Dr. Metaxia Vlassi holds a B.Sc in Physics (University of Patras, Greece) and a Ph.D. in X-ray Crystallography ( University of Patras, Greece in collaboration with the Université Catholique de LLN, Belgium). M.V. is heading the “Protein Structure & Molecular Modeling” laboratory of the Institute of Biosciences & Applications (ΙΒ-Α) of NCSR “Demokritos”. In 1998, MV was actively involved in the establishment of the “Centre for Crystallographic Studies of Macromolecules” (CCM) facility of NCSR “D” and since 2013 she is in charge of the Circular Dichroism (CD) Lab at IB-A/NCSR "D". MV’s current research activities focus on in silico structural studies (with emphasis on molecular dynamics simulations) of proteins aiming at unraveling sequence/structure/function relationships. She has published 50 peer reviewed articles. Person in charge of the in sillico structural studies of NCSR Demokritos node.

Nastazia Lesgidou holds a B.Sc degree  in  Physics  (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, department of Physics) and a MSc degree in Bioinformatics (Department of Biology, Kapodistrian University of Athens). She is currently pursuing a PhD degree in structural  in silico studies of proteins associated with diseases,  at the department of Molecular Biology of Democritus University of Thrace in collaboration with  NCSR "Demokritos". She is a graduate associate at the  laboratory of the Institute of Biosciences & Applications (ΙΒ-Α) of NCSR “Demokritos” since June 2018.