Panagiotis Moschou
Panagiotis Moschou obtained a Master’s and PhD in Plant Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology at the University of Crete (Greece). His work focused on the roles of the catabolism of small metabolic molecules known as polyamines. He discovered a new polyamine oxidase class that regulates plant development, stress responses, and cell fate. He did a postdoc at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala (Sweden), where he studied mechanisms by which plant cell polarity and fate are coupled by proteolysis. In 2016 he spent a year in the Sainsbury Lab, UK as a visiting researcher focusing on developing new methods for studying proteolysis. At the same time, he started his lab in the Department of Plant Biology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences as an Associate Professor. At the end of 2018, he started a lab at the Department of Biology, at the University of Crete as an Associate Professor. He is also affiliated with the Foundation of Research and Technology, Hellas.
panagiotis.moschou@imbb.forth.gr
Recent papers:
Deep inside the epigenetic memories of stressed plants
An epigenetic alphabet of crop adaptation to climate change
Classification and nomenclature of metacaspases and paracaspases: no more confusion with caspases
Postdoctoral Researchers
Chen Liu
Chen Liu obtained a Master’s degree in Botany at the SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY (China) in Prof. Shangzhi Huang’s lab and got a PhD in Plant Molecular Physiology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany) in Dr Anton Schäffner’s lab. Her PhD work focused on how the Aquaporin protein level was affected by the same gene family in Arabidopsis. In 2017, she started her postdoc at the Department of Plant Biology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Chen is studying how cell polarity is established in plant cells and how this impacts developmental fate.
Recent papers:
An actin remodeling role for Arabidopsis processing bodies revealed by their proximity interactome
Protein Detection and Localization in Plant Cells Using Spot-Tagging
Proteolysis and nitrogen: emerging insights
Classification and nomenclature of metacaspases and paracaspases: no more confusion with caspases
Establishment of Proximity-dependent Biotinylation Approaches in Different Plant Model Systems
Proteolysis and nitrogen: emerging insights
Androniki Bibi
androniki_bibi@imbb.forth.gr
Recent papers:
Vitis vinefera L. DNA preparation for third-generation sequencing
PhD students/candidates
Giannis Hatzianestis
Giannis obtained a Bachelor at the University of Crete (Greece), Department of Biology in 2018. In 2018 he started his Master’s in Plant Molecular and Applied Biology – Green Biotechnology and joined Assoc. Prof. Panagiotis Moschou’s lab at the University of Crete as a master student. He is currently a PhD student
ioannis_chatzianestis@imbb.forth.gr
Recent papers:
Concentrating and sequestering biomolecules in condensates: impact on plant biology
Plant Proteolysis in Development: Insights and Functions
Andriani Mentzelopoulou
Andria obtained a Bachelor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece) in 2018. In 2018 she started her Master’s in Plant Molecular and Applied Biology – Green Biotechnology and joined Assoc. Prof. Panagiotis Moschou’s lab at the University of Crete as a PhD student. She is currently a PhD student.
Recent papers:
Fanourios Mountourakis
Recent papers:
Concentrating and sequestering biomolecules in condensates: impact on plant biology
Master Students
Kyriakos Mavridis
Bachelor students
Epameinondas Tzagarakis
Petroula Leventaki
Co-supervised Ph.D. students
Dimitrios Botskaris, Ioannis Talianidis, IMBB-FORTH
Technicians
Maria Papadovasilaki, MS
Athanasia Christopoulou, MS
Alumni
2023
Anna Törnkvist, PhD
Artemis Perraki, Postdoc
Dimitris Korovesis, Postdoc
Irene Dervisi, Postdoc
2022
Vassiliki Chatzimichail, BS
Vassiliki Katidou, MS
Dafni Paraskevopoulou, MS
Anna Wulgarakis, MS
Rafail Gritzas, BS
Stefanos Mastis, BS
2021
Eirini-Areti Karampidaki, BS
Leda Tympa, project student
Spyridoula Charova, postdoctoral researcher
Alexandra Deli, postdoctoral researcher
2020
Vassilis Scaltsogiannis, Technical Staff
Nikos Glampedakis, Master student
2019
Amna Muhammad, visiting Ph.D. student
Boyu Liu, visiting postdoctoral researcher/Assistant Professor
Mohamed Mounir Boucetta, Master student
2018
Peter Herfs, project student
Theodor Crispin, project student
2017
Zoltan Takacs, visiting student
Leda-Eleni Tympa, project student (rotation)
Alexander Tsoi, project student
Ana María Ribes Moya, visiting PhD student
Miguel Bracho, visiting PhD student
Interested in working with us?
Undergraduate Students
We are looking for enthusiastic and reliable undergraduate students who are interested in gaining experience in research. Prospective students will be trained in a variety of molecular and cellular biology techniques, including confocal microscopy and genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9). If you are interested in working with us, send your CV (including relevant skills and research experiences) and a short motivation statement (max. 1 page) to Dr Panagiotis Moschou.
Graduate Students
If you are interested in working with Dr Panagiotis Moschou as a graduate student, send your CV (including relevant skills, research experiences, and research interests) to Dr Panagiotis Moschou.
International Students and Collaborators
If you are thinking about visiting us, send your CV (including relevant skills, research experiences, and interests) to Dr Panagiotis Moschou.
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