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Genetics Laboratory

Aims of this Laboratory are the teaching of the courses (Theoretical and Practical) Genetics, Population Genetics, Quantitative Characters, Evolution, Molecular Recognition and Animal Biotechnology and research subjects on animal and plant population genetics, insect resistance to pesticides, animal and plant biosystematics, molecular genetics and evolution, animal biotechnology etc.

Faculty

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eliop@aua.gr
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douni@aua.gr
Eleni Douni is a Professor specializing in "Animal Biotechnology" at the Department of Biotechnology, […]
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marianna@aua.gr
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dimvl@aua.gr
Todate, I am an Associate Professor in Genetics and lead the darkDNA group at the Genetics Laboratory of […]
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ncosmidis@aua.gr
             SECONDARY EDUCATION    Male High School of Chaidari, Athens (1977)                                               UNIVERSITY EDUCATION      Degree from the […]
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petrosgiastas@aua.gr
Petros Giastas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the Agricultural […]
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thireou@aua.gr
Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece Education: Bachelor’s […]
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koumandou@aua.gr
Vasiliki (Lila) Koumandou holds a BSc. in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]
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ktrianta@aua.gr
Kostas A. Triantaphyllopoulos (KT) is an Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Genetics, Department of […]
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vezyri@aua.gr

Publications

Kostas Triantaphyllopoulos

Trias Thireou

Petros Giastas

Vasiliki Koumandou

Marianna Hagidimitriou

Nikos Cosmidis

Elias Eliopoulos

Eleni Douni

Dimitrios Vlachakis

Research Programs

2nd research program

01-11-2022 έως 02-11-2022
Προϋπολογισμός: 20000
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots […]

Strategy for Excellence in Universities & Innovation

01-01-2024 έως 28-12-2024
Προϋπολογισμός: 1800000
Omics and computational study of exosomes to identify pathways, biomarkers and mediators of inflammation

Laboratory of Enzyme Technology

The Laboratory is engaged with undergraduate teaching on several courses (Analytical Biotechnology, Enzyme Biotechnology, Molecular Enzymology and Clinical & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology), whereas its research activities focus mainly on enzyme biotechnology and enzymology, encompassing (i) downstream processing for the isolation and purification of enzymes, (ii) enzyme immobilization for biosensor development, (iii) protein engineering and enzyme redesign, (iv) design and study of enzyme inhibitors with pharmaceutical and therapeutic potential, and synthetic biomimetic ligands applicable to affinity chromatography, (v) omics technologies, and (vi) enzyme-based biotransformations for the production of high-added-value compounds.

Faculty

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eaxarli@aua.gr
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lambrou@aua.gr
Professor Nikolaos E. Labrou received his BSc degree in Chemistry from the University of […]
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anazer@aua.gr
Dr. A. Zerva is an Assistant Professor at the Biotechnology Department of AUA, specializing […]
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exronop@aua.gr
Assis. Professor Evangelia Chronopoulou received her degree in Agricultural Biotechnology from the Agricultural University […]
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epappa@aua.gr

Publications

Nikos Labrou

Anastasia Zerva

Evangelia Chronopoulou

Research Programs

Laboratory of Molecular Biology

The members of the Molecular Biology Laboratory are involved in the teaching process of core curriculum courses to both under- and postgraduate students. The laboratory is focused on leading edge fields of Research and Development associated mainly with Plant and Microbial Biology. The research includes the fields of Molecular Biochemistry, Plant and Microbial Physiology, Functional Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics. The staff excels in basic and specialized Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering techniques including gene expression analysis by PCR, RT-PCR, q(RT)-PCR and in situ RNA hybridization, recombinant protein expression in heterologous systems, enzyme kinetics, protein immunolocalization, cell or tissue culture, construction of transgenic plants and analysis of secondary metabolites in plants.

Faculty

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mflem@aua.gr
Prof. Emmanouil Flemetakis serves as the Vice-Rector of the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) […]
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dmilioni@aua.gr
BSc, Biology Department, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece PhD in Plant Molecular Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology […]
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srigas@aua.gr
Graduate of the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology at the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA). […]
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gdaras@aua.gr
Gerasimos Daras is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the Agricultural […]
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elhat@aua.gr
Elli Chatzistavrou is a graduate of the Department of Food Technology at the Technological […]
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dskliros@aua.gr
I am an Assistant Professor at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the Department […]

Publications

Manolis Flemetakis

Gerasimos Daras

Dimitra Milioni

Stamatis Rigas

Research Programs

Physics Laboratory

The Laboratory of Physics is engaged in teaching and research activities that include: General Physics, Biophysics, X-ray crystallography, Crystallographic Methodology, Study of molecular structure, cyclodextrin and their complexes, nanotechnology, molecular dynamics, research and application of image digital analysis.

Faculty

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mkarp@aua.gr
Ph.D in Biophysics/Protein crystallography from the University of Oregon. Postdoctoral experience at Harvard.12-year experience […]
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kbeth@aua.gr
Kostas Bethanis is an Associate Professor at the Physics Lab of the Biotechnology Department […]
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akokkinou@aua.gr
Graduated from the Department of Biotechnology of the Agricultural University ofAthens (AUA). Acquired her […]
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hs@aua.gr
I am Technical Staff at the Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Biotechnology, Laboratory […]
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ptzamalis@aua.gr
Pavlos Tzamalis is a member of the Laboratory Teaching Staff of the Department of […]
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kchrono@aua.gr
Dr. Konstantinos Chronopoulos is an Electrical and Computer Engineer and a faculty member at […]
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papandre@aua.gr
Member of the Laboratory Teaching Staff at the Agriculturaĺ University of Athens, School of […]

Publications

Michael Karpusas

Kostas Bethanis

Research Programs

Laboratory of Cell Technology

The laboratory of Cell Technology is engaged in research and teaching activities and meets respective requirements in the following scientific fields: (i) In vitro cell culture and processes (ii) Cell-based biosensors (iii) Bioelectricity and electrophysiology (iv) Nanobiotechnology (v) Cell, tissue and organ engineering (vi) Cell factories. The laboratory avails over the following permanent facilities/units: (a) Animal cell culture unit (b) Plant tiisue culture & micropropagation unit (c) Electrochemical and cell-based biosensor unit.

Faculty

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skin@aua.gr
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geo_mos@aua.gr
Dr. Georgia Moschopoulou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology with the […]
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sophie_mav@aua.gr
Dr. Sofia Mavrikou (female) is an Assistant Professor at the Laboratory of Cell Technology […]

Publications

Georgia Moschopoulou

Mavrikou Sofia

Spyridon Kintzios

Research Programs

LABORATORIES

Genetics Laboratory
Laboratory of Enzyme Technology
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Physics Laboratory
Laboratory of Cell Technology 

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