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Pioneer in large scale software systems

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[:el] Alex Biliris has been involved in the technology industry for over thirty years with expertise in the areas of data management and large scale software systems – as a computer science researcher, entrepreneur and, currently, as an angel investor, mentor and advisor to technology...
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Unlocks secrets about the life of prehestoric animals

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[:el] Eleftheria Palkopoulou is a paleobiologist in the Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics of the Swedish Museum of Natural History and in the Zoology Department of Stockholm University. She is the leader of an international team that succeeded to decode the full DNA of the woolly...
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Τhe European Research Council funds 5 Greek researchers

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[:el] The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the awarding of its prestigious Advanced Grants to 277 senior researchers. Among the 277 researchers there are also 5 Greek scientists. The funding, worth in total €647 million, will enable them to pursue their most promising ideas and...
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Unraveling the causes of Parkinson’s disease

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[:el] Dorothea Pinotsi is a post doc researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biology in Cambridge University. Her research focuses on the development of new techniques that allow us to depict the biological nanostructures in real time, mostly regarding the neurodegeneration of the...
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Develops “smart” materials that transform our everyday life

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[:el] Athanassia Athanassiou is a Senior Researcher, responsible for the Smart Materials Group, in the Nanophysics Department of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa. In September 2014 she became Tenured Scientist. In her lab, she tries to develop “smart” materials that will have a...
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Develops vaccines for AIDS and cancer

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[:el] George Pavlakis is the Senior Investigator and the Head of Human Retrovirus Section at the National Cancer Institute in US. The Human Retrovirus Section designs, develops and tests vaccines and immunotherapies for AIDS and cancer. Dr. Pavlakis has focused his research on the biology and pathogenesis...
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The Greek researcher awarded by Barack Obama

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[:el] President Obama named 105 researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Among the honoured recipients...

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