Mariam Ayad Abd is a lecturer at the Department of Medical Laboratory Techniques, College of Health and Medical Technology, University of Al-Maarif in Anbar, Iraq. She holds a Master’s degree in Medical Microbiology from the College of Medicine. Her research interests lie at the intersection of microbiology, nanotechnology, infectious diseases, and cancer therapy. Dr. Ayad has been actively engaged in academic teaching, research supervision, and publishing in peer-reviewed journals. Her work reflects a strong commitment to combating antimicrobial resistance and exploring innovative therapeutic approaches such as nanomedicine and gene expression targeting. She is particularly interested in Salmonella pathogenesis, oncolytic virotherapy, and regenerative medicine technologies

Azam Bolhassani is a Professor at Department of Hepatitis and AIDS, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. Her special topic focused on vaccine development against viral diseases (e.g., HPV, HIV and HCV infections) such as DNA vaccine, protein/peptide vaccine, live vaccine, VLP vaccine, cell-based vaccine (tumor-based, Dendritic cell-based vaccine) and exosome. The use of immunotherapy and chemotherapy against HPV-related cancer or other viral infections, and also improvement of vaccination strategies using different adjuvants and delivery systems especially heat shock proteins, nuclear proteins and cell penetrating peptides are her interests and activities in recent years. She has over 190 peer-reviewed publications.  

D. Kirubakaran is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at Saveetha Medical College, SIMATS, Chennai. He holds a Ph.D. in Botany from Periyar University, where his research focused on green synthesis of nanoparticles and their biomedical applications. His expertise spans phytochemistry, nanotechnology, and pharmacological screening. He has published extensively in reputed journals and authored several book chapters. He received the University Research Fellowship and has presented his work at various national and international conferences.

Dr. Vahid Kazemizadeh is a postdoctoral researcher and exercise physiologist with extensive experience in academic teaching and experimental research. He holds a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from Razi University, where he focused on the molecular effects of exercise on metabolic disorders such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Dr. Kazemizadeh has served as a visiting professor at several Iranian universities and has supervised numerous postgraduate theses.

His research expertise includes exercise-induced molecular adaptations, ER stress, oxidative stress, behavioral neuroscience, and the effects of sleep deprivation. He has authored over 15 peer-reviewed publications and has ongoing contributions in high-impact journals like Scientific Reports and PLOS One. He is also the co-author of book chapters on sports nutrition and neurodegenerative disease therapy. Dr. Kazemizadeh has been recognized as a top researcher by the Iranian National Foundation of Elites and has received multiple national awards for scientific excellence.