Title: Mechanisms of lung endothelial barrier protection in acute lung injury: role of extracellular purines

Biography:

Verin completed his Ph.D. at the age of 29 years from Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR, and postdoctoral studies at the University of Indiana. During his scientific carrier, he was a faculty member at Johns Hopkins and the University of Chicago. Currently, he is a Professor at the Vascular Biology Center and Pulmonary Division, School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, at Augusta University, Augusta, GA.   He has published more than 170 papers in reputed journals primarily in the field of pulmonary vascular endothelial barrier regulation.  He served as an Editorial board member of the American Journal of Physiology (Lung) from 2006-2011 and Editor-in-chief of the academic journal, Vessel Plus, in 2016-2022. He is currently serving as an academic editor of the British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research and Cardiology and Angiology, and an editorial board member in several other journals in the field of pulmonary/cardiovascular research such as Biomolecules, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Journal of Multidisciplinary Pathology, Tissue Barriers, World Journal of Respirology.