In memoriam: Costas Drainas (1950-2011).

Constantin (Costas) Drainas, Professor of Biochemical Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Greece (January 19, 1950) passed away untimely the past July 5, 2011. Costas obtained his BA degree in Biology from the University of Patras on 1972 and his PhD degree in Biochemical Genetics from the University of Glasgow, Scotland on 1978. After four years as a post-doctoral fellow in UCLA-USA (1978–1981) and one year long term EMBO fellowship in St. Andrews University, Scotland (1981– 1982) he returned to Greece and was appointed as lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina where he served as a full Professor since 1997. He has taught many undergraduate classes in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Evolutionary Biology at