Theocharis Alvanos

EDUCATION

College / University

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biology

Country

Greece

Lab Experience

Cellular and molecular techniques (Western blot, DNA extraction, PCR, DNA electrophoresis), behavioural experiments (D. melanogaster, T-maze aversive pavlovian behavioural assays), confocal microscopy (basic training), electron microscopy (TEM)

Projects / Research

2015 – 2016: Bachelor Thesis “Investigating the role of huntingtin in long term memory in Drosophila melanogaster”, E.M.C. Skoulakis lab (Laboratory of Molecular Cognitive Biology) at B.S.R.C. ‘Alexander Fleming’
2015: Lab Practical “Investigating hyperactivity phenotypes in D.melanogaster models of tauopathies”, E.M.C. Skoulakis lab (Laboratory of Molecular Cognitive Biology) at B.S.R.C. ‘Alexander Fleming’

Scholarships / Awards

2016 – 2017:

Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

Studying the ever-changing physiology of neuron circuitry through the different taxa, in correlation with the habitat each organism lives in, is extremely intriguing to me. I am particularly interested in the evolutionary process and etiology, which drove the first Homo species to form a theory of mind and a widened consciousness.