
Maurizio Ferrari
President
International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC)
Italy
Biography
Maurizio Ferrari, (M.D.), is Full Professor of Clinical Pathology, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Director of Clinical Molecular Biology and Cytogenetics Laboratory, and Head of Genomic Unit for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. He received his Degree in Medicine at the Milan University, is Specialized in Pediatrics, Haematology and Medical Genetics. He was Post-doc at Hospital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, Paris and Honorary Registrar in Haematology at UCH, London. He was Scientific Coordinator of Clinical Research, IRCCS H San Raffaele, Milan (1996-1999), Chairman of Committee on Clinical Molecular Biology Curriculum of IFCC (2002-2007), member of the Education and Management Division of IFCC (2008-2011). He was Chairman of the Education and Management Division of IFCC (2012-2014), member of IFCC Task Force on Pharmacogenetics (from 2008), advisor of CLSI Committee on Molecular Methods. He is Dean of Master Degree in Molecular and Cellular Medical Biotechnology (2008 at present) and President of the European Society of Predictive Medicine (2009 at present). He received in 2004 the IFCC-Abbott Award for Significant Contributions in Molecular Diagnostics. He is author of 849 publications: peer reviewed journals: 246, other journals: 67, book: 1, chapter\\\'s book: 45 and 490 abstracts at International and National Congress. Total I.F. 1113,83; h-index:42 (scholar Google); citations: 8846; i-10 index:131.
Research Interest
His scientific interests are oriented mainly on molecular diagnostic methods, nucleic acid circulating in maternal plasma, molecular studies of several genetic pathologies. He developed methods for DNA analysis as multiplex PCR and capillary electrophoresis also in a temporal thermal gradient, set up a method involving the ligase chain reaction (LCR) and developed a new method known as double-gradient DGGE (DG-DGGE) for the identification of unknown mutations. In the last 4-5 years he has focused his research activity on the detection of foetal DNA in maternal plasma for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis and for diagnostic application in the genetic and oncology field. At present, his research is focused on the development of diagnostic tests with the application of the next generation sequencing.

Choon Nam ONG
Director
NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI)
Singapore
Biography
Choon Nam ONG is the Director of the NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI) and a professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore. He has published more than 300 papers in international peer-reviewed journals with an h-index of 75, and over 17,000 citations. His main research interest is Environmental Health Sciences and teaches in Toxicology and Environment Health, and nursing a lifelong passion of all matters related to environment on health. Since 1985, he has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) on many occasions and was involved in 12 of its Health Criteria publications.He is an editorial board member of several international journals on environment and sustainability. He is a visiting professor to several overseas universities and serves as a Scientific Advisor to the China Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He was the recipient of Astra-Zeneca American Toxicology Society Award, 2002. Dr Ong also served as an advisor to the OECD, US National Water Research Institute, and has been consulted often by international health agencies on issues related to environmental health. He has been a member of the WHO Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality Expert Panel since 2003. His research group currently focuses on the use of metabolomics as a technology platform for biomedical and environmental research.
Research Interest
Environmental Health, Metabolomics, Toxicology
Biography
Vladimir Tolstikov, Ph.D., is Director of Metabolomics at BERG. He received B.S. and M.S in Organic Chemistry in 1977 from M.V. Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, in Moscow, Russia. He received Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1983 from the Institute of Chemical Means for Plant Protection, Moscow, Russia. He is a pioneer in HILIC separations development applied to Metabolomics. During his career he was working in leading research institutions in USA, Germany, Hungary and Russian Federation. He has joined Eli Lilly and Company in 2012. He is author contributor and participant of 45 conferences, 5 book chapters, and 54 articles
Research Interest
Metabolomics, Mass Spectrometer, HPLC