Antonios Magoulas Department of Genetics / Molecular Biotechnology Address: Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, P.O.Box 2214, Heraklion 71003, Crete, Greece. Tel: 30810 393399, Fax: 30810 393400 Email: amag@imbc.gr Nationality : Greek

Education

• 1980 B.Sc. in Biology from the National University of Athens, Greece.
  
• 1990 Ph.D. degree in Marine and Population Biology from the University of Crete, Greece.

Professional Experience

• 1985 - to date. Participation and coordination of research projects carried out by the Genetics Department of the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete and the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics of the University of Crete.

Other relevant activities

Member of the Scientific Council of IMBC (1995 - to date). Head of the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology of IMBC.

Current European Projects

• FAIR CT 96 1899. "The use of molecular genetic markers for the study of stock structure of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in the Mediterranean and adjacent seas". (European co-ordinator)
• FAIR CT 97 3494. "Genetic diversity and parasitic infections of European hake (Merluccius merluccius) as descriptors of fishing impact on Mediterranean and Atlantic stocks. (Scientific responsible)
• A multi-disciplinary approach using genetic markers and biological tags in horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) srtock structure analysis Scientific responsible)
• FAIR CT 97 3941."The genetic structure of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: study by means of individual genetic tagging using microsatellite DNA markers". (Scientific responsible)
• FAIR CT 95 0421. "Genetical bases and variability of physiological traits involved in growth in Crassostrea gigas". (Scientific responsible)
• DG XIV Study Project 97/0048. Evaluation of the southern Greek anchovy stocks (Scientific responsible for Genetics)
• DG XIV Study Project 98/039. Evaluation of the southern Greek sardine stocks (Scientific responsible for Genetics).
• DG XIV Study Project 98/041. State of the stocks of European wreckfish (Polyprion americanus) (Scientific responsible for Genetics). Cephalopod resources dynamics: patterns in environmental and genetic variation