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Allelic Forms of the FMR1 Gene: Fragile X Syndrome, Primary Ovarian Insufficiency and Tremor Ataxia Syndrome among Others

Editor: Montserrat Milà
Affiliation: PhD., Senior Consultant, Head of Molecular Genetics in the Biochemical and Molecular Genetics Department. Hospital Clinic. Barcelona, Spain
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain Date: 10-22-1953
Biography: Dr. Mila has dedicated her research to the study of molecular and cytogenetic pathology. Her diagnostic and research has been focused on the study of the Fragile X Syndrome and the molecular basis of intellectual disability. She has been the Principal Investigator of 12 projects and has collaborated in 8 more. She has 135 papers in peer review journals and 10 book chapters.
Audience: University Students of biology and medicine
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What Doesn't Kill Us, Makes Us Stronger: Reducing Oxidative Stress and Damage through Adaptive
Stress Responses

Authors: Borut Poljšak and Irina Milisav
Affiliation:
Borut Poljsak: Associate Professor, University of Ljubljana, Laboratory of Oxidative Stress Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Irina Milisav: PhD., Professor, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pathophysiology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Birthplace: Borut Poljšak - 25.06.1976, Slovenija
Biography:
Dr. Borut Poljsak works at the University of Ljubljana  at the Faculty of Health Sciences since 2002, where he is currently  Head of the Laboratory for Oxidative Stress Research and Head of the Chair of Environmental Health. He has a special interest in antioxidants and their potential impact on health and longevity, as well as developing methods for anti-aging and lifespan increase and methods to detect oxidative stress in the organism. His work with students includes  lecturing in the fields of Preventive Medicine, Environmental Epidemiology, and Risk Assessment of Chemicals. In recent years, he has published several scientific papers and books in fields concerning antioxidants, free radicals, oxidative stress and anti-aging.

Dr. Irina Milisav is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology working on cellular stress responses. She obtained a Ph.D. in Human Molecular Genetics from University of Cambridge, UK (Churchill College) and had a Honorary status Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholar. She worked at BBSRC, Babraham Institute, Babraham, UK and was a Post-Doctoral fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich working on protein import through the inner mitochondrial membrane. Back in Slovenia she worked on cell death triggering and currently on the role of antioxidants and ROS in stress responses. She teaches undergraduate and graduate students at the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine at University of Ljubljana and has been included among the Top 100 educators of the world by IBC, UK. She is a Slovenian representative on the European network of researchers on reactive oxygen species, COST BM1203 EU-ROS, and a section editor of the journal Archives of Medical Sciences. From 2011 she is an ECQA certified EU-project leader, an ECQA m-learning manager from 2012 and is listed in Marquis Who'sWho in the World since 2013.
Audience: This book will be of interest for everybody who is concerned about health and aging process. The book can be recommended to medical doctors and health professionals of different specialties (geriatrics, neurologists, pathologists, nutritionists and others). The book will also be helpful to students from various health/nutrition/medicine programs. On an Academic level, For health professionals and students, graduate and undergraduate, and layman with background/strong interest in oxidative and preventive medicine.
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