Demetrios A. Spandidos Biography
Date and Place of Birth: 1947. Agios Constantinos, Sparta, Greece
Education:
B.Sc. in Chemistry, November 1971, Aristotelion University of Thesaloniki, Greece
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, January, 1976, McGill University, Montreal, Canada ,Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Genetics and Transcription of Reovirus
MRCPath, November 1988. Royal College of Pathologists, London, UK
D.Sc. in Genetics, July 1989. University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Title of D.Sc. Thesis: Studies on the role of ras gene in carcinogenesis
F.R.S.H. June 1994. The Royal Society of Health, London, UK
F.R.C.Path January 1997. The Royal College of Pathologists, London, UK
Specialised in Clinical Chemistry, 1998. Ministry of Health, Greece
FASA, 2005. The American Society of Angiology
Marital Status:Married to Dr Panayota D. Krempeniou (PhD in Law, Glasgow, UK) in 1976. Two children, born in 1977 (daughter Athanasia, BSc in Biochemistry, Glasgow, PhD in Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK) and 1981 (son Nikiforos-Anastasios, BSc in Biochemistry, Glasgow, MSc in Molecular Biology, Edinburgh, PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Glasgow, UK).
Citizenship:Greek
Professional Experience :
2015 - Present: Professor of Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
1989 - 2014: Professor of Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
1990 - 2013: Director, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, University Hospital, Heraklion, Greece
2006 - 2010: Director, Laboratories of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographical Medicine, University Hospital, Heraklion, Greece
1988 - 1998: Director, Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, The National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece
1981 - 1988: Member of the Senior Scientific Staff, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1985 - 1987: Head, Virology Programme, Hellenic Institute Pasteur, Athens, Greece
1985 - 1987: (Feb-March each year) Visiting Scientist and Guest lecturer "Genes and Cancer" course for medical, graduate and undergraduate students, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of California, San Diego, USA
1979 - 1981: Centennial Fellow (MRC Canada), Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1979: Director, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Medical Center of Athens Hospital, Athens, Greece
1978 - 1979: Epimelitis (Assistant Professor), Laboratory of Biochemical and Biological Research, Hellenic Anticancer Institute, Athens, Greece
1976 - 1978: Post-doctoral Fellow (MRC Canada), Department of Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
July 1976: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA. Advanced Bacterial Genetics Course, including the recombinant DNA technology
1972 - 1976: Teaching Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
1970 - 1971: Research Assistant, Laboratory of Virology and Tissue Culture, Theagenion Cancer Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece
Additional Responsibilities:
Editor: Journals
International Journal of Oncology (since 1992) (included in Science Citation Index and Index Medicus)
Oncology Reports (since 1994) (included in Science Citation Index and Index Medicus)
International Journal of Molecular Medicine (since 1998) (included in Science Citation Index and Index Medicus)
Molecular Medicine Reports (since 2008)
Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine (since 2010)
Oncology Letters (since 2010)
World Academy of Sciences Journal (since 2019)
Anticancer Research (Annual Special Issues from 1985 to 1990)
*included in Science Citation Index and Index Medicus
Publications (By January 2019)
Professor D.A. Spandidos has authored more than 800 publications in English in 200 different international journals and more than 50 publications in Greek journals. His work has received over 22.500 citations. His major findings have been discussed in the journals Nature, Science, New Scientist and The Economist among others.
Communications (By January 2019)
Professor D.A. Spandidos has participated with more than 1000 communications and invited talks in International Conferences.
Ph.D. Supervisor:
More than 100 graduate students have obtained their PhD degree in Greece under the supervision of Professor D.A. Spandidos and most of them are pursuing careers abroad in leading institutions in the field of cancer research as shown by work published in top biomedical journals.
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