- Centre for Resilience
- Ageing Biology and Age-related Diseases
About me
Jan 2024: Lecturer in Cell Pathology, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
2022- 2024: Assistant Professor in Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras and, visiting Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge, UK
2014- 2022: Lecturer in Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras and, visiting Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge, UK
2011-14 Senior Research Associate, Wellcome Trust- Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge (in the group of Prof. Robin Franklin).
2011: Wellcome Trust Value in People fellow, Wellcome Trust- Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge.
2005-2010: Research Associate, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge (in the group of Prof. Charles ffrench-Constant).
[2004: Compulsory army service]
2001- 2002: Researcher, Lab of Biology-school of Nursing, Kapodistrian University of Athens.
2002- 2003: Post-doctoral training, Mammalian Neurogenesis group, Clinical Sciences Centre, Medical Research Council & Imperial College, London.
2002: PhD thesis, Internal Pathology– Medical School and School of Nursing, National Kapodistrian University of Athens.
“Study of tissue alterations in site of injury in the Central Nervous System of rats”
2000: Visiting researcher, Université 7, Laboratoire de Physiopathologie de la Nutrition, Paris.
1997: Degree, Department of Biology, University of Patras.
Teaching
Teaching at University of Westminster:
6BIOM002W.2 Cellular and Molecular Pathology
7BIOM002W.2 Advances in Cellular Pathology
Teaching at University of Patras:
Undergraduate subjects:
Developmental Biology (theory and lab practice; co-ordinator)
Molecular Biology (lab), Molecular Genetics (theory and lab), Neurobiology (theory and lab),
General Biology (to undergraduate students of Departments of Physics and of Primary Education)
Neurobiology (theory and lab practice)
Bioethics (in reproductive biology and in the use of stem cells)
Postgraduate subjects:
Special Topics in Developmental Biology (co-ordinator)
Molecular Physiology and Neurobiology,
Lectures on the evolution and development of Neural Stem Cells
Postgraduate student supervision:
(since 2014 in Cambridge and Patras)
Post-doc researchers: 2 (Cambridge, Patras)
PhD students: 3 (Patras)
MSc students: 9 (Patras)
Undergraduate theses: 29 (Cambridge and Patras)
External PhD examiner:
1 at the University of Cambridge (supervisor: Dr Thora Karadottir)
1 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (supervisor: Dr Yanna Sandvig)
1 1stPhD year assessment at the University of Cambridge (supervisor: Dr Chao Zhao)
Research
• PI: “From blood to brain: Platelets as novel regulators of brain stem cells in their niches, in neurodegeneration and in remyelinaton”. Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (March 2020- March 2023) [€180000]
• PI: “Investigation of the beneficial effects of the microneurotrophin BNN-20 in neurons derived from induced Pluripotent Stem Cells of patients with Parkinson’s disease and in the success of neural stem cell transplantations in an animal model of the disease”, ΕΣΠΑ (March 2020- December 2021) [€48000]
• PI:“Cellular senescence in populations of postnatal brain Neural Stem Cells (pbNSCs). Controlled by the microenvironment and controlling neurogenesis versus oligodendrogenesis”, Fondation Sante (Feb 2019- April 2021) [€50000]
• Co-PI(PI: Prof. Robin Franklin): “Demyelinating disorders – neural stem cell therapy for leukodystrophies”, Action Medical Research (Dec. 2014- May 2018) [£199751]
• Named researcher (PI: Prof. Robin Franklin): “Do all brain neural stem cells age at the same rate?” from BBSRC (Aug. 2011- July 2014) [£355220].
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/pa/grants/AwardDetails.aspx?FundingReference=BB/I013210/1
• Collaborator(PI: Prof. T. Fotsis): “The role and mechanisms of asymmetric cell divisions in the differentiation of stem cells” (ADiSC). Θαλής, (2012- 2015) [€600000].
http://excellence.minedu.gov.gr/thales/en/thalesprojects/380249
Publications
For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.