Research

[:el] Phaedon Avouris is an IBM Fellow and Manager of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. He is also one of the “bright minds” mentioned in the 2015 and 2016 Thomson Reuters’ list with the scientists that affect their field of expertise to a great extent. He was...

Specialises in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine

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[:el]Stan Gronthos is a National Health and Medical Research Principal Research Fellow. His research specialty is in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. He is the founder and head of the Mesenchymal Stem Cell Laboratory in the School of Medicine at Faculty of Health Sciences of...

He puts the Greek agriculture back in the game

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[:el] “It’s a pity to import agricultural products from all over the world -such as garlic from China or Argentina- in order to sell them in pharmacies or farmer’s markets, instead of growing our own Greek products, which lack nothing in quality”. In these words,...

Leading in the research for hypertension and diabetes

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[:el] George Bakris is a professor of medicine and director of the ASH Comprehensive Hypertension Center at The University of Chicago Medicine. For more than three decades he has worked on the front lines of kidney disease, hypertension and diabetes research and he has made crucial...

Study sheds new light on ancestry of Aboriginal Australians

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[:el] New DNA research from an international team of scientists shows the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians and Papua New Guineans diverged from Eurasian populations between 51,000 and 72,000 years ago and that there is huge genetic diversity among Aboriginals. 2 Greek researchers are among the...

Established the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Lab in MIT

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[:el] Professor Chryssostomidis is Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering and MIT Sea Grant College Program Director. He was appointed director of the MIT Sea Grant College Program in 1982 and established the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Lab in 1989 to develop technology and systems for...

15 Greek researchers participate in the discovery of 44 novel genes linked to hypertension

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[:el] In 3 new papers receiving advance online publication in Nature Genetics, the international multi-institutional research teams describe identifying a total of 44 novel gene sites associated with hypertension or high blood pressure. The studies, point towards potential new treatment strategies for the condition. In...

Greek professor wins prestigious award for the mapping of the human brain

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The British Medical Association gave the award for “Best Illustrated Book” of 2015 to Atlas of the Human Brain, Fourth Edition, authored by Juergen Mai, Milan Majtanik, and the Greek Professor George Paxinos. The first edition of the book received The Award for Excellence in...

Greek scientist led research about the gestational diabetes in pregnant women

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[:el] New research presented at this year’s European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting in Munich, Germany (12-16 Sept) shows that rates of gestational diabetes in pregnant women peak during the summer months, with a possible link to increasing temperature. The study is...

Research led by a Greek scientist reveals how some old people retain memories

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