I have obtained my PhD award from the Eberhards-Karls University Tuebingen, Germany and my “Diploma” degree in Biology as well as the "Erstes Staatsexamen" (equivalent to Master degree) in Biology and Chemistry from the Ludwig - Maximilians Universitaet Munich, Germany.
Today, I am a Research Director at the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Greece.
Part of my main research interests is the study of paralogous genes in teleost species. Studying the transcriptome profiles of various developmental stages gave the first evidence of different functional roles between paralogs. Having acknowledged the importance of correctly identifying and annotating genes within teleosts, we extended our research to reproduction and disease/stress response.
The peculiarity of gene regulation has triggered us to investigate further the regulatory mechanisms at the epigenetic level. To tackle the great challenge of functional and comparative genomics as well as epigenetic mechanisms in marine species we apply modern technologies of functional and comparative genomics.
I participate in several large, EU-funded projects mainly involved as an expert in genetics and functional genomics applied to studying development, reproduction, growth, stress and disease resistance in marine aquaculture species. I also have a fine background in bioinformatics enabling me to perform analyses of sequencing data, genotyping data, expression data as well as protein data.
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