Inorganic Polyphosphates

Chapter 1. Inorganic Polyphosphate and F0F1-ATP Synthase of Mammalian Mitochondria.- Chapter 2. Inorganic Polyphosphate in Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism and Pathology.- Chapter 3. Inorganic Polyphosphate, Mitochondria, and Neurodegeneration.- Chapter 4. Polyphosphate in Chronic Wound Healing: Restoration of Impaired Metabolic Energy State.- Chapter 5. Biomimetic Polyphosphate Materials: Towards Application in Regenerative Medicine.- Chapter 6. Effects of Polyphosphate on Leukocyte Function.- Chapter 7. Polyphosphate in Antiviral Protection: A Polyanionic Inorganic Polymer in the Fight Against Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Werner E.G. Müller is a university professor at the Medical Center of the University Mainz and head of an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Group. For his pioneering work in enzymology, molecular biomineralization, and molecular evolution, he has received nearly 20 national and international awards, including the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class of Germany. His current research focuses on applying this knowledge to the development of energy-delivering biopolymers/polyphosphates based (nano)biomaterials for regenerative medicine (bone and cartilage repair, wound healing, etc.). He has more than 1,200 publications (h-index: 88 [ISI-WOS]) and 20 granted patents. In addition to his ERC Advanced Investigator Grant, he has received three ERC-PoC Grants on repair/regeneration of bone, cartilage and blood vessels. He is/was also the coordinator of further European Grants as well as national DFG, BMWi and BMBF Grants.
Heinz C. Schröder is a chemist and physician and gained his doctorate in both disciplines with distinction. 1982-1983 Liebig fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany, and 1988 fellowship at the National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. Since 1985 he has been a professor at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. His present research interests include the investigation of the physiological function of polyphosphates, as well as the formation of biogenic nanoparticles, and their biomedical application. H. C. Schröder has received several awards and is author or co-author of more than 500 scientific publications (h-index: 64 [ISI-WOS]). Together with Prof. Dr. W.E.G. Müller, he was involved as a coordinator or partner in more than 20 EU projects.
Patrick Suess is a biochemist and cell biologist. In 2018 he was awarded the Texas A&M Roozbeh Arianpour Memorial Scholarship in Biology, and in 2020 was awarded a NIH/NHLBI-funded T32 training