myrtani

Studied Physiology/Genetics, now Assoc Prof @Uni_of_Nicosia interested in Kidney/GI tract Physiology & Scicom. Member of the @GlobalYAcademy

[DISARM @disarmeu]

We’re excited to share the new EARLYSCAN cluster video 🎥

Bringing together the DISARM, SHIELD & PREDI-LYNCH projects, the video highlights our shared work to advance early detection of heritable cancers across Europe 🇪🇺

#HaDEA #CancerMission

https://t.co/cQKD80GBXL

[IUBMB @iubmb]

New call for our 2028 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Focused Meeting!

The IUBMB will provide up to $60,000 to support ONE meeting per year on a cutting-edge topic in the molecular biosciences.

Deadline: 15 June 2026
Apply here: https://t.co/eXlRajOPet

[IUBMB @iubmb]

We are delighted to co-fund this new initiative with FEBS as part of the FEBS Advanced Courses program 2027.

The course can be held in any country that has an IUBMB AB or AAB (including those with a FEBS Constituent Society).

DEADLINE: 1 SEP 2026
🔗https://t.co/elt2iXJ6dZ

[DISARM @disarmeu]

Just days to go until the first in-person EARLYSCAN cluster meeting in Pompeii 🏛️

DISARM EU, PREDI-LYNCH, and the SHIELD project partners will come together to strengthen collaboration on earlier detection of heritable cancers💙

#HaDEA #CancerMission

[DISARM @disarmeu]

Today on World Ovarian Cancer Day, we stand with all those affected and highlight the importance of awareness and early detection 🔬

Through DISARM, we’re improving risk assessment to support earlier diagnosis across Europe 💙

🔗 https://t.co/piSBo3Rq9z

[Nilli Lavie @NilliLavie]

Are attention spans really shrinking? I might say some more about it later on, right now I want to stay focused on my work- if you read what our brain findings show you will know why! https://t.co/f7kT0ay73i

[DISARM @disarmeu]

Today on #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate the incredible women of DISARM, and honour the strength of patients and families whose courage inspires our work💙

Happy International Women's Day! 👩‍🏫👩‍💼👩‍🔬

#HaDEA #CancerMission

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Canadian Prime Minister @MarkJCarney's speech at Davos is quite brilliant. Without vitriol or exaggeration, he outlines the harsh new world that Trump is leading us all toward. Here's the full text; much recommended: https://t.co/H3TWppgsY6

[myrtani @myrtani]

@Tsawyer2112 Ρέει η γουοκιά από τα πατζακια μου 🤣

[βιος-Society of Biological Sciences in Cyprus @SBSCyp]

The βιος-SBSCy 2nd national conference this Friday 28/11 is not to be missed. A natural history museum in Cyprus?
Open to everybody, free entrance. At the University of Cyprus Library, auditorium LCR 012!

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Democracy is a precondition for lasting peace. However, we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence.

Maria Corina Machado – awarded the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize – has spent years working for the freedom of the Venezuelan people. The Venezuelan regime’s rigid hold on power and its repression of the population are not unique in the world. We see the same trends globally: rule of law abused by those in control, free media silenced, critics imprisoned, and societies pushed towards authoritarian rule and militarisation. In 2024, more elections were held than ever before, but fewer and fewer are free and fair.

#NobelPrize

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Our immune system is an evolutionary masterpiece. Every day it protects us from the thousands of different viruses, bacteria and other microbes that attempt to invade our bodies. Without a functioning immune system, we would not survive.

One of the immune system’s marvels is its ability to identify pathogens and differentiate them from the body’s own cells. The microbes that threaten our health do not wear a uniform – they all have different appearances. Many have also developed similarities to human cells, as a form of camouflage. So how does the immune system keep track of what to attack and what to protect? Why doesn’t the immune system attack our bodies more frequently?

Researchers long believed they knew the answer to these questions: that immune cells mature through a process called central immune tolerance (see image). However, our immune system turned out to be more complex than they believed. Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.

[myrtani @myrtani]

Honoured to be part of the Horizon Europe project: #DISARM together with a brilliant consortium and dear colleagues from @UNIC_ENG.
The goal: to tackle Ovarian Cancer via earlier detection & advance risk assessment.

@HorizonEU #HorizonEurope #OvarianCancer #CancerResearch

[DISARM @disarmeu]

We’re proud to launch DISARM, a new Horizon Europe project tackling #OvarianCancer through earlier detection and better risk assessment 🧬♀️

With proven solutions & testing new innovations, DISARM aims to transform screening and give patients the best chance at survival 💙

[Isidoros Sideridis @isideridis]

Set a reminder for my upcoming Space! https://t.co/B4zkS1J7A6

[βιος-Society of Biological Sciences in Cyprus @SBSCyp]

Hey members and friends, have you seen this??😀

BioQuest: The Lyceum Biology challenge https://t.co/UAzkixtAWS #FEBSnet

[Irini Hadjisavva, PhD @DrIriniH]

Join us this Thursday as we delve deep into the magnificent world of #microRNAs in our #diet and how they affect both our gut cells and our bacterial friends 🦠. Don’t miss this session with the brilliant Dr. Myrtani Pieri. @myrtani

@gutmicrobiome

[Demis Hassabis @demishassabis]

Winning the @NobelPrize is the honour of a lifetime and the realisation of a lifelong dream - it still hasn’t really sunk in yet.

With AlphaFold2 we cracked the 50-year grand challenge of protein structure prediction: predicting the 3D structure of a protein purely from its amino acid sequence. Proteins are the building blocks of life, and knowing the structure of a protein is crucial for understanding the function it performs.

We then folded all 200 million proteins known to science and made those structures freely available for anyone in the world to use, with the help of our wonderful collaborators at @emblebi. Over 2 million researchers have already used AlphaFold2 and its predictions to advance a huge range of important work - everything from enzyme design, to disease understanding, to drug discovery.

But this is only the beginning. Over the next few years AI will help us make great strides towards developing new and more effective therapies for today's most prevalent diseases, and the fantastic team at @IsomorphicLabs are making rapid progress on this mission. I can’t think of a more important or beneficial use of AI.

Then of course there is advancing AGI itself, the original and enduring goal, and the vision behind the founding of DeepMind nearly 15 years ago. If AI is built safely and responsibly, I believe it will be one of the most transformative and beneficial technologies ever. I’ve always thought of AI as the ultimate tool to help us accelerate scientific discovery.

Congratulations to John Jumper (and David Baker!), the amazing AlphaFold team, and all our incredible colleagues at @GoogleDeepMind and @Google that supported and encouraged us along the way - this award is for all of us! It’s been such an honour and privilege to work with all of you to advance the frontiers of AI and science, and there is so much more to come!

[Bat1k Genome Project @bat1kgenomes]

It's out! The genome sequence of Molossus alvarezi https://t.co/mPh0v9egPO 🦇 @Nancy_Bat @bat_biomes @myrtani @B_P_OT @erichjarvis @Sonja_Vernes
@mai_meike @EmmaTeeling1 @BatBiology_org 🦇🦇

[myrtani @myrtani]

Many congratulations to our new @SBSCyp board! 🎉
So glad to see representatives from academia, industry, secondary education and the research community!Looking forward to working with all of you & also strengthening our international collaboration with @FEBSnews and the @iubmb !

[βιος-Society of Biological Sciences in Cyprus @SBSCyp]

Habemus a New Board! βιος-SBSCy
#2024-2027

[βιος-Society of Biological Sciences in Cyprus @SBSCyp]

Dear Members & friends,
On Tuesday September 3rd, we will hold elections for the 3-year term of our next Board.
Let's take a look at our candidates, representing major institutions, diverse backgrounds, stage of career but united by enthusiasm & commitment to our Society's work!