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 | Assist. Prof. Achilleas D. THEOCHARIS E-mail: |
Achilleas Theocharis received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 2000 from the Department Chemistry at the University of Patras, in which is Assistant Professor since 2008. He joined the Department of Experimental Medical Sciences, Lund University as visiting scientist, during his Ph.D. He was postdoctoral fellow at the Division of Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute during 2002-2003. He joined Matrix Biology Group in Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at Uppsala University in 2008 as visiting scientist. His research interests focus on the role of proteoglycans and proteases in the development of diseases such as atherosclerosis and cancer. His recent research activities focus on the role of matrix secreted proteoglycans in biomineralization, complement regulation and cancer progression. He also studies the regulation of matrix proteases expression and their implication in malignancies. He has authored or co-authored 45 peer-reviewed papers, 10 book chapters / reviews and 70 oral and poster presentations in National and International Conferences.