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Prof. Dr. A. Giannis
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Athanassios Giannis was born 1954 in Drama/Greece. He came to Germany 1972
after finishing high school and started to study chemistry at the University of Bonn. He graduated in 1980. His diploma thesis have been prepared under the supervision of Prof. M. T. Reetz. From 1978-1988 he studied medicine at the University of Bonn and subsequently became licensed medical practitioner. In 1986 he finished his Ph. D. thesis in bioorganic chemistry in the group of Prof. K. Sandhoff. In 1992 he received his venia legendi (habilitation) in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry and became Associate Professor in Bonn. In November 1997 he was appointed as professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe. Since may 2002 Prof. Dr. A. Giannis is professor for Organic Chemistry and Natural Products Chemistry at the University of Leipzig. |
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Current research interests: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry: Synthesis of bioactive natural products and their analogues like alkaloids, peptidomimetics, ATP analogues and sphingolipids. In particular he is interested in the rational design and synthesis of inhibitors of angiogenesis, and in the development of inhibitors of sphingomyelinase and ceramide formation as modulators of signal transduction and apoptosis. Furthermore, the development of inhibitors of histone modifying enzymes and of kinesines are part of his research interest. |
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Last Update: 02.02.2011 Impressum |
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