4^th International Conference on Integrative Biology July 18-20, 2016 Berlin, Germany

Eva Qwarnstrom is Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Sheffield, and holds an honorary affiliated Associate Professorship at the Department of Pathology at the University of Washington, Seattle. She obtained her PhD degree from the University of Lund, Sweden after spending three years as a Fogarty Fellow in Biological Structure, at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA. She is a member of editorial boards and scientific advisory committees.

Her research focuses on molecular mechanisms of inflammatory responses relevant to receptor function and signal transduction. The programme includes interdisciplinary studies combining biology and computational approaches, supported by US and UK government funding and by charitable organisations

Neefjes is holding Professor position in Netherland Cancer Institute and has been visiting professor at Oslo University (2009 and 2010), chairman of the scientific board of the Dutch Cancer Society, Deputy Director of the NKI (2007-2011), is an elected EMBO member and an elected member of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences.

Neefjes managed to solve biology issues by integrating chemistry, genetic screens, cell biology, biophysics and immunology, thereby establishing a line of productive interdisciplinary research.

Jamila Chakir is a Full Professor, Department of Medicine at Laval University and Institut Universitaire de Cardiologieet Pneumologie de Québec. She obtained a PhD degree in Immunology in France. She received Postdoctoral Research Training at Laval University and McGill University. She is a Member of different national and international scientific committees and has received several awards from national and international organisms.

Her research focuses on cellular and molecular mechanisms of airway remodeling. She has published more than 200 papers, communications and book chapters in the respiratory and immunology field and holds grants from Canadian agencies.

Dr Amal J. Johnston has completed his PhD from University of Zurich, and postdoctoral researchas a Roche Fellow from ETH Zurich. Following a fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, since 2013, his team based at the Heidelberg University investigates evolutionary and developmental aspects of germline development. He aims to understand epigenetic facets of higher-order networks inclusive an evolutionarily ancient Retinoblastoma pathway in extant model systems including a model plant Arabidopsis. His recent merits include an Emmy-Noether fellowship of the German Science Foundation (DFG) and outstanding alumnus award of the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia.

Developmental Biology

Anja Nohe is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware. She received her PhD in Chemistry in 2000. After a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, she accepted a first faculty position at the University of Maine in Chemical and Biological Engineering. In 2008 she relocated to the University of Delaware. She is a member of several editorial boards and her research is currently funded by the National Institute of Health. She uses novel imaging approaches such as AFM and the family of Image Correlation Spectroscopy to define cellular processes during stem cell differentiation and skeletal formation. Moreover, utilizing novel techniques and tools such as real time imaging and nanoparticles, she focuses on protein dynamics in cells as well as on protein distribution in mice.

Current research covers development of delivery techniques, development of new imaging techniques, differentiation of Stem Cells: Role of Hormones and Growth factors

Mahmoud Rouabhia is a full Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry of Laval University. Prof. Rouabhia is a senior scientist in the field of Immunology, cell biology, and tissue engineering. He got his Ph.D in France, followed by a postdoctoral training for four years in Canada. Professor Rouabhia has more than 130 pair reviewed scientific publications. He is the editor/coeditor of three books. He published over 15 book chapters/review articles, and two patents.

His research interest includes studying the interaction between host & oral microorganisms, the role of local innate immunity, investigating the tobacco effect on the oral cavity, etc.

Dr. Jeffrey Zheng has completed his Ph.D in 1994 from Monash University. He is the Professor and Head at Department of Information Security, School of Software, Yunnan University from 2004. He has published more than 200 papers in national and international conferences, reputed journals and serving as an editorial board member of Information Acquisition.

Exploring mystries of noncoding DNA/RNA mechanism to use variant logic construction.

Lidia Gardner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She leads a research program in Multiple Sclerosis at Memphis Veterans Administration Medical Center. Dr. Gardner has extensive experience in biochemistry and molecular biology, basic and clinical research. She is published in leading biomedical journals. She is currently serving on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Dr. Gardner received an MBA from the University of Memphis and a Ph.D. from the Russian Academy of Sciences in Cell Biology and completed her postdoctoral studies at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). Apolipoproteins and their turnover within the CNS. Immune-mediated neurological diseases. G-protein coupled receptors. Metabolic changes associated with autoimmune diseases.

Dr. Qingsong Ye, obtained his DDS, MDS,PhD (Ortho.),PhD (Med. Sci.) from China and the Netherlands. He is a Diplomate of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in Orthodontics, elected fellow of Royal Society of Medicine, UK, foundation member and coordinator of the orthodontic postgraduate program at James Cook University, AU.

He has published about 40 articles with high impact factor and co-authored a P/G textbook entitled Evidence-based Stomatology. He is also an ARC DECRA Fellow, and founder and leader of the Craniofacial and Orthodontic Research (CORE) group. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of World Federation of Orthodontists (JWFO) and Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry (JICD), President of the Asia Pacific Orthodontic Forum, regular referee for international journals and grants.

Bin Zhang is an associate professor of the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA. He holds a Ph.D. and a master degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo, a master degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, China, and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Tongji University, China. He has published 86 peer-reviewed papers including 9 papers in Nature, Science, Cell, Nature Genetics, and PNAS. As of April 2015, his publications have been cited 7131 times.

His expertise lies in systems biology.

Dr. Nirmal Shetty is the Director of Shri Krishna Research Centre, Mumbai, India. He graduated from Madras Medical College, India, and studied Acupuncture in Shanghai, China. He is also a Consulting Acupuncturist for over two decades, and is associated with Cumballa Hill Hospital, Inlaks General Hospital and Shanti Avedna Cancer Hospice.

His study focuses on innovative theoretical research at the interface, with the objective of giving a new perspective to inheritance of chromosomes. The study hopes to open new fields of research in future that may help in finding solutions to some genetic disorders and cancer.