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The awarded biologist who contributes in the development of new medicines to fight cancer

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35-year-old scientist Dr. Konstantinos Dimitriadis is a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute and managed to stand out among young scientists who have secured funding from the European Research Council (ERC). He started his scientific career at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, he continued...
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He has developed expertise in all fields of genomics

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[:el] Ioannis Ragoussis is Head of Genome Sciences, Associate Professor in Human Genetics McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre and Head of Genomic Research at Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford. His main interest is on developing NGS based approaches to disease...
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12 Greeks in the team that discovered new genes for height

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[:el] In the largest, deepest search to date, the international Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium has uncovered 83 new DNA changes that affect human height. These changes are uncommon or rare, but they have potent effects, with some of them adjusting height by...
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Professor of Statistical Genetics at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

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[:el] Eleftheria Zeggini is a Professor of Statistical Genetics at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Her research aims to identify novel complex trait loci by carrying out association studies, to develop analytical tools and to understand the molecular mechanisms underpinning disease pathogenesis. Zeggini was born...
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Greek scientists discovered new genes that cause skin cancer

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[:el] Geneticists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland and NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered new genes responsible for skin cancer, a breakthrough that could lead in personalised treatments for the patients. The research is led by a Greek scientist. The skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma...
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The originator of World Down Syndrome Day

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[:el] Prof. Stylianos Antonarakis is currently Professor and Chairman of Genetic Medicine at the University of Geneva Medical School in Switzerland and he is also the originator of World Down Syndrome Day. On 21 March 2006, the World Down Syndrome Day is established by the...
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She identified the gene that causes childhood leukemia

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[:el] Elli Papaemmanuil is an assistant professor at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The molecular geneticist performs systematic interrogations of well annotated clinical trial cohorts in leukemia and cancer to explore how the compound genetic and clonal architecture in patients leukemias and tumors dictate...
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A Cretan scientist in the fight against Parkinson and Alzheimer’s disease

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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....

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