CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS

-1995

National congresses

Presentations in 3 national congresses

International congresses

1. G. Diallinas, V. Sophianopoulou and C. Scazzocchio. Cis-acting regulatory mutations defining target sites for regulatory gene products in Aspergillus nidulans. (1989) Sardinia Symposium on Advances in Biotechnology and Control of gene expression, Alghero, Italy

2. G. Thireos, D. Alexandraki, T. Georgakopoulos, G. Diallinas, G. Krupitza, E. Maniataki, I. Roussou, D. Tzamarias and N. Tzortzakis. Translational regulation of GCN4 mRNA and the control of protein synthetic rates in Yeast (1990). ICGEB Colloquium on Eucaryotic Gene Regulation and Expression, Crete.  

3. A.K. Kanellis, G. Diallinas, P. Kalaitzis, G. Chronakis and K. Loulakakis. Differential induction of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in response to ripening and wounding in muskmelon fruit (1993). Joint Annual Meeting of the American and Canadian Societies of Plant Physiologists. Supplement to Plant Physiol., 102: 61031.  

4. A.K. Kanellis and G. Diallinas. Development and Ripening Regulation of Gene Expression of phenylpropanoid Biosynthetic Enzymes in Melon fruit (1994). Proc. Int. Postharvest Symp., Post-harvest Physiology, Pathology and Technologies for horticultural commodities, Agadir, Moroco.  

5. G. Diallinas, I. Pateraki, O. Moser, I. Tsigos and A. Kanellis. Expression of ascorbic acid oxidase in response to development and wounding in melon (Cucumis melo) fruit (1994). 4th Int. Congress of Plant Mol. Biol., Amsterdam, Netherlands.  

6. A. Rosa, G. Diallinas, N. Prados Dodd, J. Valdez, V. Sophianopoulou and C. Scazzocchio. Aislamiento de mutantes del transportador especifico de prolina (PRNB) del hongo filamentoso A. nidulans (1994). 30th Reunion Annual SAIB, Misiones, Argentina.  

7. G. Diallinas and C. Scazzocchio. Identification of regions and specific amino acid residues involved in purine transporter specificity and pH and temperature dependence in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans (1995). EMBO Annual Symposium on Protein Structure and Function, Heidelberg, Germany.  

Workshops

1. G. Thireos, D. Alexandraki, G. Diallinas, G. Krupitza, E. Maniataki and D. Tzamarias. Translational regulation of GCN4 mRNA: in vivo and in vitro approaches (1990). NATO/EEC Workshop on Post-trnascriptional Control of Gene Expression, Goslar, West Germany.

2. V. Sophianopoulou and G. Diallinas. AUA1, a gene involved in ammonia regulation of amino acid transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1993). EMBO Workshop on Control of Gene Expression in Filamentous Fungi, Majorca, Spain.

3. V. Sophianopoulou, U. H. Tazebay, C. Scazzocchio and G. Diallinas. Post-transcriptional control and kinetic characterization of proline transport in germinated conidiospores of Aspergillus nidulans (1995). “Post-transcriptional Control of Eukaryotic Gene Expression”, International Summer School on Molecular and Cellular Biology, NATO-EMBO-FEMS. Spetses, Greece.

1996-2000

National congresses

Presentations in 13 national congresses

International congresses

1. V. Sophianopoulou, U. H. Tazebay, C. Scazzocchio and G. Diallinas. (1996). Differential transcriptional regulation of the major proline permease gene of Aspergillus nidulans in response to proline induction and amino acid starvation (1996). 24th Meeting of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies, Barcelona, Spain..

2. G. Diallinas, V. Sophianopoulou, L. Gorfinkiel, G. Cecchetto, J. Valdez, A. Rosa and C. Scazzocchio. Structure-function analysis of purine transporters in Aspergillus nidulans (1996). SMYTE 14, Bonn, Germany.

3. S. N. Tavoularis, U. H. Tazebay, G. Diallinas, C. Scazzocchio and V. Sophianopoulou. Mutational analysis addressing structure-function relationships in the major proline transporter (PrnB) of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. (1997) 5th International Congress on Amino Acids, Chalkidiki, Greece.  

4. A. Apostolaki, A. Rosa, U. H. Tazebay, G. Diallinas, C. Scazzocchio and V. Sophianopoulou. Isolation of condititional mutants specific for the prnB gene encoding the major proline transporter in Aspergillus nidulans. (1997) Symposium of the Balkan Biological Society, Thessaloniki, Greece.  

5. J. Valdez, G. Diallinas, C. Scazzocchio and A. Rosa. Purine transporters in Aspergillus nidulans. (1997). International Symposium on Nitrogen Metabolism of Ascomycetes, Hacienda Vista Hermosa, Mexico.  

6. G. Diallinas. Regulation of expression and structure-function relationships of purine transporters in Aspergillus nidulans. (1997). International Symposium on Nitrogen Metabolism of Ascomycetes, Hacienda Vista Hermosa, Mexic.  

7. S.N. Tavoularis, G. Diallinas, C. Scazzocchio and V. Sophianopoulou. Molecular characterisation of mutations leading to cryosensitivity of the proline transporter (PrnB) mRNA steady state levels in Aspergillus nidulans. (1998). 25th Silver Jubilee FEBS Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark, P14.16.  

8. A. Goulas, V. Polymenakou, G. Diallinas. A domain critical for function and specificity of nucleobase transporters is conserved in bacteria, fungi, plants and metazoa. (1998). Proceedings of the 16th International Meeting SMYTE (FEMS), Casta-Papiernika, Slovakia, pp. 10-11.  

9. S.N. Tavoularis, U.H. Tazebay, G. Diallinas, C. Scazzocchio and V. Sophianopoulou. Genetic, molecular and biochemical approaches to study structure-function relationships in the proline transporter of Aspergillus nidulans. (1998). Proceedings SMYTE 16, Casta-Papiernicka, Slovakia.  

10. S.N. Tavoularis, U.H. Tazebay, G. Diallinas, A. Rosa, C. Scazzocchio and V. Sophianopoulou. Mutational analysis of the proline transporter of Aspergillus nidulans shows non-random distribution of amino acid residues critical for function. (1999). Proceedings of the 17th International Meeting SMYTE, Cordoba, Spain, pp. 51-52.  

11. F. Davrazou, P. Ververidis, N. Panopoulos and G. Diallinas. ABC multidrug transporters are involved in the detoxification of cercosporin and other photosensitizers in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (1999). 2nd FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on "ATP-binding Cassette Transporters: From Multidrug Resistance to Genetic Disease", Austria.  

12. E. Argyrou, C. Meintanis, N. Schultes, A.D. Karagouni, V. Sophianopoulou & G. Diallinas. Aspergillus nidulans as a model system to study nucleobase transporters: structure-function relationships and expression of plant and human homologues. (1999). SMYTE 17, Cordoba, Spain, p. 50.  

13. E. Argyrou, G. Diallinas, Qi Li, N. Schultes and V. Sophianopoulou. Functional characterization of Plant Nucleobase-Ascorbate Transporters. (2000). Abstract of the International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Quebec, Canada.  

14. V. Sophianopoulou, E. Argyrou, N. Schultes and G. Diallinas. Functional characterization of a maize purine transporter by expression in Aspergillus nidulans. (2000). Proceedings of the 18th International Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE), Ouro Preto, Brazil.  

15. G. Diallinas, S. Amillis and M. Koukakι. Suppression of cryosensitivity of mutation Q449E converts the uric acid-xanthine transporter of A. nidulans into a highly efficient transporter specific for nucleobases and nucleosides. (2001). Proceedings of the 18th International Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE), Ouro Preto, Brazil.  

16. G. Diallinas. Use of fungi as model systems to clone and functionally characterize transporters from protozoans, plants and animals. (2000). 5th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Arcachon, France.  

Workshops

1. A. Madhoon, G. Diallinas, M. Sanmartin, N. Panopoulos and A. Kanellis. Expression of ascorbic acid oxidase isoenzymes during development and ripening of fruit in melon (Cucumis melo) (1996). EU-Cost Action 915, Workshop “Consumer Perception and End Product Quality”, Feusisberg, Switzerland.

2. I. Pateraki, G. Diallinas, M. Sanmartin, A. Scossa, M. Guis, J.P. Pech, N. Panopoulos and A. Kanellis. Evidence that ethylene represses ascorbate oxidase gene expression in melon (1996). "Biology and biotechnology of the plant hormone ethylene", NATO Advanced Research Workshop/European Union TMR Euroconference, Chania, Crete, Greece.

3. C. Vatsaki, I. Pateraki, G. Diallinas, A. Kanellis. Isolation and characterisation of an ACC synthase from melon (Cucumis melo L.) (1996).“Biology and biotechnology of the plant hormone ethylene”, NATO Advanced Research Workshop/European Union TMR Euroconference, Chania, Crete, Greece.

4. M. Guis, M. Sanmartin G. Diallinas, A. Latche, M. Bouzayen, A. Kanellis and J.P. Pech. Expression of phenylpropanoid biosynthetic genes in response to wounding in melon fruit harboring an antisense ACC oxidase gene (1996). "Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene”, NATO Advanced Research Workshop/European Union TMR Euroconference, Chania, Crete, Greece.

5. P. Ververidis, G. Diallinas, D. G. Georgakopoulos, N. Panopoulos and A. K. Kanellis. A multidrug resistance gene product is involved in cercosporin detoxification in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1996). NATO Advanced Research Workshop on “Regulation of Enzymatic Systems Detoxifying Xenobiotics in Plants”, Kallithea, Chalkidiki, Greece.

6. S.N. Tavoularis, U.H. Tazebay, G. Diallinas, and V. Sophianopoulou. Amino acid residues Q219 and K245 of PrnB affect the kinetics of proline transport in Aspergillus nidulans. (1999). Abstract of the NATO-FEBS Summer School, Protein, lipid and membrane traffic: pathways and targeting, Cargese, Corsica.

2001-2005

National congresses

Presentations in 19 national congresses

International congresses

1. E. Argyrou, G. Diallinas and V. Sophianopoulou. Aspergillus nidulans as a novel system for cloning and studying foreign nucleobase/ascorbate transporters. (2001). Abstract of the 27th FEBS Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal.

2. S. Amillis, M. Koukaki and G. Diallinas. Substitution F569S Converts UapA, a Specific Uric-Acid-Xanthine Transporter, into a Broad Specificity Transporter for Purine-Related Solutes. (2001). FEBS, MOLECULAR DYNAMICS OF MEMBRANE BIOGENESIS, Cargese, Corsica.

3. Q. Li, E. Argyrou, V. Sophianopoulou, G. Diallinas and N. Schultes. Characterization of Plant Nucleobase-Ascorbate Transporters. (2001). Abstract of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, USA.  

4. G. Diallinas. Structure-function relationships in purine transporters of Aspergillus nidulans. (2001). 2nd International Symposium on Nitrogen Metabolism of Ascomycetes, Hacienda Vista Hermosa, Mexico.  

5. M. Koukaki, S. Amillis and G. Diallinas. Genetic alteration of the specificity and kinetics of the uric acid-xanthine transporter in Aspergillus nidulans. (2001). Proceedings of the 19th International Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE), Chania, Greece.  

6. G. Cecchetto, S. Amillis, C. Scazzocchio, G. Diallinas and C. Drevet. A Novel Purine Transporter is encoded by the azgA Gene of Aspergillus nidulans. (2001). Proceedings of the 19th International Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE), Chania, Greece.  

7. E. Argyrou, G. Diallinas, L. Gorfinkiel, E. Holtzman and V. Sophianopoulou. Expression of plant and human nucleobase/ascorbate transporters in Aspergillus nidulans. (2001). Proceedings of the 19th International Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE), Chania, Greece.  

8. S. Amillis, G. Cecchetto, C. Scazzocchio and G. Diallinas. Aspergillus nidulans purine transporters are differentially regulated in response to development, different nitrogen sources and the presence of purines. (2001). Proceedings of the 19th International Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE), Chania, Greece.  

9. A. Pantazopoulou, M. Koukaki, A. Vlanti & G. Diallinas. Development of a model system to study the topogenesis of the nucleobase-ascorbate transporter family. (2003). 21st International Conference on Yeast Genetics & Molecular Biology, Gotheburg Sweden.  

10. M. Koukaki and G.Diallinas. A molecular model describing the interactions of a purine transporter with different substrates. (2003). 21st International Conference on Yeast Genetics & Molecular Biology, Gotheburg Sweden.  

11. I. Soares-Silva, G. Diallinas and M. Casal. Functional study of a conserved domain between helixes 7 and 8 of the lactate permease Jen1p, from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (2004). Yeast Genetics & Molecular Biology Meeting. Seattle, USA.  

12. A. Vlanti, A. Pantazopoulou, S. Amillis, M. Koukaki, S. Goudela and G. Diallinas. Reconstructing the substrate translocation pathway in the Nucleobase Ascorbate Transporter (NAT) family using a model genetic system. (2005). Transports 2005, Erice, Sicily, Italy.  

13. I. Soares-Silva, G. Diallinas, M. Casal. A conserved domain located between helices 7 and 8 of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Jen1p is involved in substrate recognition. (2005). Proceedings of the 22th International Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE), New Delhi, India.  

2006-2010

National congresses

Presentations in 9 national congresses

International congresses

1.  S. Goudela, U. Reichard and G. Diallinas. Purine transporters as specific gateways for targeted pharmacological treatment of Aspergilli and Candida pathogens. (2006). 2nd Advances on Aspergillosis, Athens, Greece.

2.  G. Diallinas , S. Amillis, A. Vlanti, S. Goudela, N. Lemuh, C. Gournas and A. Pantazopoulou. Purine transporters: cellular expression and transporter-substrate interactions. (2006). Proceedings of the 24th International Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE), Prague, Czech Republic.

3.   I. Papageorgiou, K. Soteriadou, H. De Koning and G. Diallinas. Genetic analysis of a trypanosome purine transporter in S. cerevisiae. (2006). Proceedings of the 24th International Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE), Prague, Czech Republic.  

4.   I. Papageorgiou, H. De Koning, G. Diallinas and K. Soteriadou. Genetic analysis of a trypanosome purine transporter in S. cerevisiae: a rational approach for targeted drug design. (2006). 3rd COST B22 ANNUAL CONGRESS “Drug discovery and development for parasitic diseases” Athens, October 2006.  

5.   A. Vlanti, A. Pantazopoulou, S. Amillis, I. Papageorgiou, N. Dieudonne Lemuh, C. Gournas & G. Diallinas. Dissecting a purine transporter: intrinsic topogenetic signals, substrate binding and a selectivity filter. (2007). 32nd FEBS Congress Molecular Machines, Vienna, Austria.  

6.   S. Gudin, I. Papageorgiou, G. Diallinas, K. Soteriadou, M.I. Al-Salabi1 and H.P. de Koning. Pyrimidine transport in Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania major. (2008). BSP Trypanosomiasis/Leishmaniasis Seminar and Spring Meeting. Newcastle, UK. .  

7.   I. Soares-Silva, Z.Foskolou, G. Diallinas and M. Casal. The Jen1p homologues in yeasts: a functional/structural approach on the transport of carboxylic acids across the plasma membrane. (2008). Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology Meeting sponsored by the Genetics Society of America. University of Toronto, Canada..  

8.   G. Diallinas. Structure-function relationships in the UapA uric acid (purine) transporter: Life before crystals. (2008). Horizons in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ankara, Turkey. .  

9.   C. Gournas, I. Papageorgiou, S. Amillis, A. Vlanti , V. Kosti, A. Pantazopoulou and G. Diallinas. A two-step mechanism for substrate selection, binding and transport of uric acid by a highly specific transporter. (2008). Channels and Transporters, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Center for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily, Italy. .  

10. G. Diallinas, I. Papageorgiou, C. Gournas, A. Vlanti , V. Kosti, A.Pantazopoulou and S. Amillis. Intramolecular synergy as the basis for the evolution of a highly specific uric acid transporter. (2008). 26th Smyte (Small Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics), Braga, Portugal. .  

11. C. Gournas, S. Amillis, A. Vlanti and G. Diallinas. Regulation of a purine transporter by endocytosis: activity-dependent and ammonium-induced endocytic pathways converge at C-tail Ub acceptor Lys. (2008). 26th Smyte (Small Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics), Braga, Portugal.  

12. PC Borbolis, C. Gournas, M. Karachaliou, D. Hatzinicolaou, A. Pantazopoulou, and G. Diallinas. A cryptic role of uric acid metabolism and intercellular transport in fungal development reveals analogies with metazoa. (2008). 26th Smyte (Small Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics), Braga, Portugal..  

13. G. Diallinas. Genetic dissection of a purine transporter or how UapA specificity is determined. (2008). Final Eurofungbase Meeting, LSSG-CT-2005-018964, San Feliu de Guixols, Spain.  

14. S. Amillis, A. Vlanti, C. Gournas, and G. Diallinas. Substrate- and ammonium induced endocytosis down-regulate the UapA purine transporter through ubiquitination. (2008). Final Eurofungbase Meeting, LSSG-CT-2005-018964, San Feliu de Guixols, Spain.  

15. F. Borbolis, M. Karachaliou, C. Gournas, D. Hatzinikolaou, A. Pantazopoulou, and G. Diallinas. A cryptic role of uric acid metabolism and intercellular redistribution in Aspergillus nidulans development. (2008). Final Eurofungbase Meeting, LSSG-CT-2005-018964, San Feliu de Guixols, Spain.  

16. I. Soares-Silva, Z. Foskolou, G. Diallinas, M. Casal. Identification of a new domain of the lactate/pyruvate:H+ symporter subfamily critical for distinguishing mono- and di-carboxylate permeases. (2009). 24th International Conference on Yeast Genetics & Molecular Biology, Manchester, UK.  

17. G. Diallinas. Structure-function relationships and mechanisms of protein trafficking in A. nidulans transporters. (2009). Eurofungbase Meeting, Wagenigen, Holland. .  

18. GE. Anasontzis, PM. Stathopoulou, S. Amilis, AD. Karagouni, G. Diallinas, DG. Hatzinikolaou. Homologous overexpression of phosphoglucomutase and transaldolase in Fusarium oxysporum. (2009). European Congress on Biotechnology (ECB-14) Barcelona, Spain.  

19. M. Karachaliou, V. Bitsikas, C. Gournas, A. Pavlides, G. Diallinas. Hypertonic conditions trigger transient plasmolyis, growth arrest and blockage of endocytosis in Aspergillus nidulans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (2010). 9th International Mycological Congress (IMC9: the Biology of Fungi), Edinburgh, Scotland. 

 

2011-

National congresses

Presentations in 8 national congresses

International congresses

1. A. Talaia, G., Diallinas, G., Casal, M., Paiva, S. Pinpointing intracelllar trafficking determinants in the Jen1 yeast lactate transporter by domain swap. (2011). MicroBiotec11 Congress, 1-3 December 2011, Braga, Portugal.

2. S. Amillis, V. Kosti, M. Karachaliou, V. Giallelis & G. Diallinas. Signals and mechanisms of transporter endocytosis in a model fungal system. (2011). EMBO Conference Series, Dynamic Endosomes: Mechanisms Controlling Endocytosis. 24-29th September 2011, Chania, Greece.

3. JS. Pessoa, I. Soares Silva, V. Myrianthopoulos, E. Mikros, G.Diallinas, M. Casal. (2011). Identification of amino acid residues critical for the substrate translocation in lactate permease Jen1p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 55th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

4. JS. Pessoa, S. Viegas, G. Rocha, G. Diallinas, S. Paiva, C. Arraiano, M. Casal. (2011). Discovery and initial characterization of members of the new YaaH family of microbial acetate transporters. 55th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

5. AC. Kokotos, M. Evangelinos, G. Diallinas. (2012). Transporter down-regulation in a model fungal system: Cross-talk of cargo ubiquitination with initiation of endocytosis. 32nd European Peptide Symposium, Athens, Greece

6. G. Diallinas, E. Mikros & B. Byrne. (2012). Structure-function-specificity relationships in a eukaryotic purine transporter: From genetics to molecular topology. 3rd International Workshop on Expression, Structure and Function of Membrane Proteins, Florence, Italy

7. E. Krypotou, V. Kosti, S. Amillis, E. Mikros, B. Byrne and G. Diallinas. (2012). Towards the elucidation of structure-function relationships at the molecular level of two prototypic nucleobase transporters in Aspergillus nidulans. Eurofung meeting, Berlin, Germany.

8. G. Diallinas. (2012). FEBS Special Meeting, Protein Quality Control and Ubiquitin Systems in health and disease, Kusadasi, Turkey.

9. M. Karachaliou, S. Amillis and G. Diallinas. (2012). Mechanisms of ubiquitination and endocytic internalization of a transporter cargo in a model fungal system. FEBS Special Meeting, Protein Quality Control and Ubiquitin Systems in health and disease, Kusadasi, Turkey.

10. G. Diallinas. (2013). The arrestin-like protein ArtA is essential for ubiquitination & endocytosis of the UapA transporter in response to both  broad-range & specific signals. 27th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California USA

11. M. Karachaliou and G. Diallinas. (2013) FEBS-EMBO Advanced Lecture Course, Biomembranes: Molecular Architecture, Dynamics and Function, Cargese, Corsica, France, June 10-20, 2013.

12. M. Evangelinos, V. Kosti, S. Amillis and G. Diallinas. (2013). 31st SMYTE meeting (Small Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics) Antalya, Turkey, September 24 - 28, 2013