Medical Doctor and Professor of Chemistry, Prof. Athanasios Giannis, invites us to a historic scientific journey connecting life and death. How did explosives and poisons used as, lethal weapons in the hands of criminals turned to therapeutic tools of treatment in the hands of doctors? Would anaesthesiology, surgery and cardiology of today, be able to offer the same therapeutic benefits today in the absence of the aforementioned lethal discoveries? This and more will be discussed by All answers from Prof. Giannis, of the Organic Chemistry Institute of the University of Leipzig.

Title: Poisonous arrows, explosive material and sweet vitriol: from tragedy to therapy || Date & Time: 30 March, 20.00-20.50