Fotis Kafatos

Fotis Kafatos
FRS
Fotis Kafatos in 2008
Born
Φώτης Κωνσταντίνος Καφάτος
Fotis Constantine Kafatos

(1940-04-16)16 April 1940[3]
Heraklion, Crete, Greece[4]
Died18 November 2017(2017-11-18) (aged 77)
Heraklion, Crete, Greece[3]
Alma materCornell University (BS)
Harvard University (PhD)
Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsImperial College London
European Research Council
Cornell University
Harvard University
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
University of Crete
Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas
ThesisThe escape of moths from the cocoon: biochemical, physiological, morphological, and developmental studies (1965)
Doctoral advisorCarroll Williams[2]
Other academic advisorsThomas Eisner[citation needed]
Websiteopenwetware.org/wiki/Kafatos:Fotis_C._Kafatos

Fotis Constantine Kafatos (Greek: Φώτης Κ. Καφάτος; 16 April 1940 – 18 November 2017) was a Greek biologist.[5][6][7][8][9][10] Between 2007-2010 he was the founding president of the European Research Council (ERC).[11][12] He chaired the ERC Scientific Council from 2006-2010. Thereafter, he was appointed Honorary President of the ERC.[13][14]

  1. ^ Anon (2017). "Fotis C. Kafatos". people.embo.org. European Molecular Biology Organization.
  2. ^ Kafatos, Fotis (1965). The escape of moths from the cocoon: biochemical, physiological, morphological, and developmental studies. harvard.edu (PhD thesis). Harvard University. OCLC 16689507.
  3. ^ a b "Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο κορυφαίος Κρητικός βιολόγος Φ. Καφάτος - Νέα Κρήτη". www.neakriti.gr. 18 November 2017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference imbbobit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Kafatos, Fotis (2008). "Straight talk with...Fotis Kafatos". Nature Medicine. 14 (9): 902–903. doi:10.1038/nm0908-902. PMID 18776875. S2CID 21218047.
  6. ^ Efstratiadis, A.; Kafatos, F. C.; Maxam, A. M.; Maniatis, T. (1976). "Enzymatic in vitro synthesis of globin genes". Cell. 7 (2): 279–288. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(76)90027-1. PMID 60178. S2CID 41899832.
  7. ^ Jones, C. W.; Rosenthal, N.; Rodakis, G. C.; Kafatos, F. C. (1979). "Evolution of two major chorion multigene families as inferred from cloned cDNA and protein sequences". Cell. 18 (4): 1317–1332. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(79)90242-3. PMID 519771.
  8. ^ Dimopoulos, G.; Müller, H. M.; Kafatos, F. C. (1999). "How does Anopheles gambiae kill malaria parasites?". Parassitologia. 41 (1–3): 169–175. PMID 10697851.
  9. ^ Kafatos, Fotis (2005). "Chairman explains Europe's research council". Nature. 438 (7069): 723. Bibcode:2005Natur.438..723.. doi:10.1038/438723a. PMID 16340980.
  10. ^ Lescai, Francesco (2008). "Interview with Professor Fotis C. Kafatos, President of the European Research Council". New Biotechnology. 25 (1): 35–36. doi:10.1016/j.nbt.2008.04.006. PMID 18504013.
  11. ^ Antonoyiannakis, M.; Hemmelskamp, J.; Kafatos, F. C. (2009). "The European Research Council Takes Flight". Cell. 136 (5): 805–809. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.02.031. PMID 19269357. S2CID 18725330.
  12. ^ Gilbert, Natasha (2010). "The labours of Fotis Kafatos". Nature. 464 (7285): 20. doi:10.1038/464020a. PMID 20203577.
  13. ^ Biography at European Research Council Archived 9 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Anon (2017). "In Memoriam Fotis Kafatos".