Collection Sites
The HELIC work focuses on two isolated populations, each with information on a wide array of anthropometric, cardiometabolic, biochemical, haematological and diet-related traits.
- The MANOLIS sub-study (Minoan Isolates) focuses on a set of mountainous villages (Mylopotamos villages) on the island of Crete, Greece.
This programme of work is named MANOLIS to honour the memory of Manolis Giannakakis, 1978-2010.
- The Pomak villages are a set of isolated mountainous villages in the North of Greece.