Our MSc Student at the Worm23 Conference, Glasgow

BSRC Fleming
Jun 29, 2023
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Updated: May 19

Antonis ROUSSOS (MSc Class 2021-2023, 2nd year, Dr. Konstantinos Palikaras lab - Department of Physiology, Athens Medical School - National & Kapodistrian University of Athens) has participated in the 24th International C. elegans Conference (#Worm23) held in Glasgow, Scotland last June 24-28, 2023. He presented there a poster on “Calcium Homeostasis in the Regulation of Neuronal Mitophagy”.

During the Conference, Antonis also had the occasion of exchanging with Prof. Craig C. Mello (University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA) the 2006 Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering research on RNA interference (see photos below).

Congratulations!

Learn more on the Conference here...

Antonis ROUSSOS, with his MSc Thesis mentor Dr. Konstantinos PALIKARAS (Medical School, NKUA) in front of his poster. — **Antonis ROUSSOS**, with his MSc Thesis mentor Dr. Konstantinos PALIKARAS (Medical School, NKUA) in front of his poster.

Antonis ROUSSOS exchanging badges with 2006 Nobel Prize Winner Prof. Craig C. MELLO. — **Antonis ROUSSOS** exchanging badges with 2006 Nobel Prize Winner Prof. Craig C. MELLO.