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Concise curriculum vitae
Education
2016: PhD “with Distinction” in Medicine awarded by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Department of Physiology, Thessaloniki, Greece. PhD Thesis Title: “Study of the molecular response of neural cells after exposure to hypoxic conditions”.
2010: MSc In Biotechnology-Quality Assessment in Nutrition and the Environment awarded by University of Thessaly, School of Health Sciences, Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department, Larissa, Greece. MSc Thesis Title: Synthesis and biological evaluation of ketounsaturated nucleoside of trifluoromethyluracil
2003: .Honours degree in Biological Sciences awarded by University of Sussex School of Biological Sciences, Brighton, UK . BSc Thesis Title: Protein folding attempt of Sky D1-D3 and GAS6 protein using the FSAP method
Scientific Profile
Dr. Theofanis Vavilis’s research interests include biomedicine, specifically biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology, neurobiology, and neuropharmacology. Notable work experience includes the development of drugs of biopharmaceutical interest as part of the Research and Development department of a leading Greek pharmaceutical company. Furthermore, he has been involved in the Protocol Development team for the Cross Border Stem Cell Regenerative Medicine Centre (REMEDIC, http://www.remedicproject.eu/), co-funded by the European Union “Greece – the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia IPA Cross-Border Programme 2007-2013.” In this role, he co-developed and implemented protocols for the isolation, characterization, and differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells under GMP conditions. He possesses extensive knowledge of laboratory techniques such as DNA/Protein isolation, SDS-PAGE, Transfection, Western Blotting, PCR, Real-Time PCR, mammalian cell culture under GMP conditions, flow cytometry, as well as fluorescent and confocal microscopy.
Since 2013, Dr. Theofanis Vavilis has been teaching a wide variety of subjects at both the graduate and postgraduate levels, including human physiology, human anatomy, biology, human genetics, advanced molecular techniques, flow cytometry, and microscopy to doctors, biologists, and other healthcare professionals in Greek and foreign universities.
Scientific Output
Dr. Theofanis Vavilis has an h-index of 6 and is the author of 23 publications, which have received 452 citations according to Google Scholar. He authored the chapter “Stem Cells – Applications in Obstetrics and Gynecology” in the book “Basic knowledge of obstetrics and gynecology” published by University Studio Press (ISBN: 978-960-12-2334-6). Additionally, he participated in the translation from English to Greek of the book “Medical Physiology: Principles for Clinical Medicine” by Rodney A. Rhoades and David R. Bell (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins publishing), published by Rotonda-Hippokratis Publications in Greece (ISBN: 9789606894633).