Research

[:el] Researchers at the Centre for Quantum Technologies have collaborated with the scientists building Google’s quantum chips to simulate complex phenomena in physics. The team was led by a Greek researcher. Quantum simulators, which are special-purpose quantum computers, will help researchers identify materials with new...

Famous Greeks

Founded the Particle Technology Laboratory at ETH Zurich

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[:el] Sotiris E. Pratsinis is a Professor of Process Engineering at ETH Zurich. Professor Pratsinis was born on March 21, 1955 in Chania, Crete, Greece. After receiving his Diploma in Chemical Engineering in 1977 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, he served as Ensign...

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[:el] Researchers at the Institut Curie in Paris now say that they have evidence of a coordinated attack on the basement membrane by cancer cells in situ and CAF cells in the extracellular matrix that begins long before the actual translocation of cancer cells. Using...

Greek professor awarded for his contribution to the study of ancient Greek civilization

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[:el] The Royal Society of Canada inducted University of Missouri–St. Louis Professor Michael Cosmopoulos into the Royal Society of Canada, for more than 30 years of contribution to the study of ancient Greek civilization. The special induction ceremony was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Royal Society...

Professor of International Law at the University of Groningen

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[:el] Panagiotis (Panos) Merkouris is an Assistant Professor of International Law at the University of Groningen. He holds an LLB from the University of Athens, 2 LLMs on International Law from the University of Athens and UCL respectively, and a PhD from Queen Mary, University...

3 Greeks behind the discovery of a novel, groundbreaking function of leukaemia cells

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A study has found an unexpected new drug target for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) that could open new avenues to develop effective treatments against this potentially lethal disease. Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the Gurdon Institute and their collaborators show that inhibiting the METTL3...

7 Greek researchers awarded with the ERC Consolidator Grants

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[:el] The ERC has announced the awarding of the Consolidator Grants that go to 329 top researchers across Europe. The funding, part of the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, is worth in total €630 million and will give them a chance to have...

Director of the London Neuropsychoanalysis Centre

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[:el] Aikaterini Fotopoulou is a Reader at the Psychoanalysis Unit, Psychology and Language Sciences Division, University College London and a research affiliate at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. She is also the Director of the London Neuropsychoanalysis Centre and runs the London Neuropsychoanalysis Group on:...

Changing the world of Biometrics

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[:el] Foteini Agrafioti is the founder of Architech Labs. She is the Chief Science Officer at RBC and Head of RBC Research. She is responsible for RBC’s intellectual property portfolio in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prior to that, she founded and...

Studies Saturn’s aurorae

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