Professor Michalis V. Karamouzis is a Professor at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece and a medical oncologist specializing in treating gastrointestinal, breast, and aerodigestive carcinomas. He set up a Molecular Oncology Unit, where he has been working on cell tissue cultures with human breast cancer cell lines, running a strong research program and leading a highly skilled and competent research group, including collaborations with well-established cancer research scientists. His lab has developed advanced research in the proximity ligation assay technique that can evaluate the dimerization of two proteins as well as enhance the signal of low abundant proteins in situ. Prof. Dr. Michalis has served as a reviewer for many peer-reviewed international journals and has been a member of ESMO since January 2004. Currently, he holds positions in various ESMO committees and groups.