Prof Abbai is an Associate Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa with 10 years of experience in the field of Microbiology. Her ongoing research studies are directed towards reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV in populations from KwaZulu-Natal. Her ongoing studies provide data on the prevalence of viral, protozoal and bacterial STIs and risk factors associated with infections and emerging patterns of antimicrobial resistance in these pathogens. She has graduated 21 postgraduate students (Masters and Doctoral) and is currently supervising 11 postgraduate students (Masters and Doctoral). She hosted and mentored four Postdoctoral fellows and four Interns. She is highly published in her field (63 publications with the majority having senior authorship). Her work in the field of Microbiology has attracted both international and local funding. She has been the recipient of grants/research awards from the South African National Research Foundation, German Federation and Institut Mériux. She was also the recipient of research equipment grants from her institution to expand the testing portfolio of the laboratory which she heads. Prof Abbai serves as a member of the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Institutional Biosafety Committee; member of the Sub-Saharan Network for TB and HIV Excellence (SANTHE) and a member of Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa (FIDSAA).

Professor Khine Swe Swe- Han (MB,BS; DTMH; PDIC; FCPath; MMed; PhD) is a Head of Academic Department at Medical Microbiology- National Health Laboratory Service, in the School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, the College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN). To date, her research outcome, the quality and the impact of her research, had been rated by NRF as C3. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and reviewed with written editorial Antimicrobial resistance with COVID-19 pandemic situation. She is site PI of GARDP-STI Zoliflodacin multicentre study at UKZN (2019-2023). She has currently 14 collaboration research projects nationally and internationally. She is the Ambassador member of AMR-INSIGHT international society and member of the South African Society for Clinical Microbiology (SASCM). Her Microbiology research team focuses on studying the ’towards a world free from Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)’’ which needs reduction of antimicrobial resistance microorganisms.

Edmond Puca is passionate about medicine and infection diseases in particularity. He is currently working as a clinician at the Service of Infection Diseases, University Hospital Center, Tirana, Albania, where he practice his relevant skill every day. He has graduated as MD in 2012 and actually he had an experience on infection diseases for more than 15 years. His interest fields are tropical infection diseases, antimicrobial stewardship and sepsis. He likes to work in group.

Professor Dr. Luisa Maria Arvide Cambra, Spanish is now Professor with Chair at the University of Almería (Spain) and she was Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at the University of Granada from 1979 on. Forty nine years of the teaching and researching experience. She is the Director of Research Group HUM113-Estudios Filológicos from Program of Research of Andalusian Government, where she has managed and directed several academic and scientific contracts and research projects, as well as a Member of European Scientific Institute (ESI) Team, Athens Institute for Education & Research (ATINER) in Greece, The Academic Genesis Platform (UAGP) in UK&Turkey and Experts of Academic Excellence Research Centre (EAERC) in Jordan; GI Social Sciences Forum (GISSF), in Malaysia; Akademica Nusa International Association of Social Sciences and Humanities, in UAE; Science Research  Association (SCIREA); Academic Fora; Foundation for Social Sciences and Education Research (FSSER); etc. She is reviewer and member of the editorial board in several renowned scientific journals as well as member of the organizing, scientific & academic committees at prestigious international conferences.She is author of a many works on several aspects of the Arabic science and literature in the Middle Ages, as well as Arabic language and linguistics. She has also participated in different prestigious international scientific Conferences. She has visited a many universities and academic institutions of Europe, United States and Arab countries in order to teach and research. Among her works, we have the study and the translation to Spanish of some treatises of Kitab al-tasrif´s Al-Zahrawi, Ibn Qutayba´s texts, Maqamas of Al-Hariri, The Sicilian Questions of Ibn Sab´in, and the book on the plague by Ibn Khatima.

For 30 years, as a clinical pathology specialist and molecular diagnosis of genetics and infectious diseases, he had been established genetic testing use PCR, Real-Time PCR, Capillary sequencing, and recently, NGS sequencing for selection of embryos using PGD in the Egyptian IFV-ET center, with full analyze of family pedigree data & efficiently identify the calculated risk involvement and to evaluate the pattern of inheritance problem in Gulf laboratories and Egypt.. Additionally, He was head for the colors medical laboratory solving the genetic EGFR mutations testing in AstraZeneca project in both FBPE & CF-DNA among lung cancer Egyptian patients. He was responsible for established testing FGFR, KRAS & PDL1 in bladder cancer with Johnson & Johnson co. as well as testing BCR-APL in leukemia patients sponsored by Al-Hekma pharmaceutical Company. HE handled both Quality Control and technical procedures for Many medical laboratories.

Prof Ramesh Gupta is former Pro vice chancellor of Nagaland Central university and Vice Chancellor Radha Govind University, Jharkhand India, had obtained PhD as the age of 23 years He received his Bachelor of Science in Biochemical Science, and Master of Science in organic chemistry, and Doctorate in Chemistry at Lucknow University India, on Drug Development. Dr. Ramesh Gupta is a Medicinal Bioorganic Chemist and has worked for several years as visiting professor/Scientist in various Medical schools; Louis pasture University France, University of Arizona USA, Osaka University Nagoya University Japan, Kyung Hee University, Korea advance institute of science and technology (KAIST) Korea, Ben-Gurion University Israel, Linkoping University Sweden, University of Mons Belgium, University of Western Australia, Sydney, University of Bergen, Norway and some others. Prof Guptas’ research focuses on the Natural Synthetic Drug Development, role of sulfur amino acids in health care, functional food, nutraceuticals and environmental Biotechnology gender issues.

Pouya Hassandarvish completed his PhD study in the field of Medical Microbiology sponsored by The University of Malaya under the Bright Spark scholarship. Along with his master’s Degree in the field of Biomedical Science. He completed his bachelor’s degree in the field of Marine Biology. He is currently promoted as Senior Lecturer in TIDREC@UM. Before this he was working as a Postdoctoral research fellow in TIDREC and managing antiviral drug discovery lab in University Malaya. Over the past 13 years, he has Worked on Arthropod viruses such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika and Japanese Encephalitis. Other viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, H1N1, H3N2, TIDREC Team member for COVID19 Vaccine development, he trained undergraduate students and postgraduate students. He has been exposed to a lot of experiments and skills related to the field such as Immunology, histology and Microbiology. He Contributed to a lot of research and have attended several international conferences overseas. He handled projects related to Antiviral, Antibacterial, diabetes, wound healing, stomach ulcer, liver cirrhosis and vivo & vitro cancer study. (Colon cancer, leukaemia and breast cancer).