Antonis E. Koromilas
Professor
Molecular Oncology
Jewish General Hospital
Canada
Biography
Dr. Koromilas graduated from the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, with a B.Sc. in Chemistry in 1984 and a Ph.D in Biochemistry in 1988. His undergraduate studies were supported by a studentship from the Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation (IKY). In 1987, he was awarded a short-term fellowship from the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) for training in Cellular Immunology at Stockholm University, Sweden. After his graduation in 1988, he joined Tasuku Honjo’s group in Kyoto University, Japan, for post-doctoral studies in Molecular Biology and Immunology. During his stay in Japan, Dr. Koromilas was supported by fellowships from the Toyobo Biotechnology Foundation and Ciba-Geigy Foundation for Promotion of Science.
Research Interest
Dr. Koromilas investigates (i) the functions of eIF2α kinases in regulation of protein synthesis, cell proliferation and apoptosis in response to various forms of environmental stress including virus infection, genotoxic stress and oncogenic stress, and (ii) the tumor suppressor properties of transcription factor Stat1 in response to oncogenic insults that contribute to development of cancer with emphasis on breast cancer.
