EDUCATION
09.2011 – 07.2015 Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.), Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Hellas
10.2009 – 07.2011 Graduate studies in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (M.Sc.), Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Hellas
09.2005 – 07.2009 Degree in Biology (B.Sc.), Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Hellas
PREVIOUS RESEARCH POSITIONS
09.2020 – 02.2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
07.2019 – 09.2020 Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) Researcher, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) – Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Hellas
07.2017 – 06.2019 AXA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) – Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Hellas
07.2017 – 09.2017 Visiting Scientist at CECAD, Cologne, Germany
09.2016 – 06.2017 Bodossaki Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) – Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Hellas
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2020 EMBO short-term Fellowship
2020 FEBS short-term Fellowship
2018 Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) Research Grant
2016 AXA Research Fund Postdoctoral fellowship
2016 Bodossaki Foundation Postdoctoral fellowship
2016 “FOTIS KAFATOS” award for excellence, Hellenic Society of Bioscience
2015 DeLill Nasser Travel Award for Professional Development in Genetics, Genetic Society of America (GSA, USA)
2012 Manasaki Doctoral Fellowship, University of Crete, Hellas
2009-2011 Scholarship from the Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Crete, Hellas
2005-2007 Scholarship from the National Fellowship Foundation of Greece
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. Coordination of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis during ageing in C. elegans. Nature, 2015
- Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. Mechanisms of mitophagy in cellular homeostasis, physiology and pathology. Nature Cell Biology, 2018
- Fang EF.*, Hou Y.*, Palikaras K.*, Adriaanse BA., Kerr JS., Yang B., Lautrup S., Hasan-Olive M., Caponio D., Dan X., Rocktäschel P., Croteau DL., Akbari M., Greig NH., Fladby T., Nilsen H., Cader MZ., Mattson MP., Tavernarakis N., Bohr VA. Mitophagy inhibits amyloid-β and tau pathology and reverses cognitive deficits in models of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Neuroscience, 2019 *equal contribution
- Lou G.*, Palikaras K.*, Lautrup S.*, Schneibye-Knudsen M., Tavernarakis N. and Fang E.F. Mitophagy and neuroprotection. Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2019 *equal contribution
- Zaninello M., Palikaras K., Naon D., Iwata K., Herkenne S., Quintana-Cabrera R., Semenzato M., Grespi F., Ross-Cisneros F., Carelli V., Sadun A., Tavernarakis N. and Scorrano L. Inhibition of autophagy curtails visual loss in a model of autosomal dominant optic atrophy. Nature Communications, 2020
- Doxaki C and Palikaras K.* Neuronal Mitophagy: Friend or Foe? Frontiers in Developmental and Cell Biology, 2021 *corresponding author
- SenGupta T.*, Palikaras K.*, Esbensen YQ., Konstantinidis G., Galindo F., Achanta K., Kassahun H., Stavgiannoudaki I., Bohr VA., Akbari M., Gaare J., Tzoulis C., Tavernarakis N. and Nilsen H. Base excision repair causes age-dependent accumulation of single-stranded DNA breaks that contribute to Parkinson’s disease pathology. Cell Reports, 2021 *equal contribution
- Zaninello M.*, Palikaras K.*, Sotiriou A., Tavernarakis N. and Scorrano L. Sustained intracellular calcium mediates neuronal mitophagy in models of autosomal dominant atrophy. Cell Death & Differentiation, 2021 *equal contribution
- Aman Y., Schmauck-Medina T., Hansen M., Morimoto RI., Simon A., Bjedov I., Palikaras K., Simonsen A., Johansen T., Tavernarakis N., Rubinsztein D., Patridge L., Kroemer G., Labbadia J. and Fang EF. Autophagy in healthy aging and disease. Nature Aging, 2021
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