Prof. Stylianos E. Antonarakis
Professor and chairman of Genetic Medicine at the University of Geneva Medical School, and director of the iGE3 Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva. His research projects focus on the functional analysis of the genome, the effect of human genetic variation on phenotypic variation, the molecular pathogenesis of trisomy 21 and polygenic phenotypes.
Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis
Chairman of the Board of Directors at FORTH, research director at IMBB, and professor of Molecular Systems Biology at the Medical School of the University of Crete, in Heraklion, Greece. He is also the vice-president of the European Research Council since January 2021 and is responsible for the Life Sciences domain.
The main focus of his lab's research is the study of neuronal function and dysfunction, using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism.
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Assoc. Prof. Leonidas Alexopoulos
Associate professor at the National Technical University of Athens, head of the Systems Bioengineering Lab, and co-founder of Protavio (UK) / ProtATonce (GR) a biotechnology company that offers proteomic solutions for biomarker discovery.
The Systems Bioengineering group integrates novel biological and engineering approaches with emphasis on modelling biological systems, assay automation, multiplex devices, and proteomic profiling.
Dr Pierre Milpied
The team leader of the Department of Integrative B Cell Immunology at the Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML), France. For the last seven years, he has been designing and leading original research at the crossroads of B cell Immunology, Cancer Science, and Bioinformatics. Using innovative approaches, his team is deciphering the molecular code of Germinal Centers’ biology, giving insight on how to design personalized and precision medicine to treat many lymphomas and solid cancers.
Dr Themis Alissafi
Researcher at BRFAA and an investigator (Assistant Professor level) in the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) in Crete, Greece.
Her lab focuses on Treg cells in predicting response to immunotherapy, adverse autoimmune effects and identifying novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
Dr Despina Moschou
Lecturer and 50th-anniversary Prize Fellow in Bioelectronics, within the Centre for Biosensors, Bioelectronics and Biodevices (C3Bio), Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath.
Her research focuses on the development of disposable Lab-On-a-Chip systems for bioanalytical applications (molecular and immunoassay-based Point-of-Care diagnostic devices) and has been pursuing the Lab-on-Printed Circuit Board approach, to realize disposable, mass-manufacturable Lab-on-Chip microsystems.
Dr Athanasios Anagnostopoulos
Dr Athanasios K. Anagnostopoulos is a Staff Research Scientist (Associate Professor Level) in the Division of Biotechnology of the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA). He obtained his bachelor’s degree from the Department of Biology, and his PhD from the Medical School, University of Athens. His research involves analysing the proteomics behind Pediatric brain malignancies as well as Food Science and Technology.
Prof. Iannis Aifantis
An internationally recognized immunologist and cancer biologist, specializing in the investigation of T cell acute leukaemia (T-ALL), a common form of childhood leukaemia. He is the chairman of the Department of Pathology of the NYU School of Medicine and owns the Iannis Aifantis Lab. His laboratory focuses on elucidating the subtle molecular signalling events during hematopoiesis and how HSCs can undergo malignant transformation, causing T cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Prof. Roderic Guigo
The coordinator of the Bioinformatics and Genomics Programme in the Center of Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, and Professor of Bioinformatics at the University of Pompeu Fabra. Guigo's main research interests are in understanding and modelling the regulated production of RNA in eukaryotic cells working towards improving methods for interpreting the information encoded in our genome while developing new computational methods for genome analysis. He participated in the human genome project, as well as in many other genomic and functional genomics projects, such as ENCODE, GTEx, BluePrint and GA4GH.
Prof. Debra J. Skene
The section lead of Chronobiology. She has over 25 years of research experience studying the human circadian timing system and has authored over 190 research publications. Her team's research is directed towards characterisation and treatment of circadian rhythm sleep disorders as experienced by blind people, shift workers and older people. Her team's findings have led to the optimisation of melatonin and light to affect the human circadian clock. Prof. Skene has pioneered studies on the spectral sensitivity of the human circadian axis, being one of the first to show the importance of short wavelength blue light.
Prof. Ioanna Zergioti
The group of Materials Laser Microprocessing (MLMP) is headed by Prof. Ioanna Zergioti and is located at the Physics Department of the National Technical University of Athens. The group's research activities encompass laser materials processing for optoelectronics and biological applications. She is also the co-founder of PhosPrint P.C., a spin-off company from the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems of NTUA, which develops laser bioprinting technologies. In the past, she has been a researcher at the Laser Applications Division of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser – FORTH, where she worked on ultrashort laser microstructuring (etching and printing) of metals, oxides and biomaterials.