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Fotis C. Kafatos Division of Cell & Molecular Biology South Kensington Campus, SAF London, SW7 2AZ UK f.kafatos[at]imperial.ac.uk

I am one of the PIs in the Kafatos/Christophides Lab at Imperial College, London and Honorary President of the European Research Council as well as Member of its Scientific Council.

Wikipedia Entry
Watch an interview video of me (interviewer: George Dimopoulos, PhD hosted at the JHSPH)
Imperial faculty webpage and Contact Details

Education

1965 PhD, Biology Harvard University, USA.
1962 MA, Biology Harvard University, USA.
1961 AB, Zoology (High Honours) Cornell University, USA.
Primary and secondary education in Crete

Academic Appointments

2007 - present Adjunct Professor of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health
2005 - present Professor, Chair of Immunogenomics, Imperial College, London, UK.
1993 - 2005 Director General, and group leader at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.
1982 - 1993 Founder and Director, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
1982 - present Professor of Biology (part-time), University of Crete, Greece, (on leave).
1972 - 1982 Professor of Biology (part-time), University of Athens, Greece.
1978 - 1981 Chair, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, USA.
1969 - 1994 Professor of Biology, Harvard University, USA.
1965 - 1969 Assistant Professor of Biology, Harvard University, USA.
1965 Instructor of Biology, Harvard University, USA.

Honours

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President of the European Research Council and Chairman of its Scientific Council, 2007 - 2011
Fondation Louis Jeantet – 25th Anniversary Special Prize, 2008
Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2007
Uni-Heidelberg Grosse Universitats Medal, 2005
Medal of Honour, City of Heraklion, Crete, 2004
“Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse”, awarded by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2004
Medal “Taxiarchis of Phoenix”, awarded by the President of the Hellenic Republic, for contributions to Science, Culture and Society, 2003
Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London, 2003
Member, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 2003
Foreign Member of the French Academy of Sciences, 2002
Honorary Medal for Distinction in Biology, Academy of Athens, 2000
Honorary Professor, University of Heidelberg, Germany 2000
G.J. Mendel Honorary Gold Medal for Merit in the Biological Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 1995
Member, Academia Europaea, 1991
Member, National Academy of Science, USA, 1982
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1980

Honorary Doctorates

• Agricultural University of Athens 1992
• University Thessaloniki 1994
• Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg 2002
• University of Thrace 2004
• Cyprus University of Technology 2008

Board Memberships (partial list)

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2004 – present

Sanger Institute, Hinxton (UK), Scientific Advisory Board

2004 – 2007

International Risk Governance Council (Geneva), Scientific and Technical Council

2004 – present

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas Carlos III (Spain), Scientific Advisory Board

2003 – present

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle), Scientific Board of “Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative”

2003 – present

Hellenic Pasteur Institute (Athens), Scientific Committee

2002 – present

Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (Singapore), International Scientific Advisory Board

2002 – present

Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Chair of the Institutional Advisory Board

2002 – 2003

European Intergovernmental Research Organisation Forum (EIROforum), Chair

2002

International Review Panel on Development of Biotechnology in Finland (Chair)

2001 – present

University of Geneva School of Medicine, External Scientific Advisory Board

2000 – present

Institut Pasteur (Paris), External Scientific and Strategic Committee

2000 – present

Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology (Bergen), Scientific Advisory Committee

1998 – 2002

Fondation des Treilles, Scientific Committee

1998 – 2001

Conseil National de la Science, France

1997 – 2002

Fondation Bettencourt Schueller (Paris), Scientific Committee

1995 – present

Max-Planck Institut (Göttingen), Member and Chair of the Fachbeirat

1995 – 2004

Fondation Louis Jeantet de Mèdicine (Geneva), Science Committee

1995 – 2000

Wellcome CRC Institute (Cambridge), International Advisory Board

1994 – present

Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Crete), Chair of International Scientific Advisory Board

1994 – 1999

National Science Advisory Board of Greece (Athens)

1991 – 1998

WHO/TDR (Geneva), Steering Committee on Biological Control of Vectors, Molecular Entomology

1991 – 1994

International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (Nairobi), Governing Board/Programme Committee

1988 – 1990

European Molecular Biology Organisation Council

1987 – 1994

Committee for the European Development of Science and Technology – CODEST (European Commission)

1976 – 1993

University of Crete and Foundation of Research and Technology – Hellas Governing Board (overlapping periods)

Publications (partial list)

2009

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2008

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2007

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2006

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2005

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2004

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2003

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2002

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48. Christophides GK, Zdobnov E, Barillas-Mury C, Birney E, Blandin S, Blass C, Brey PT, Collins FH, Danielli A, Dimopoulos G, Hetru C, Hoa NT, Hoffmann JA, Kanzok SM, Letunic I, Levashina EA, Loukeris TG, Lycett G, Meister S, Michel K, Moita LF, Müller HM, Osta MA, Paskewitz SM, Reichhart JM, Rzhetsky A, Troxler L, Vernick KD, Vlachou D, Volz J, von Mering C, Xu J, Zheng L, Bork P, and Kafatos FC. Immunity-related genes and gene families in Anopheles gambiae. Science. 2002 Oct 4;298(5591):159-65. DOI:10.1126/science.1077136 |
50. Holt RA, Subramanian GM, Halpern A, Sutton GG, Charlab R, Nusskern DR, Wincker P, Clark AG, Ribeiro JM, Wides R, Salzberg SL, Loftus B, Yandell M, Majoros WH, Rusch DB, Lai Z, Kraft CL, Abril JF, Anthouard V, Arensburger P, Atkinson PW, Baden H, de Berardinis V, Baldwin D, Benes V, Biedler J, Blass C, Bolanos R, Boscus D, Barnstead M, Cai S, Center A, Chaturverdi K, Christophides GK, Chrystal MA, Clamp M, Cravchik A, Curwen V, Dana A, Delcher A, Dew I, Evans CA, Flanigan M, Grundschober-Freimoser A, Friedli L, Gu Z, Guan P, Guigo R, Hillenmeyer ME, Hladun SL, Hogan JR, Hong YS, Hoover J, Jaillon O, Ke Z, Kodira C, Kokoza E, Koutsos A, Letunic I, Levitsky A, Liang Y, Lin JJ, Lobo NF, Lopez JR, Malek JA, McIntosh TC, Meister S, Miller J, Mobarry C, Mongin E, Murphy SD, O'Brochta DA, Pfannkoch C, Qi R, Regier MA, Remington K, Shao H, Sharakhova MV, Sitter CD, Shetty J, Smith TJ, Strong R, Sun J, Thomasova D, Ton LQ, Topalis P, Tu Z, Unger MF, Walenz B, Wang A, Wang J, Wang M, Wang X, Woodford KJ, Wortman JR, Wu M, Yao A, Zdobnov EM, Zhang H, Zhao Q, Zhao S, Zhu SC, Zhimulev I, Coluzzi M, della Torre A, Roth CW, Louis C, Kalush F, Mural RJ, Myers EW, Adams MD, Smith HO, Broder S, Gardner MJ, Fraser CM, Birney E, Bork P, Brey PT, Venter JC, Weissenbach J, Kafatos FC, Collins FH, and Hoffman SL. The genome sequence of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Science. 2002 Oct 4;298(5591):129-49. DOI:10.1126/science.1076181 |

2001

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2000

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