Bacterial cell culture & transformation, bacterial mutagenesis with MMS, chromosomal & plasmid DNA extraction, DNA restriction digestion & cloning, DNA gel electrophoresis, gene expression assays (reporter gene assays), in silico gene promoter analysis.
Projects / Research
09/2014 – 09/2015: “Transcriptional regulation of SOS genes in the ethanologenic bacterium Zymomonas mobilis”, Prof. K. M. Pappas, Department of Genetics & Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Scholarships / Awards
2016 – 2017:
Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2016 – 2018:
Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Partial Scholarship for Master studies
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS
I am highly fascinated by the interactions between DNA and proteins and the way these complexes are able to regulate gene expression, from the epigenetic level to translation. This regulation is detailed and depends on a variety of molecular mechanisms, which are fundamentally similar among the organisms, but to a great extent unveiled. The interpretation of these phenomena may provide valuable information on the way cells control the expression of specific genes, indicating applications at both basic and applied level.
