Researcher

Greek-Australian Joy Damousi, Professor of History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne, was awarded with the highest academic award in Australia, the ARC Laureate Fellowship. She joins only 15 other distinguished researchers around the country in receiving this award. In addition to the...

Director of Research in the National Centre for Scientific Research of France

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[:el] Athena Coustenis is Deputy Director of the new Europlanet Society, Director of Research 1st class with the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) of France, working at Paris Observatory in Meudon, Paris. She collaborates with the European Space Agency (ESA) as also with NASA...

The neuroscientist focusing on thought-controlled movement

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Miguel Nicolelis is a Professor of Neurobiology at Duke University in the United States and the Head of the revolutionary Walk Again project developed by an international team of neuroscientists. Nicolelis of Greek origin was born in São Paulo and claims that his 10-year long...

Discovered drug for life-threatening arrhythmias

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[:el] Angeliki Asimaki is a pathoanatomist at Harvard University and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. As a member of a research team, she made a breakthrough discovery of a new drug that can help those suffering from life-threatening arrhythmias. Her interest for this particular...

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Greek researcher receives price for a test that can boost IVF success by half

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Researchers from Oxford University are developing a new way to test a woman’s egg for chromosome abnormalities that avoids the need to manipulate and biopsy the egg itself. The research may also shed light on the crucial role played by certain genes in the development...

He changes the world of Computer Science

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[:el] Joseph Sifakis is a computer scientist and researcher, laureate of the 2007 Turing Award, along with Edmund M. Clarke and Ernest Allen Emerson for his work on model checking, a verification method of computer hardware and software properties. The Turing Award is recognized as...

The researcher who discovered double meaning in DNA

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[:el] John Stamatoyannopoulos, M.D., is Associate Professor of Genome Sciences and Medicine (Oncology) at the University of Washington School of Medicine. A second code, hidden within our already known genetic code, is said to have been discovered by his scientific team. He holds degrees in...

Leader in biomaterials science and engineering

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[:el] Nicholas Peppas is the winner of the 2014 American Chemical Society Award in Applied Polymer Science. Nicholas A. Peppas is the Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair in Engineering; Professor of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacy; Chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Director...

World leader in Endocrinology research

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Constantine Stratakis is the Scientific Director of the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. His research focuses on the endocrine epiphysis and adrenal tumors, like pheochromocytomas and paragagliomas. Researchers led by Dr. Constantine Stratakis, have honed in on the possible genetic cause of...

An academic UN reporter

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