Research experience
August 2021 - August 2022
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PhD student at the University of Chicago
Development, Regeneration and Stem cell biology (DRSB), Molecular Biosciences Chicago, IL, USA I'm currently rotating in Patrick La Riviere's lab
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August 2021 - August 2022
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Research associate at MIDA Biotech
Stem Cell Innovation Laboratory, MIDA Biotech Leiden, The Netherlands I organized experimental workflows and carried out stem cell-based and animal experiments for the development of stem cell therapies.
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February 2021 - July 2021
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Research specialist in stem cell and molecular biology at MIDA Biotech
Stem Cell Innovation Laboratory, MIDA Biotech Leiden, The Netherlands I organized experimental workflows and carried out stem cell-based and animal experiments for the development of stem cell therapies.
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September 2019 - November 2020
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Research Intern at Dr. Panagiotis Politis Lab
Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens Athens, Greece I did my year-long undergraduate thesis project looking into the role of NR5A2, an adopted nuclear receptor of neural stem cells, in adult neurogenesis with Dr. Panagiotis Politis. In this project, I practiced primary embryonic and adult murine neural stem cell culture, adenoviral and lentiviral-mediated gene expression manipulation, real time qPCR, immunoblotting, confocal microscopy imaging and mice handling (breeding, crossing, genotyping) to develop a conditional inducible Nr5a2-knockout strain.
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June - August 2019
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Research Fellow at Prof. Ali H. Brivanlou's Laboratory
Laboratory of Stem Cells and Molecular Embryology, The Rockefeller University New York, USA During this internship, I looked into the role of Bromodomain and Extra Terminal domain epigenetic readers in survival, pluripotency maintenance and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells during gastrulation by practicing cell culture, molecular cloning, CRISPR interference and knockouts, RNAi, qRT-PCR, immunoblotting, immunostaining and image analysis.
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April - June 2019
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Research intern at the Chemistry and Biology of Metals Laboratory
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) Grenoble, France During this internship, I evaluated the expression and localization of NLRP7 in healthy and cystic fibrosis human bronchial tissue and epithelial cell lines by practicing qRT-PCR, cell cultures, ELISA immunoassays, cell imaging and immunohistochemistry under the supervision of Prof. Mohamed Benharouga.
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October - December 2018
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Intern at Dr. Rebecca Matsas' Group
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute Athens, Greece During this internship, I contributed to a project seeking to decipher the role of Phosphatoinositide-dependent Kinase 1 and TANK-Binding Kinase 1 (PDK1/TBK1) in patient-specific iPSC and SH-SY5Y models of Parkinson’s Disease, by mainly practicing immunoblotting and cell fractionation protocols.
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June - August 2018
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Amgen Scholar at Prof. Carlos Ibáñez's Group
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Insitutet Stockholm, Sweden During this internship, I investigated the role of neurotrophin receptor p75NTR in the adult cerebellum following neuronal injury by practicing knock out mouse genotyping, mouse perfusion fixation and brain extraction, immunohistochemistry techniques and confocal microscopy imaging under the supervision of Senior Research Fellow Dr Lilian Kisiswa.
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Education
Graduate studies
2021 - present
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Graduate student in Development, Regeneration and Stem cells Biology (DRSB)
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Undergraduate studies
2016 - 2020
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Bachelor of Science in Biology (summa cum laude: 8.83/10.00)
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens, Greece |
January - June 2019
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Erasmus exchange programme in UFR de Biologie
Université Grenoble Alpes Grenoble, France
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High school
2010 - 2016
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High School Diploma (magna cum laude: 19.7/20)
Pierce - The American College of Greece Athens, Greece |