Famous Greeks
Greeks are a special example in history they have a glorious past but they dont live in the past. They are powerful, even today. And they will always be. Greeks distinguished everywhere and always be FAMOUS and useful citizens of the world.
The “cartographer” of the genome of one thousand people
When in 2000 Aris Patrinos and Craig Veder stood next to the U.S. president, Bill Clinton announcing the decoding of human genome, the achievement was only related to the «alphabet» of the code that creates life. In decoding the “grammar” code, we had to wait...
A Cretan scientist in the fight against Parkinson and Alzheimer’s disease
Professor Nicholas D. Mazarakis holds the Lucas-Lee chair of Molecular BioMedicine and is head of Gene Therapy in Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. He is a molecular neuroscientist with an international reputation in gene therapy of neurological diseases. Nicholas Mazarakis is from Crete....
Proved that happiness is contagious
[:el] Nicholas Christakis is a social scientist and physician who conducts research on social factors that affect health, health care, and longevity. He directs the Human Nature Lab at Yale University, and is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. He is the Sol...
A philosopher in action
[:el]Theodosis Tassios is a Professor of the National Technical University of Athens, Member of the Academy of Sciences of Turin (Italy), doctor honoris causa of Liege University, of University of Nanjing and the Democritus University. He served as expert and consultant of U. Nations organizations...
Exceeding the bounds of science and devoted to Orthodoxy
The Metropolitan of Mesogaea and Lavraeotica was born in 13th of April in 1954 in Thessaloniki. He studied physics at the University of Thessaloniki and he continued his studies at Harvard and MIT (USA) where he obtained his graduate degrees and doctorate. He worked as...
The Greek Croesus of the Washington Wizards
[:el] Ted Leonsis is one of the richest Greeks in the U.S. He lives in Washington and his goal is to conquer NBA after being the major shareholder of the Washington Wizards, with an agreement reached EUR 550 million on U.S. dollars, including the acquisition...
The «Golden man» of Hollywood
[:el] Having a professional experience of more than 30 years in the audiovisual industry, Jim Gianopulos is one of the top players in show business, media and new technologies. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment until 2016. He...
The Greek “Mr Oscar”
[:el] Sid Ganis is the former president and current member of the American Film Academy, the organization that determines where the Oscars go to. He is a motion picture executive and producer who has produced such films as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Big Daddy, Mr. Deeds, The...
The Greek behind the revolutionary changes in WiFi
Professor Stan (Efstratios) Skafidas, of the Greek homogeny, is hiding behind the revolution in wireless communications (Wi-Fi) at the University of Melbourne, according to “New Scientist”. As published in the reputable scientific journal, the researchers of the Australian Institute «Bionic Vision Australia» are claiming the...
The “father” of the Blackberry
Mike Lazaridis had shown from a very early age that he was about to achieved a great deal through his imagination. Imagine that when he was only 12 years old, he won the first Prize in the public library of his city, because he had...