Spyroulias George

• 1989 : B.Sc. In Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 1992 : M.Sc. In Chemistry, « Bioinorganic Chemistry of Coordination Compounds », Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Greece.
• 1995 : Ph.D. In Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

 

09/2014 : Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GREECE
12/2009 – 08/2014 : Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GREECE
08/2003 - 11/2009 : Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GREECE
04/2000 - 07/2003 : Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Marie Curie Return Grant & “C. Caratheodory Post-Doctoral Grant), Dept. of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GREECE
01/1997 - 03/2000 : Post-Doctoral Research (Marie Curie Training Grant),Center of Magnetic Resonance (CERM), U of Florence, ITALY.
10/1995 - 12/1996 : Post-Doctoral Research, Université René Descartes, Paris V, Laboratoire De Chimie et Biochimie, C.N.R.S. URA 400, Παρίσι, ΓΑΛΛΙΑ.
02/1995 - 09/1995 : Short-term Post-Doctoral Research (University of Crete, University of Florence, ITALY, – CNRS/LCC Toulouse, FRANCE)
11/1989 - 02/1995 : PhD Research

 

 

 

Undergraduate Program

• Informatics [PHA-A15-NEW]
• Biochemistry Ι [PHA-A22-NEW]
• Bioinorganic Chemistry – Molecular Simulations [PHA-C11-NEW]
• Spectrometry [PHA-C14-NEW]

Postgraduate Program “Drug Design and Development”

• Design and Discovery of Bioactive Compounds [DPHA_1]
• Biomolecular NMR and protein architecture [DPHA_A03] 

 

Awards & Distinctions 

• ERASMUS Fellowship (1992-93).
• DIGITAL CORPORATION Award for Achievement in Graduate Research (1993).
• CLAUDE BERNARD Fondation (Paris) Grant (1996).
• MARIE CURIE Research Training Grant TMR & HP Program of EU (1997-99 & 2000-01).
• FLORMARPARM & NMRPARABIO Large Scale Facility User’s Grant (1995, 1997, 2000-03). 

 

Research Activities
• Design/Simulation of bioactive molecules of pharmaceutical interest and Conformational Analysis of biomolecules through Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (ΝΜR).
• Structural Bioinformatics applied in homology modeling of unknown structures of biomolecules, protein-protein/peptide/substrate interaction through molecular dynamics simulation, docking simulation protocols.
• In silico design and development of combinatorial libraries of compounds and virtual screening process towards the quest of lead-molecules with biological activity towards protein/enzyme targets, etc.