Hilmi Uysal | Biology and Life Sciences | Hypothesis Achievement Award

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Prof. Dr. Hilmi Uysal | Biology and Life Sciences | Hypothesis Achievement Award

Prof. Dr. Hilmi Uysal | Biology and Life Sciences | Retired at Akdeniz University | Turkey 

Prof. Dr. Hilmi Uysal is a distinguished clinician–scientist and academic neurologist with internationally recognized expertise in neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders, particularly amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, cortical plasticity, and clinical neurophysiology. He holds a Ph.D. in a neuroscience-related discipline and is affiliated with Akdeniz University, where he combines advanced clinical practice with hypothesis-driven biomedical research. Prof. Dr. Hilmi Uysal has extensive professional experience in neurological diagnostics, electrophysiology, and translational neuroscience, contributing to the development of improved diagnostic pathways, biomarker-driven disease characterization, and treatment monitoring strategies. His research interests encompass motor neuron diseases, neuromuscular junction disorders, neuroplasticity following injury or transplantation, genetic and molecular mechanisms of neurological diseases, and data-driven clinical analytics. He is particularly skilled in electromyography, nerve conduction studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation, MUNE techniques, advanced neuroimaging interpretation, and integrative clinical research methodologies. Prof. Dr. Hilmi Uysal has played a significant role in multicenter and international research collaborations, supporting cross-border studies that enhance global neurological knowledge and patient outcomes.

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Featured Publications

Adaptive neural mechanisms of self face recognition after face transplantation
– Scientific Reports, 2025
Identification of a presymptomatic and early disease signature for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): Protocol of the premodiALS study
– Neurological Research and Practice, 2025 
Evaluating the effects of nusinersen treatment in adults with spinal muscular atrophy using axonal excitability and MScanFit MUNE
– Muscle & Nerve, 2025 
Comparison of 3D surface and landmark-based analysis methods: The reliability and efficiency in determining asymmetry after facial palsy
– Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 2025 
Gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acid profiles in facioscapulohumeral dystrophy: Associations with epigenetic alterations
– Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 2025

Paola Pontrelli | Biology and Life Sciences | Best Researcher Award

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paola Pontrelli | Biology and Life Sciences | Best Researcher Award

Biology and Life Sciences | University of Bari Aldo Moro | Italy

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paola Pontrelli is a female scientist specializing in experimental biology with emphasis on renal pathophysiology, transplantation immunology, and molecular mechanisms in kidney disease. She holds a PhD in clinical pathology / experimental biology from the University of Bari Aldo Moro and/or affiliated institutions (PhD granted after high-quality doctoral work in molecular and immunologic mechanisms underlying renal injury, graft rejection, and kidney transplantation). Over her academic and professional career she has held roles such as Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences / Experimental Biology, has been involved in major research units at the University of Bari and related transplant and nephrology centers, and has collaborated extensively at national and international levels, participating in multidisciplinary projects on dialysis, graft rejection, bio-molecular profiling, immune signalling, complement activation and chronic kidney disease. Her work draws on strong research interests including diabetic nephropathy, antibody-mediated rejection of kidney transplants, inflammation and immune modulation in dialysis and transplant settings, interferon signatures, metabolic dysregulation in immune cells, and molecular biomarker discovery. She has developed research skills in transcriptomics / gene expression profiling, proteomics / phosphoproteome analyses, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, Western blot, microarray, quantitative PCR, bioinformatic pathway analysis, handling patient samples (dialysis, transplant) and in vitro/in vivo experimental models. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paola Pontrelli has authored 97 documents, 2,676 Citations, 30 h-index, reflecting a robust scholarly output and impact.

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Featured Publications

  1. “Dialysis-related systemic microinflammation is associated with specific genomic patterns”, 2008 — ~31 citations

  2. “Local synthesis of interferon-alpha in lupus nephritis is associated with type I interferons signature and LMP7 induction in renal tubular epithelial cells”, 2015 — ~64 citations

  3. “GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES IN CD8+ T CELLS IN CHRONIC ANTIBODY-MEDIATED REJECTION (CAMR) OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION”, 2018 — citation

  4. “Plasma-derived extracellular vesicles from kidney transplant patients with antibody-mediated rejection induced endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition and senescence in tubular epithelial cells by modulating complement activation”, 2022 — citation

  5. “A type I interferon signature characterizes chronic antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation”, 2015 — citation