My favorite outing thus far in Greece was definitely my time in downtown Athens at the Benaki Museum! This museum was filled with a rich density of culturally significant items, such as ancient Mycenean pottery, orthodox artworks, and Byzantine clothing and furniture. As someone who grew up going to Sunday school, closely observing the orthodox…
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A Day in the Life of Plus3 Greece
Today in Greece we had a fun filled day full of a variety of different activities. We started our day by taking the metro to the Athens branch of the University of Nicosia. While there we got to experience a fascinating lecture from Professor Sarigiannis about peptides found in venom. He discussed how separating and…
Museum and Unic Athens Tour 2
Today we started the day with another trip to UNIC Athens, where we had a lecture about the use of peptides in venom medicine. I haven’t done much research into the use of ultrashort peptides in modern medicine, so the implications they have for the future of medicine and materials intrigued me. After our lecture,…
Cats, Culture, and Kolonaki
I began my fifth day in Athens with a coffee and croissant on the rooftop with my friends. As the days have gone on, many people in the program have started exploring different breakfast spots around the city, and I have really enjoyed discovering new places with them. Exploring the area has also helped improve…
Peptides and Pretty Views!
We began our fifth day in Athens by taking the metro from Omonia to UNIC Athens. At UNIC, we attended a lecture about the chemistry of venoms and peptides, and how they can be used to make drugs, which was especially interesting to me as a chemical engineering student. Something I found especially interesting was…
Creativity to Culture
We started off our day at UNIC to learn about polypeptides with Dr. Sarigiannis where he shared intriguing ways that scientists are working on healing illnesses based on the chemical compounds of various venoms and poisons. This was of extreme interest for me, wso he told me about his current project. He is working on…
Day 5 – From Corner Coffee to the Top of Athens
Today started off early with a cup of coffee from the shop around the corner with a group of friends. We had started going earlier in the trip, and now it has become a routine to go before we have to meet with the rest of the group. After that, we went to UNIC Athens…
Peptide Maxxing Soon
I started my day today with a quick coffee trip to a nearby café with some of my friends here. It’s a small shop by the street ran by a woman and who I guess to be her husband. I’m a fan of her cappuccinos so I got one as well as a small box…
Top of the World: Day 5 in Paradise
Today was another beautiful day in Athens. We began the day by taking the metro to the UNIC Athens campus and attending a lecture on venom and polypeptides, run by Dr. Ionnis Sargiannis, a professor in the Life & Health Sciences department. In this lecture, we learned about the formation of different proteins and peptides…
Molecules to Mountains: Greece Day 5!
By Opal Miller Today we attended a lecture at UNIC Athens, visited the Benaki museum, and saw the top of Mt. Lycabettus. In this morning’s lecture, we learned about venom chemistry, and how the different molecules in venom cocktails and their functional groups can be chemically manipulated to form analogs with medicinal applications. Some examples…
Peak Point in Greece
Today, we started off our day with an informative lecture at UNIC by Professor Sarigiannis. We learned more about peptide products becoming increasingly popular, and how various venoms from snakes, lizards, and even scorpions is derived for peptide production. I was very intrigued by this topic as a chemical engineering major and bioengineering minor, as…
Peaks and Peptides
We started our day by heading to the UNIC Athens campus for a lecture from Dr. Yiannis Sarigiannis about peptides, motivated by their use in antivenoms, how they have developed over time, and where current research stands. I would say I generally don’t enjoy chemistry as much as other subjects, but I found this lecture…
Walking to the tallest point in Athens
Today was a doozy to say the least. We began with a lecture from UNIC about venoms vs. poisons and how the research for their antidotes can change the whole medical world. Afterward we traveled to Kolonaki for some delicious lunch, which was some gyros for me, and visited the Benaki Museum. This Museum was…
Day 5 Greece: Lykavittos
Today was a long day and did not disappoint in the slightest. We started our day off by revisiting the UNIC campus for a lecture, “Myth to Molecule” by Dr. Ioannis Sarigiannis. This lecture gave insight into the world of venoms and peptides. I personally do not find biology very fascinated yet Dr. Sargiannis shed…
Greece With a View
Today we began the day at the university. We saw an amazing presentation on venom, poison, and peptides. It was a great look into what goes into the chemistry and engineering at the university. The many uses of certain venoms are unexpected and versatile, including cardiovascular issues and pain relief. We also got to see…
Another lovely day in Athens
After making our way through Athens using the metro the group had a lecture at UNIC learning about peptides. This was by far my favorite lecture of the trip, I was truly intrigued by the endless amount of uses and applications. One part I liked was that certain peptides can be used for antibacterial applications…
Grappling up Mountains in Greece
We started the day by attending a fascinating lecture at the Athens campus of University of Nicosia, where Professor Yiannis Sarigiannis introduced us to the future potential of peptides. We learned how venom-derived peptides can be modified and transformed into useful medications by altering their structure, allowing scientists to turn naturally toxic compounds into targeted…
Learning & Lycabettus
In the morning, I learned the difference between poison and venom. Simply put, if you consume something that kills you, the culprit is poison, but if you are bitten by something that kills you, then the culprit is venom. I also learned about peptides this morning and how technology has streamlined the process of creating…
From Peptides to Panoramas
Today during the program, we experienced a combination of science, history, and culture through activities around Athens. We started the day by attending a lecture called “From Venoms to Drugs and More” presented by Ioannis Sarigiannis from the Department of Life and Health Science at University of Nicosia. During the lecture, we learned about peptides…
A Day in my Eyes
Today as a group we all went back to the University of Nicosia’s branch campus. To start the day we received a very interesting lecture on the advancing technology in chemistry. Specifically research on peptides and their potential uses. It was amazing to get a lecture from one of the leading researchers on the topics,…