Organizing Committee Member
Ioannis S. Patrikios
Professor
European University Cyprus
Cyprus
Biography
Professor Ioannis S. Patrikios received his BSc degree in Pre-Medical studies/Biochemistry from the City College of the City University of NY. He completed his PhD studies in 1994, specialized on Immunology and Lipids/Lipidomics and post-doctoral studies specialization in Medical Biochemistry at the City College of NY, next to the world-known Professor CS Russell. Professor Patrikios went through several different fellowships including research specializations /collaborations with different high reputation institutions including, Mount Sinai NY and was awarded advanced Immunology specialization courses at Scuola Superiore d'Immunologia Ruggero Ceppellini, Italy. He served and continues to serve as a Research Scientific Consultant for Industry and higher education. His broad research interests include studies of new therapeutic approaches of chronic diseases by the use of Systems Medicine, through Systems Biology and Nutritional Systems Biology; Lipid Hemagglutinins, Lectins, Immunology and the use of novel interventions against Metastatic Tumor Cells. As from 2004, Professor Patrikios got involved in the research of innovative, pioneer, holistic therapeutic approaches for chronic multifactorial Neurodegenerative diseases, specifically of Multiple Sclerosis. He is affiliated as a Graduate Studies Mentor with the Institute of Brain Chemistry of London. During the last decade he has obtained many competitive research grants, participated in several different collaborative European scientific research-projects and he organized several large European Consortium Platforms for research and Clinical Trials. His 2002 research findings on the effect of frying oils as human hemagglutinins got an international interest; and have been discussed by several different National Food and Drug Administrations, including UK, and through articles in high impact Magazines such as the New Scientist. He has lately been honored with the tittle of a fellow and member of the advisory board of the Forensic Pathology Academy of London. He has been appointed as a reviewer and editor of several international scientific journals in the field of Medicine, Med-Biochemistry, Pharmaceuticals-Therapeutics and Neurology and as a reviewer for research grants. He is the solid author of University Books in Biochemistry and Medical Biochemistry and he has authored numerous peer-reviewed, limited co-authored original publications, in high impact factor scientific journals. Professor Patrikios is a member of several International associations and bodies including Sigma Xi. He is the chief scientific investigator of the team which lately invented and patented the nutraceutical formula PLP10 as a new therapeutic intervention for multiple sclerosis. He is the co-founder and Director of PALUPA Medical Ltd (a research and innovation company), that performed and successfully completed the phase II clinical trial for PLP10. Now he is the scientific coordinator of the “MINERAL†phase III multicenter clinical trial for PLP10. At present he is a Professor, Faculty of Medicine and the Chairman of the School of Medicine of the European University of Cyprus and affiliated as a research collaborator at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics.
Research Area
His 2002 research findings on the effect of frying oils as human hemagglutinins got an international interest, and have been discussed by several different National Food and Drug Administrations