Dr Antonia Sophocleous is currently an Assistant Professor in Biochemistry at the European University Cyprus. She holds a PhD in Molecular Medicine (University of Edinburgh). Her background is in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (BSc Hons, Durham University) and her research focuses mainly on bone metabolism. She has been a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for a number of years at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM), University of Edinburgh, mainly investigating the role of the endocannabinoid system in bone health, and the prospect of cannabinoid receptors as novel molecular targets for the treatment of osteoporosis and other bone diseases. More recently she developed a research interest in the role of the gut microbiome in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis and in cancer development and therapy. Since June 2021 Dr Sophocleous is the Leader of the “Microbiome and Cancer” Group. The main focus of her research group is to investigate the influence of the gut microbiome on gastrointestinal and extraintestinal cancers and in particular to examine the tumour-suppressive effects of Lactobacillus strains on proliferation, migration, and invasion of malignant cells. She has published in total 23 original research, peer-reviewed articles in reputed journals (fifteen [15] Q1 journals and one [1] Q2 journal), 10 of which are first-author manuscripts. In addition, she has written 3 book chapters in the most recent edition of the Bone Research Protocols book – Methods in Molecular Biology. According to Scopus, Dr Sophocleous has more than 500 total citations (h-index: 12). She has participated in 20 national and international conferences to present her research work either in oral or poster presentations. She is an instructor for the undergraduate programmes of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Pharmacy and Nutrition & Dietetics. She has supervised to completion one (1) PhD student (co-supervisor, University of Edinburgh), three (3) postgraduate students (MSc Clinical Trials, University of Edinburgh) and fourteen (14) undergraduate students (BSc Biological Sciences and BSc Pharmacy, European University Cyprus). She is a reviewer for several Bone-specific scientific journals; a Co-Chair for the Editorial Board of HubLE Methods Committee (part of the IFMRS – International Federation of Musculoskeletal Research Societies), which produces bone-related protocols; she is a Management Committee Substitute member of Cyprus for the GEMSTONE (Genomics of MusculoSkeletal traits Translational Network) – CA18139 COST Action; and a Co-Editor of ECTS (European Calcified Tissue Society) Newsletter.