New book on ceramide biosynthesis edited by biology professor

Johnny Stiban, an associate professor of biology and biochemistry at Birzeit University, edited a new book on the roles of bioactive ceramides that compiles and summarizes the results of thirty years of research on sphingolipid biochemistry.

The book: “Bioactive Ceramides in Health and Disease: Intertwined Roles of Enigmatic Lipids” was published by the International Publisher Science: Springer, and written by world-renowned scientists from the field of lipid biology and addresses experienced readers who are interested in reading about bioactive ceramide signaling.

Stiban was invited to edit the book after his notable participation in the international conference on Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Related Diseases held in Mexico in 2017.

In addition to editing, Stiban wrote the book’s  introduction, and a joint chapter in partnership with Emilia Rappocciolo, an assistant professor at the university’s department of biology and biochemistry, entitled: Prokaryotic and Mitochondrial Lipids: A Survey of Evolutionary Origins.”

The book focuses on the metabolism of ceramide in normal and diseased states and details the biophysical and biochemical mechanisms that govern the bioactivity of these molecules.