Nigel Hooper is Professor of Biochemistry in the School ofBiochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Leeds, UK. Hereceived his Ph.D in 1984 from the University of Leeds with a thesison the "Metabolism of Neuropeptides by Cell-surface Peptidases" whichstimulated his interest in proteases and paved the way for much of hissubsequent research. He currently co-leads the Proteolysis ResearchGroup at Leeds and among other topics, continues to study thestructure and function of several cell-surface proteases, with aparticular interest in their mode of attachment to the membrane. Hehas published over 90 research papers, edited 4 books and co-authoredthe widely acclaimed undergraduate textbook Instant NotesBiochemistry.
Uwe Lendeckel is a Reader at the Institute of Experimental InternalMedicine at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany.After his study of pharmacology and toxicology he received his Ph.D inbiochemistry in 1990 from the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University ofGreifswald. His thesis on the "expression of the pro-opiomelanocortingene in rat Islets of Langerhans and other tissues" stimulated hisinterest in the neuro-immunological cross-talk and the regulatoryroles of cell surface proteases therein. In 1989 he joined theectopeptidase research group at the University of Magdeburg and sincethen continues to study regulation of expression and the function of Tcell ectopeptidases in the normal and pathological immune response,with special focus on the membrane alanyl-aminopeptidase. He haspublished over 40 research papers.
