Every March, organizations worldwide unite for the global Brain Awareness Week, aiming to educate the public about the incredible functionality of the brain and how advancements in research are shaping our lives. As part of this initiative, the Eugenides Foundation, in collaboration with Twin4Promis and other academic and scientific institutions, organizes a Neuroscience Festival. This…
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We are happy to announce that on Thursday 22 February, BSRC Alexander Fleming will host an EMBO Outreach Event where PhD students and postdoctoral researchers will have the opportunity to find out more about EMBO Fellowships and other funding schemes supporting life scientists in Greece. An introduction to EMBO scientific publishing will also be given.…
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Interested in membrane proteins? The article entitled “Escherichia coli strains with precise domain deletions in the ribonuclease RNase E can achieve greatly enhanced levels of membrane protein production” has been recently published in Protein Science. Our young researcher Eleni Vasilopoulou and the team unveil SuptoxRNE22, an engineered E. coli strain with superior capabilities, which can…
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The Twin4Promis Training School at the University of Cambridge, held on January 17 and 18, 2024, was a captivating exploration of cutting-edge research and methodologies in the field of protein misfolding. The program, carefully curated by the organizer Michele Vendruscolo, promised an immersive experience for young scientists eager to delve into the field of neurodegenerative…
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The “TWIN2PIPSA & Twin4Promis Twinned Training Schools” at the Center for Protein Misfolding, University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK, is set to take place from January 15 to 18, 2024. This event is designed to elevate the skills and knowledge of young scientists in the field of protein misfolding. Save the Dates TWIN2PIPSA Training School:…
Read article The 73rd National Conference of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (HSBMB) is set to take place in Athens, Greece, at the Conference Center of Eugenides Foundation from December 1st to 3rd, 2023 with various interesting talks in the fields of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from all over Greece. On December 1st, at…
Read article We are happy to announce that Dr Georgios Skretas, the coordinator of the Twin4Promis project will be participating at the 30th Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience (HSfN), which will take place from November 24 to 26, 2023 at National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, as a plenary speaker. His lecture entitled: “Bacteria to…
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Dr. Georgios Skretas, the Coordinator of the Twin4Promis project, is set to participate in the forthcoming PEGS Europe Conference, a well-known conference in the field of protein and antibody engineering, scheduled to take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from November 14 to 16, 2023. Dr. Skretas will present an invited lecture entitled “Development of Specialized Bacterial…
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Dr Tania Chroumpi, an esteemed member of the Twin4Promis team has been honored with the prestigious ERA Fellowships under the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships program. Tania’s project, with the title “Bioengineered Microbes as a Platform for Discovering Chemical Rescuers of Disease-Related Misfolding of Integral Membrane Proteins,” carries the project acronym “ProMisMe.” 🚀 Tania’s groundbreaking work will…
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On October 10, Mrs. Eleni Vasilopoulou, a dedicated member of the Twin4Promis project, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Construction of Specialized Bacterial Strains Enabling High-Yield Recombinant Membrane Protein Production.” 🎓🌟 Eleni’s research has the potential to pave the way for exciting and groundbreaking advancements in the field of recombinant membrane protein production. We would…
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