| Prof. Vassilios Dougalis 
                      (Vice President of FORTH) providing a welcome and an introduction 
                      to the event | Prof. Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas(Harvard Medical School, USA), Chair of the Selection Committee 
                      for Life Sciences, introducing Prof. Sidney Altman
 | Prof. Sidney Altman(Yale University, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, 1989) 
                      delivering the 1st Distinguished Lecture «Stelios Orphanoudakis»
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                  | Prof. 
                      Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas conferring a commemorating 
                      plaque to Prof. Sidney Altman | Prof. Constantine Stephanidis(Director of ICS-FORTH) presenting the distinguished academic 
                      career and outstanding scientific achievements of Stelios 
                      Orphanoudakis
 | Prof. Constantine Stephanidis,Miss Helen Orphanoudakis,
 Mrs. Ava Orphanoudakis
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