Anagnostis Argyriou

Dr. Anagnostis Argiriou born in Drama Greece on 1969, got his Doctor of Biological Sciences degree cum laude in 1996 and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology in 2001 in Italy. During this period he was involved in different projects such as the genome sequencing of the plant model Arabidopsis, molecular diagnostics and construction of kits for gene therapy protocols. From 2001 to 2003 he worked at CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate in Italy mainly to implement and improve biodiagnostic protocols. In 2005 he joined the Institute of Agrobiotecnology in a Post Doctoral position and in 2006 became researcher. 

He is member of the Hellenic Society of   Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Hellenic Society of BioScientists, the European Society of Atherosclerosis and the Northern Greece Society of Atherosclerosis.

The field of prevailing interest is the study of the epigenetic regulation in plants to improve their quality and nutritional characteristics using modern genomic technologies. He has different years of teaching experience in academic institutions and is the author of a considerable number of scientific publications on internationally reputed journals and two European patents.