Vassilis G Gorgoulis
Director of the Department of Histology–Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, National Kapodistrian University of Athens
Professor Gorgoulis is a molecular pathologist (https://www.gorgoulis.gr/). He is the Director of the Department of Histology–Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He is also Chair of Clinical Molecular Pathology at the Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, UK; Adjunct Professor at the Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens; Honorary Professor at the Faculty Institute for Cancer Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; and an elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
Prof Gorgoulis’ research is focused on how cells react to oncogenic insults in order to preserve their homeostasis. His work is published in prestigious, highly-impacted peer reviewed journals that received >51.000 citations. He is recognized for proposing the “Oncogene-induced DNA damage model for cancer development” that led to the establishment of Genomic Instability, Replication Stress and Senescence as hallmarks of cancer. Within this context he also pioneered in developing innovative senoprobes that are included in the international guidelines for senescence detection as well as highly specific senolytic platforms for selective elimination of these cells.