The members of the Laboratory of Biochemistry were Principal Investigators in the following Funded Research Projects:

• Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology: Funding of the Interdepartmental Extended University Program “Medical Biochemistry”, which operated in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Thessaly between 1998 and 2004.
  PI (1998-2006), Director of Studies (1998-2006) and
  President (1998-2002): S. Bonanou
  Project Budget: 1.510.000 € (186.000 € for the Lab. of Biochemistry).

• Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology: PENED 2001 “Molecular mechanisms of the hypoxia response – activation and function of the transcription factor HIF-1” (2002-2005)
  Collaborating Labs: Lab. of Biochemistry & Lab. of Physiology (Univ. of Thessaly), Lab. of Molecular and Cellular Aging (N.I.R.), Lab. of Mammalian Molecular Genetics (I.M.B.B.)
  PI: S. Bonanou
  Project Budget: 190.000 € (120.000 € for the Lab. of Biochemistry).

• Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology: Greek-French Collaboration Project PLATON “Functional and biochemical analysis of the role of pseudouridine modifications in tRNA” (2002-2003)
  PI: G. Simos
  Project Budget: 14.000 € .

• Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology: R+T Greek-German Collaboration Project “Development of a bioanalytical method in yeast for the study of human hypoxia inducible factor HIF-1” (2003-2004)
  PI: G. Simos
  Project Budget: 15.000 € (from Greek side) and 15.000 € (from German side).

• Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology: Ε.P.ΑΝ 2003 “Hepsidin, a novel iron-regulatory hormone implicated in the anemia of chronic disease and in hemochromatosis: Development of diagnostic tools, study of the mechanism of action and design of potential therapeutic interventions” (2004-2006).
  Collaborating Institutes:  BSRC “A. Fleming”, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Institute for Biomedical Research Academy of Athens, Dept. of Medicine University of Athens, Dept. of Medicine University of Thessaly.
  PI for the Univ. of Thessaly: G. Simos
  Project Budget (Lab. of Biochemistry): 102.000 €

• Research Committee of the University of Thessaly: “Investigation of the role of the protein Arc1p complex in   aminoacylation and transport of tRNA” (2003-4).
  PI: G. Simos
  Project Budget: 8.800 €

• Ministry of Education, Program HERAKLITOS: “Investigation of the role of SR protein kinases in gene expression: study of the molecular interactions of a new family member, SRPK1a” (2004-2006)
  PI: E. Georgatsou
  Project Budget: 33.600 €

• Ministry of Education, Program HERAKLITOS “Study of tRNA biogenesis and transport: the role of modifications and  aminoacylation” (2004-2006)
  PI: G. Simos
  Project Budget: 34.500 €

• Ministry of Education, Program PYTHAGORAS “Investigation of the signaling pathways activated by hypoxic stress and their role in apoptosis” (2005-2006).
  PI: S. Bonanou
  Project Budget: 50.000

• Ministry of Education, Program PYTHAGORAS II “Study of the transcriptional factor HIF-1 and its role in iron metabolism” (2005-2006).
  PI: G. Simos
  Project Budget: 80.000 €