Italy

Ilaria Renna, Associate Professor ISEP, Paris, France

Ilaria Scurci, post-doc researcher, University of Geneva

Ilaria Taddei, Full Professor, Université Grenoble Alpes France

Ileana Badi, Senior Postdoc, University of Oxford UK

Ilenia Iaia, PhD student, 3Bs Research Group University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Irene Corradini, CNR Institute of Neuroscience and Humanitas IRCCS, Rozzano (MI), Italy

Irene Farabella postdoc fellow , CRG-Centre for Genomic Regulation Barcelona

Iris Villani, Research Assistant at IBI-7, Jülich Forschungszentrum, Germany

Ivan de Martino, Postdoctoral Researcher, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy

Jacopo Sisti, Postdoc researcher, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Jake Benson, Research Associate, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Jasmin Morandell, PhD Student, Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria, Austria

Katia Cosentino, Assistant professor, University of Osnabrück, Germany

Keti Zeka, Marie-Curie Fellow, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Krizia Ferrini, RDN,MSc,PhD, Team Leader Switzerland AAL project

Lamin B Ceesay, PhD Student,, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Lara Codognotto, PhD student,University of Dundee, Dundee, UK

Lara Risegari, Researcher at LNE CNAM Paris, France

Laura Bernardi, Product Manager, Zurich, Switzerland

Laura Ciammaruchi, Postdoctoral Researcher, ICMAB (Spain)

Laura Colombo, PhD student, University of Basel, Switzerland

Laura Coroneo, Senior Lecturer, University of York, United Kingdom

Laura Costadone, PhD candidate , Portland State University USA

Laura Fabris, Associate Professor, Rutgers University, USA

Laura Fantuzzi, Researcher, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Laura Francioli, Post.doc., Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Laura Lentini, Associate Professor Genetics, University of Palermo Italy

Laura Leuzzi, Research Fellow and Co-Investigator, DJCAD, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK

Laura Menatti, Lecturer, ENSAP – Bordeaux School of architecture and landscape (École Nationale supérieure d’architecture et de paysage de Bordeaux), France

Laura Poliseno, Staff Scientist, Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), CNR, Pisa, Italy

Laura Rago – Post-doc Scientist – Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research – Leipzig (Germany)

Lauro Meneghel, Postdoctoral researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Lavinia Bertolani, MSc Student, Univerity of Milan, Italy

Lavinia Gambelli, Postdoc, Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, England, United Kingdom

Leonardo Contreas, PhD student, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Leonardo Platania, PhD student, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Barcelona, Spain

Letizia Vainieri, PhD Candidate, Erasmus Rotterdam University, The Netherland

Lidia Chellini , PhD, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Livio Antonielli PhD, Bioinformatics. Health & Bioresources Center, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria

Lorena Gallego, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Uniklinik Freiburg

Lorena Tedeschi, Staff Scientist, Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), CNR, Pisa, Italy

Lorenza Calcaterra, PhD student, University College London, UK

Lorenzo Gentile, PhD Student, IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Lorenzo Spagnuolo, PostDoc Netherlands Cancer Institute Netherlands

Luca Fosso, PhD student, University of Pavia

Luca Longanesi, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Bath, UK

Luca Michele Martulli, PhD student at KULeuven, Belgium

Luca Rossi, Associate Professor, IT University of Copenhagen

Luca Vecchia, MD, Ph.D. student, University of Oxford , Oxford, UK

Lucia Arizzi, Senior Clinical Embryologist, Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health, London

Lucia Ballerini, Research Associate, University of Edinburgh, UK

Lucilla Fabbri , Post-doc, Institut Curie, Orsay, France

Lucrezia Catapano, PhD student, MRC-LMB, Cambridge, UK

Ludovica Congiu, PhD student at UKE, Hamburg, Germany

Luigi Margiotta-Casaluci, Lecturer and Group Leader, Brunel University London, London, UK

Maike Albath , PhD, Journalist, Deutschlandfunkkultur Berlin

Manuela Allegra, Postdoc, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Manuela Platé, Senior Post-Doc, University College London, United Kingdom

Manuela Spagnuolo, Post-doctoral Researcher, Curie Institute, Paris, France

Mara Artibani, Postdoc, University of Oxford, UK

Marcella Tazzari, Post Doctoral Researcher, Istituto Oncologico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori , Meldola, Italy

Marcello Ienca, Senior Research Fellow, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Marcello Rossetti Conti, Post-doc researcher, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milano, Italy

Marcello Seri, TT Assistant Professor, Bernoulli Institute, University of Groningen, NL

Marco Basaldella, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cambridge

Marco Coletta, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (UK)

Marco Costantini – Institute of Physical Chemistry – Polish Academy of Sciences – Warsaw – Poland – Post-Doc –

Marco Grodzki, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Florida, USA

Marco L. Bianchini, PhD – former senior researcher – Italian National Research Council (CNR)

Marco Manni, PhD, CIMR, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Marco Ranzani, Principal Scientist, Artios Pharma, Cambridge, UK

Marco Saia, Biomedical Science lecturer, University of East London, London, UK

Margherita Boieri, Postdoc, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Margherita Lisco, Lecturer at Lund University – Faculty of Engeneering – Construction Management – Sweden

Maria Eleonora Rossi, PhD Student, School of Earth Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Maria Giovanna Francipane, Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Maria Giulia Doglio, PhD student @ IRC-VIB, universitiy of Gent, Belgium

Maria Graziano, Researcher, Lund University Humanities Lab, Lund, Sweden

Maria Ida Iacono, Former Scientist at the Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD, USA

Maria Marzano, PhD student, University of Naples, Italy

Maria Placentino , Site Management Associate, PRA Health Sciences, Mannheim, Germany

Maria Rosa Scicchitano, postdoc, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

Maria Toma, PhD student, Karolinska Institutet, Stocklom, Sweden

Mariaceleste Aragona, post-doc, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium

Mariachiara Conti, PhD researcher, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mariagrazia Ranzini, Marie Curie Fellow, University of Padua, Italy

Mariangela Cavarelli, Principal Investigator, CEA, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France

Marianna Giassi, PhD student, Uppsala University, Sweden

Marica Catinozzi, PhD student, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Mariella Miraglia, Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool, UK

Marilina Piemontese, Postdoc, REMEDI,National University of Ireland Galway

Marina Di Domenico, , PhD Student, institute of genetics, Bonn, Germany

Marino De Luca, MSCA research fellows, University of Sussex UK

Marino Moretti, Plant Pathologist, Marburg, Germany

Mario Buono, PhD, MRC-Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, UK

Maristella Alessio, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Marta Baroncelli, Postdoc, Karolinska Institutet Sweden

Marta Cossu, MD, PhD, Clinical immunologist, CATO-SMS, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Marta Ponari, Lecturer, University of Kent Uk

Martina Barzan, Post-doctoral research fellow, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

Martina Bodner, PhD Student, Free University of Bolzano, Italy

Martina Foglizzo, Postdoctoral Fellow, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, UK

Martina Peritore, PhD student, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried (Munich), Germany

Massimo Bonora, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Massimo Gennaro, confirmed researcher, CREA (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics), Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Matilde Mantovani, PhD student at Institute of Medical Microbiology – University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Matteo Romio, Post-doc, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Matteo Spinelli, PhD student, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Matthias Brand, PhD student, Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Mattia Bertinelli, PhD student, University of Oxford, UK

Mattia Gallizioli, PhD student, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Maurizio Mulas, Associate Profesor, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador

Mauro Prestipino, Post-doc Researcher, University of Messina, Messina, ITALY.

Maya Fedeli, PhD, project leader, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele @ Experimental Immunology Unit

Melissa D’Ascenzio, Lecturer, University of Dundee (UK)

Michela Carlet Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany

Michela Colombo, Post Doctoral Researcher, The MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford

Michela Comi, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yale University, CT, USA

Michela Mirenda, PostDoc, Toulouse, France

Michele Bellesi, Research Fellow, University of Bristol UK

Michele Gubian, Post-doc researcher, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Michele Scipioni, PhD, Research Fellow, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Milena Bertolotti, Postdoc, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Milena G Guarinoni RN Ph.D., Università degli studi di Brescia Italy

Milena Rizzo, Researcher, Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), CNR, Pisa, Italy

Mirella Manfredi, Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Zurich

Mirella Orsi,Freelance Science Writer and Science Communicator,London(UK)

Miriam Buttacavoli, PhD, research Assistant, university of Palermo, italy.

Miriam Gagliardi, Postdoctoral Rerearch Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, Munich, Germany

Monica Frega, Assistant professor, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands

Nico Bortoletto, Associate Professor, Univ. of Teramo (IT), Communication Department

Nicola Pirastu, Chancellor’s fellow, Usher institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Nicola Porta, PhD student, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany

Nidia Maldonado Carmona, PhD student, Université de Limoges/Universidade de Coimbra France/Portugal

Nocera Gianluigi, PhD student, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Noemi Poerio, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Noemi Sgammeglia, PhD students, university of Fribourg, Switzerland

Ornella Calderini IBBR CNR Perugia Italy

Ottavia Romoli, Postdoc, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

Pamela Pavanetto, PhD, Visiting Professor at UFU (Federal University of Uberlandia), Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Paola Derudas, PhD student, University of Lund, Sweden

Paola Drago, PhD Student, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

Paola Pinto, Specializing in Clinical Pathology and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Palermo, Italy

Paolo E Porporato, Associate Professor, University of Turin, Torino, Italy

Paolo Macor, Associate Professor, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Paolo Moretti, Post – Doc, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona

Patrizia Porazzi, Ph.D, Post-doctoral fellow, Dept. of Cancer Biology. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia (USA)

Pierpaolo Ginefra, Postdoc, University of Lausanne

Pietruccia Cargiaghe, Farmacista territoriale, Italia

Raffaele Ranzani,, PhD Student in Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Raffaella Chiaramonte, Associate Professor, University of Milano, Milan, Italy

Raffaella Rossetti, Post-Doc, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

Ramona Lattao, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge (UK)

Reetu Daswani, PhD student, ETH Zurich

Rhea Arini, PhD student, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

Riccardo Baroncelli, postdoctoral research fellow, University of Salamanca, Spain

Rita Cacace, PhD VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Roberta Ceravola, technician staff at INSTITUT DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA-CSIC, Barcelona – Spain

Roberta D’Agostino, post-doc, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, DE

Roberta Sinatra, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Roberta Spelorzi, PhD Student, University of Edinburgh (UK)

Roberta Torregrossa, Post Doc Research Associate, Exeter University, Exeter, UK, r.torregrossa@wxeter.ac.uk

Roberta Vitiello, PhD student, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Roberto Emanuele Rizzo, Research Associate, Institute of GeoEnergy, Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Roberto Gramignoli, MS, PhD Senior Researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Rocco Stirparo VIB, Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Romina D’Aurizio, Staff Scientist, IIT-CNR, PISA, Italy

Rosa D’Agostino, Associate Scientist, Immunocore, Oxford

Rosa Santomartino, Postdoc, University of Edinburgh, UK

Rosanna Bonasia, Researcher and Professor at CONACYT, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico

Rosario Vanella, Postdoc, University of Basel/ETH Zurich. Basel,Switzerland

Rosella Famà, Postdoc, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA

Rosita Lissette Peña Cabrera Solvay Specialty Polymers, Milan, Italy

Rossella Capochiani de Iudicibus, PhD student, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, Auckland, New Zealand

Rupsha Fraser, Postdoctoral Fellow/Teaching Fellow, University of Edinburgh, UK

Rupsha Fraser. Postdoctoral Fellow / Teaching Fellow, University of Edinburgh, UK

Sabrina University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Salvo Nicolosi, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, Netherlands and Belgium

Samanta Mariani, Postdoc, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)

Sara Gimondi, PhD student , 3Bs Research group University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Sara Laudato, Postdoctoral Fellow, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Sara Nizzero, postdoctoral fellow, Mathematics in Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA

Sara Palermo, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Sara Savelli, MSAT Senior Scientist, Cell and Gene Therapy, Lonza Biologics, Inc., Portsmouth, NH. , USA

Sara Stampacchia, University of Geneva & Geneva University Hospital (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland

Sara Trova, Postdoc researcher, Cognitive and Neuroscience Laboratory, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan

Sara Zumerle, Postdoc, Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine & University of Padova, Italy

Sarah Beggiato, Associate Professor, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Saverio Di Franco, PhD in Storia dell’Europa mediterranea dall’antichità all’età contemporanea, Italy.

Sebastiano de Franciscis, former Postdoc in Statistical Physics and System Biology, actually teacher in public school

Selena Vigano, Research associate, Lausanne Switzerland

Serena Autiero, Distinguished Associate Research Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou PRC

Serena Diazzi, PhD student, University of Nice, France

Serena Lavorgna, PhD student, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Serena Stanga, Assistant Professor, University of Turin, Italy

Serena Zilio, Assistant Scientist, University of Miami, Miami, USA

Serenella Silvestri, Postdoctoral fellow, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy

Silvana Vasile, Postdoc, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Silvano Garnerone, Senior Researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Stocholm Sweden

Silvia Albertini, Postdoc, University of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Silvia Angori, PhD student, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Silvia Bolzani, JSPS Postdoc, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Silvia D’Amico, Post- Doc Researcher “Bambino Gesù “ Pediatric Hospital – Rome

Silvia Kuna Ballero, Teacher and Freelance Science Writer, MIUR, Milano, Italy

Silvia Marchesi, Anestesista Rianimatore, PhD Student, Uppsala University, Sweden

Silvia Messina, PhD student, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Silvia Napolitano, PhD student, ETHZ, Switzerland

Silvia Sironi, Science Communication Manager, Helmholtz Zentrum München

Silvia Siteni, PhD, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas,TX

Simona Cataldi, Post Doc, National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy

Simona Valletta, Intermediate Research Fellow, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Simone Antonio De Rose, Postdoctoral Research associate, University of Exeter (UK)

Simone Musso, PhD, Senior Scientist at Aramco, Houston, USA

Simone Sarti, Associate Professor, University of Milan, Italy

Sofia Magli, PhD student, University of Milan Bicocca

Sonia Favi, Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Individual Research Fellow, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK

Stefania Brescia, PhD student, Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz, Linz, Austria

Stefania Cocco, IRCSS FONDAZIONE G. PASCALE NAPOLI ITALY

Stefania Silvestri, Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester, Manchester, U

Stefania Vaga, Postdoc, King’s College London, London, UK

Stefano Castegnaro, Post Doc, von Karman Institute, Rhode Saint Genese, Belgium

Stefano Corona, PhD Student, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Stefano Grasso, PhD Student and MSCA Early Stage Researcher, UMCG, The Netherlands

Stefano Pierini, PhD student, University of Troyes, Troyes, France

Stefano Ugel, PhD, Associate Professor, University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Immunology Section, Verona

Stella Lanni, Research Associate, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Tania Gioia, Postdoctoral Research Scientist,Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy

Tania Incitti, Senior Research Scientist, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden

Thomas Celora,PhD student, Southampton University, Southampton UK

Tiziana Cervelli, Staff Scientist, Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), CNR, Pisa, Italy

Tiziana Sgamma, Senior Lecturer, De Montofrt University, UK

Tiziano Benocci, Junior Scientist, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Vienna, Austria

Tommaso Ruberto, PhD student, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

Toni Montserrat, Patient Advocate, CML Patient, Sant Cugat del Vallès Catalonia

United Mexican States” Mexico

Valentina Annese, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Seville, Spain

Valentina Carraro, Post-doc, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Valentina Casà , Post doc, ErasmusMC Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Valentina Gavazza, PhD student, Stockholm University, Sweden

Valentina Grampa, Post doc, Neurodevelopment, Paris, France

Valentina Leandri, Researcher; RISE, research insitute of Sweden

Valentina Villani, PhD Student, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy

Valeria Guidolin, PhD Student, University of Minnesota, US

Valerio Lembo, Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Science, University of Hamburg, Germany

Vanessa Zurli, PostDoc AIRC Fellow, Università degli studi di Siena e Toscana Life Science Foundation

Veronica Giorgione, PhD student, St George’s University of London, London, UK

Veronica Malizia, Junior Researcher, Department of Public Health of Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Veronica Pellacini, PhD Student, University of Greenwich, London, UK

Veronica Ranieri, Honorary postdoctoral research associate and trainee clinical psychologist, University College London, UK

Vincenza Iossa, Librarian, Library “Luigi De Gregori “, Ministry of Education, Rome, Italy

Vincenzo Macri , Postdoctoral research scientist, RIKEN, Wako, Wako, Japan

Violeta Astratinei, Ph.D., Founder of Romanian Melanoma Association, Core Member of Melanoma Patient Network Europe

Virginia Brancato, Assistant Researcher, 3Bs Research group University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Virginia M Vlachava, Research Associate, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Vittoria Lauretano, Postdoc research associate, University of Bristol, UK

Viviana Pisa, PhD – Scientific Coordinator, Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia, Milan, Milan, Italy

Ye-Hong Chen, Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN Japan



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