Lodz,
Rectorate of Medical University (Main Hall),
March 18th,
13:00
Programme:
UNDERSTANDING
FUNCTIONAL VARIATIONS AND DIFFERENTIAL
THRESHOLDS
IN TNF/TNFR-MEDIATED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Rectorate of Medical
University of Lodz
4 Kosciuszki Ave.
90-419 Lodz
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Dr.
George Kollias
born in 1958, received his B.Sc. in Biology from the
University of Athens, Greece and Ph.D. training from 1980 to 1984
in Molecular Biology at the National Hellenic Research Foundation.
He has post-doctoral experience in the field of gene structure
and expression (Laboratory of Gene Structure and Expression, National
Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK) and from
1990 - 2000 he established the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
at the Hellenic Pasteur Institute in Athens, Greece. From 2000-2002,
he was appointed Director of the Institute for Immunology at the
Biomedical Sciences Research Center ‘Al. Fleming’, and from 2002
he was appointed the Center’s President and Director. Dr. Kollias
has sound expertise in transgenic, gene mutational and knockout
technology, molecular and cellular biology and immunology. His
interests are in the field of the role of cytokines in inflammation
and autoimmunity and his lab is best known for transgenic and
knockout research in the TNF field and for establishing and characterizing
disease pathways in animal models for chronic inflammation and
autoimmunity (e.g. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease,
Multiple Sclerosis, endotoxic shock and systemic lupus). He has
published over 80 primary research articles in peer-reviewed journals
and his work has received over 6000 citations. He has been the
recipient of the 1993 International Prize-Award for achievements
in “Molecular Biomedicine” under the scheme “International Scientific
and Cultural Awards of the Bodosaki Foundation” and from 2000,
an elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
(EMBO). He has served as invited speaker and chairman and as a
member of the Organising and Scientific Committees of several
scientific meetings throughout the world.
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