Chronis Lab

Address:

2178 GG Brown
Department of Mechanical Engineering
2350 Hayward Street
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

phone (office): 734-936-0343

Biography

EDUCATION
2003-2010: Doctoral Thesis, Section of Human and Animal Physiology, Department of Biology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (degree: Excellent).
Title of Doctoral Thesis: “Signal transduction mechanisms in marine invertebrates” (supervisor: Prof. Catherine Gaitanaki).

1997-2003: Department of Biology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Final Year Project: “Study on the relation between energetics and tail autotomy capacity in greek lizard species of the genus Podarcis”.

1997: Admission to the Department of Biology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, with distinction (highest degree).


RESEARCH PROJECTS
2005-2007: Member of the research team of the PYTHAGORAS II project, under the title “Molecular and cellular mechanisms of response in Mytilus galloprovincialis under environmental stress”, Ministry of Education.

2004-2006: Member of the research team of the PYTHAGORAS project, under the title “Stress and molecular mechanisms of signaling in the mammalian heart”, Ministry of Education.


PUBLICATIONS
Journal publications

Gourgou E., Aggeli I-K., Beis I. and Gaitanaki C.: Hyperthermia-induced Hsp70 and MT20 transcriptional upregulation is mediated by p38-MAPK and JNKs in Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck); a pro-survival response. J. Exp. Biol. 2010 Jan; 213 (Pt2): 347-57.
Kefaloyianni E., Gourgou E., Ferle V., Kotsakis E., Gaitanaki C. and Beis I.: Acute thermal stress and various heavy metals induce tissue-specific pro- or anti-apoptotic events via the p38-MAPK signal transduction pathway in Mytilus galloprovincialis”. J. Exp. Biol. 2005 Dec; 208 (Pt23): 4427-36.


Abstracts in International Journals
Gourgou E., Meletiou A., Beis I. and Gaitanaki C.: Protection mechanisms against oxidative stress in Mytilus galloprovincialis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 151, Number 1/Suppl. (2008) S2-S10, doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.05.068
Gourgou E., Beis I. and Gaitanaki C.: Transcription factors activation by hyperthermia in Mytilus galloprovincialis. FEBS Journal 275 (Suppl. 1) 99-437 (2008) PP2A-24



TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004-2008: Participation in laboratory courses for undergraduate students as lab assistant (Section of Animal & Human Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Athens): Animal Physiology, Immunology.

2004-2008: Participation in laboratory supervision of final year project of undergraduate students (Section of Animal & Human Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Athens).
Titles of the projects:
2006-2008: Study of apoptotic mechanisms under stressful conditions in Mytilus galloprovincialis (Paraschi Andriani).
2006-2008: Gene regulation of antioxidant enzymes under stressful conditions in Mytilus galloprovincialis (Meletiou Anastasia).
2004-2005: Study of signalling pathways under seasonal stress in the bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis (Papanikolaou Ismini).
2004-2005: Study of Hsp70 expression in the bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis (Nikolaidou Vicky).
2004-2005: The effect of oxidative stress on the induction on pro-apoptotic or anti-apoptotic events in Mytilus galloprovincialis (Makri Panayiota).

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2003: Recipient of a scholarship from the Onassis Public Benefit Foundation in order to attend the international meeting 2003 Lectures in Biology devoted to Signal Peptides and Cell Trafficking, Foundation of Research and Technology, Iraklion, Crete, Greece.

LANGUAGES
Greek (mother language), English (Proficiency, Cambridge University), French (DALF C1), Italian (CELI 3).