Nicolas C. Nicolaides is a pediatrician-pediatric endocrinologist currently serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical School of the University of Cyprus.Dr. Nicolaides graduated from the Medical School of the University of Patras, Greece. He came to Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens highly recommended by his teachers and first undertook his PhD studies in the basic sciences. During the five years of his doctorate studies, Dr. Nicolaides designed and performed a broad spectrum of molecular and cellular biology studies. In his thesis, he investigated the molecular mechanisms of nongenomic glucocorticoid actions and showed that the human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) does not undergo S-palmitoylation, -despite presence of a typical motif-, a post-translational modification that anchors many proteins to the plasma membrane. In parallel, he performed the functional characterization of some NR3C1 gene mutations causing Primary Generalized Glucocorticoid Resistance or Chrousos Syndrome. Dr. Nicolaides subsequently worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes in the Center of Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, for one year. Dr. Nicolaides completed successfully his Pediatric Residency in September 2019 and his subspecialty in Pediatric Endocrinology in 2022 at the ‘Aghia Sophia’ Children’s Hospital, 1st Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has authored or co-authored 69 publications. His research work has been awarded ESPE travel grants, and 1st prizes from the Hellenic Endocrine Society for basic research in Endocrinology. In 2019, he was awarded an ESPE Early Career Scientific Development Grant for the project entitled “Proteomic analysis of newborn hair for gaining insights to fetal development in utero”. In 2020, Dr. Nicolaides was awarded the ESPE Young Investigator Award 2020, and presented on “Research in Glucocorticoid Signaling Pathway: An Endless Journey” at ESPE Connect Online 2020.
