V. TEACHING

 

Va. University Courses and Lab Sessions

 

Academic Years 1979-82: General Botany in the Faculty of Biology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)

 

Academic Years 1998- to date: General Microbiology in in the Faculty of Biology of the NKUA

 

Academic Years 1999- to date: Special topics on Applied and Molecular Microbiology in the Faculty of Biology of the NKUA

 

Academic Years 2001-2004/2006 to date: M.Sc. Developmental Molecular Plant Biology in the Faculty of Biology of the NKUA

 

Academic Years 2001-2008: M.Sc. Bioinformatics (Biophysics) in the Faculty of Biology of the NKUA

Academic Years 2003- to date: M.Sc. Microbial Biotechnology in the Faculty of Biology of the NKUA

 

Vb. Thesis Supervision and Examination

 

Vb.1. Supervision of seventy four (40) Final Year Research Thesis' of senior Bachelor students at the Faculty of Biology of NKUA:

 

 

Vb.2. Supervision of the following Master Research Thesis' at the Department of Biology of NKUA:

 

#

MS Student

Year

Thesis Title

1

K. Kagias

2005

 Chromatin structure and regulation of uapA gene of Aspergillus nidulans (1)

2

A. Pavlopoulou

2006

Isolation and characterization of the gene mutant-31 required for epigenetic transcriptional silencing and DNA damage repair in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (2)

3

A. Bobori

2007

Structure-function relationships of the PrnB proline transporter of Aspergillus nidulans (3)

4

E. Karakose

2007

Functional characterization of LOC115098: A novel gene conserved in eukaryotic genomes (4)

5

V. Danos

2009

Protein interactions of entire microbial genomes based on protein structural analysis merge modules(5)

6

A. Vlassis

2010

Amino acid starvation induces transcriptional alterations in various loci of Caenorhabditis elegans(6)

7

M. Pantazopoulou

2010

Role of ubiquitylation in protein sorting into the MVBs in yeast(7)

 8

V. Kosti

2010

Analysis of novel UapA domains involved in the selective substrate uptake

9

M. Karachaliou

2010

Heterologous expression and characterization of nucleobase transporters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

 

 

(1) In collaboration with Dr J. Strauss (Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU Vienna Austria)

(2) In collaboration with Dr V. Sophianopoulou (Department of Biology, NCSR Demokritos)

(3) In collaboration with Dr V. Sophianopoulou (Department of Biology, NCSR Demokritos)

(4) In collaboration with Dr U.H. Tazebay (Department of Biology, Bilkent University Ankara Turkey)

(5) In collaboration with Dr S. Kossida (Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens)

(6) In collaboration with Dr P. Syntichaki (Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens)

(7) In collaboration with Dr R. Haguenauer-Tsapis (Institut Jacques Monod, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universités Paris 6 et 7 France)

 

Vb.4. Member of the (3-member) Examination Committee of eighteen (44) M.S. Research Thesis’ at the M.S. Programs «Microbial Biotechnology» (Department of Biology, NKUA)  (2005 – 2012).

   

Vb.5. Member of the (3-member) Supervising Committee of six (18) Ph.D. Thesis’

Vb.7. Supervision of the following Ph.D. Thesis’

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Year

Graduate Student

Thesis Title

1

2004

S. Amillis

Aspergillus nidulans as a model system for studying purine transporters (1)

2

2004

M. Koukaki

Molecular and functional analysis of genes with clinical and pharmacological importance in model microbial systems (1)

3

2006

A. Pantazopoulou

Screening for genes-factors regulating the intracellular targeting of purine transporters in Aspergillus nidulans

4

2006

S. Goudela

Studies on nucleobase transporters in Candida albicans

5

2007

N.D. Lemuh

Isolation and purification of transmembrane proteins in fungi (2)

6

2009

A. Vlanti

Structure-function relationships of purine transporters in fungi

7

2009

I. Papageorgiou

Studies on the uptake of nucleobases in the pathogenic parasite Leishmania (3)

8

2010

D. Bouzarelou

Cloning and functional characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans homologues of the higher plants expansines (4)

9

2011

G. Anasontzis

Genetic modification of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum towards the development of transformants with increased ethanol productivity (2)

10

2011

C. Gournas

Studies on the expression and structure-function relationships of nucleobase-ascorbate transporters

11

2013

V. Kosti

Genetic and molecular approaches for studying structure-function relationships of purine transporters

12

In progress

M. Karachaliou

Studies on the regulation of purine transporter targeting and endocytosis in a model genetic system

13

In progress

V. Danos

Employing in silico methods to identify protein interactions in microorganisms of medical importance (5)

14

In progress

M. Evangelinos

Study of membrane trafficking and endocytosis mechanisms in Aspergillus nidulans

15

In progress

E. Krypotou

Structure-function and evolutionary relationships of purine and pyrimidine transporters of the NCS1 family

 

(1) In collaboration with Dr A.D. Karagouni (Department of Biology, NKUA)

(2) In collaboration with Dr. D.G. Hatzinikolaou (Department of Biology, NKUA)

(3) In collaboration with Dr K. Soteriadou (Department of Microbiology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute)

(4) In collaboration with Dr V. Sophianopoulou (Department of Biology, NCSR Demokritos)

(5) In collaboration with Dr S. Kossida (Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens)