Alexandros Makriyannis
The Power List 2021 – R&D Trailblazers
George Behrakis Chair of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Northeastern University; Founder and Director of the Center for Drug Discovery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Research: Uncovering the biochemical basis of the endocannabinoid system and developing new cannabinoid drugs.
Nominator comment: “Chemist whose work on cannabinoids has significantly contributed to our understanding of the endocannabinoid system and whose tool compounds enabled receptor identification and crystallization of cannabinoid receptors.”
