In August 2010, the “Maria Tsakos” Foundation hosted the renowned US geneticist Dr. Craig Venter and his associate Dr. Aris Patrinos as well as their research team members of the exploration yacht Sorcerer II.

After completing the Atlantic crossing and at the invitation of Captain Panagiotis N. Tsakos, the internationally acclaimed scientist extended his investigations to the Ionian and the Aegean Sea, focusing on the mapping of Mother Nature’s genome.

Dr. Craig Venter said: “The sea in Greece is unique. Whatever we find here will not be the same as what we have discovered in the Pacific or the Atlantic Ocean”.