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Brief CV

Current Position
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece


Education
Ph.D. Thesis
Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Supervisor: Prof. Scorilas Andreas

M.Sc. (Master) in “Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics”
Departments of Biology, Medicine, Chemistry and Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

B.Sc. (Hons) Biology
Faculty of Biology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

Working Experience
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Academic Fellow - PostDoc Researcher
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology

Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) – Public Agency
Laboratory Controls Department, Laboratory Controls Directorate
Food Fraud Department, Consumer Protection Directorate

ETAT SA - Public Agency
Head of Laboratory of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering

Distinctions and Awards
  • National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB) of USA - AACC 2012
  • Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) - FEBS-EMBO 2014
  • Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) - FEBS 2011
  • International Society for Enzymology (ISE) - ISE 2016
Research Interests
Applied molecular biology and modern molecular diagnostics towards personalized and precision medicine in oncology, focusing on:
  • tumor-related non-coding RNAs (miRNAs, lncRNAs, tRFs),
  • Epigenetics (DNA methylation),
  • Epitranscriptomics (RNA epigenetics), and
  • cell-free DNA (cfDNA)/circulating-tumor DNA (ctDNA)
  • RNA biology

(Last updated: January 15, 2022)