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Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program in Liver Disease

2019 Recipients

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Martin Cornillet, PhD

Karolinska Institute, Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM)

“Tissue-resident Natural Killer Cells In Human Liver Cancer”

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Marta Valera-Rey, PhD

CIC bioGUNE

"Metabolic Adaptation As An Essential Requirement For Liver Regeneration"

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Adriaan Holleboom, MD, PhD

Amsterdam University Medical Center, location AMC

“Lipophagy In Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Translational Journey From Rare Defects To Novel treatment Target”

2018 Recipients

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Francisco Javier Cubero, PhD

Complutense University School of Medicine

Madrid, Spain

Interdependence of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation during Chronic Liver Injury: A Novel Tool for Theranostics

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Tetyana Yevsa, PhD

Hannover Medical School

Hannover, Germany

Deciphering the Role of B Lymphocytes in Fatty- and Other Precancerous Liver Diseases

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Thomas Reiberger, MD

Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Characterization of Gut-Liver Fxr–Fgf19 Signaling in Cirrhotic Patients with Portal Hypertension

2017 Recipients

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Salvador Augustin, MD, PhD

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron - Institut de Recerca (VHIR) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

Towards the Development of Next-Generation Microbiome-Based Therapeutics in NASH and Portal Hypertension Based on a Polyphasic Microbiological Approach

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Christoph Welsch, MD

J. W. Goethe University Hospital

Frankfurt, Germany

Role of the Lipid Environment for HCV Replication and Disease Progression

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Hannelie Korf, PhD

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

Deciphering the Role of Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Adipose Tissue Derived Secreted Factors in the Pathogenesis of Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH): A Translational Study

2016 Recipients

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Jordi Gracia-Sancho, PhD

IDIBAPS Research Institute

Barcelona, Spain

Capillarization of the Liver Sinusoidal Endothelium: Orchestration by miRNAs

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Niv Zmora, PhD

Weizmann Institute of Science

Rehovot, Israel

Deciphering the Role of Gut Microbiota in the Development of Promary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)

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Julie Lucifora, PhD

INSERM

Lyon, France

Inhibition of HDV Replication by Inducers of the NF-kB Pathway: Mechanistic Insights and Pespectives towards a Cure of HDV Infection

2015 Recipients

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Rui Eduardo Castro, PhD

The Research Institute for Medicines, University of Lisbon

Lisbon, Portugal

Role of Mitofusin 2 in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Targeting microRNAs

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Jérôme Gouttenoire, PhD

CHUV-University of Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

Structure and Function of Hepatitis E Virus ORF3 Protein

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Qingfeng Chen, PhD

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Singapore

Targeting the Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel KCa3.1 for Therapy of Liver Fibrosis in a Novel Humanized Mouse Model of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

2014 Recipients

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Laura Belloni, PhD

Sapienza University of Rome

Rome, Italy

Targeting Viral cccDNA for HBV Cure: From Understanding the Epigenetic Mechanisms That Control cccDNA Function and Stability to New Treatment Strategies and Biomarkers

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Christophe Rodriguez, PhD, PharmD

Henri Mondor Hospital/University Paris-Est Créteil

Créteil, France

Study of the Transactivation Properties of Hepatitis C Virus NS5A Protein and Their Role in the HCV Lifecycle and Liver Carcinogenesis by Means of Next-Generation Sequencing and Original Cellular and Animal Models

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I-Cheng Lee, MD

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan

Generation of Antiviral Immunity Against HBV by Modulating Pathogen Recognition Receptor-Mediated Innate Immunity in HBV Mice Model

2013 Recipients

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Vincenzo La Mura, MD, PhD

IRCCS-Ca′Granda, Ospedale Policlinico Maggiore

Milan, Italy

Vascular Inflammation During Sepsis Causes Prognosis Worsening in Patients with Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension: Effects of Simvastatin

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Amar Deep Sharma, PhD

Hannover Medical School

Hannover, Germany

Modulation of microRNA-221 as a Therapeutic Intervener of Liver Fibrosis

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