Andreas Monoyios
Dr Andreas Monoyios is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Nicosia.
Dr Monoyios received a veterinary medicine degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His interests in zoonoses and veterinary parasitology led him to pursue an MSc at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh, which was partially funded by Pfizer Inc. Pharmaceutical Corporation. During the second half of his studies, he investigated the molecular mechanisms of parasitism-induced anorexia in animals. The aim of the study was to provide an insight into how appetite is regulated in parasitized animals using mice, which were infected with the nematode Heligmosomoides bakeri as a model. The results of this investigation were presented in an MSc thesis and defense. The next step of his academic career was to undertake a PhD project at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria. The goal of the project was to discover the virulent and attenuation factors of a unicellular flagellated poultry protozoan called Histomonas meleagridis, using proteomic tools. The research findings were presented in three papers which were published in peer-reviewed journals. Following the completion of his PhD research, he worked for one and a half years as an official veterinarian in the government sector.