The Greeks who excelled globally in January
For yet another month Greeks from all over the world, managed to excel, to abolish the borders and make us proud with their achievements. The ellines.com team chose 5 of them, who during the month January caused international sensation with the work and personality.
Greek astrophysicist Vicky Kalogera has been awarded the 2018 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics for her groundbreaking work studying compact objects — including black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs — in astrophysical systems. Read more…
Alexander Desplat is nominated for an Oscar in the category “Best Score” for the film Shape of Water. Greek film composer Alexandre Desplat has already won this month the Golden Globe for Best Score on Guilermo del Toro’s Shape of Water and the Critics’ Choice Award. Read more…
An international team led by a Greek researcher from Johns Hopkins University has developed a test that analyzes circulating DNA and proteins for the detection and possible localization of multiple early-stage cancer types. In a study published in Science, the researchers reported a multi-analyte blood test that can detect eight common cancer types by assessing the levels of circulating proteins and mutations in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). Read more…
4.Konstantina Drosou
Using ‘next generation’ DNA sequencing scientists, led by the Greek researcher, have found that the famous ‘Two Brothers’ mummies of the Manchester Museum have different fathers so are, in fact, half-brothers. Read more…
The “lord of the rings”, Lefteris Petrounias, got the top prize at the European Federation Awards. He was presented with the award for ‘Male Gymnast of the Year’ and for Outstanding Performance of the Year. Read more…
*Greek scientists, scholars, politicians, artists, journalists, businessmen, athletes, artists, painters, policemen, photographers, actors, managers constantly emerge through investigative journalism and the invaluable help of ellines.com community members. Each month, we will present 5 of the most important Greeks, considering the influence of their work and the readability of their page on ellines.com.
