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Research Centres/Units of Excellence in
Life Sciences (based on ERC success):
The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation for Research & Technology
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Hellas(FORTH) - with 1 Advanced grantee (Prof. Tavernarakis), 1 Starting grantee (Prof. Chronis) and 1 chair of an
ERC review panel (Prof. Boumpas) - constitutes a centre of excellence in the Health & Biotech themes with multi-
disciplinary expertise ranging from biomedical engineering to molecular systems biology, ageing, neurosciences
and medical inflammation, among other fields. In addition, the IMBB has played and continues to play a significant
training role. In this sense, other excellent scientists such as Dr Talianidis (Advanced grantee - BSRC Fleming), Dr
Thanos (ERC panel member - BRFAA) and Dr Popi Syntichaki (ERC Starting grantee - BRFAA) were previously
professionally linked to this institute.
The Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and in particular the Division of Social
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Medicine-Psychiatry-Neurology and the Department of Pathophysiology, with 3 and 1 ERC reviewers respectively,
shows high-level expertise in the Health theme. In this sense, the Laboratory of Hygiene & Epidemiology (of the
above mentioned division) has two ERC reviewers, Prof. Trichopoulos and Prof. Katsougianni, which are interna-
tionally recognised experts in the field of statistics and epidemiology. It should be mentioned that the ERC Starting
Grant holder Prof. Salanti, based at the University of Ioannina, has also high-level expertise in this field. The 2
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Department of Neurology hosts another ERC reviewer Prof. Stefanis - affiliated investigator at the BRFAA - with
top expertise in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. Finally, Prof. Haralampos Moutsopoulos at the
Department of Pathophysiology is prominent in the field of immunity and infection and particularly in autoimmune
diseases.
The Medical School of the University of Patras and in particular the Department of General Biology has two Starting
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grantees (Prof. Lygerou and Prof. Stathopoulos) and constitutes an emerging research unit of excellence in the
Health - Biotech themes with internationally recognised expertise in molecular cell biology.
The Centre of Basic Research II of the Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens (BRFAA), with one
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Starting grantee (Dr Popi Syntichaki), one ERC panel member (Dr Dimitrios Thanos), displays top expertise in
molecular biology, biochemistry and molecular biophysics, genetics and ageing. The BRFAA has also one Starting
grantee at the Centre of Basic Research I (Cell biology division) Dr Vily Panoutsakopoulou, highly talented young
researcher in the genetic regulation of the immune response (mechanisms of autoimmunity).
The Institute of Molecular Biology & Genetics at the Biomedical Sciences Research Centre Alexander Fleming has
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one Advanced grantee, Dr Talianidis that has also acted as an ERC panel member. He is an internationally recog-
nised expert in the function of hepatic regulators and the general transcription machinery whereas the Institute of
Immunology is being directed by another ERC panel member, Dr Kollias that is widely acknowledged in molecular
and cellular mechanisms of immunological diseases.
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