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LIN L. MANTELL • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences , St. John’s University , Queens , NY , USA
XIAO-LONG MEI • Department of Cell Biology and Institute of Biomedicine, College of Life
Science and Technology , Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
EDMUND J. MILLER • Center for Heart and Lung Research , The Feinstein Institute for
Medical Research , Manhasset , NY , USA; Medicine and Molecular Medicine, Hofstra
North Shore-LIJ Medical School, Hempstead, NY, USA
VERONIKA MISKOLCI • Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology , Albert Einstein
College of Medicine of Yeshiva University , Bronx , NY , USA
GEMMA MONCUNILL • Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB) ,
Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona , Barcelona, Catalonia , Spain
DANIEL MUÑOZ • Research Service, Miami VA Medical Center , University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine , Miami , FL , USA
HARDIK PATEL • The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research , Manhasset , NY , USA
VIVEK PATEL • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences , St. John’s University , Queens , NY , USA
MAHMUD ARIF PAVEL • Department of Biological Sciences , St. John’s University , Queens ,
NY , USA
VALERIE PERSAUD • Department of Biology , St. John’s University , Queens , NY , USA
SAI A. PHYO • Department of Biology , St. John’s University , Queens , NY , USA
VLADIMIR POLTORATSKY • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences , St. John’s University , Queens , NY , USA
SAUL R. POWELL • Cardiac Metabolism Laboratory , The Feinstein Institute for Medical
Research , Manhasset , NY , USA; Molecular Medicine and Science Education Hofstra
North Shore-LIJ Medical School, Hempstead, NY, USA
JIAN-GE QIU • Department of Cell Biology and Institute of Biomedicine, College of Life
Science and Technology , Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
SHLOKA REDDY • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences , St. John’s University , Queens , NY , USA
JANET ROLLINS • Division of Natural Sciences , College of Mount Saint Vincent , Riverdale ,
NY , USA
MATTEO RUGGIU • Department of Biological Sciences , St. John’s University , Queens ,
NY , USA
MORTEN RUHWALD • Clinical Research Centre , Copenhagen University hospital
of Hvidovre , Copenhagen , Denmark
NICOLE SALAZAR • Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center , University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine , Miami , FL , USA
ZAHRA SALEHI-NAJAFABADI • Department of Biological Sciences , St. John’s University ,
Queens , NY , USA
SHANNON SANACORA • Department of Biology , St. John’s University , Queens , NY , USA
FELITSIYA SHAKOLA • Department of Biological Sciences , St. John’s University , Queens ,
NY , USA
LOKESH SHARMA • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences , St. John’s University , Queens , NY , USA
VED P. SHARMA • Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology , Albert Einstein
College of Medicine , Bronx , NY , USA
ZHI SHI • Department of Cell Biology and Institute of Biomedicine, College of Life Science
and Technology , Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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