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CURRICULUM VITAE

NEKTARIOS TAVERNARAKIS

Research Director

Professor of Molecular Systems Biology

Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas

Medical School

University of Crete


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

SCIENTIFIC & LEADERSHIP PROFILE

Executive experience & Administrative activities / Scientific consulting & service

International recognition / Impact / Mentoring

EXTENDED CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

RESEARCH TRAINING

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE / CONSULTING

o Ad hoc Reviewer/Referee duties for:

Funding organizations

Scientific journals

CONFERENCES CHAIRED / ORGANIZED

MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE

o Editorial duties

o Scientific evaluation / counselling committees

o Other services

TEACHING & MENTORING ACTIVITIES

o Supervision of Master’s theses

o Supervision of Ph.D. theses

o Supervision of Postdoctoral associates

o Training of scientists visiting from abroad

RESEARCH FUNDING

PATENTS

PUBLICATIONS

o Books

o Pending manuscripts

o Peer-reviewed papers

INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS

INVITED & SPONSORED LECTURES

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

o Oral presentations

o Poster presentations

PUBLICATIONS IN NATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS

PRESS RELEASES

MISCELLANEOUS


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SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Nektarios Tavernarakis is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Research Director at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), and Professor of Molecular Systems Biology at the Medical School of the University of Crete, in Heraklion, Greece. He is the Director of the Graduate Program on BioInformatics at the Medical School of the University of Crete, and is also heading the Neurogenetics and Ageing laboratory of IMBB. He is an elected corresponding member of the Academy of Athens, and an elected member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC), the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and Academia Europaea. He has also served as the Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. He earned his Ph.D. degree at the University of Crete, and trained as a postdoctoral researcher at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration, the interplay between cellular metabolism and ageing, the mechanisms of sensory transduction and integration by the nervous system, and the development of novel genetic tools for biomedical research. For his scientific accomplishments, he has received several notable scientific prizes, including two ERC Advanced Investigator Grants (in 2009 and 2016), and an innovation-supporting ERC Proof of Concept Grant. He is one of the first in Europe, and the first in Greece, to have been awarded this highly competitive and prestigious grant twice. He is also the recipient of the EMBO Young Investigator award, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel research award, the Bodossaki Foundation Scientific Prize for Medicine and Biology, the Empeirikeion Foundation Academic Excellence Prize, the Research Excellence award of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, the BioMedical Research Award of the Academy of Athens, the Galien Scientific Research Award, the Helmholtz International Fellow Award, the International Human Frontier in Science Program Organization (HFSPO) long-term Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Honorary Education Business Award, and the Dr. Frederick Valergakis Post-Graduate Research Grant Program Academic Achievement Award of the Hellenic University Club of New York.

5 Representative Publications

Palikaras K., Lionaki E. & Tavernarakis N. (2015) Coordination of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis

during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 521: 525-528.

Kourtis N., Nikoletopoulou V. & Tavernarakis N. (2012) Small heat shock proteins protect from heat stroke-

associated neurodegeneration. Nature, 490: 213-218.

Artal-Sanz M. & Tavernarakis N. (2009) Prohibitin couples diapause signaling to mitochondrial energy

metabolism during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 461: 793-797.

Syntichaki P. Troulinaki K. & Tavernarakis N. (2007) eIF4E function in somatic cells modulates ageing in

Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 445: 922-926.

Syntichaki P., Xu K., Driscoll M. & Tavernarakis N. (2002) Specific aspartyl and calpain proteases are

required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. Nature, 419: 939-944.


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SCIENTIFIC & LEADERSHIP PROFILE

Nektarios Tavernarakis began working at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB)

as an independent scientist at the level of Assistant Professor in late 2001, after postdoctoral studies in the US

(for a total of 3.5 years, interrupted by a 2-year mandatory army service). He was promoted to the level of

Associate Professor in 2004 and to the level of Full Professor (Research Director), effective in mid-2008

(expedited evaluation in September 2007). In June 2010, he was elected Distinguished Professor of Molecular

Systems Biology at the Medical School of the University of Crete. In September 2013, he was elected in the

position of the Director of IMBB, and in November 2016, he was elected in the position of the Chairman of the

Board of Directors at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH).

His laboratory at IMBB was the first to commence C. elegans research in Greece. Despite the difficulties

associated with the introduction of a new model organism and the relative geographic isolation of Crete, his

team has been able to conduct internationally competitive research of the uppermost quality. This is

demonstrated by a number of indicators. Specifically:

Through innovative studies, the group has progressed significantly beyond the current state-of-the-art,

opening new vistas at the forefront of modern research in the fields of ageing, cell death and

learning/memory (see for example: Nature, 521: 525-528, Nature, 490: 213-218; Nature, 461: 793-797;

Nature, 445: 922-926; Nature, 419: 939-944).

The lab has published 179 peer-reviewed papers, with many in top-tier, cross-discipline journals (in a total

of 203; including 24 publications as a PhD and postdoctoral researcher). In addition, he has published 24

invited book chapters and 31 miscellaneous publications, including editorials and commentaries in

international scientific journals, as well as several science-popularizing articles. He has also edited 2

books: on protein metabolism and ageing, published by Springer, New York, and the Greek edition of the

book “A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination” by Nobel laureate Gerald

Edelman and Giulio Tononi, published by Crete University Press. Notwithstanding a relatively short

publication history (first paper indexed by Medline in 1995), and a field of research that involves simple

model organisms, his publications have thus far received more than 24,000 citations (excluding self-

citations; more than 90 average citations per publication). His h-index is currently 63 (sources include ISI,

Scopus and Google Scholar). The 10-year projection of his h-index is 104 (as per Nature, 489: 201-202).

Among several notable distinctions, Nektarios Tavernarakis is an elected corresponding member of the

Academy of Athens (http://www.academyofathens.gr/), an elected Member of the Scientific Council of the

European Research Council (ERC; http://erc.europa.eu/), the European Molecular Biology Organization

(EMBO; http://www.embo.org/), the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina;

https://www.leopoldina.org/), the Academia Europaea (AE; http://www.ae-info.org/) and the European

Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA; https://www.euro-acad.eu/). He is the recipient of 2 European

Research Council (ERC; http://erc.europa.eu/) Advanced Investigator Grants (one of the first in Europe,

and until now the only one in Greece, to have been awarded this highly competitive and prestigious grant

twice, in 2009 and 2016). In addition, he has been awarded an Innovation-supporting ERC Proof of

Concept Grant. He has also received the EMBO Young Investigator Award (http://www.embo.org/funding-

awards/young-investigators), the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research

Award (http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/bessel-award.html), the Bodossaki Foundation Scientific

Prize for Medicine and Biology, which is one of the most prestigious scientific distinction for Greeks in

Greece and abroad (http://www.bodossaki.gr/), the Empeirikeion Foundation Academic Excellence Prize

(http://www.empirikion.gr/), the Research Excellence Award of the Foundation for Research and

http://www.academyofathens.gr/

http://erc.europa.eu/

http://www.embo.org/

https://www.leopoldina.org/

http://www.ae-info.org/

https://www.euro-acad.eu/

http://erc.europa.eu/

http://www.embo.org/funding-awards/young-investigators

http://www.embo.org/funding-awards/young-investigators

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/bessel-award.html

http://www.bodossaki.gr/

http://www.empirikion.gr/


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Technology-Hellas (http://www.forth.gr/), the BioMedical Research Award of the Academy of Athens

(http://www.academyofathens.gr/), the Galien Scientific Research Award (http://www.prixgalien.gr/galien-

scientific-research-award/), the Helmholtz International Fellow Award (https://www.helmholtz.de/), the

International Human Frontier in Science Program Organization (HFSPO) long-term Postdoctoral

Fellowship, the Honorary Education Business Award, and the Dr. Frederick Valergakis Post-Graduate

Research Grant Program Academic Achievement Award of the Hellenic University Club of New York. He

is also an elected Distinguished Professor at the Medical School of the University of Crete.

He has attracted, coordinated and managed competitive international, European and national research

grants summing up to a total of more than 30.1 million Euros, including 2 ERC Advanced Investigator

Grants (with a budget of 2.5 million and 3.2 million Euros), 1 ERC Proof of Concept Grant, several EU

FP6, FP7, H2020, Marie Curie and EMBO grants, as well as, one of the first national Aristeia grants of 0.5

million Euros. The total budget for the lab exceeds 10 million Euros).

Executive experience & Administrative activities / Scientific consulting & service

Among multiple executive and administrative duties, Nektarios Tavernarakis is the Chairman of the

FORTH Board of Directors, the Director of the Graduate Program on BioInformatics, at the Medical School

of the University of Crete, and the Director of the Neurogenetics and Ageing Laboratory of IMBB. He is

also the President of the Greek National Life Sciences Council, a Member of the National Committee for

Education, Research and Development, Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Foundation for

Research and Technology, Member of the Advisory Committee of the Hellenic Foundation for Research

and Innovation (HFRI), and a Member of the Executive Committee for the European Neurosciences

Institutes Network. He has served as the Director of IMBB-FORTH, as the National representative of

Greece to the European Union FP7 Health programme, as an elected Vice-President of the Researcher

Association of FORTH, and as an elected Member of the Scientific Council of IMBB.

He has organized several international scientific conferences, including the 2nd International Conference

on the Functional Genomics of Ageing in 2004, the bi-annual, pan-European (with international

participation) C. elegans Meeting in 2006, the annual meeting of the European Neurosciences Institutes

Network in 2009, the 2010 European C. elegans Neurobiology Meeting, the EMBO Conference on the Cell

Biology of the Neuron in 2011, 2017 and 2019, the Gordon Conference (GRC) on the Biology of Ageing in

2013, the European Cell Death Organization (ECDO) meeting in 2014, and the EMBO workshop on

Molecular Neurobiology in 2018.

The Tavernarakis lab has established and runs a state-of-the-art and versatile Multiphoton BioImaging

Facility at IMBB (currently the only one of its kind in Greece, and one of a few worldwide). The facility

incorporates the latest technology in multiphoton imaging, with a mission of enabling researchers to

visualize and monitor fundamental biological processes deep inside living cells and organisms. The total

cost of the infrastructure (> 1.5 million Euros) is financed by ERC (NeuronAge Advanced Investigator

Grant). He has constructed and continuously updates a dedicated web site providing detailed information

about demanding BioImaging approaches and applications supported by the facility

(http://www.microscopy.gr/).

He has organized and coordinated an international consortium of scientists (NemaGENETAG), funded by

the EU (1.8 million Euros), aiming to generate a genome-wide collection of transposon-tagged C. elegans

mutants. This valuable resource is also useful to non-C. elegans researchers and is available worldwide

(for more information on this ambitious project see http://www.elegans.gr/nemagenetag/).

http://www.forth.gr/

http://www.academyofathens.gr/

http://www.prixgalien.gr/galien-scientific-research-award/

http://www.prixgalien.gr/galien-scientific-research-award/

https://www.helmholtz.de/

http://www.microscopy.gr/

http://www.elegans.gr/nemagenetag/


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The Tavernarakis lab is one of the partners of the EU BioMedical imaging consortium EuroBioImaging

(http://www.eurobioimaging.eu/), and Dr. Tavernarakis is serving as the coordinator of the national

initiative to develop an ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) BioImaging

Research Infrastructure for Greece (BioImaging-GR), which has been included in the National Roadmap of

Research Infrastructures.

He is serving in several grant/fellowship evaluation panels/committees for ERC, EMBO, ESF, EU FP7,

FCT and NSF, among others. In addition, he has been reviewing proposals for more than 60 different

funding organizations, including the HFSPO, NIH, ERC, NSF, EMBO, DFG, and MRC. He has reviewed

manuscripts for more than 200 different scientific journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, PNAS, EMBO

journals, and PLoS journals. He is serving in the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including the

EMBO Reports, FEBS Journal, Biotechnology Journal, Cell Death and Disease (Nature Publishing Group),

and others. He has also served as the President of the committee of Experts for the French High Council

for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES), Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Advisory

Board, of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, as a Review Board

Member for the Leibniz Institute on Aging of the Fritz Lipmann Institute in Jena, Germany, as a Member of

the European Partnering panel for the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, and in several

evaluation and/or promotion panels for Research Institute Directors and Faculty, in Greece and abroad.

Given that IMBB is a peripheral Institute, the Tavernarakis lab has undertaken a number of initiatives in an

effort to facilitate the much-needed interaction with other scientists in Greece and abroad, and to also

strengthen the presence of Greece within the European community of Neuroscience and Cell Biology.

Specifically:

o He has served as coordinator of EU 6th and 7th Framework Programme consortia

(NemaGENETAG, TransDEATH, others). The lab is participating in the Marie Curie CELLIMAGE,

FAMED, NONLIMBA, Molecular Imaging, CODEAGE, MARRIAGE, and HEALTHAGE Early Stage

Training and Transfer of Knowledge projects, and the EU FP7 Regional Potential (REGPOT)

consortia TRANSPOT and INNOVCRETE. Nektarios Tavernarakis is also the national coordinator

of the European Neuroscience Institutes Network (ENInet; http://www.ENInet.org/), and a founding

member of the European Research Institute for Integrated Cellular Pathology (ERI-ICP;

http://www.eri-icp.org/).

o The team has set up server clusters locally at IMBB that host the two main nematode online

resources (WormBase and the C. elegans WWW Server; http://www.wormbase.org/ and

http://elegans.som.vcu.edu/ respectively). This facility serves as a European web mirror, and

provides effortless and fast services to the whole European area and regions of Asia. They have

also hosted the Genomes Online Database (GOLD; http://genomesonline.org/), a World Wide

Web resource for comprehensive access to information regarding complete and ongoing genome

projects, as well as metagenomes and metadata, around the world. In addition, he has

constructed and continuously updates an extensive lab web site, detailing the team’s research

activities and providing information about laboratory projects, as well as information on worldwide

C. elegans research (http://www.elegans.gr/).

o As part of the effort to introduce the use of innovative Neuroscience and Cell Biology tools and

models (Optogenetics, Microfluidics, Multiphoton Microscopy, etc.) to the scientific community in

Greece, and to also balance the relative geographic isolation of the Institute, he has invited

several leading researchers for seminars at IMBB (see

http://www.tavernarakislab.gr/news/news.html for specifics). In this context, he has also served as

http://www.eurobioimaging.eu/

http://www.eni-net.org/

http://www.eri-icp.org/

http://www.wormbase.org/

http://elegans.som.vcu.edu/

http://genomesonline.org/

http://www.elegans.gr/

http://www.tavernarakislab.gr/news/news.html


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the Scientific editor for the Greek edition of the book “A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter

Becomes Imagination” by Nobel laureate Gerald Edelman and Giulio Tononi (Crete University

Press).

International recognition / Impact / Mentoring

Nektarios Tavernarakis is an elected corresponding member of the Academy of Athens, and an elected

Member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC), the European Molecular

Biology Organization (EMBO), the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), the European

Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA), and Academia Europaea (AE). He is also an Elected Member of

the European Cell Death Organization (ECDO) Academy, a Distinguished External Senior Fellow of the

Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (University of Freiburg, Germany), a Member of the Scientific

Advisory Board for the Cancer and Ageing Research Center of Nice (University of Nice, CNRS and

INSERM, France), the Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Institute for Biomedical

Ageing Research (Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Innsbruck, Austria), an appointed Principal

Investigator of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE; Helmholtz Association, Bonn,

Germany), and a Member of the Faculty of 1000 (Biology/Medicine; section on Cell Biology, Stress and

Cell Death signalling).

Work from the Tavernarakis lab has been commented by colleagues in several top-tier scientific journals

(including Nature, Science STKE, Journal of Cell Biology and others), has been evaluated by the Faculty

of 1000, and has been covered repeatedly by the international, national and local press. For details please

see: http://www.tavernarakislab.gr/publications/selected_publications.html and

http://www.tavernarakislab.gr/news/press.html

He has, to this date, received more than 320 invitations for seminars and talks (including several Keynote

and Honorary lectures), at scientific conferences and Universities/Research Institutions, worldwide. He has

also given multiple lectures as an Advanced Graduate Course instructor for the European Neuroscience

Institute (ENI) PhD programme in Berlin, Germany.

During his tenure at IMBB, he has supervised 20 Master’s students, 17 Ph.D. students and 15

Postdoctoral scientists. In total, more than 125 students, research associates and visiting scientists have

received training in the Tavernarakis lab. He has also served as a member of Ph.D. thesis committees at

the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, at the Ecole Normale

Superieure in France, at the University of Cologne in Germany, at the Delaware State University in USA,

at the University of Dundee in the UK, and at the University of Cyprus. In addition, he has served as a

member of Master’s student committees at the Delaware State University in USA, at the Institute for

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in France, and at the University of Graz in Austria.

Members of the Tavernarakis laboratory have succeeded in obtaining 4 Marie Curie, 1 EMBO, 1 AXA, 3

Bodossaki Foundation, 2 GSRT long-term postdoctoral fellowships, 3 Hellenic Foundation for Research

and Innovation postdoctoral grants and 1 National Fellowship Foundation postdoctoral fellowship; 2 EMBO

and 1 FEBS short term fellowships; 11 national doctoral fellowships (including 3 Manasaki doctoral

fellowships, 3 Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation doctoral fellowships, 1 Bodossaki

Foundation and 1 Onassis Foundation fellowship); 4 highly competitive best-poster awards in international

scientific conferences; and 16 individual conference participation scholarships (including the DeLill Nasser

Early-career award of the Genetics Society of America).

http://www.tavernarakislab.gr/publications/selected_publications.html

http://www.tavernarakislab.gr/news/press.html


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Three postdoctoral associates in the Tavernarakis lab have each been awarded ERC Starting Grants, to

establish their own independent labs in Greece and in Spain (in 2007, 2011 and 2016). In addition, PhD

students coming out of the lab have obtained highly competitive fellowships from EMBO, HFSPO and

Marie Curie to pursue postdoctoral studies at top Universities abroad (Columbia University, Max Plank

Institute, MIT, NYU and UCSF among others).


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EXTENDED CURRICULUM VITAE

Position: Chairman of the Board of Directors Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) Research Director Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) Professor of Molecular Systems Biology Medical School, Department of Basic Sciences, University of Crete

ResearcherID: B-9684-2013

ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5253-1466

Scopus ID: 20035582600

Nationality: Greek

Marital status: Married, 2 daughters

Date/Place of birth: May 2nd, 1967, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Address: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas N. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, P.O. Box 1385, Heraklion 70013, Crete, Greece

Medical School, University of Crete Voutes, P.O. Box 2208, Heraklion 71003, Crete, Greece

Phone: +30 2810 391066 (Office), +30 2810 391065 (Lab) | FAX: +30 2810 391067 eMail: [email protected] | [email protected] Web: http://www.elegans.gr/

EDUCATION

B.Sc.: Aristotle University, Department of Biology, Thessaloniki, Greece, 20/7/1989 (Biology)

Ph.D.: University of Crete, Department of Biology and Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Heraklion, Greece, 18/5/1995 (Molecular Genetics)

Ph.D. thesis: The yeast transcriptional activator Gcn4p: Expression and function. Heraklion, Crete, 1995

RESEARCH TRAINING

Senior thesis research: Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1989 (Virology)

Pre-doctoral research: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Crete, Greece 1989-1991 (Immunology, Molecular Biology)

National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA, 1991 (Virology)

Doctoral thesis research: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology & University of Crete, Department of Biology, Crete, Greece, 1991-1995 (Molecular Genetics)

Post-doctoral research: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA, 1995-2001, (Neurobiology, C. elegans Molecular Genetics)

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Career interruption On leave from Rutgers University (Nov. 1996 to Oct. 1998) due to mandatory service with the Greek Armed Forces.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2016 Chairman of the FORTH Board of Directors (30/11/2016-present), Greece

2013-2016 Director of IMBB-FORTH (30/10/2013-30/11/2016), Greece

2010 Professor (24/6/2010-present), University of Crete Medical School, Greece

2008 Research Director (Professor level; 16/7/2008-present), IMBB-FORTH, Greece

2004-2008 Chief Researcher (Associate Professor level; 16/7/2004-15/7/2008), IMBB-FORTH, Greece

2001 Scientific Rapporteur, Genome Biology, London, UK

2001-2004 Executive Researcher (Assistant Professor level; 1/7/2001-15/7/2004), IMBB-FORTH, Greece

2000 Scientific Counsellor with PIR (Protein Information Resource), Georgetown University, USA.

1999-2001 Research Associate, Rutgers University, USA

1999 Scientific Counsellor, Integrated Genomics Inc., USA

1995-1996 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University, USA

1991 Visiting Scientist, National Cancer Institute, USA

DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS

2019 Elected Member, German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), Germany

2019 Elected Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens, Greece

2019 Research Support Award, Fondation Santé, USA

2018 Elected Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Class of Natural Sciences)

2018 Keynote Speaker, 11th Conference of the Hellenic Association for Biosciences, Athens, Greece

2018 Lifetime Research Achievement Award, Conference on the Genetics of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Toronto, Canada

2017 Helmholtz International Fellow Award, Helmholtz Association, Germany

2017 Keynote Speaker, Annual conference of the German Society for Ageing Research, Cologne, Germany

2017 Honorary Education Business Award: Recognizing Best Practices in Managing Educational Institutions, Athens, Greece

2017 Galien Scientific Research Award, Athens, Prix Galien Greece

2016 European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grant award

2016 Elected Member, Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC)

2016 European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Investigator Grant award

2016 Keynote Speaker, Basel C. elegans Meeting, Basel, Switzerland

2015 Keynote Speaker, 3rd Young Scientists Forum of the Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Athens, Greece


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2015 Research Support Award, Fondation Santé, USA

2014 BioMedical Research Excellence Award, Academy of Athens, Greece

2014 Elected Member, European Cell Death Organization (ECDO) Academy

2014 Elected Member, Academia Europaea (Section: Physiology and Medicine)

2014 Keynote Speaker, IGBMC Strasbourg / SGBM Freiburg Joint PhD symposium on Animal Models in Biomedical Research, Strasbourg, France

2014 Keynote Speaker, 3rd World Hellenic Biomedical Association (WHBA) Summer School, Itilo, Mani, Laconia, Greece

2013 Keynote Speaker, Symposium “Life Long Fitness and Ageing: Can we monitor? Can we treat?” Gent, Belgium

2013 Keynote Speaker, 4th Spanish C. elegans Meeting, Seville, Spain

2013 Keynote speaker, Zing Conference on Mitochondria, Metabolic Regulation and the Biology of Aging, Lanzarote, Spain

2012 Academic Excellence Prize, Empeirikeion Foundation, Greece

2012 Science Excellence (Aristeia) award, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Ministry of Education, Greece

2011 Appointed Principal Investigator of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Helmholtz Association, Bonn, Germany

2010 Elected Distinguished Professor, Medical School, University of Crete

2009 Elected Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

2009 European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Investigator Grant award

2008 Keynote Speaker, the 8th FEBS – IUBMB Young Scientists Forum, Loutraki, Greece

2008 Keynote Speaker, 30th Conference of the Hellenic Society of Biological Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece

2008 Appointed Distinguished External Senior Research Fellow, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Freiburg University, Germany

2007 Research Excellence award, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Greece

2007 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel research award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

2007 Research Support award, Empeirikeion Foundation, Greece

2006 Appointed Member, Faculty of 1000 (Biology/Medicine; section on Cellular Death and Stress Responses)

2005 Honorary Speaker, 19th Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience, Patra, Greece

2005 Academic Prize in Medicine and Biology, Bodossaki Foundation, Greece

2002 European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator award

1996-2000 Long term postdoctoral fellowship, International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO)

2001 Scholarship, International C. elegans Meeting. California, USA

2001 Scholarship, Gordon Conference on the Biology of Aging. Oxford, UK

2000-2001 Long term postdoctoral fellowship, National Institutes of Health, USA

2000 Scholarship, Gordon Conference on the Biology of Aging. California, USA


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1995-1996 Long term postdoctoral fellowship, National Institutes of Health, USA

1996 Long term postdoctoral fellowship, State of New Jersey, Commission on Cancer Research, USA

1996 Academic achievement award, Dr. Frederick E. G. Valergakis Post-Graduate Research Grant Program, Hellenic University Association of New York, USA

1995 Ph.D. Excellence Prize, University of Crete, Greece

1992-1995 Long term doctoral fellowship, National Fellowship Foundation of Greece

1991 Short term visiting fellowship, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA

1990 Long term graduate studies fellowship Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Crete, Greece

1989 Dean's List and First Rank Graduation Honours, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece

1987-1989 Dean's List and Outstanding Annual Performance award, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece

1986-1989 Long term undergraduate studies fellowship, National Fellowship Foundation of Greece

1985 Excellence Prize, National Mathematics contest, Greek Mathematical Society

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

2020 Identification of a mitochondrial transcription program that determines stemness in the C. elegans germline (Charmpilas & Tavernarakis. Mitochondrial maturation drives germline stem cell differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Death and Differentiation, 27: 601-617).

2018 Elucidation of the role of P-bodies in regulating protein synthesis and proteostasis during ageing (Rieckher, Markaki, Princz, Schumacher & Tavernarakis. Maintenance of proteostasis by P body-mediated regulation of eIF4E availability during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Reports, 25: 199-211).

2017 Delineation of the role of autophagy in the regulation of synaptic plasticity and behaviour under stress (Nikoletopoulou, Sidiropoulou, Kallergi, Dalezios & Tavernarakis. Modulation of autophagy by BDNF underlies synaptic plasticity. Cell Metabolism, 26: 230-242).

2015 Elucidation of a sophisticated molecular mechanism, by which diverse physiological signals are integrated to modulate cellular mitochondrial content (Palikaras, Lionaki & Tavernarakis. Coordination of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 521: 525-528).

2012 Development of experimental Heat Stroke C. elegans and mammalian models; identification of mechanisms protecting against heat cytotoxicity and other necrotic insults (Kourtis, Nikoletopoulou & Tavernarakis. Small heat shock proteins protect from heat stroke-associated neurodegeneration. Nature, 490: 213-218).

2011 Dissection of the requirement for endocytosis and intracellular trafficking in necrotic cell death (Troulinaki & Tavernarakis. Endocytosis and intracellular trafficking contribute to necrotic neurodegeneration in C. elegans. EMBO Journal, 31: 654-666).

2009 Elucidation of the role of mitochondrial prohibitin in cellular energy homeostasis and ageing (Artal-Sanz & Tavernarakis. Prohibitin couples diapause signalling to mitochondrial energy metabolism during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 461: 793-797).

2008 Isolation and characterization of DEG/ENaC ion channels, important for dopaminergic signalling and associative learning in Caenorhabditis elegans (Voglis & Tavernarakis. ASIC-1, a DEG/ENaC ion channel, mediates associative learning by modulating dopamine signalling in C. elegans. EMBO Journal, 27: 3288-3299).


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2008 Identification of autophagy as a major contributor to necrosis and neurodegeneration (Samara, Syntichaki & Tavernarakis. Autophagy is required for necrotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Death and Differentiation, 15: 105-112).

2007 Elucidation of the role of key regulators of protein synthesis in ageing (Syntichaki, Troulinaki & Tavernarakis. eIF4E function in somatic cells modulates ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 445: 922-926).

2006 Delineation of the involvement of lysosomal biogenesis and function in necrotic cell death (Artal-Sanz, Samara, Syntichaki & Tavernarakis. Lysosomal biogenesis and function is critical for necrotic cell death in C. elegans. Journal of Cell Biology, 173: 231–239).

2005 Demonstration of the critical role of cellular acidification in neurodegeneration and necrotic cell death (Syntichaki, Samara & Tavernarakis. The Vacuolar H+-ATPase mediates intracellular acidification required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. Current Biology, 15: 1249-1254).

2002 Identification of specific proteolytic enzymes that mediate cellular destruction during neurodegeneration (Syntichaki, Xu, Driscoll & Tavernarakis. Specific aspartyl and calpain proteases are required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. Nature, 419: 939-944).

2001 Dissection of the role of intracellular calcium homeostasis in necrotic cell death (Xu, Tavernarakis & Driscoll. Necrotic cell death in C. elegans requires the function of calreticulin and regulators of Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum. Neuron, 31: 957-971).

2000 Development of a novel RNA interference (RNAi) method that allows efficient knockdown of neuronal genes (Tavernarakis, Wang, Dorovkov, Ryazanov & Driscoll. Heritable and controllable interference by dsRNA. Nature Genetics, 24: 180-183).

1999 Identification of a unique domain as a common denominator of specific families of membrane associated proteins (Tavernarakis, Driscoll and. Kyrpides. The SPFH domain: a universal motif in membrane associated proteins implicated in regulating targeted protein turnover. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 24: 425-427).

1997 Development of an effective genetic cell ablation tool (Harbinder, Tavernarakis, Herndon, Kinnell, Xu, Fire & Driscoll. Genetically targeted cell disruption in Caenorhabditis elegans mediated by mec-4(d). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 94: 13128-13133).

1997 Identification and characterization of specific ion channel genes involved in proprioception and coordinated locomotion (Tavernarakis, Shreffler, Wang & Driscoll. unc-8, a member of the DEG/ENaC superfamily, encodes a subunit of a candidate stretch-gated motor neuron channel that modulates locomotion in C. elegans. Neuron, 18: 107-119).

1997 Early study that reveals the role of DNA in determining interactions between transcription factors and co-factors (Tavernarakis & Thireos. The DNA target sequence influences the dependence of the yeast transcriptional activator Gcn4 on co-factors. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 253: 766-769).

EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE

2020 Coordinator of the National Precision/Personalized Medicine Network for Neurodegenerative Disorders

2020 Member of the International Advisory Committee for the Hellenic Initiative Against Alzheimer’s (HIAA)

2019 Member of the Thematic Advisory Committee of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), for Medicine and Health Sciences

2019 Member of the committee for the evaluation and development of the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

2019 Organizer, EMBO Workshop series: Cell biology of the neuron III. Fodele, Greece


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2018 Member of the Advisory Committee of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI)

2018 Chairman, General Assembly of the Presidents of Greek Research Institutions

2018 Coordinator of the Cretan Precision/Personalized Medicine Hub

2018 Chairman of the Greek National Life Sciences Council

2018 Organizer, EMBO Workshop series: Molecular neurobiology, Fodele, Greece

2018 Member of the Academic and Scientific Ethics Committee, Medical School of the University of Crete

2018 Member of the Scientific Committee, Association for Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders "Solidarity", Heraklion, Greece

2017 Organizer, EMBO Conference series: Cell biology of the neuron II. Fodele, Greece

2017 Member of the Research and Research Infrastructure Committee, Medical School of the University of Crete

2016 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI)

2016 Chairman, FORTH Board of Directors

2016 Member, Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC)

2016 Founder and Director of the Graduate Program on BioInformatics, at the Medical School of the University of Crete

2016 Member of the National Committee for Education, Research and Development

2014 Chairman, FORTH Ethics Committee

2014 Organizer, Annual European Cell Death Organization (ECDO) meeting, Heraklion, Greece

2013 Director, IMBB, FORTH

2013 Coordinator of the national initiative for the development of an ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) BioImaging Research Infrastructure for Greece (BioImaging-GR)

2013 Elected Organizer, Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging, Il Ciocco, Italy

2012 Executive committee member, INNOVCRETE REGPOT consortium

2011 Member of the Greek National Life Sciences Council

2011 National representative of Greece, European Commission FP7 Health programme

2011 Organizer, EMBO Workshop series: Cell biology of the neuron I. Fodele, Greece

2010 Organizer, European C. elegans Neurobiology Meeting. Fodele, Greece

2009 Executive committee member, European Neuroscience Institutes Network (ENInet)

2009 Organizer, General Meeting of the European Neurosciences Institutes Network (ENInet). Fodele, Greece

2008 Elected member of the Executive Board and Vice-President of the Researcher Association of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas

2008 Vice-Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria

2008 Organizer, 2008 European C. elegans Meeting. Spain

2007 Elected member of the Scientific Council, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas

2007 National coordinator, European Network of Neuroscience Institutes (ENInet)


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2006 Organizer, 20th Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience. Heraklion, Greece

2006 Organizer, 2006 European C. elegans Meeting. Hersonissos, Greece

2005 Assistant Coordinator of the European TransDeath 6th FP STREP consortium

2004 Co-Organizer, 2nd International Conference on the Functional Genomics of Ageing. Heraklion, Greece

2004 Coordinator of the European NemaGENETAG 6th FP STREP consortium

2001 Establishment of the Neurogenetics and Ageing Laboratory at IMBB (Foundation for Research and Technology)

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE / CONSULTING

Ad hoc Reviewer/Referee duties for:

Funding organizations

o Academy of Medical Sciences, UK

o Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR, Canada)

o Alzheimer’s Society (UK)

o American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR, USA)

o Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

o Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC, UK)

o Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF)

o Cancer Research (UK)

o CaRiPaRo Foundation (Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, Italy)

o Czech Science Foundation (Czech Republic)

o European Commission Framework Programmes (EC)

o European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

o European Research Council (ERC)

o European Science Foundation (ESF)

o Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER, Switzerland)

o Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM, France)

o Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo (Italy)

o French Foundation for rare diseases (Fondation maladies rares)

o French National Research Agency (ANR, France)

o Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS, Belgium)

o General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT, Greece)

o German Research Foundation (DFG)

o Glenn Foundation for Medical Research (USA)

o Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY)

o Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (Greece)

o Human Frontier in Science Organization (HFSPO)

o Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)


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o Instituto Serrapilheira (Brazil)

o Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

o Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology and Space

o Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC)

o Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA)

o Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society (AISM-FISM)

o Italian Research and University Evaluation Agency (ANVUR)

o La Caixa Foundation (FBLC, Spain)

o Leibniz Association, Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI, Germany)

o Leverhulme Trust (UK)

o Medical Research Council (MRC, UK)

o Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

o National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation (NCSTE, Kazakhstan)

o National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA)

o National Science Centre (NCN, Poland)

o National Science Foundation (NSF, USA)

o Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC, Canada)

o Dutch Research Council / Organization for Scientific Research (NWO, Netherlands)

o Neurological Foundation (New Zealand)

o Parkinson's Disease Society (UK)

o Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)

o Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO, Belgium)

o Research Promotion Foundation (Cyprus)

o Romanian Executive Agency for Research Funding (UEFISCDI)

o Russian Science Foundation (RSF)

o Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia (SFRS)

o Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)

o Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS)

o Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF)

o Telethon Foundation (Italy)

o University of Patra, C. Karatheodori Research Support Programme (Greece)

o University of Rome - Tor Vergata, Beyond Borders Research Support Programme (Italy)

o Velux Stiftung (Switzerland)

o Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance (UK, India)

o Wiener Wissenschafts-Forschungs und Technologiefonds (WWTF, Austria)


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Scientific journals

Advanced Science

Apidologie

Age

Ageing Research Reviews

Aging-US

Aging Cell

Aging and Disease

Aging and Mechanisms of Disease

AIMS Molecular Science

American Journal of Pathology

American Journal of Physiology

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Anti-Cancer Drugs

Antioxidants

Apoptosis

Autophagy

Behavioural Brain Research

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of

Lipids

Biochemical Journal

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research

Biochimie

BioEssays

BioFactors

Biogerontology

Biological Psychiatry

Biology Direct

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

BioTechniques

Biotechnology Journal

Bioinformatics

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

BMC Biology

BMC Molecular and Cell Biology

BMC Developmental Biology

BMC Genetics

BMC Genomics

BMC Medical Education

BMC-Molecular Biology

BMC Neurology

BMC Neuroscience

Brain Research Bulletin

British Journal of Pharmacology

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Frontiers in Oncology

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Functional and Integrative Genomics

Gene

Gene Therapy

Genes and Development

Genome Research

Genomics

Gerontology

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

Heliyon

Hepatology Research

Hippocampus

Hypertension

Human Molecular Genetics

Interface Focus

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

iScience

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Journal of Cell Biology

Journal of Cell Science

Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Journal of Comparative Physiology

Journal of Gerontology

Journal of Molecular Biology

Journal of Neurochemistry

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Journal of Neuroscience

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology

Journal of Thermal Biology

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Lab on a Chip

Life Sciences

Longevity and Healthspan

Macromolecular Research

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Medicinal Research Reviews

Metabolic Brain Disease


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Cancer Cell International

Cancer Letters

Cancer Research

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Cell

Cells

Cell Cycle

Cell Death and Differentiation

Cell Death and Disease

Cell Metabolism

Cell Reports

Cell Research

Cell Stress and Chaperones

Cell and Tissue Research

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Cellular Signalling

ChemBioChem

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Chemosphere

Circulation Research

Clinical Biochemistry

Communications Biology

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Current Aging Science

Current Bioinformatics

Current Biomarkers

Current Biology

Current Clinical Pharmacology

Current Genomics

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Current Molecular Medicine

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Development

Developmental Biology

Disease Markers

eLife

EMBO Journal

EMBO Reports

Environmental Pollution

Environmental Sciences Europe

Methods

Methods in Enzymology

Microbial Pathogenesis

Mitochondrion

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Molecular Biology Reports

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Molecular Medicine Reports

Molecular Neurobiology

Molecular Systems Biology

Mutation Research

Nature

Nature Cell Biology

Nature Communications

Nature Immunology

Nature Methods

Nature Neuroscience

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Neural Networks

Neural Regeneration Research

Neurobiology of Disease

Neurochemical Research

Neurochemistry International

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

Neuroscience Bulletin

Neuroscience Letters

Nucleic Acids Research

Nutritional Neuroscience

Nutrition Research

Oncology Letters

Oncotarget

Open Biology

Optics and Laser Technology

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmacological Research

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

Plasmid

PLoS Genetics

PLoS One

Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences,

USA

Progress in Neurobiology


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Essays in Biochemistry

European Journal of Cell Biology

European Journal of Pharmacology

Experimental Cell Research

Experimental Gerontology

Experimental Parasitology

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Expert Opinion On Drug Discovery

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

F1000 Research

FASEB Journal

FEBS Journal

FEBS Open Bio

Food Science and Human Wellness

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Free Radical Research

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Frontiers in Genetics

Redox Biology

Rejuvenation Research

Royal Society Open Science

Science

Science Advances

Science of the Total Environment

Science Translational Medicine

Scientific Reports

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Small

The Scientific World Journal

Theranostics

Toxicology

Toxicology Letters

Toxicology Research

Trends in Cell Biology

Trends in Genetics

Worm

WormBook

CONFERENCES CHAIRED / ORGANIZED

Chairman, 45th FEBS Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2020

Member of the International Scientific Committee, 2nd International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Bionanoscience (NanoBio), Heraklion, Greece, 2020

Member of the Organizing Committee, 15th European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM), Thessaloniki, Greece, 2020

Organizer and Chairman, EMBO Workshop series: Molecular neurobiology, Fodele, Greece, 2020

Member of the Scientific Committee, International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA, 2019

Chairman, ERC Evaluation Panel Chairs Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 2019

Member of the Scientific Committee, International meeting on Paediatric and Rare Diseases, Athens, Greece, 2019.

Organizer, EMBO workshop, Cell Biology of the Neuron III: Polarity, Plasticity and Regeneration. Fodele, Greece, 2019

Member of the Scientific Committee, Pan-European Conference of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Heraklion, Greece, 2019

Chairman, 13th workshop on molecular oncology and targeted therapy, Ioannina, Greece, 2019

Chairman, Shechtman-Suresh convocation and honorary symposium, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2018

Member of the Scientific Committee and Chairman, 35th Balkan Medical Congress on healthy ageing, Athens, Greece, 2018

Chairman, European Parliament, Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Panel, and European Research Council (ERC) symposium: “Investing in Young Researchers, Shaping Europe's Future”, Strasbourg, France, 2018


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Member of the Scientific Committee, 3rd Congress on Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2018

Organizer and Chairman, EMBO Workshop series: Molecular neurobiology, Fodele, Greece, 2018

Chairman, Meeting of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) on the Molecular aspects of aging and longevity, Athens, Greece, 2017

Member of the Scientific Committee, 28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), Athens, Greece, 2017

Member of the Scientific Committee and Chairman, 10th Hellenic Bioinformatics conference, Heraklion, Greece, 2017

Chairman, EMBO workshop on Mitochondrial Quality Control, Xi’an, China, 2017

Member of the Scientific Committee, International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA, 2017

Member of the Scientific Committee, Hellenic Innovation Forum, Athens, Greece, 2017

Organizer, EMBO Conference series: Cell biology of the neuron II. Fodele, Greece, 2017

Member of the Scientific Committee, 3rd Conference of the Hellenic Society of Pharmaceutical Medicine: Innovation in Biomedical Research, Athens, Greece, 2017

Member of the Scientific Committee, Hellenic Innovation Forum, Athens, Greece, 2016

Chairman, 2nd National Conference of the Hellenic Association of Medical Geneticists, Athens, Greece, 2015

Member of the Scientific Committee, 2nd World Congress on Genetics, Geriatrics and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research (GeNeDis 2016) Sparta, Greece, 2016

Chairman, 66th Conference of the Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Athens, Greece, 2015

Organizer, Annual European Cell Death Organization (ECDO) meeting, Heraklion, Greece, 2014

Chairman, Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging, Il Ciocco, Italy, 2013

Elected Organizer, Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging, Il Ciocco, Italy, 2013

Chairman, Zing Conference on Mitochondria, Metabolic Regulation and the Biology of Aging, Lanzarote, Spain, 2013

Chairman, Symposium on the Mechanisms of Disease Development: New Challenges for Translational Research, Athens, Greece, 2013

Member of the Organizing Committee, General Meeting of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Heraklion, Greece, 2012

Chairman, Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging, Ventura, USA, 2012

Chairman, Society for Free Radical Research Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011

Member of the Scientific Committee and Chairman, 11th European Light Microscopy Initiative (ELMI) Meeting, Alexandroupolis, Greece, 2011

Chairman, Cold Spring Harbor Conference on the Molecular Genetics of Aging. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA, 2010

Organizer, EMBO Workshop series: Cell biology of the neuron I. Fodele, Greece, 2011

Organizer, European C. elegans Neurobiology Meeting. Fodele, Greece, 2010


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Organizer, General Meeting of the European Neuroscience Institutes Network (ENInet). Fodele, Greece, 2009

Chairman, 6th Conference of the Hellenic Society of Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress, Ioannina, Greece, 2008

Member of the Scientific Committee and Chairman, European C. elegans Meeting. Spain, 2008

Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee and Chairman, 5th General Meeting of the International Proteolysis Society. Patra, Greece, 2007

Chairman, 9th Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Connective tissue and Matrix Biology. Athens Greece, 2007

Organizer and Chairman, 20th Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience. Heraklion Greece, 2006

Organizer, European C. elegans Meeting. Hersonissos, Greece, 2006

Chairman, Conference of the Hellenic Association of Bioscientists. Athens Greece, 2006

Chairman, 2nd International Greek Biotechnology Forum conference. Athens Greece, 2005

Chairman, FASEB Research Conference on the Biology of Calpains in Health and Disease. Tucson, USA, 2004

Organizer, 2nd International Conference on the Functional Genomics of Ageing. Hersonissos, Greece, 2004

Chairman, 11th European Cell Death Organization Euroconference on Apoptosis. Ghent, Belgium, 2003

Chairman, International C. elegans Meeting. Los Angeles, USA, 2001

MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE

Editorial duties

Editorial Board Member, EMBO Reports (EMBO)

Editorial Board Member, FEBS Journal (Wiley)

Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)

Editorial Board Member, Cell Death and Disease (Nature Publishing Group)

Editorial Board Member, Molecular and Cellular Oncology (Landes Bioscience)

Editorial Board Member, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development (Elsevier Science)

Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Genetics (Frontiers Research Foundation)

Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Neuroscience (Frontiers Research Foundation)

Editorial Board Member, Oncotarget (Impact Journals)

Editorial Board Member, Biogerontology (Springer)

Editorial Board Member, Biology (MDPI)

Editorial Board Member, Biology Direct (BioMed Central)

Editorial Board Member, Biomedicine Hub (Karger)

Editorial Board Member, Nutrition and Healthy Aging (IOS Press)

Editorial Board Member, Cell Stress (Shared Science Publishers)


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Editorial Board Member, Longevity and Healthspan (BioMed Central - Springer Science)

Editorial Board Member, Medical Science Monitor (International Scientific Information)

Advisory Editorial Board Member, World Academy of Sciences Journal (Spandidos Publications)

Senior Editor, Biotechnology Journal (Wiley)

Academic Editor, PLoS One (PLoS)

Founding Editor, Cell Stress (Shared Science)

Section Editor, Gerontology (Karger)

Review Editor, section of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology & Frontiers in Oncology, (Frontiers Research Foundation)

Special issue editor on Mitophagy Mechanisms and Physiology, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Guest Associate Editor of the special issue on Mitophagy in Health and Disease, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Special issue editor on Diseases of the Brain, Biotechnology Journal

Special issue editor on Brain and Ethics, Biotechnology Journal

Book Editor, Protein metabolism and homeostasis in ageing. Springer-Verlag, New York, USA

Scientific editor, Crete University Press (Greek edition of the book “A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination” by Nobel laureate Gerald Edelman and Giulio Tononi)

Scientific Literature Report editor for Genome Biology, London, UK

Scientific evaluation / counselling committees

2020 Chair of the evaluation committee for the Director of the National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece

2010 Member of the Advisory Committee, Graduate Program in Precision Medicine, Translational Research and Pharmacy. Aristotle University, Medical School and School of Pharmacy, Thessaloniki, Greece

2020 Evaluation panel member, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), Belgium

2019 Faculty evaluator for the Max Dellbrück Prize, University of Cologne, Germany

2019 Faculty evaluator for the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany

2019 Member of the External Evaluation Committee, Cyprus Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education, Master of Science program in Cancer Biology, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

2019 Μember, European Partnering selection panel, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Berlin, Germany

2019 Faculty evaluator, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

2019 Member of the Prize Committee of the Bodossaki Foundation Awards for Distinguished Young Scientists, Athens, Greece

2019 Review Board Member, Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany

2019 Faculty tenure/evaluation committee member, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece


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2018 Member of the scientific evaluation committee for associated teaching personnel, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece

2018 Faculty evaluator, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

2018 External Member of the Norwegian Center on Healthy Aging (No-Age) Oslo, Norway

2018 Μember, European Partnering selection panel, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Berlin, Germany

2018 Faculty evaluator, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

2018 Member of the evaluation committee for the Director position of the Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece

2018 Member of the scientific evaluation committee for the "Fotis Kafatos" award by the Hellenic Society of Bioscientists, Athens, Greece

2018 Member of the evaluation committee for the Director position of the Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece

2017 Member of the Prize Committee of the Bodossaki Foundation Awards for Distinguished Young Scientists, Athens, Greece

2017 President of the committee of Experts, French High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES), Paris, France

2017 Faculty evaluator, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

2017 Member of the Undergraduate Ranking Committee of the Medical School of the University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

2017 Member of the evaluation committee, La Caixa Foundation (FBLC, Spain)

2017 Member of the committee for awarding Honorary Doctoral Degrees by Medical School of the University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

2016 Member of the externall evaluation committee, International Master’s Programme in Neurosciences, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

2016 Faculty tenure/evaluation committee member, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece

2016 Member of the pathophysiology evaluation committee, French National Research Agency (ANR, France)

2016 Member of the research funding evaluation panel, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)

2016 Review Board Member, Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany

2015 Faculty tenure/evaluation committee member, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

2015 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board and Faculty evaluator, Multidisciplinary Institute for Ageing, Coimbra, Portugal

2015 Science Advisor, 3rd International Medical Olympiad, Medical Olympicus Association, Thessaloniki, Greece

2015 Faculty evaluator, Max Delbrück Award, University of Cologne, Germany

2015 Scientific committee member, Athens Science Festival, Athens, Greece

2015 Faculty selection committee member, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece


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2015 Faculty tenure/evaluation committee member, Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

2014 Member of the committee on policy and criteria for awarding the status Emeritus Professor, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

2014 Faculty evaluator, Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST), Vienna, Austria

2014 Faculty selection committee rapporteur, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Greece

2014 Faculty tenure/evaluation committee rapporteur, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

2013 Faculty evaluator, University of Massachusetts, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Amherst, MA, USA

2013 Faculty evaluator, The Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA

2013 Faculty evaluator, Nanyang Technological University Medical School, Singapore

2013 Faculty tenure/evaluation committee member, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

2013 Member of the evaluation committee for the Director position of the Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece

2012-2016 ERC Starting Grants evaluation panel member (LS4 Physiology. Pathophysiology and Endocrinology)

2012 Member of the National Scientific Advisory Council, American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), USA

2012 Member of the Biotech/Medical and Life Extension Boards of the Lifeboat Foundation (http://lifeboat.com/)

2011 Chair of the evaluation committee for the Director of the Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece

2011-2016 EMBO Fellowship committee member

2010 Faculty evaluator, Delaware State University, Dover, DE, USA

2010 Faculty tenure/evaluation committee member, Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming", Athens, Greece

2010 Scientific Advisory Board Member, Cancer and Ageing Research Center of Nice, University of Nice, CNRS and INSERM, Nice, France

2009 Faculty evaluation committee member, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

2009 FORTH Research Excellence award selection committee member, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Greece

2008 Fellow Faculty evaluator, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, NY, USA

2008 Faculty evaluation committee member, National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos"

2008-2012 Vice-Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria

2007 Faculty selection committee member, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Greece

2007 Faculty selection committee secretary, Foundation for Biomedical Research, Academy of Athens, Greece

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2000 Expert Scientific Counsellor with PIR (Protein Information Resource). Georgetown University, USA

1999 Scientific Counsellor/Genome Annotator for Integrated Genomics Inc., Chicago, USA

Other services

Scientific translator, Greek edition of the book “Molecular Cell Biology” (H. Lodish, A. Berk, C. Kaiser, M. Krieger, A. Bretscher, H. Ploegh, A. Amon, K. Martin) Utopia Publishing

Scientific translator, Greek edition of the book “Genetics: From Genes to Genomes” (L. Hartwell, L. Hood, M. Goldberg, A. Reynolds, L. Silver) Crete University Press, Utopia Publishing

Member of the Editorial Board for the online journal Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience & Mental Health

National representative of Greece, European Union Health programme

Member, Faculty of 1000 (Biology/Medicine; section on Cellular Death and Stress Responses)

Founding Member, European Research Institute for Integrated Cellular Pathology (ERI-ICP)

Setup and maintenance of the IMBB confocal microscopy facility, user training

Establishment/maintenance of 3 European area mirror web servers for:

o WormBase (http://www.wormbase.org/)

o C. elegans WWW Portal (http://elegans.som.vcu.edu/)

o Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD; http://www.genomesonline.org/)

Construction/maintenance of a detailed Lab Web Site (http://www.elegans.gr/) and a dedicated web site for the NemaGENETAG European STREP consortium (http://elegans.imbb.forth.gr/nemagenetag)

TEACHING & MENTORING ACTIVITIES

2019 Tutor, Hellenic Open People's University, Athens, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2018 Examiner, Student placement examinations, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece.

2018 Tutor, Hellenic Open People's University, Heraklion, Greece.

2017 Instructor, Graduate Program in “Microbial Biotechnology” Department of Biology, University of Athens, Greece.

2017 Instructor, 6rd World Hellenic Biomedical Association (WHBA) Summer School, Greece.

2017 Τeaching of undergraduate Biology courses at the Medical School of the University of Crete, Greece.

2016 Founder and Director of the Graduate Program on BioInformatics, at the Medical School of the University of Crete, Greece.

2016 Instructor, Graduate Program in “Molecular Biomedicine: Disease mechanisms, biological therapies, and bioinnovation”, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece.

2014 Instructor, 3rd World Hellenic Biomedical Association (WHBA) Summer School, Greece.

2012 Instructor, Graduate Program in “Translational Research in Molecular Biology and Genetics”, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece.

2012 Instructor, Joint Graduate Program in “Applications of Biology in Medicine” Department of Biology and Medical School, University of Athens, Greece.

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2010 Instructor, FEBS/European Society for Free Radical Research, summer school on protein maintenance and turnover in aging and diseases, Spetses, Greece.

2007-2012 Member of Ph.D. thesis committees at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, at the Ecole Normale Superieure in France, at the University of Cologne in Germany, at the Delaware State University in USA, the University of Dundee in the UK, and at the University of Cyprus.

2005-2012 Member of Master’s student committees at the Delaware State University in USA, at the Institute for Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in France, and at the University of Graz in Austria.

2001 Supervision of 19 Master’s students, 16 Ph.D. students, 12 Postdoctoral scientists, one research assistant and 9 senior thesis undergraduate students (detailed list follows below). In total, more than 125 students, research associates and visiting scientists have received training in the lab.

2001 Coordination and teaching of courses for four graduate programs, at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, the Department of Biology and the Medical School, University of Crete, Greece:

Joint Graduate Program in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine

Graduate Program in Neurosciences (Medical School)

Graduate Program in Molecular Pathology (Medical School)

Graduate Program Brain and Mind (Medical School)

2009 Course tutor on Advanced Optical Imaging for the European Master in Molecular Imaging (EMMI) programme, Heraklion, Greece.

2008 Advanced graduate course instructor at the European Neuroscience Institute PhD Symposium. Berlin, Germany.

1995-2001 Bench supervision of undergraduate and graduate students, Rutgers University, USA.

1991-1993 Teaching Assistant, University of Crete, Greece.

1990-1995 Tutorials and bench supervision of undergraduate and graduate Biology students, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

1990-1995 High School Biology Instructor, Heraklion, Greece.

1987-1989 Teaching Assistant, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Supervision of Master’s theses

Student Years

1. Stephan Andreas Angermayr

2. Evrydiki Asimaki,

3. Dafni Bazopoulou

4. Theodora Chalatsi

5. Nikolaos Charmpilas

6. Ioanna Daskalaki

7. Konstantina Georgila

8. Martha Gjikolaj

9. Konstantinos Kounakis

2006-2007

2017-2018

2003-2004

2016-2017

2012-2013

2012-2013

2009-2010

2019-

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10. Nikos Kourtis

11. Lucie Lambert

12. Adamantia Milonaki

13. Irene Mytilinaiou

14. Konstantinos Palikaras

15. Christina Ploumi

16. Matthias Rieckher

17. Chrysa Samara

18. Kostoula Troulinaki

19. Manolis Vlachos

20. Giannis Voglis

2006-2007

2006-2007

2009-2010

2018-2019

2010-2011

2012-2014

2007-2009

2002-2003

2003-2004

2008-2009

2002-2003

Supervision of Ph.D. theses

Student Years

1. Dafni Bazopoulou


3. Ioanna Daskalaki

4. Ilias Gkikas

5. Konstantinos Kounakis

6. Nikos Kourtis


8. Margarita Papandreou

9. Dionysia Petratou

10. Christina Ploumi

11. Andrea Princz


13. Chrysa Samara

14. Aggeliki Sotiriou

15. Kostoula Troulinaki

16. Dikaia Tsagkari

17. Giannis Voglis

2005-2009

2013-2018

2013-

2013-

2017-

2008-2011

2011-2015

2013-

2013-

2014-

2013-2018

2010-2013

2004-2007

2018-

2005-2009

2020-

2004-2007


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Supervision of Postdoctoral associates

Name Years

1. Artemis Andreou

2. Marta Artal-Sanz


4. Persefoni Fragkiadaki

5. Georgios Konstantinidis

6. Manos Kyriakakis

7. Eirini Lionaki

8. Maria Markaki

9. Evgenia Megalou

10. Thanos Metaxakis

11. Vassiliki Nikoletopoulou


13. Andrea Princz

14. Popi Syntichaki

15. Irini Topalidou

2009-2012

2004-2008

2018-

2019-

2019-

2012-2016

2011-

2009-2010

2008-2013

2016-

2011-2016

2016-

2019-

2001-2006

2004

Training of scientists visiting from abroad

Name Visiting from

1. Tarek Abdelkefi

2. Yahyah Aman

3. Stephan Andreas Angermayr

4. Marta Artal-Sanz

5. Maria Anna Bauer

6. Didac Carmona-Gutierrez

7. Joana Daradoumis

8. Anna Dimitroula

9. Marita Flynn

10. Mostafa Ghannad Rezaie

11. Ezgi Gultekin

12. Bettina Hotzi

13. Beki Kan

14. Manolis Kanelos

15. Elena Kypri

16. Lucie Lambert

University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia

University of Oslo, Norway

University of Graz, Austria

University of Amsterdam, Netherlands



Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

University of Surrey, UK

Delaware State University, USA

University of Michigan, USA

Istanbul Kultur University, Turkey

Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary

Marmara University, Turkey

University College London, UK

University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Institute for Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, France


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17. Lucia Micutkova

18. Sampeter Odera

19. Halil Onder Ozbasak

20. Andrea Princz


22. Ottavia Roggero

23. Noa Roitenberg

24. Alfonso Schiavi

25. Sebastian Schmeisser

26. Andrea Taferner

27. Ezgi Unal

Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austria

University of California, San Francisco, USA

Istanbul Kultur University, Turkey

Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary

University of Applied Science, Mannheim, Germany

University of Sassari, Italy

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy

University of Jena, Germany

Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austria

Bogazici University, Turkey

RESEARCH FUNDING

# Source/Type Project Title Role Duration

64 Research Council of Norway Neuronal self-defence: Identification of mechanisms that protect dopaminergic neuronal health during aging

Partner 2020-2022

63

Ministry of Development and Investments, General Secretariat for Research and Technology

Development of novel therapeutic strategies against Parkinson disease (PANTHER)

Principal Investigator

2020-2022

62 H2020- European Commission, FETOPEN, RIA

Dynamic adaptive microscopy for label-free multi-parametric imaging in biology and medicine (DynAMic)

Coordinator 2020-2024

61 EMBO short term fellowship

The role of SUMOylation in the regulation of stress responsive transcription factors in Caenorhabditis elegans


2019

60 Greek Ministry of Education, General Secretariat for Research and Technology

National Network for Precision Medicine: Unit in Heraklion, Crete


59 Fondation Santé The role of mitophagy in neuronal quality control and survival during ageing


2019-2020

58

H2020- European Commission Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN)

HealthAge Innovative Training Network on lifespan regulation mechanisms in health and disease


2019-2021

57 Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI)

Satisfying our “sweet tooth”: metabolic reprogramming reverses glucose toxicity.


2018-2020


The Janus face of insecticide action: balancing malaria/pest control and neurodegeneration hazards in humans


2018-2020


Mitophagy in neuronal physiology and neurodegeneration (MiNoAN)


2018-2020


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Encapsulation of chromophores by self-assembled hydrogels with biomedical applications (EPHESIAN)


2018-2020


Peroxisome function and interactions in C. elegans


2017-2019


The role of NEET proteins in neurodegeneration and ageing


2017-2019


Autophagy regulators in the nervous system


2017-2018

50 National Fellowship Foundation of Greece

Ageing metabolic networks and their role in the pathophysiology of age-associated diseases


2017-2019

49 European Research Council (ERC), Proof Of Concept Grant

A Drug Discovery and Target Identification Screening Platform for Age-Associated Neurodegenerative Disorders (NeuronAgeScreen-NAS)



BioImaging Research Infrastructure for Greece (BioImaging-GR)


47 AXA Research Fund, Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Neuronal mitophagy: Investigating the role of mitophagy in neuronal function and neurodegeneration


2017-2019

46 European Research Council (ERC), Advanced Investigator Grant

MacroAutophagy and Necrotic Neurodegeneration in Ageing (MANNA)


45 European Commission Cost Action, Horizon 2020

MITOEAGLE: Mitochondrial mapping: Evolution - Age - Gender - Lifestyle – Environment

Management Committee Member

2016-2019

44 European Commission Cost Action, Horizon 2020

TRANSAUTOPHAGY: European Network of Multidisciplinary Research and Translation of Autophagy knowledge

Management Committee Member

2016-2019

43 European Commission Marie Curie Actions, Individual Fellowships

AGE-MEMORY: Identification of insulin signalling factors that delay age-related memory impairment


2016-2018

42 Onassis Foundation Doctoral Scholarships Principal Investigator

2015

41 Fondation Santé The role of autophagy in age-associated neurodegeneration


2015-2016

40 University of Crete, Department of Biology

Manasaki Doctoral Scholarships Principal Investigator

2014

39 European Commission Marie Curie Actions, Intra-European Fellowships

The role of MAGE proteins in mitochondria: Novel insights for the regulation of neuronal function (MITONEUROMAGE)


2014-2016


Development of scientific research activities in the direction of Systems Biology KRIPIS-BIOSYS

Partner 2013-2015


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37 European Commission Marie Curie Actions, Initial Training Networks

Chronic DNA damage in Ageing (CodeAge)

Partner 2013-2016

36 European Commission Marie Curie Actions, Initial Training Networks

MARie CuRie AGEing Network (MarriAge)

Partner 2013-2016

35

European Commission 7th Framework Programme, Research Potential Capacities

InnovCrete: Unlocking the innovative capacity of multidisciplinary structural biology-driven research in Crete

Partner 2012-2015

34 University of Crete, Department of Biology


2012

33

Greek Ministry of Education, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Aristeia

Necrotic cell death mechanisms and ageing-associated neurodegeneration


2012-2015

32 Greek Ministry of Education, Research and training support programme “Thales”

The role of genetic and environmental factors in ageing and longevity

Work Package Coordinator

2012-2016

31 Greek Ministry of Education, Research and training support programme “Thales”

Development and applications of mutagenesis and transgenesis technologies based on the transposable element Minos

Partner 2012-2016

30

European Commission 7th Framework Programme, Research Potential Capacities

TransPOT: Enhancing University of Crete Medical School Scientific Excellence and Translational Research Potential in Human Diseases


2012-2014

29

Greek Ministry of Education, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Support of post-doctoral researchers

Understanding the role of Necdin during neural development and in the pathogenesis of Prader-Willi Syndrome


2012-2014

28

Greek Ministry of Education, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Support of post-doctoral researchers

The role of mitochondrial import translocases in mitochondrial biogenesis and function during aging


2012-2014

27 EMBO Long Term Fellowship

Investigating the role of the MAGE protein Necdin in neurons using C. elegans and mouse embryonic stem cell based models


2011-2013


Microbial contribution to age-related mortality in Caenorhabditis elegans


2011-2013

25

European Science Foundation (ESF), European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action

Chemistry of non-enzymatic protein modification – modulation of protein structure and function

National Representative

2011-2014

24

European Commission 7th Framework Programme, Research Infrastructures / Capacities

European BioImaging Infrastructure (Euro-BioImaging)

Institutional Delegate

2010-2013


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23 Greek Ministry of Education Scholarships of the Greek Government to foreign citizens


2010-2013

22 Bodossakis Foundation Neuronal synaptic plasticity in learning and memory during aging in Caenorhabditis elegans


2010-2012

21 NIH INBRE Faculty Investigator Seed Grant

Molecular mechanisms of learning and memory: Investigating the role of DEL-4 a member of the DEG/ENaC ion channel family in associative learning

Consultant 2009-2012

20 EMBO Short Term Fellowship

Modelling Friedreich's Ataxia in C. elegans: the role of autophagy in response to frataxin deficiency


2009

19 European Research Council (ERC), Advanced Investigator Grant

Molecular Basis of Neuronal Ageing (NeuronAge)


18 Bodossakis Foundation

Physiological role of SUMO modification of DNA helicases in multi-cellular organisms using C. elegans as a model organism


17

Cyprus Foundation for Research Promotion (Programs Didactor and Ygeia)

Investigating the mechanism that regulates centrosome duplication in mammalian cells

Partner 2009-2011

16 National Institutes of Health, USA, R21 Grant

The effect of aging on sensory neurons in C. elegans using in vivo imaging

Consultant 2009-2010

15 University of Crete, Medical school


2008

14

European Commission Marie Curie Actions, Host Fellowships for the Transfer of Knowledge

Advanced Cell Imaging Approaches in Developmental Biology

Partner 2007-2010

13

European Commission 6th Framework Programme, Coordination and Support actions

Network of European Neuroscience Institutes (ENInet)

National coordinator

2007-2009

12

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awards

Elucidating the contribution of autophagy in necrotic cell death


11 Empeirikeion Foundation, Research support grants

Identification and characterization of genes involved in neurodegenerative cell death


10

European Commission Marie Curie Actions, Host Fellowships for the Transfer of Knowledge

Non-linear microscopy methods and applications

Partner 2006-2010

9

European Commission Marie Curie Actions, Host fellowships for Early Stage Research Training

Functional analysis of miRNAs during early development

Partner 2005-2009

8 Greek Ministry of Education, Pythagoras II

Molecular mechanisms of skin carcinogenesis

Partner 2005-2008


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7

European Commission 6th Framework Programme, Specific Targeted Research Project

Programmed cell death across the eukaryotic kingdoms (TransDeath)


2005-2008


Mitochondrial pathways in neurodegeneration


2005-2007

5

European Commission Marie Curie Actions, Host fellowships for Early Stage Research Training

Early Stage Training in Molecular Imaging Techniques


2004-2008

4

European Commission 6th Framework Programme, Specific Targeted Research Project

Development of nematode gene-tagging tools and resources (NemaGeneTag)


3 European Molecular Biology Organization, EMBO Young Investigator programme

Molecular mechanisms of mechanotransduction


2003-2006

2 Greek Ministry of Education, Irakleitos doctoral fellowships

Genetic dissection of the molecular mechanisms of cell degeneration


1 National matching funds for competitive international grants

Neurogenetics and Ageing Laboratory Principal Investigator

2002-2015

PATENTS

3 Driscoll M. and Tavernarakis N. (2001) Compositions and methods for gene silencing. United States Patent Application: 20050229272.

2 Ryazanov A. G., Tavernarakis N., Driscoll M., Pavur K. S., and Nefsky B. (2000) Compositions and methods for extending life span. Patent Application: WO2000US09209.

1 Tavernarakis N., Hatzidakis G. and Krambovitis E. (1996) Rapid amplification and detection of nucleic acids. Patent No.: 5569582.

PUBLICATIONS

(*Corresponding author)

Books

Protein Metabolism and Homeostasis in Aging (2010) Edited by Nektarios Tavernarakis. Springer-Verlag New York Inc., Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, New York, NY, USA.

Peer-reviewed papers

206 Theodosiou T., Papanikolaou N., Savvaki M., Bonetto G., Maxouri S., Fakourelli E., Eliopoulos A. G., Tavernarakis N., Amoutzias G., Pavlopoulos G. A., Aivaliotis M., Nikoletopoulou V., Tzamarias D., Karagogeos D. and Iliopoulos I. (2020) UniProt Related Documents (UniReD): assisting wet lab biologists in their quest on finding novel counterparts in a protein network. Nucleic Acids Research - Genomics and Bioinformatics, in press.

205 Madeo F., Tavernarakis N., Bravo-San Pedro J. M. and Kroemer G. (2020) ACBP is an appetite stimulator across phylogenetic barriers. Cell Stress, 4: 27-29.


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204 Charmpilas C., Ruckenstuhl C., Sica V., Büttner S., Habernig L., Dichtinger S., Madeo F., Tavernarakis N.*, Bravo-San Pedro J.M. and Kroemer G. (2020) Acyl-CoA-binding protein (ACBP): a phylogenetically conserved appetite stimulator. Cell Death and Disease, 11: 7.

203 Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2020) Nucleophagy mediators and mechanisms. Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, in press.

202 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2020) Regulation and roles of mitophagy at synapses. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, in press.

201 Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2020) Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system for human diseases. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 63:118-125.

200 Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2020) Crosstalk between endo/exocytosis and autophagy in health and disease. Biotechnology Journal, in press.

199 Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N.* (2020) Mitochondrial maturation drives germline stem cell differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Death and Differentiation, 27: 601-617.

198 Tavernarakis N.* (2019) Ageing: Neural excitation moderates lifespan (Moderation of neural excitation promotes longevity). Nature, 574: 338-340.

197 Chen G., Xie W., Nah J., Sauvat A., Liu P., Pietrocola F., Sica V., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Zimmermann A., Pendl T., Tadic J., Bergmann M., Hofer S. J., Markaki M., Tavernarakis N., Domuz L. Lachkar S., Sadoshima J., Madeo F., Kepp O. and Kroemer G. (2019) 3,4-Dimethoxychalcone induces autophagy through activation of the transcription factors TFE3 and TFEB. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 11: e10469.

196 Bravo-San Pedro J. M., Sica V., Martins I., Pol J., Loos F., Maiuri M. C., Durand S., Bossut N., Aprahamian F., Anagnostopoulos G., Niso-Santano M., Aranda F., Ramírez-Pardo I., Lallement J., Denom J., Boedec E., Gorwood P., Ramoz N., Clément K., Pelloux V., Rohia A., Pattou F., Raverdy V., Caiazzo R., Denis R. G. P., Boya P., Galluzzi L., Madeo F., Migrenne-Li S., Cruciani-Guglielmacci C., Tavernarakis N., Lopez-Otin C., Magnan C. and Kroemer G. (2019) Acyl-CoA-Binding Protein is a lipogenic factor that triggers food intake and obesity. Cell Metabolism, 30: 754-767.

195 Formisano R., Mersha M. D., Caplan J., Singh A., Rankin C. H., Tavernarakis N. and Dhillon H. S. (2019) Synaptic vesicle fusion is modulated through feedback inhibition by dopamine auto-receptors. Synapse, 74: e22131.

194 Kounakis K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2019) The cytoskeleton as a modulator of ageing and neurodegeneration. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1178: 227-245.

193 Lou G., Palikaras K., Lautrup S., Scheibye-Knudsen M., Tavernarakis N. and Fang E. F. (2019) Mitophagy and neuroprotection. Trends in Molecular Medicine, 26: 8-20.

192 Princz A. and Tavernarakis N.* (2019) SUMOylation in neurodegenerative diseases. Gerontology, in press.

191 Kounakis K., Chaniotakis M., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2019) Emerging roles of lipophagy in ageing and age-related diseases. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 7: 185.

190 Kutnyánszky V., Hargitai B., Hotzi B., Kosztelnik M., Ortutay C., Kovacs T., Gyory E., Borden K., Princz A., Tavernarakis N., Takács-Vellai K., and Vellai T. (2019) Sex-specific regulation of neuronal functions in Caenorhabditis elegans: the sex-determining protein TRA-1 represses goa-1/Gα(i/o). Molecular Genetics and Genomics, in press.

189 Fang E. F., Hou Y., Palikaras K., Adriaanse B. A., Kerr J. S., Yang B., Lautrup S., Hasan-Olive M., Caponio D., Dan X., Rocktäschel P., Croteau D. L., Akbari M., Greig N. H., Fladby T., Nilsen H., Cader M. Z., Mattson M. P., Tavernarakis N. and Bohr V. A. (2019) Mitophagy inhibits amyloid-β and tau pathology and reverses cognitive deficits in models of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Neuroscience, 22: 401-412.


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188 Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2019) Nucleophagy: from homeostasis to disease. Cell Death and Differentiation, 26: 630-639.

187 Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2019) Mitophagy dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1880: 655-668.

186 Rieckher M., Markaki M., Princz A., Schumacher B. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Maintenance of proteostasis by P body-mediated regulation of eIF4E availability during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Reports, 25: 199-211.

185 Daskalaki I., Gkikas I. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Hypoxia and selective autophagy in cancer development and therapy. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 6: 104.

184 Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Mechanisms of mitophagy in cellular homeostasis, physiology and pathology. Nature Cell Biology, 20: 1013-1022.

183 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Small heat shock proteins and neurodegeneration: recent developments. BioMolecular Concepts, 9: 94-102.

182 Metaxakis A., Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Multimodal sensory processing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Open Biology, 8: 180049.

181 Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Regulation and roles of autophagy at synapses. Trends in Cell Biology, 28: 646-661.

180 Gkikas I., Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) The role of mitophagy in innate immunity. Frontiers in Immunology, 9: 1283.

179 Metaxakis A., Ploumi C. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Autophagy in age-associated neurodegeneration. Cells, 7: e37.

178 Princz A., Kounakis K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Mitochondrial contributions to neuronal development and function. Biological Chemistry, 399: 723-739.

177 Pietrocola F., Castoldi F., Markaki M., Lachkar S., Chen G., Enot D. P., Durand S., Bossut N., Tong M., Malik S. A., Loos F., Dupont N., Marino G., Abdelkader N., Madeo F., Maiuri M. C., Kroemer R., Codogno P., SadoshimaJ., Tavernarakis N.* and Kroemer G. (2018) Aspirin recapitulates features of caloric restriction. Cell Reports, 22: 2395-2407.

176 Markaki M., Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Novel insights into the anti-ageing role of mitophagy. International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology, 340: 169-208.

175 Hotzi B., Kosztelnik M., Hargitai B., Takacs-Vellai K., Barna J., Borden K., Malnasi-Csizmadia A., Lippai M.,Ortutay C., Bacquet C., Pasparaki A., Arányi T., Tavernarakis N. and Vellai T. (2018) Sex-specific regulation of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Aging Cell, 17: e12724.

174 Galluzzi L., … Tavernarakis N., ... and Kroemer G. (2018) Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018. Cell Death and Differentiation, 25: 486-541.

173 Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) The PMR1 pump in alpha-synuclein toxicity and neurodegeneration. Neuroscience Letters, 663: 66-71.

172 Rieckher M., Psycharakis S. E., Ancora D., Liapis E., Zacharopoulos A., Ripoll J., Tavernarakis N., and Zacharakis G. (2018) Demonstrating improved multiscale imaging capabilities of light sheet microscopy in the quantification of fluorescence dynamics. Biotechnology Journal, 13: 1700419 (1-7).

171 Rieckher M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Generation of Caenorhabditis elegans transgenic animals by DNA microinjection. Bio-protocol, 7: e2565.

170 Nikoletopoulou V., Sidiropoulou K., Kallergi E., Dalezios Y. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Modulation of autophagy by BDNF underlies synaptic plasticity. Cell Metabolism, 26: 230-242.


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169 Fang E. F., Palikaras K., Sun N., Fivenson E. M., Spangler R. D., Kerr J. S., Cordonnier S. A., Hou Y., Dombi E., Kassahun H., Tavernarakis N., Poulton J., Nilsen H. and Bohr V. A. (2017) In vitro and in vivo detection of mitophagy in human cells, C. elegans, and mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 129: e56301.

168 Galluzzi L., Baehrecke E.H., Ballabio A., Boya P., Bravo-San Pedro J.M., Cecconi F., Choi A.M., Chu C.T., Codogno P., Colombo M.I., Cuervo A.M., Debnath J., Deretic V., Dikic I., Eskelinen E.L., Fimia G.M., Fulda S., Gewirtz D.A., Green D.R., Hansen M., Harper J.W., Jäättelä M., Johansen T., Juhasz G., Kimmelman A.C., Kraft C., Ktistakis N.T., Kumar S., Levine B., Lopez-Otin C., Madeo F., Martens S., Martinez J., Melendez A., Mizushima N., Münz C., Murphy L.O., Penninger J.M., Piacentini M., Reggiori F., Rubinsztein D.C., Ryan K.M., Santambrogio L., Scorrano L., Simon A.K., Simon H.U., Simonsen A., Tavernarakis N., Tooze S.A., Yoshimori T., Yuan J., Yue Z., Zhong Q. and Kroemer G. (2017) Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes. EMBO Journal, 36:1811-1836.

167 Kyriakakis E., Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Differential adiponectin signalling couples ER stress with lipid metabolism to modulate ageing in C. elegans. Scientific Reports, 7: 5115.

166 Palikaras K., Daskalaki I., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Mitophagy and age-related pathologies: Development of new therapeutics by targeting mitochondrial turnover. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 178:157-174.

165 Princz A. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) The role of SUMOylation in ageing and senescent decline. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 162: 85-90.

164 Rieckher M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) P-Body and Stress Granule quantification in Caenorhabditis elegans. Bio-protocol, 7: e2108.

163 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) In vivo mitophagy monitoring in Caenorhabditis elegans to determine mitochondrial homeostasis. Bio-protocol, 7: e2215.

162 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Protein synthesis rate assessment by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP). Bio-protocol, 7: e2156.

161 Charmpilas N., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Small heat shock proteins in ageing and age-related diseases. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 22: 481-492.

160 Palikaras K., Mari M., Petanidou B., Pasparaki A, Filippidis G. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Ectopic fat deposition contributes to age-associated pathology in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Lipid Research, 58: 72-80.

159 Charmpilas N., Kounakis K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Monitoring mitophagy during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1759: 151-160.

158 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2016) Intracellular Assessment of ATP Levels in Caenorhabditis elegans. Bio-protocol, 6: e2048.

157 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2016) Measuring oxygen consumption rate in Caenorhabditis elegans. Bio-protocol, 6: e2049.

156 Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Monitoring autophagic responses in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Enzymology, 588: 429-444.

155 Roussou I.G., Savakis C., Tavernarakis N.* and Metaxakis A. (2016) Stage dependent nutritional regulation of transgenerational longevity. Nutrition and Healthy Aging, 4: 47-54.

154 Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Autophagy and the endo/exosomal pathways in health and disease. Biotechnology Journal, 12: 1600175 (1-9).

153 Lionaki E., Gkikas I. and Tavernarakis N.* (2016) Differential protein distribution between the nucleus and mitochondria: implications in aging. Frontiers in Genetics, 7: 162.


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152 Pediaditakis I., Efstathopoulos P., Prousis C. K., Zervou M., Arevalo J.-C., Alexaki I. V., Nikoletopoulou V., Karagianni E., Potamitis C., Tavernarakis N., Chavakis T., Margioris N. A., Venihaki M., Calogeropoulou T., Charalampopoulos I. and Gravanis A. (2016) Selective and differential interactions of BNN27, a novel C17-spiroepoxy steroid derivative, with TrkA receptors, regulating neuronal survival and differentiation. Neuropharmacology, 111: 266-282.

151 Ploumi C., Daskalaki I. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Mitochondrial biogenesis and clearance: a balancing act. FEBS Journal, 284: 183-195.

150 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Assessing mitochondrial selective autophagy in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1567: 349-361.

149 Papaevgeniou N., Sakellari M., Jha S., Tavernarakis N., Holmberg C., Gonos E. S. and Chondrogianni N. (2016) 18α-glycyrrhetinic acid proteasome activator decelerates aging and Alzheimer's disease progression in C. elegans and neuronal cultures. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, 25: 855-869.

148 Klionsky D., … Tavernarakis N., et al. (2016) Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy. Autophagy, 12: 1-222.

147 Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2015) Mitophagy: in sickness and in health. Molecular and Cellular Oncology, 3: e1056332.

146 Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2015) Interfacing mitochondrial biogenesis and elimination to enhance host pathogen defense and longevity. Worm, 4: e1071763.

145 Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2015) Coupling mitogenesis and mitophagy for longevity. Autophagy, 11: 1428-1430.

144 Schiavi A., Maglioni S., Palikaras K., Shaik A., Strapazzon F., Brinkmann V., Torgovnick A., Castelein N., De Henau S., Braeckman B. P., Cecconi F., Tavernarakis N. and Ventura N. (2015) Iron starvation-induced mitophagy mediates lifespan extension upon mitochondrial stress in C. elegans. Current Biology, 25: 1810-1822.

143 Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2015) Balancing mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy to maintain energy metabolism homeostasis. Cell Death and Differentiation, 22: 1399-1401.

142 Taferner A., Pircher H., Koziel R., von Grafenstein S., Baraldo G., Palikaras K., Liedl K. R., Tavernarakis N. and Jansen-Dürr P. (2015) FAH domain containing protein 1 (FAHD-1) is required for mitochondrial function and locomotion activity in C. elegans. PLoS One, 10: e0134161.

141 Rieckher M., Kyparissidis-Kokkinidis I., Zacharopoulos A., Kourmoulakis G., Tavernarakis N., Ripoll J. and Zacharakis G. (2015) A customized light sheet microscope to measure spatio-temporal protein dynamics in small organisms. PLoS One, 10: e0127869.

140 Mari M., Filippidis G., Palikaras K., Petanidou B., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Imaging ectopic fat deposition in Caenorhabditis elegans muscles using nonlinear microscopy. Microscopy Research and Technique, 78: 523-528.

139 Lionaki E., Markaki M., Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2015) Mitochondria, autophagy and age-associated neurodegenerative diseases: New insights into a complex interplay. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics, 1847: 1412-1423.

138 Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2015) Coordination of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 521: 525-528.

137 Niso-Santano M., Bravo-San Pedro J.-M., Maiuri M.-C., Tavernarakis N., Cecconi F., Madeo F., Galluzzi L. and Kroemer G. (2015) Novel inducers of BECN1-independent autophagy: cis-unsaturated fatty acids. Autophagy, 11: 575-577.

136 Niso-Santano M., Malik S. A., Pietrocola F., Bravo-San Pedro J. M., Mariño G., Cianfanelli V., Ben-Younès A., Troncoso R., Markaki M., Sica V., Izzo V., Chaba K., Bauvy C., Dupont N., Kepp O.,


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Rockenfeller P., Wolinski H., Madeo F., Lavandero S., Codogno P., Harper F., Pierron G., Tavernarakis N., Cecconi F., Maiuri M. C., Galluzzi L. and Kroemer G. (2015) Unsaturated fatty acids induce non-canonical autophagy. EMBO Journal, 34: 1025-1041.

135 Charmpilas N., Daskalaki I., Papandreou M. E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Protein synthesis as an integral quality control mechanism during ageing. Aging Research Reviews, 23: 75-89.

134 Büttner S., Broeskamp F., Sommer C., Markaki M., Habernig L., Alavian-Ghavanini A., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Eisenberg T., Michael E., Kroemer G., Tavernarakis N., Sigrist S. J. and Madeo F. (2014) Spermidine protects against α-synuclein neurotoxicity. Cell Cycle, 13: 3903-3908.

133 Chondrogianni N., Georgila K., Kourtis N., Tavernarakis N. and Gonos E. S. (2015) 20S proteasome activation promotes life span extension and resistance to proteotoxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans. FASEB Journal, 29: 611-622.

132 Kyriakakis E., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2015) Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for cancer research. Molecular and Cellular Oncology, 2: e975027.

131 Nikoletopoulou V., Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2015) Autophagy in the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system. Cell Death and Differentiation, 22: 398-407.

130 Kyriakakis E., Princz A. and Tavernarakis N.* (2015) Stress responses during ageing: Molecular pathways regulating protein homeostasis. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1292: 215-234.

129 Galluzzi L., … Tavernarakis N., ... and Kroemer G. (2015) Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015. Cell Death and Differentiation, 22: 58-73.

128 Gkikas I., Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N.* (2014) Longevity pathways and memory ageing. Frontiers in Genetics, 5: 155.

127 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2014) Mitochondrial homeostasis: The interplay between mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis. Experimental Gerontology, 56: 182-188.

126 Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N.* (2014) Necrotic cell death in C. elegans. Methods in Enzymology, 545: 127-155.

125 Nikoletopoulou V., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2014) Cellular and molecular longevity pathways: The old and the new. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 25: 212-223.

124 Tserevelakis G., Megalou E. V., Filippidis G., Petanidou B., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N.* (2014) Label-free imaging of lipid depositions in C. elegans using third-harmonic generation microscopy. PLoS One, 9: e84431.

123 Kypri E., Cristodoulou A., Maimaris Y., Lethan M., Markaki M., Lyssandrou C., Lederer C. W., Tavernarakis N., Geimer S., Pedersen L. B. and Santama N. (2014) The nucleotide binding proteins Nubp1 and Nubp2 are negative regulators of ciliogenesis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 71: 517-538.

122 Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N.* (2014) Mitochondrial biogenesis and dynamics in neurodegeneration: A causative relationship. Neurochemical Research, 39: 542-545.

121 Nikoletopoulou V., Markaki M., Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2013) Crosstalk between apoptosis, necrosis and autophagy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research, 1833: 3448-3459.

120 Coburn C., Allman E., Mahanti P., Benedetto A., Cabreiro F., Pincus Z., Matthijssens F., Araiz C., Mandel A., Vlachos M., Edwards S.-A., Fischer G., Davidson A., Pryor R., Stevens A., Slack F., Tavernarakis N., Braeckman B. P., Schroeder F., Nehrke K. and Gems D. (2013) Anthranilate fluorescence marks a calcium-propagated necrotic wave that promotes organismal death in C. elegans. PLoS Biology, 11: e1001613.

119 Büttner S., Habernig L., Broeskamp F., Ruli D, Vogtle F. N., Vlachos M., Macchi F., Kuttner V., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Eisenberg T., Ring J., Markaki M., Taskin A. A., Benke S., Ruckenstuhl C., Braun R., Van


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den Haute C., Bammens T., van der Perren A., Fröhlich K.-U., Winderickx J., Kroemer G., Baekelandt V., Tavernarakis N., Kovacs G. G., Dengjel J., Mesinger C., Sigrist S. J. and Madeo F. (2013) Endonuclease G mediates α-synuclein cytotoxicity during Parkinson’s disease. EMBO Journal, 32: 3041-3054.

118 Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2013) Oxidative stress and mitochondrial protein quality control in ageing. Journal of Proteomics, 92: 181-194.

117 Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2013) Metabolic control by TOR and autophagy during ageing. Gerontology, 59: 340-348.

116 Mersha M., Formisano R., McDonald R., Pandey P., Tavernarakis N. and Harbinder S. (2013) GPA-14, a Gα(i) subunit mediates dopaminergic behavioral plasticity in C. elegans. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 9: 16.

115 Büttner S., Faes L., Reichelt W., Broeskamp F., Habernig L., Benke S., Kourtis N., Ruli D., D’hooge P., Ghillebert R., Eisenberg T., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Franssens V., Harger A., Pieber T. R., Freudenberger P., Kroemer G., Sigrist S. J., Winderickx J., Callewaert G., Tavernarakis N. and Madeo M. (2013) The Ca2+/Mn2+ ion-pump PMR1 links elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ levels to α-synuclein toxicity in Parkinson’s disease models. Cell Death and Differentiation, 20: 465-477.

114 Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2013) High throughput and longitudinal analysis of ageing and senescent decline in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 965: 485-500.

113 Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2013) Assessing ageing and senescent decline in Caenorhabditis elegans: Cohort survival analysis. Methods in Molecular Biology, 965: 473-484.

112 Lionaki E., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2013) Autophagy and ageing: Insights from invertebrate model organisms. Ageing Research Reviews, 12: 413-428.

111 Schiavi A., Torgovnick A., Kell A., Megalou E. V., Castelain N., Guccini I., Marzocchetta L., Gelino S., Hansen M., Malisan F., Condo I., Bei R., Rea S. L., Braeckman B., Tavernarakis N., Testi R. and Ventura N. (2013) Autophagy induction extends lifespan and reduces lipid content in response to frataxin silencing in C. elegans. Experimental Gerontology, 48:191-201.

110 Bauer M. A., Carmona-Gutiérrez D., Ruckenstuhl C., Reisenbichler A., Megalou E. V., Eisenberg T., Magnes C., Jungwirth H., Sinner F. M., Pieber T. R., Fröhlich K.-U., Kroemer K., Tavernarakis N. and Madeo F. (2013) Spermidine promotes mating and fertilization efficiency in model organisms. Cell Cycle, 12: 346-352.

109 Katidou M., Tavernarakis N.* and Karagogeos D. (2013) The contactin RIG-6 mediates neuronal and non-neuronal cell migration in C. elegans. Developmental Biology, 373: 184-195.

108 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2012) Mitophagy in neurodegeneration and ageing. Frontiers in Genetics, 3: 297.

107 Kourtis N., Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N.* (2012) Heat shock response and ionstasis: axis against neurodegeneration. Aging, 4: 856-858.

106 Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N.* (2012) Calcium homeostasis in ageing neurons. Frontiers in Genetics, 3: 200.

105 Kourtis N., Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N.* (2012) Small heat shock proteins protect from heat stroke-associated neurodegeneration. Nature, 490: 213-218.

104 Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2012) Necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration: The involvement of endocytosis and intracellular trafficking. Worm, 1: 176-181.

103 Klionsky D., … Markaki M., … Tavernarakis N., et al. (2012) Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy. Autophagy, 8: 445-544.

102 Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N.* (2012). Embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cell differentiation as a tool in neurobiology. Biotechnology Journal, 7: 1156-1168.


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101 Anisimov V. N., Bartke A., Barzilai N., Batin M. A., Blagosklonny M. V., Brown-Borg H., Budovskaya Y., Campisi J., Friguet B., Fraifeld V., Franceschi C., Gems D., Gladyshev V., Gorbunova V., Gudkov A. V., Kennedy B., Konovalenko M., Kraemer B., Moskalev A., Petropoulos I., Pasyukova E., Rattan S., Rogina B., Seluanov A., Shaposhnikov M., Shmookler Reis R., Tavernarakis N., Vijg J., Yashin A. and Zimniak P. (2012) The Second International Conference "Genetics of Aging and Longevity". Aging, 4: 305-317.

100 Soulitzis N., Neofytou E., Psarrou M., Anagnostis A., Tavernarakis N., Siafakas N. and Tzortzaki E. G. (2012) Downregulation of lung mitochondrial prohibitin in COPD. Respiratory Medicine, 106: 954-961.

99 Zhu S., Dong D., Birk U. J., Rieckher M., Tavernarakis N., Qu X., Liang J., Tian J. and Ripoll J. (2012) Automated motion correction for in vivo Optical Projection Tomography. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 31: 1358-1371.

98 Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2012) Endocytosis and intracellular trafficking contribute to necrotic neurodegeneration in C. elegans. EMBO Journal, 31: 654-666.

97 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N.* (2011) Cellular stress response pathways and ageing: Intricate molecular relationships. EMBO Journal, 30: 2520-2531.

96 Rieckher M., Birk U. J., Meyer H., Ripoll J. and Tavernarakis N.* (2011) Microscopic optical projection tomography in vivo. PLoS One, 6: e18963.

95 Tserevelakis G. J., Filippidis, G., Megalou E., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) Cell tracking in live Caenorhabditis elegans embryos via third harmonic generation imaging microscopy measurements. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 16: 046019/1-6.

94 Krasagakis K., Metaxari M., Zervou M., Stathopoulos E. N., Eberle J., Kanitakis J., Georgoulias V., Krüger-Krasagakis S., Tavernarakis N. and Tosca A. D. (2011) Identification of the M541L sequence variation of the transmembrane Kit domain in Merkel cell carcinoma. Anticancer Research, 31: 807-811.

93 Marino G., Morselli E., Bennetzen M. V., Eisenberg T., Megalou E., Schroeder S., Cabrera S., Benit P., Rustin P., Criollo A., Kepp O., Galluzzi L., Shen S., Malik S. A., Maiuri M. C., Horio Y., Lopez-Otin C., Andersen J. S., Tavernarakis N., Madeo F. and Kroemer G. (2011) Longevity-relevant regulation of autophagy at the level of the acetylproteome. Autophagy, 7: 647-649.

92 Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2011) The role of autophagy in genetic pathways influencing ageing. Biogerontology, 12: 377-386.

91 Morselli E., Marino G., Bennetzen M., Eisenberg T., Megalou E., Schroeder S., Cabrera S., Benit P., Rustin P., Criollo A., Shen S., Kepp O., Maiuri C., Horio Y., López-Otín C., Andersen J. S., Tavernarakis N., Madeo F., and Kroemer G. (2011) Spermidine and resveratrol induce autophagy by distinct pathways converging on the acetylproteome. Journal of Cell Biology, 192: 615-629.

90 Krasagakis K., Fragiadaki I., Metaxari M., Krüger-Krasagakis S., Tzanakakis G. N., Stathopoulos E. N., Eberle J., Tavernarakis N., and Tosca A. D. (2011) Kit receptor activation by autocrine and paracrine stem cell factor stimulates growth of merkel cell carcinoma in vitro. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 226: 1099-1109.

89 Andreou A.M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2010) Roles for SUMO modification during senescence. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 694: 160-171.

88 Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2010) Opposing function of mitochondrial prohibitin in aging. Aging, 2: 1004-1011.

87 Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2010) Modelling human diseases in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biotechnology Journal, 5: 1261-1276.

86 Gessmann R., Kourtis N., Petratos K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2010) Molecular modelling of mechanosensory ion channel structural and functional features. PLoS One, 5: e12814.


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85 Birk U. J., Rieckher M., Konstantinides N., Darrell A., Sarasa-Renedo A., Meyer H., Tavernarakis N. and Ripoll J. (2010) Correction for specimen movement and rotation errors for in vivo optical projection tomography. Biomedical Optics Express, 1: 87-96.

84 Madeo F., Tavernarakis N. and Kroemer G. (2010) Can autophagy promote longevity? Nature Cell Biology, 12: 842-846.

83 Tserevelakis G. J., Filippidis G., Krmpot A. J., Vlachos M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) Imaging Caenorhabditis elegans embryogenesis by Third-Harmonic Generation microscopy. Micron, 41: 444-447.

82 Vlachos M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2010) Non-apoptotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. Developmental Dynamics, 239: 1337-1351.

81 Eisenberg T., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Büttner S., Tavernarakis N. and Madeo F. (2010) Necrosis in yeast. Apoptosis, 15: 257-268.

80 Morselli E., Maiuri M. C., Markaki M., Megalou E., Pasparaki A., Palikaras K., Galluzzi L., Criollo A., Malik S. A., Madeo F., Tavernarakis N.* and Kroemer G. (2010) Caloric restriction and resveratrol prolong longevity via the sirtuin-1 mediated induction of autophagy. Cell Death and Disease, 1: e10.

79 Morselli E., Maiuri M. C., Markaki M., Megalou E., Pasparaki A., Palikaras K., Criollo A., Galluzzi L., Malik S. A., Vitale I., Michaud M., Madeo F., Tavernarakis N.* and Kroemer G. (2010) The life span-prolonging effect of sirtuin-1 is mediated by autophagy. Autophagy, 6: 186-188.

78 Liolios K., Chen A., Mavromatis K., Tavernarakis N., Hugenholtz P., Markowitz V. and Kyrpides N. C. (2010) The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) in 2009: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata. Nucleic Acids Research, 38: D346-D354.

77 Morselli E., Galluzzi L., Kepp O., Criollo A., Maiuri M. C., Tavernarakis N.*, Madeo F., and Kroemer G. (2009) Autophagy mediates pharmacological lifespan extension. Aging, 1: 961-970.

76 Andreou A. M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2009) SUMOylation and cell signalling. Biotechnology Journal, 4: 1740-1752.

75 Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2009) Prohibitin couples diapause signalling to mitochondrial energy metabolism during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 461: 793-797.

74 Eisenberg T., Knauer H., Schauer A., Fussi H., Büttner S., Ruckenstuhl C., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Ring J., Schröder S., Antonacci L., Fahrenkrog B., Deszcz L., Hartl R., Magnes C., Sinner F., Schraml E., Criollo A., Megalou E., Weiskopf D., Laun P., Heeren G., Breitenbach M., Grubeck-Loebenstein B., Herker E., Fröhlich K.-U., Tavernarakis N., Minois N., Kroemer G. and Madeo F. (2009) Induction of autophagy by spermidine promotes longevity. Nature Cell Biology, 11: 1305-1314.

73 Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2009) Prohibitin and mitochondrial biology. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 20:394-401.

72 Filippidis G., Gualda E. J., Mari M., Troulinaki K., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) In vivo imaging of cell morphology and cellular processes in Caenorhabditis elegans, using non-linear phenomena. Micron, 40: 876-880.

71 Filippidis G., Troulinaki K., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) In vivo polarization-dependant Second and Third harmonic generation imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans pharyngeal muscles. Laser Physics, 19: 1475-1479.

70 Rieckher M., Kourtis N., Pasparaki A. and Tavernarakis N.* (2009) Transgenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 561: 21-39.

69 Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N.* (2009) The NemaGENETAG initiative: Large scale transposon insertion gene-tagging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetica, 137: 39-46.

68 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N.* (2009) Cell-specific monitoring of protein synthesis in vivo. PLOS One, 4: e4547.


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67 Megalou E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2009) Autophagy in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research, 1793: 1444-1451.

66 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N.* (2009) Autophagy and cell death in model organisms. Cell Death and Differentiation, 16: 21-30.

65 Tavernarakis N.* (2008) Editorial: Brain Matters. Biotechnology Journal, 3: 1459.

64 Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N.* (2008) A synaptic DEG/ENaC ion channel mediates learning in C. elegans by facilitating dopamine signalling. EMBO Journal, 27: 3288-3299.

63 Gualda E. J., Filippidis G., Mari M., Voglis G., Vlachos M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) In vivo imaging of neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans by third harmonic generation microscopy. Journal of Microscopy, 232: 270-275.

62 Tavernarakis N.*, Pasparaki A., Tasdemir E., Maiuri M. C. and Kroemer G. (2008) The effects of p53 on whole organism longevity are mediated by autophagy. Autophagy, 4: 810-814.

61 Tasdemir E., Maiuri M. C., Morselli E., Criollo A., D’Amelio M., Djavaheri-Mergny M., Cecconi F., Tavernarakis N. and Kroemer G. (2008) A dual role of p53 in the control of autophagy. Autophagy, 4: 810-814.

60 Tasdemir E., Maiuri M. C., Galluzzi L., Vitale I., Djavaheri-Mergny M., D’Amelio M., Criollo A., Morselli E., Zhu C., Harper F., Nannmanrk U., Samara C., Pinton P., Vicencio J.-M., Carnuccio R., Moll U. M., Madeo F., Paterlini-Brechot P., Rizzuto R., Szabadkai G., Pierron G., Blomgren K., Tavernarakis N., Codogno P. Cecconi F. and Kroemer G. (2008) Regulation of autophagy by cytoplasmic p53. Nature Cell Biology, 10: 676-687.

59 Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2008) Mechanisms of ageing and energy metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans. IUBMB Life, 60: 315-322.

58 Tavernarakis N.* (2008) Ageing and the regulation of protein synthesis: A balancing act? Trends in Cell Biology, 18: 228-235.

57 Galluzzi L., Tasdemir E., Maiuri C., Hengartner M., Abrams J. M., Tavernarakis N., Penninger J., Madeo F. and Kroemer G. (2008) No death without life: vital functions of apoptotic effectors. Cell Death and Differentiation, 15: 1113-1123.

56 Samara C. and Tavernarakis N.* (2008) Autophagy and cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 14: 97-115.

55 Gualda E. J., Filippidis G., Voglis G., Mari M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) In vivo imaging of cellular structures in Caenorhabditis elegans by combined TPEF, SHG and THG microscopy. Journal of Microscopy, 229: 141-150.

54 Syntichaki P. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2007) Protein synthesis is a novel determinant of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1119: 289-295.

53 Liolios K., Mavromatis K., Tavernarakis N. and Kyrpides N. (2007) The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) in 2007: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata. Nucleic Acids Research, 36: D475-479.

52 Tsibidis G. D. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) Nemo: A computational tool for analyzing nematode locomotion. BMC Neuroscience, 8: 86-93.

51 Samara C., Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N.* (2007) Autophagy is required for necrotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Death and Differentiation, 15: 105-112.

50 Wong D., Bazopoulou D., Pujol N., Tavernarakis N. and Ewbank J. J. (2007) Genome-wide investigation reveals pathogen-specific and shared signatures in the response of Caenorhabditis elegans to infection. Genome Biology, 8: R194.


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49 Tavernarakis N.* (2007) Protein synthesis and ageing: eIF4E and the soma vs. germline distinction. Cell Cycle, 6: 1168-1171.

48 Tavernarakis N.* (2007) Editorial: Diseases of the brain—neuronal function and dysfunction. Biotechnology Journal, 2: 517-518.

47 Maiuri M. C., Le Toumelin G., Criollo A., Rain J.-C., Gautier F., Juin P., Tasdemir E., Pierron G., Troulinaki K., Tavernarakis N., Hickman J. A., Geneste O. and Kroemer G. (2007) Functional and physical interaction between Bcl-XL and a BH3-like domain in Beclin-1. EMBO Journal, 26: 2527-2539.

46 Tavernarakis N.* (2007) Cardiomyocyte necrosis: alternative mechanisms, effective interventions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research, 1773: 480-482.

45 Syntichaki P. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2007) eIF4E function in somatic cells modulates ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 445: 922-926.

44 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N.* (2007) Non-developmentally programmed cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 17: 122-133.

43 Artal-Sanz M., de Jong L. and Tavernarakis N.* (2006) Caenorhabditis elegans: a versatile platform for drug discovery. Biotechnology Journal, 1: 1405-1418.

42 Lochnit G., Grabitzki J., Henkel B., Tavernarakis N. and Geyer G. (2006) First identification of a phosphorylcholine-substituted protein from Caenorhabditis elegans. Isolation and characterization of the aspartyl protease ASP-6. Biological Chemistry, 387: 1487-1493.

41 Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N.* (2006) The role of synaptic ion channels in synaptic plasticity. EMBO Reports, 7: 1104-1110.

40 Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N.* (2006) Signalling pathways regulating protein synthesis during ageing. Experimental Gerontology, 41: 1020-1025.

39 Artal-Sanz M., Samara C., Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N.* (2006) Lysosomal biogenesis and function is critical for necrotic cell death in C. elegans. Journal of Cell Biology, 173: 231-239.

38 Koukidou M., Klinakis A., Reboulakis C., Zagoraiou L., Tavernarakis N., Livadaras I., Economopoulos E. and Savakis C. (2006) Germline transformation of the olive fly Bactrocera oleae using a universal transgenesis marker. Insect Molecular Biology, 15: 95-103.

37 Liolios K., Tavernarakis N., Hugenholtz P. and Kyrpides N. C. (2006) The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) v.2: a monitor of Genome Projects world-wide. Nucleic Acids Research, 34: D332-D334.

36 Syntichaki P., Samara C. and Tavernarakis N.* (2005) The Vacuolar H+-ATPase mediates intracellular acidification required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. Current Biology, 15: 1249-1254.

35 Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2005) Proteolytic mechanisms in necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration. FEBS Letters, 579: 3287-3296.

34 Filippidis G., Kouloumentas C., Kapsokalyvas D., Voglis G., Tavernarakis N. and Papazoglou T. G. (2005) Imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans samples and sub-cellular localization of new generation photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy, using non-linear microscopy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 38: 2625-2632.

33 Filippidis G., Kouloumentas C., Voglis G., Zaxaropoulou F., Papazoglou T. G. and Tavernarakis N. (2005) Imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans neurons by Second Harmonic Generation and Two-Photon Excitation Fluorescence. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 10: 024015/1-8.

32 Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2005) Neurodegenerative Conditions Associated with Ageing: A Molecular Interplay? Mechanisms in Ageing and Development, 126: 23-33.

31 Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N.* (2004) Genetic models of mechanotransduction: The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Physiological Reviews, 84: 1097-1153.


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30 Samara C. and Tavernarakis N.* (2003) Calcium-dependent and aspartyl proteases in neurodegeneration and ageing in C. elegans. Ageing Research Reviews, 2: 451-471.

29 Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N.* (2003) The biochemistry of neuronal necrosis: Rogue biology? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 4: 672-684.

28 Syntichaki P., Xu K., Driscoll M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2002) Specific aspartyl and calpain proteases are required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. Nature, 419: 939-944.

27 Gonos E. S., Agrafiotis D., Dondas A. S., Efthimiopoulos D., Galaris D., Karamanos N. K., Kletsas D., Koletas E., Panayotou G., Sekeri-Pataryas K. E, Simoes D., Sourlingas T. G., Stathakos D., Stratigos A. J., Tavernarakis N., Trougatos G. and Vynios D. H. (2002) Ageing research in Greece. Experimental Gerontology, 37: 735-747.

26 Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N.* (2002) Death by necrosis: Uncontrollable catastrophe or is there order behind the chaos? EMBO Reports, 3: 604-609.

25 Boutla A., Kalantidis K., Tavernarakis N. Tsagris M. and Tabler M. (2002) Induction of RNA interference in Caenorhabditis elegans by RNAs derived from plants exhibiting posttranscriptional gene silencing. Nucleic Acids Research, 30: 1688-1694.

24 Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (2002) Caloric restriction, protein synthesis and lifespan: a role for protein turnover? Mechanisms in Aging and Development, 123: 215-229.

23 Tavernarakis N.* and Driscoll M. (2001) Mechanotransduction in Caenorhabditis elegans: The role of DEG/ENaC ion channels. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 35: 1-18.

22 Xu K., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (2001) Necrotic cell death in C. elegans requires the function of calreticulin and regulators of Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum. Neuron, 31: 957-971.

21 Tavernarakis N.* and Driscoll M. (2001) Degenerins: At the core of the metazoan mechanotransducer? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 940: 28-41.

20 Tavernarakis N.*, Everett J., Kyrpides N. and Driscoll M. (2001) Features of the intracellular amino-termini of DEG/ENaC ion Channels. Current Biology, 11: R205-R208.

19 Driscoll M. and Tavernarakis N. (2000) Closing in on a mammalian touch receptor. Nature Neuroscience, 3, 7-9.

18 Tavernarakis N.*, and Driscoll M. (2000) Caenorhabditis elegans degenerins and vertebrate ENaC ion channels contain an extracellular domain related to venom neurotoxins. Journal of Neurogenetics, 13: 257-264.

17 Benos P., Tavernarakis N., Brogna S., Thireos G. and Savakis C. (2000) Acquisition of a potential marker for insect transformation: isolation of a novel alcohol dehydrogenase gene from Bactrocera oleae by functional complementation in yeast. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 263: 90-95.

16 Tavernarakis N., Wang S. L., Dorovkov M., Ryazanov A. and Driscoll M. (2000) Heritable and inducible interference by dsRNA. Nature Genetics, 24: 180-183.

15 Winnier A. R., Meir J. Y.-J., Ross J. M., Tavernarakis N., Driscoll M., Ishihara T., Katsoura I. and Miller D. M. III (1999) UNC-4/UNC-37-dependent repression of motor neuron-specific genes controls synaptic choice in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes and Development, 13: 2774-2786.

14 Tavernarakis N.*, Driscoll M. and. Kyrpides N. C. (1999) The SPFH domain: a universal motif in membrane associated proteins implicated in regulating targeted protein turnover. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 24: 425-427.

13 Harbinder S., Tavernarakis N., Herndon L. A., Kinnell M., Xu S. Q., Fire A. and Driscoll M. (1997) Genetically targeted cell disruption in Caenorhabditis elegans mediated by mec-4(d). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 94: 13128-13133.


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12 Driscoll M. and Tavernarakis N. (1997) Molecules that mediate touch transduction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Gravitational and Space Biology Bulletin, 10: 33-42.

11 Tavernarakis N.* and Thireos G. (1997) The DNA target sequence influences the dependence of the yeast transcriptional activator Gcn4 on co-factors. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 253: 766-769.

10 Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (1997) Molecular modeling of mechanotransduction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Annual Reviews of Physiology, 59: 659-689.

9 Tavernarakis N., Shreffler W., Wang S. L. and Driscoll M. (1997) unc-8, a member of the DEG/ENaC superfamily, encodes a subunit of a candidate stretch-gated motor neuron channel that modulates locomotion in C. elegans. Neuron, 18: 107-119.

8 Tavernarakis N.*, Alexandraki D., Liodis P., Tzamarias D. and Thireos G. (1996) Gene overexpression reveals alternative mechanisms to induce GCN4 mRNA translation. Gene, 179: 271-277.

7 Tavernarakis N.* and Thireos G. (1996) Genetic evidence for functional specificity of the yeast Gcn2 kinase. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 251: 613-618.

6 Katsoulou C., Tzermia M., Tavernarakis N. and Alexandraki, D. (1996) Sequence analysis of a 40.7 Kb segment from the left arm of yeast chromosome X revealed 14 known genes and 13 new open reading frames including homologues to genes clustered on the right arm of chromosome XI. Yeast, 12: 787-797.

5 Tavernarakis N., Hatzidakis G., Vlatakis G. and Krambovitis E. (1995) Amplification and non-isotopic detection of specific DNA sequences in a single microtiter well. Serodiagnosis and Immunotherapy in Infectious Disease, 7: 202-206.

4 Kyrpides N., Tavernarakis N., Papamatheakis J. and Thireos G.(1995) A transient GCN4 mRNA destabilization follows GCN4 translational de-repression. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 270: 17317-17320. Equal contribution by Kyrpides N. and Tavernarakis N.

3 Tavernarakis N.* and Thireos G. (1995) Transcriptional interference mediated by GCN4 overexpression reveals multiple mechanisms for the mediation of transcriptional activation. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 247: 571-578.

2 Tavernarakis N. and Thireos G. (1995) A recombinatorial method useful for cloning dominant alleles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Research, 23: 537-538.

1 Tavernarakis N., Triantafyllaki A., Hatzakis E. and Krambovitis E. (1993) Detection of anti-Rev antibodies in human immunodeficiency virus type-1 patients using a recombinant 18kD Rev protein. Serodiagnosis and Immunotherapy in Infectious Disease, 5: 117-121.

INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS

24 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2019) Mitophagy. In Encyclopedia of Molecular Pharmacology (Stefan Offermanns, Walter Rosenthal, editors), Springer Major Reference Works, Heidelberg, Germany.

23 Palikaras K., Princz A. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Mitophagy modulators. In Encyclopedia of Biomedical Gerontology (Suresh Rattan, editor), Elsevier Inc., San Diego, USA.

22 Markaki M., Daskalaki I and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Ageing in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. In Encyclopedia of Biomedical Gerontology (Suresh Rattan, editor), Elsevier Inc., San Diego, USA.

21 Ploumi C., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N.* (2018) Dynamics of iron homeostasis in health and disease: Molecular mechanisms and methods for iron determination. In Thermodynamics and Biophysics of Biomedical Nanosystems: Applications and Practical Considerations (Costas Demetzos, Natassa Pippa, editors) Springer-Nature, London, UK.


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20 Markaki M., Metaxakis A. and Tavernarakis N.* (2017) The role of autophagy in ageing: Molecular mechanisms. In Autophagy: Cancer, Other Pathologies, Inflammation Immunity, Infection and Aging (Eric M. A. Hayat, editor) Academic Press, Elsevier Inc., San Diego, USA.

19 Mari M., Petanidou B., Palikaras K., Fotakis C., Tavernarakis N., and Filippidis G. (2015) Non-linear imaging techniques visualize the lipid profile of C. elegans. In Advanced Microscopy Techniques IV; and Neurophotonics II (Emmanuel Beaurepaire, Peter T. C. So, Francesco Pavone, and Elizabeth M. Hillman, editors), SPIE Press, Bellingham, USA.

18 Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N.* (2014) Necrotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. In Necrotic Cell Death (Han-Ming Shen and Peter Vandenabeele, editors) Springer/Humana Press, New York, USA.

17 Tavernarakis N.* and Driscoll M. (2013) Cell/Neuron degeneration. In Brenner’s Encyclopedia of Genetics (2nd edition; Stanley Maloy and Kelly Hughes, editors), Academic Press, San Diego, USA.

16 Tavernarakis N.* (2013) Protein synthesis. In the Molecular and Cellular Biology of Aging (Jan Vijg, Judith Campisi and Gordon Lithgow, editors), Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Press, Washington DC, USA.

15 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2013) Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematode). In Brenner’s Encyclopedia of Genetics (2nd edition; Stanley Maloy and Kelly Hughes, editors), Academic Press, San Diego, USA.

14 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2012) Multiphoton fluorescence light microscopy (v. 2.0 & v. 3.0). In eLS: Citable reviews in the life sciences (Jose M. Valpuesta, editor), Wiley-Blackwell, London, UK.

13 Andreou A.M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2010) Roles for sumo modification during senescence. In Protein metabolism and homeostasis in ageing (Nektarios Tavernarakis, editor), Landes Bioscience and Springer, New York, USA.

12 Artal-Sanz M., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2009) Aging: Invertebrate Models of Normal Brain Aging. In the Handbook of The Neuroscience of Aging (Patrick R. Hof and Charles V. Mobbs, editors), Academic Press, Elsevier Inc., Oxford, UK.

11 Artal-Sanz M., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2009) Aging: Invertebrate Models of Normal Brain Aging. In the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (Larry Squire, editor), Academic Press, Elsevier Inc., Oxford, UK.

10 Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2008) Common aging mechanisms: Energy metabolism and longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans. In Life Span Extension: from single cell organism to man (Christian Sell, editor), Humana Press, Springer, New York, USA.

9 Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2008) Protein synthesis and ageing. In Protein Biosynthesis: New Research (Frank Columbus, editor), Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, USA.

8 Rieckher M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2008) Caspase-independent cell death mechanisms in simple animal models. In Acute Neuronal Injury: The Role of Excitotoxic Programmed Cell Death Mechanisms (Denson G. Fujikawa, editor) Springer Verlag, New York, USA.

7 Gualda E. J., Filippidis G., Voglis G., Mari M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) In vivo imaging of anatomical features of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans using non-linear (TPEF-SHG-THG) microscopy. In Confocal, Multiphoton and Nonlinear Microscopic Imaging III (Tony Wilson and Ammasi Periasamy, editors), SPIE Press, Bellingham, USA.

6 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N.* (2007) Mechanosensory transduction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. In Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues: Mechanosensitive Ion Channels (Andre Kamkin and Irina Kiseleva, editors) Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.

5 Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N.* (2007) Mechanosensitive ion channels in Caenorhabditis elegans. In Current Topics in Membranes (Owen Hamill, Sidney Simon and Dale Benos, editors), Elsevier Inc., Academic Press, San Diego, USA.


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4 Bazopoulou M. D., Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N.* (2007) The role of DEG/ENaC ion channels in sensory mechanotransduction. In Molecular Sensors for Cardiovascular Homeostasis (Donna Wang, editor), Springer Science Academic Publishers, New York, USA.

3 Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N.* (2005) Mechanotransduction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. In Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues (Andre Kamkin and Irina Kiseleva, editors), Academic Book Russian International Publishers, Inc. Russia.

2 Bazopoulou M. D., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2004) Protein Turnover and ageing. In Focus on Protein Research (John W. Robinson, editor), Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, USA.

1 Tavernarakis N.* and Driscoll M. (2001) Cell/Neuron degeneration. In The Encyclopedia of Genetics (Sydney Brenner and Jeffrey Miller, editors), Academic Press, New York, USA.

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS

31 Tavernarakis N.* (2019) Regulation and roles of autophagy in the brain. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1195: in press.

30 Metaxakis A., Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N.* (2019) Multimodal sensory processing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Atlas of Science (https://atlasofscience.org/).

29 Tavernarakis N.* (2017) Molecular Neurobiology: Recent developments and future perspectives. Progress in Medicine, 2017.

28 Zaninello M., Palikaras K., Naon D., Ross-Cisneros F., Tavernarakis N., Carelli V., Sadun A. and Scorrano L. (2016) A localized autophagic filter prevents entry of mitochondria carrying pathogenic Opa1 mutations in retinal ganglion cell axons. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics, 1857 S1: e108.

27 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2016) Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematode). In Reference Module in Life Sciences, ScienceDirect, Elsevier Inc., Oxford, UK.

26 Tavernarakis N.* and Driscoll M. (2015) Cell/Neuron degeneration. In Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences, ScienceDirect, Elsevier Inc., Oxford, UK.

25 Artal-Sanz M., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2015) Invertebrate Models of Normal Brain Aging. In Reference Module on Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, ScienceDirect, Elsevier Inc., Oxford, UK.

24 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N.* (2015) In vivo imaging of mitophagy in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature Protocols, DOI: 10.1038/protex.2015.090.

23 Chondrogianni N., Georgila K., Kourtis N., Tavernarakis N., and Gonos E. S. (2014) Enhanced proteasome degradation extends Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan and alleviates aggregation-related pathologies. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 75: S1, S18.

22 Georgila K., Chondrogianni N., Kourtis N., Tavernarakis N., and Gonos E. S. (2013) Enhanced proteasome degradation extends Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan and ameliorates neurodegeneration. FEBS Journal, 281: S1, S243.

21 Georgila K., Chondrogianni N., Kourtis N., Tavernarakis N., and Gonos E. S. (2013) Enhanced proteasome degradation extends Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan and ameliorates neurodegeneration. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 65: S1, S32.

20 Aviles-Espinosa R., Tserevelakis G. J., C. O. Santos S. I., Filippidis G., Krmpot A. J., Vlachos M., Tavernarakis N., Brodschelm A., Kaenders W., Artigas D. and Loza-Alvarez P., (2010) Cell division stage in C. elegans imaged using third harmonic generation microscopy. In Biomedical Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, ms. BTuD78).

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19 Andreou A.M. and Tavernarakis N.* (2009) Preface: Ageing and the importance of protein metabolism and homeostasis. In Protein metabolism and homeostasis in ageing (Nektarios Tavernarakis, editor), Landes Bioscience and Springer, New York, USA.

18 Andersen-Ranberg K., Benvenuti F., Bien B., Błedowski P., Buján J., Büla C., Bürkle A., Cherubini A., Crepaldi G., Cruz-Jentoft A.J., de Man F., Dohner H., Dunn-Walters D., Finne-Soveri H., Franco A., Grodzicki T., Jansen-Dürr P., Kostka T., Kuznicki J., Lisowski J., Lunenfeld B., Maggi A., Maggi S., Michel J.P., Milewicz A., Millard P., Perek-Bialas J., Petridou E., Pirags V., Rymaszewska J., Skelton D., Sławek J., Spławinski J., Sommer P., Suominen M., Szczerbinska K., Tavernarakis N., Todd C., Topinkova E., Tworowska-Bardzinska U., Wieczoroswka-Tobis K., Wuttke W. and Zatonski W. (2009). European Silver Paper: The future of health promotion and preventive actions, basic research, and clinical aspects of age-related disease. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 21: 376-385 & Endokrynologia Polska, 60: 408-414.

17 Tavernarakis N.* (2008) Preface to the Greek Edition. In A Universe Of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination (Gerald Edelman and Giulio Tononi), Crete University Press, Heraklion Greece.

16 Filippidis G., Gualda E. J., Mari M., Voglis G., Vlachos M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) In vivo imaging of cellular structures and processes in Caenorhabditis elegans, using non-linear microscopy. IEEE Proceedings on Imaging Systems and Techniques.

15 Tavernarakis N.* (2008) Foreword. In Mechanosensitivity and the Nervous System (Andre Kamkin and Irina Kiseleva, editors) Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.

14 Tavernarakis N.* (2008) Protein synthesis and ageing: a balancing act? The FEBS Journal, 275 S1: 32, IL3E-5.

13 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N.* (2008) Monitoring protein synthesis by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) in vivo. Nature Protocols, DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.84.

12 Tavernarakis N.* (2007) Revealing the secrets of ageing. Research and Technology, Periodical of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, 23: 35-37.

11 Tavernarakis N.* (2006) Proteolytic pathways in necrotic cell death. BioTech International, 16: 1-4.

10 Tavernarakis N.*, Syntichaki P., Samara C. and Troulinaki K. (2005) Biochemical pathways mediating necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans. The FEBS Journal, 272 S1: 178, B4-004.

9 Tavernarakis Ν.*, Syntichaki P., Samara C. and Voglis G. (2004) Of Men and Worms II: The role of C. elegans in modern biomedical research. The Greek quarterly BIO, 9: 42-49.

8 Tavernarakis Ν.*, Syntichaki P., Samara C. and Voglis G. (2004) Of Men and Worms I: The biology of the nematode C. elegans. The Greek quarterly BIO, 8: 30-34.

7 Tavernarakis N.* (2003) Death by misadventure. New Scientist, 2382: 30-33.

6 Tavernarakis N.* (2002) RNAi is antagonized by AI hyperediting. Genome Biology, 3(3): reports0013.

5 Tavernarakis N.* (2002) Extending the lifespan of long-lived mice. Genome Biology, 3(3): reports0012.

4 Tavernarakis N.* (2001) Identification of neuropeptide-like protein gene families in Caenorhabditis elegans and other species. Genome Biology, 3(2): reports0010.

3 Tavernarakis N.*, Xu K. and Driscoll M. (2001) Execution of necrotic-like cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans requires Cathepsin D activity. Scientific World Journal, 1: 139-141.

2 Tavernarakis N., Hatzidakis G. and Krambovitis E. (1997) Rapid amplification and detection of nucleic acids. Biotechnology Advances, 15: 471.

1 Tavernarakis N. and Thireos G. (1994) A dominant mutation affects the activation potential of certain transcription activators in yeast. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 56 S18C: 38, L247.


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INVITED & SPONSORED LECTURES

328 Autophagic pathways in neuronal physiology and pathology during ageing. (2020) 4th Qingdao International Academicians Forum, Qingdao, China.

327 Autophagic pathways in energy homeostasis during ageing. (2020) Skin Physiology International Congress, Paris, France.

326 Chairing the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas: Lessons learned. (2020) 2nd Musculoskeletal Avatar meeting: Emotional Leadership AI and Communication, Heraklion, Greece.

325 Autophagic mechanisms in neuronal physiology and pathology during ageing. (2020) Induction presentation, Conference of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, Halle, Germany.

324 Developing a research programme: Implementing the scientific method. (2020) Hellenic Medical Students International Committee, Symposium on Research and Medicine, Heraklion, Greece.

323 The mystery of ageing: Where will the trail of modern scientific research take us? (2020) Hellenic Open People's University, Chania, Greece.

322 Regulation and Roles of Autophagy in the Brain. (2020) European Society for Neurochemistry Advanced School, “From Neurodegeneration to Carcinogenesis: Mechanisms and Common Biologies”, Athens, Greece.

321 Autophagic pathways in neuronal physiology and pathology during ageing. (2020) Distinguished Lecture, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences Seminar Series, Lausanne, Switzerland.

320 Mitochondrial dynamics and turnover in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2020) Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Tarrytown, New York, USA.

319 Autophagic pathways regulating mitochondrial homeostasis in ageing and neurodegeneration. (2020) IUBMB advanced school: Challenges in Molecular Biology, Belgrade, Serbia.

318 Mitochondrial dynamics and turnover in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2020) IUPAB pre-Congress Workshop, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

317 Autophagic pathways in ageing and neurodegeneration. (2020) 20th Congress of the International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB). Foz do Iguacu, Brazil.

316 Mitophagy and ncmtRNA turnover. (2020) EMBO workshop on Non-coding RNA in mitochondria-nucleus crosstalk: applications in molecular medicine and biotechnologies, Bordeaux, France.

315 Autophagic quality control in the nervous system: Physiology and pathology. (2020) 45th FEBS Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

314 Mitochondrial turnover and energy homeostasis during ageing. (2020) Free Radical Research Society-Europe, summer school on Redox alterations and cellular responses: from signalling to interventions, Spetses, Greece.

313 Mitochondrial dynamics and turnover in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2020) EMBO workshop on Developmental Circuits in Ageing, Fodele, Greece.

312 Nuclear autophagy in health and disease. (2020) 2nd International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Bionanoscience “NanoBio 2020”, Hersonissos, Greece.

311 Autophagic pathways in ageing and neurodegeneration. (2020) 50th Anniversary of the Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

310 Molecular Biomarkers and emerging approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. (2020) 4th Annual congress of the Hellenic Cancer Federation: European Cancer Mission initiative, Athens, Greece.


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309 Molecular biology of cancer: Applications of genome editing technologies in oncology. (2020) Seninars in molecular oncology and targeted therapeutics, Ioannina, Greece.

308 The advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution. (2020) Hub2Business lecture series, Heraklion, Greece.

307 Fostering biomedical innovation: The Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas. (2020) BIOTECH 2020 symposium on health technologies, Athens, Greece.

306 The mystery of ageing: Where will the trail of modern scientific research take us? (2019) Hellenic Open People's University, Thessaloniki, Greece.

305 Research Institutions and Sustainable National Development: The Paradigm of FORTH. (2019) 20th National Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, Ioannina, Greece.

304 Climate change research: The contribution of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas. (2019) Hellenic Parliament, Special Permanent Committee on Research and Technology, Athens, Greece.

303 Widening mechanisms in the ERC. (2019) Polish Academy of Sciences and European Research Council workshop, Warsaw, Poland.

302 Applying for ERC grants in Life Sciences - ERC’s perspective. (2019) Polish Academy of Sciences and European Research Council workshop, Warsaw, Poland.

301 DNA editing technologies in pharmacogenetics and pharmaceutical development. (2019) 19th Hellenic Pharma Congress, Athens, Greece.

300 Autophagic pathways in neuronal physiology and pathology during ageing. (2019) Symposium honoring Ioannis Georgatsos, Department of Chemistry, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece.

299 Contemporary science and the future of humankind. (2019) Friend of FORTH public event honoring Fotis Kafatos, Heraklion, Greece.

298 European and international widening policies of the ERC. (2019) ERC Scientific Council event, Warsaw, Poland.

297 Autophagic pathways in neuronal physiology and pathology during ageing. (2019) Isidoros Beis Seminar series, University of Athens, Department of Biology, Athens, Greece.

296 Implementing European open access policies in Greece. (2019) 25th Hellenic Academic Libraries Conference: Academic Libraries and Open Science, Rethymnon, Greece.

295 Contributing towards the development of sustainable energy strategies: The new Institute for Petroleum Research of the Foundation for Research and Technology. (2019) 4th Cretan Energy Conference, Heraklion, Greece.

294 Fostering research, entrepreneurship and culture: The Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas. (2019) Symposium on the societal impact of research, Center for Research & Studies in Humanities, Social Sciences & Pedagogics, University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece.

293 Genome editing technologies in the service of personalized medicine and gene therapy. (2019) 12th Hellenic Bioinformatics conference, Heraklion, Greece.

292 Mitochondrial turnover and neurodegeneration during ageing. (2019) FENS-Kavli Neuroscience Conference, Heraklion, Greece.

291 Deciphering the underpinnings of ageing. (2019) Geek Picnic Festival on Immortality, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

290 Biomedical research in Space: Studying ageing and neurodegeneration aboard the International Space Station. (2019) Symposium of the Medical School Museum on Medicine in Space, Heraklion, Greece.

289 The mystery of ageing: Where will the trail of modern scientific research take us? (2019) Hellenic Open People's University, Thessaloniki, Greece.


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288 The Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas: Fostering research, entrepreneurship and cultural activities. (2019) Androidus Project Tank Epimenides Forum: Restructuring rural societies, Anogia, Greece.

287 Genome editing technologies in the service of personalized medicine and gene therapy. (2019) Hellenic Open People's University, Athens, Greece.

286 The new Institute for Petroleum Research of the Foundation for Research and Technology: Contributing towards the development of sustainable energy strategies. (2019) Symposium on natural resources management and energy planning, Technical Chamber of Greece, Department of Eastern Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

285 Autophagic pathways regulating mitochondrial homeostasis in ageing and neurodegeneration. (2019) International Cell Senescence Association, conference on Cellular senescence: The bright and the dark side, Athens, Greece.

284 Autophagic pathways in ageing and neurodegeneration. (2019) Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Istanbul, Turkey.

283 Genome editing technologies in the service of personalized medicine and gene therapy. (2019) International meeting on Paediatric and Rare Diseases, Athens, Greece.

282 Autophagic pathways regulating mitochondrial homeostasis in ageing and neurodegeneration. (2019) National Centre of Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS", Athens Greece.

281 From Precision to Systems Medicine: Editing the Genome (2019) Workshop on precision medicine in oncology, Athens, Greece.

280 Regulation and Roles of Autophagy in the Brain. (2019) Gottingen Medical School, Gottingen, Germany.

279 Mitochondrial turnover in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2019) FEBS Journal Editorial Board Meeting and Symposium of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Trieste, Italy.

278 Natural compounds inducing mitophagy in ageing and neurodegeneration (2019) 67th Annual Conference of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, Innsbruck, Austria.

277 Genome editing technologies in the service of personalized medicine and gene therapy. (2019) 15th Conference of Biology professors and educators, Nicosia, Cyprus.

276 Autophagic pathways in ageing and neurodegeneration. (2019) 7th Hellenic Immunology Summer School, Porto Heli, Greece.

275 Regulation and roles of autophagy in the mammalian brain. (2019) 2nd Fondation Santé Fellows Symposium, Athens, Greece.

274 Developing precision Medicine in Greece. (2019) 25th Greek medical student conference, 13th International forum of medical students and young doctors, Thessaloniki, Greece.

273 Regulation and roles of autophagy in the central nervous system. (2019) FENS Regional Meeting, Belgrade, Serbia.

272 Autophagic pathways in health and disease: Mitophagy and neurodegeneration. (2019) Tissue Engineering Therapies: From Concept to Clinical Translation and Commercialization, Heraklion, Greece.

271 Cell death and neurodegeneration in ageing. (2019) International conference on ageing, European Society of Preventive, Regenerative Antiageing Medicine, Larnaca, Cyprus.

270 Mitochondrial turnover and neurodegeneration during ageing. (2019) 13th German Neuroscience meeting, Gottingen, Germany.

269 Cellular energy homeostasis in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2019) Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), EU Chapter Meeting, Rhodes, Greece.


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268 Developing Precision Medicine in Greece: Personalized cancer treatment. (2019) Symposium of the Scientific Society of Medical Students in Greece, Heraklion, Greece.

267 Policies and guidelines for the implementation of Open Science at the Foundation for Research and Technology. (2018) Symposium on Open Science in the Greek Research Ecosystem: Research Data, Procedures and Collaborations, Athens, Greece.

266 Genome editing technologies in the service of personalized medicine and gene therapy. (2018) 11th Conference of the Hellenic Association for Biosciences, Athens, Greece.

265 Cellular energy dynamics and homeostasis in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2018) Shechtman-Suresh Honorary Symposium, Thessaloniki, Greece.

264 Reversing brain drain: The contribution of research in times of crisis. (2018) Symposium of the Economic and Technical Chambers of Greece, Departments of Eastern Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

263 Developing Precision Medicine in Greece. (2018) 11th Hellenic Bioinformatics conference, Thessaloniki, Greece.

262 Genome editing technologies in the service of personalized medicine and gene therapy. (2018) Hellenic Open People's University, Heraklion, Greece.

261 Fotis Kafatos and Biomedical Research in Greece: The establishment and contribution of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. (2018) Symposium in honor of Fotis Kafatos, Rethymnon, Greece.

260 Precision Medicine: advances, prospects, potential. Is it only for cancer or beyond? (2018) The Economist forum, Revolutionary World: The artificially intelligent healthcare sector, Athens, Greece.

259 Intrinsic mechanisms protecting against neurodegeneration and the role of small heat shock proteins: The heat stroke paradigm. (2018) Workshop on Small Heat Shock Proteins, Quebec, Canada.

258 The Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas: Fostering research and cultural activities. (2018) MedSTACH symposium on archaeology and cultural heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean, Nicosia, Cyprus.

257 Genome editing technologies in the service of personalized medicine and gene therapy. (2018) Conference of the Greek Pharmaceutical Students Federation: Pharmaceutical Athenian Congress, Athens, Greece.

256 Cellular energy homeostasis in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2018) Symposium on gene regulation: From transcription factors to nuclear architecture and beyond, Heraklion, Greece.

255 Autophagy in the pathogenesis of age-related neurodegenerative disorders. (2018) Workshop of the University of Athens Molecular Biomedicine graduate programme, Athens, Greece.

254 Reversing brain drain: The contribution of research in times of crisis. (2018) 7th Summer School on Environmental Journalism, Chania, Greece.

253 Ageing and memory. (2018) Symposium of the Greek-French School “Ursulines”, Athens, Greece.

252 Genetic determinants of ageing and age-associated pathologies. (2018) Symposium of the Hellenic Pharmaceutical Society, Heraklion, Greece.

251 Autophagy in the pathogenesis of age-related neurodegenerative disorders. (2018) 2nd National Conference on Ageing and Age-Associated pathologies, Heraklion, Greece.

250 Understanding ageing. (2018) 35th Balkan Medical Congress on healthy ageing: an endless challenge, Athens, Greece.

249 Ageing mechanisms and countermeasures. (2018) 3rd Congress of the Hellenic Society of Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.

248 The European Research Council (ERC): Funding opportunities. (2018) European Society of Pathology Academy Conference, Brussels, Belgium.


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247 Coupling of mitochondrial metabolism and mRNA turnover modulates cellular homeostasis during ageing in C. elegans. (2018) Cologne Seminars on Ageing Series, Cologne, Germany.

246 Regulation and Roles of Autophagy in the Mammalian Brain. (2018) 3rd World Congress on the Genetics, Geriatrics and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research (GeNeDis 2018), Toronto, Canada.

245 General and cargo-specific autophagy in ageing and neurodegeneration. (2018) Transautophagy workshop on Autophagy in model organisms, Budapest, Hungary.

244 Fotis Kafatos and Biomedical research in Greece. 40th Conference of the Hellenic Society of Biological Sciences, Veria, Greece.

243 Obtaining research funding through the European Research Council. (2018) Hellenic Oncology Academy workshop on the hallmarks of cancer, Athens Greece.

242 The European Research Council (ERC): Funding schemes and research support initiatives. (2018) University of Crete Research Center (UCRC) for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences, Rethymnon, Greece.

241 Ageing and the brain. (2018) Symposium on biomedical research of the 3rd Lyceum, Heraklion, Greece.

240 Regulation and roles of autophagy in the mammalian brain. (2018) University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.

239 Mitochondrial turnover and homeostasis in aging and neurodegeneration. (2018) University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.

238 Mitochondrial turnover and neuronal homeostasis during ageing. (2018) Gordon Research Conference on Autophagy: Basic Biology and Age-related diseases, Tuscany, Italy.

237 Deciphering ageing. (2018) Celebrating physical sciences workshop, Centre for experimental physical sciences, Chania, Greece.

236 Mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis in ageing and neurodegeneration. (2018) Orebro University, Sweden.

235 The Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas: Research and cultural activities. (2018) Workshop of the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy, Rethymnon, Greece.

234 Research and Innovation in Greece: The FORTH model. (2018) The Economist forum, A world in transition: New Jobs New Skills, Athens, Greece.

233 Genome editing technologies: innovative personalized gene therapy against cancer. (2018) 8 th Congress of the Hellenic Human Papilloma Virus Society, Thessaloniki, Greece.

232 Ageing and the nervous system. (2018) Symposium of the Medical School Museum, Heraklion, Greece.

231 Mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis in ageing. (2018) International Symposium in Experimental and Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine, Athens, Greece.

230 Mitochondrial homeostasis in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2018) Medical School, University of Patra, Patra, Greece.

229 Model organisms in biological research. (2017) Department of Biology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

228 Regulation and roles of autophagy in the mammalian brain. (2017) Symposium on the Biology of the Brain: Progress and challenges in neurodegenerative diseases, Athens, Greece.

227 Mitochondrial homeostasis in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2017) NeuroMit workshop on common neurodegenerative disease mechanisms, Oslo, Norway.

226 The mystery of ageing: Where will the trail of modern scientific research take us? (2017) TEDxChania, Chania, Greece.


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225 Personalized medicine and gene therapy: editing the human genome. (2017) 18th Hellenic Pharma Congress, Athens, Greece.

224 Mitochondrial homeostasis in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2017) 10th Hellenic Bioinformatics conference, Heraklion, Greece.

223 Open access and data integrity: The European Research Council (ERC) initiative. (2017) Open Science Fair, Athens, Greece.

222 Mitochondrial homeostasis in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2017) Annual Fondation Sante conference, Athens, Greece.

221 Regulation and roles of autophagy in mammalian brain proteostasis. (2017) Conference on Proteostatic Mechanisms in Health and Disease, Athens, Greece.

220 The European Research Council position on data integrity and scientific misconduct. (2017) DEFORM Workshop on Governance of Science and Research Integrity, Heraklion, Greece.

219 Genome editing and innovative personalized gene therapy technologies against cancer. (2017) Cancer and Personalized Medicine Conference, Athens, Greece.

218 Regulation of proteostasis by P body-mediated control of protein synthesis during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans (2017) Cologne Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases (CECAD) Research Center retreat, Cologne, Germany.

217 FORTH and scientific research in Greece in times of crisis: research: challenges and opportunities. (2017) Annual conference of the World Council of Cretans, Rethymnon, Greece.

216 The psychology of the researcher. (2017) Commencement address at the graduation ceremony of the Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece.

215 Molecular mechanisms of ageing and longevity. (2017) Conference of the Research Institute for longevity and the prevention of age-associated disorders, Longevity: A realistic goal, Athens, Greece.

214 Creating conducive environment for research in Greece. (2017) Symposium on Brain Drain in Greece: How to transform a problem to a solution, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece.

213 FORTH and biomedical research: achievements and outlook. (2017) Clinical and Translational Oncology Conference, Chania, Greece.

212 Compiling effective research manuscripts and proposals. (2017) Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, Athens, Greece.

211 Autophagic pathways in health and disease: Mitophagy and neurodegeneration. (2017) 17th Hellenic Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Thessaloniki, Greece.

210 Biomedical Research in Greece: Challenges and opportunities (2017) 3rd Conference of the Hellenic Society of Pharmaceutical Medicine: Innovation in Biomedical Research, Athens, Greece.

209 Mitochondrial homeostasis in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2017) Retreat of the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.

208 Regulation and Roles of Autophagy in the Mammalian Brain. (2017) Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Membrane Biology, Andover, USA.

207 Autophagic pathways in health and disease: Mitophagy and neurodegeneration. (2017) 5th International Multithematic Bio-Medical Congress, Nicosia, Cyprus.

206 Mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2017) Annual conference of the German Society for Ageing Research, Cologne, Germany.

205 BioImaging-GR: The national Biomedical Imaging research infrastructure. (2017) 7th Symposium of the Scientific Society of Mikrobiokosmos, Athens, Greece.


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204 Where nature surpasses itself: Genes and the nervous system. (2017) Pankritio Lyceum, Heraklion, Greece.

203 The funding schemes of the European Research Council and their impact on national research strategy and policy. (2017) Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the ERC, Athens Greece.

202 Mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2017) International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) Focused Meeting on the Molecular aspects of aging and longevity, Athens, Greece.

201 Mitochondrial turnover in neurodegeneration and ageing (2017) 6th International Conference on Tissue Engineering and 3rd International Conference on Regenerative Biomedical Materials, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

200 Mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2017) 6rd World Hellenic Biomedical Association (WHBA) Summer School, Itilo, Mani, Laconia, Greece.

199 Autophagy in the central nervous system: Signalling pathways, adaptive plasticity and neurodegeneration. (2017) 6rd World Hellenic Biomedical Association (WHBA) Summer School, Itilo, Mani, Laconia, Greece.

198 Autophagy in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2017) Annual Conference of the European Society of Human Genetics, Copenhagen, Denmark.

197 Coupling mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis with neurodegeneration during ageing. (2017) EMBO workshop on Mitochondrial Quality Control, Xi’an, China.

196 Mitophagy in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2017) International symposium on the Molecular Basis of Life, German Genetics Society and German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bochum, Germany.

195 Mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2017) Istanbul Kultur University, Istanbul, Turkey.

194 Mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2017) School of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

193 Regulation and roles of autophagy in the mammalian brain. (2017) TransAutophagy Meeting, Eberhard Karls University, Tubingen, Germany.

192 Mitochondrial biogenesis and clearance in health and disease. (2017) European Workshop for Rheumatology Research, Athens, Greece.

191 Coupling of mitochondrial proliferation and turnover preserves cellular energy homeostasis under stress. (2017) Keystone Symposia on Mitochondria Communication, Taos, New Mexico, USA.

190 Biomedical Research in Greece: Challenges and opportunities (2017) Hellenic Innovation Forum, Athens, Greece.

189 Compiling an effective research proposal. (2016) Hellenic Pharmaceutical Society Symposium, Athens, Greece.

188 Coupling mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis with neurodegeneration during ageing. (2016) TransAutophagy Annual Conference, Warsaw, Poland.

187 Biosciences in contemporary Greece: Challenges and opportunities. (2016) Conference of the Hellenic Association for Biosciences, Athens, Greece.

186 Coupling mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis with neurodegeneration during ageing. (2016) University of Dundee, Scotland, UK.

185 Mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2016) NIH/NIA workshop on Mitochondrial dynamics, Mitophagy and Aging, Bethesda, USA.


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184 Recent developments in gene therapy. (2016) Clinical and Translational Oncology Conference, Heraklion, Greece.

183 Autophagy in the central nervous system: Signalling pathways, adaptive plasticity and neurodegeneration. (2016) 2nd World Congress on Genetics, Geriatrics and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research (GeNeDis 2016) Sparta, Greece.

182 Intrinsic mechanisms protecting against neurodegeneration and the role of small heat shock proteins: The heat stroke paradigm. (2016) Workshop on Small Heat Shock Proteins, Bertinoro, Italy.

181 Mitochondrial turnover and age-related neurodegenerative disorders. (2016) National Conference on Ageing and Age-Associated pathologies, Heraklion, Greece.

180 Mitochondrial turnover and neurodegeneration during ageing. (2016) Zing conference on Cell Fate Diversity in Ageing, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

179 Mitochondria, neurodegeneration and ageing. (2016) European C. elegans Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

178 Researching ageing: Science and science fiction. (2016) Athens Science Festival, Athens, Greece.

177 Balancing proliferation and destruction of mitochondria to achieve longevity. (2016) Basel C. elegans Meeting, Basel, Switzerland.

176 Genetic pathways that couple mitochondrial homeostasis and neurodegeneration during ageing. (2016) 2nd National Conference of the Hellenic Association of Medical Geneticists, Athens, Greece.

175 Editing the Human genome: The CRIPR/CAS revolution. (2016) Hellenic Oncology Academy workshop on the hallmarks of cancer, Athens Greece.

174 Balancing mitogenesis and mitophagy during ageing. (2016) Retreat of the Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Treviso, Italy.

173 Mitophagy and mitochondrial homeostasis during ageing. (2016) Black Forrest Winter Conference on Autophagic Membrane Trafficking and Dynamics in Ageing and Disease, Saig, Germany.

172 C. elegans: A platform for accelerating research on ageing. (2016) Henry Stewart Talks, London, UK (http://www.hstalks.com/).

171 Ageing and cellular energy homeostasis. (2015) 3rd Young Scientists Forum of the Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Athens, Greece.

170 The CRIPR/CAS revolution: From the bench to bedside. Applications and concerns. (2015) Workshop on Cancer Genetics: Risk assessment and Precision medicine, Athens Greece.

169 Animal models of ageing. (2015) Joint ESA-ERC workshop on frontiers of space science and technology, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

168 The power of the worm: Researching biology on the fringe with a designer model organism. (2015) 2nd GENiE Network Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey.

167 Coupling mitochondrial homeostasis and neurodegeneration during ageing. (2015) Joint CodeAge / aDDRess / MarriAge Workshop on Genetic Model Organisms in Ageing Research, Cologne, Germany.

166 Mitochondrial turnover and homeostasis as modulators of neurodegeneration during ageing. (2015) FEBS/EMBO Course on Mitochondria in life, death and disease. Fodele, Greece.

165 Molecular mechanisms that govern the equilibrium between mitogenesis and mitophagy. (2015) EMBO Workshop on Mitochondrial DNA and Neurodegeneration, Barcelona, Spain.

164 Geroprotectors and Protein Homeostasis. (2015) Aesthetic and Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress, Moscow, Russia.

163 Biomedical Research in Greece: The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. (2015) Biotechnologia 2015: The Biotech meeting in Greece, Kastoria, Greece.

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162 Metabolic homeostasis by coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response during development and ageing. (2015) EMBO Workshop on Developmental Circuits in Ageing, Heraklion, Greece.

161 Promoting biomedical research and innovation in Greece: Pursuing excellence in times of crisis. (2015) 12th World Hellenic Biomedical Congress, Athens, Greece.

160 Mitochondrial turnover and homeostasis as modulators of neurodegeneration during ageing. (2015) 5 th Annual Gladstone/DZNE Workshop on the Enigmatic Role of Aging in Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Investigative Challenges to Therapeutic Opportunities, San Francisco, USA.

159 Pursuing scientific excellence in Greece during times of economic crisis. (2015) Athens Science Festival, Athens, Greece.

158 Protein homeostasis and maintenance during ageing. (2015) Department of Biology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

157 Ageing and the nervous system: The role of mitochondrial turnover and homeostasis. (2015) 3rd Hellenic Forum for Science Technology and Innovation, Athens, Greece.

156 Biomedical research in Greece: challenges and opportunities. (2015) Haematology symposium, Larissa, Greece.

155 Non-linear microscopy and optical projection tomography. (2014) Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.

154 Innovative biomedical imaging approaches. (2014) Conference of the Hellenic Association for Biosciences, Athens, Greece.

153 Mitochondrial turnover and homeostasis during ageing. (2014) Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thessaloniki, Greece.

152 Coordination of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis during ageing. (2014) Workshop on Metabolic and Protein Network Analysis in Systems Biology, Patra, Greece.

151 Caenorhabditis elegans: A model for Ageing and Neurodegeneration Research. (2014) IGBMC Strasbourg / SGBM Freiburg Joint PhD symposium on Animal Models in Biomedical Research, Strasbourg, France.

150 Coordination of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis during ageing. (2014) 22nd Conference of the European Cell Death Organization, Hersonissos, Greece.

149 Principles of advanced optical imaging: Fluorescence and Confocal Microscopy. (2014) European Molecular Imaging Doctoral Schools workshop on Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging. Heraklion, Greece.

148 Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response during ageing. (2014) BSRC "Alexander Fleming", Athens, Greece.

147 Protein homeostasis and ageing. (2014) Department of Biology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

146 Protein Synthesis and ageing. (2014) aDDRess/CodeAge European Summer School on Gene Regulation, Heraklion, Greece.

145 Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial biogenesis during development and ageing. (2014) European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, Groningen, The Netherlands.

144 Intrinsic mechanisms protecting against neurodegeneration: The heat stroke paradigm. (2014) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Oeiras, Portugal.

143 Non-linear microscopy and optical projection tomography in Biology. (2014) Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser-FORTH Seminar series, Heraklion, Greece.


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142 Fostering innovation and entrepreneurship at the Foundation for Research and Technology. (2014) Entrepreneurship and Career Panorama, Athens, Greece.

141 The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology: 30 years of excellence in biomedical research. (2014) Keynote Lecture, 3rd World Hellenic Biomedical Association (WHBA) Summer School, Itilo, Mani, Laconia, Greece.

140 Intrinsic mechanisms protecting against neurodegeneration: The heat stroke paradigm. (2014) 3rd World Hellenic Biomedical Association (WHBA) Summer School, Itilo, Mani, Laconia, Greece.

139 Models of neurodegeneration and necrotic cell death. (2014) 3rd World Hellenic Biomedical Association (WHBA) Summer School, Itilo, Mani, Laconia, Greece.

138 Ageing and Protein Homeostasis. (2014) 3rd World Hellenic Biomedical Association (WHBA) Summer School, Itilo, Mani, Laconia, Greece.

137 Non-linear microscopy and optical projection tomography. (2013) Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.

136 Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response during ageing. (2013) MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College, London, UK.

135 Regulation of mitochondrial homeostasis during ageing. (2013) 1st Annual CodeAge Meeting, Milano, Italy.

134 Intrinsic mechanisms protecting against neurodegeneration: The heat stroke paradigm. (2013) Biomedical Research Institute, Ioannina, Greece.

133 Non-linear microscopy and optical projection tomography. (2013) 19th International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA.

132 Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response during ageing. (2013) INsPiRE Workshop on ageing and cancer cell biology: Convergent and divergent molecular mechanisms, Athens, Greece.

131 Intrinsic mechanisms protecting against neurodegeneration: The heat stroke paradigm (2013) Symposium of the Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas, Heraklion, Greece.

130 Research - Innovation - Entrepreneurship: Problems and Opportunities. (2013) 2nd "Greece Innovates!" Applied Research and Innovation Competition Forum, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

129 Heat stroke and neurodegeneration: The protective role of the heat shock response. (2013) 9th Aegean Meeting on Neurological Therapeutics, Heraklion, Greece.

128 Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response during ageing. (2013) 3rd MULTIMOD Workshop, Chalkidiki, Greece.

127 Neurodegeneration in heat stroke: The protective role of the heat shock response. (2013) Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany.

126 Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response during ageing. (2013) Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany.

125 Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response during ageing. (2013) Symposium on Life Long Fitness and Ageing, Gent, Belgium.

124 Necrosis in heat stroke: The protective role of the heat shock response. (2013) Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on the Mechanisms and Functions of Non-apoptotic Cell Death, Suzhou, Shanghai, China.

123 Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response in ageing. (2013) Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.


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122 Heat stroke and neurodegeneration: Protective hormesis via induction of the heat shock response. (2013) 4th Spanish C. elegans Meeting, Carmona (Seville), Spain.

121 Ageing and Protein Homeostasis. (2013) Department of Biology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

120 Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response during ageing. (2013) Zing Conference on Mitochondria, metabolic regulation and the Biology of Aging, Lanzarote, Spain.

119 Protein Homeostasis during Ageing. (2012) Henry Stewart Talks, London, UK (http://www.hstalks.com/).

118 Mitochondrial metabolism and ageing: Lessons from C. elegans. (2012) Symposium on Successful Aging, Innsbruck, Austria.

117 The role of autophagy in cell death and longevity. (2012) The FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Barcelona, Spain.

116 Ageing Mechanisms and Mitigants: Autophagy, a mediator of longevity? (2012) British Society for Research on Ageing Meeting, Birmingham, UK.

115 The role of endocytosis and intracellular trafficking in necrotic neurodegeneration. (2012) 8th Aegean Meeting on Neurological Therapeutics, Heraklion, Greece.

114 Mitochondrial energy metabolism and protein homeostasis in ageing. (2012) 2nd International Conference on the Genetics of Aging and Longevity, Moscow, Russia.

113 Caenorhabditis elegans models of neurodegeneration and necrotic cell death. (2012) Workshop on animal models of neurodegeneration and behavioural tests for assessment of motor and cognitive function, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece.

112 Heat stroke-induced neurodegeneration: The protective role of the heat shock response. (2011) Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.

111 Microscopic optical projection tomography in vivo. (2011) Symposium/Workshop on New Imaging Technologies in Health and Disease, Athens, Greece.

110 Molecular mechanisms of skin DNA damage and repair in ageing. (2011) 2nd National Symposium of Dermatology Research, Heraklion, Greece.

109 Heat stroke-induced cell death mechanisms. (2011) 19th European Cell Death Organization Euroconference on Apoptosis, Stockholm, Sweden.

108 Animal models for oxidative stress research. (2011) Society for Free Radical Research Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey.

107 Oxidative stress and mitochondrial protein quality control in ageing. (2011) Society for Free Radical Research Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey.

106 Molecular mechanisms underlying age-associated neurodegeneration. (2011) Conference on Ageing and Neurodegeneration, Bonn, Germany.

105 Autophagy and ageing. (2011) Cluster in Biomedicine Summer School on active and healthy ageing, Trieste, Italy.

104 Advanced light microscopy applications: Microscopic optical projection tomography in vivo. (2011) 11th European Light Microscopy Initiative (ELMI) Meeting. Alexandroupolis, Greece.

103 Ageing research and the search for the fountain of youth. (2011) Open Doors Day at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Greece.

102 Heat stroke-induced neurodegeneration mechanisms. (2011) 7th Aegean Meeting on Neurologic Therapeutics, Heraklion, Greece.

101 Heat stroke, heat shock and neurodegeneration. (2011) Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

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100 Modern ageing research: In search of the fountain of youth. (2011) Museum of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece.

99 Genetic dissection of necrotic vs. apoptotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. COST Action meeting: Life or Death of Protozoan Parasites, Brussels, Belgium.

98 Heat stroke, heat shock and necrosis. (2011) Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Greece.

97 The evolution of ageing. (2011) Darwin days at the Museum of Natural History, Heraklion, Greece.

96 Mitochondrial energy metabolism and protein homeostasis in C. elegans ageing. (2010) Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Finland.

95 Dissecting the mechanisms of neurodegeneration and necrosis in C. elegans. (2010) EMBO Members Workshop, Heidelberg, Germany.

94 Autophagy, ageing and longevity. (2010) 7th European Congress of Biogerontology, Palermo, Italy.

93 Principles of Fluorescence and Confocal Microscopy. (2010) European Master in Molecular Imaging (EMMI) Programme, Heraklion, Greece.

92 Energy metabolism and protein homeostasis in ageing. (2010) 5th Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on the Molecular Genetics of Aging, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA.

91 Cellular energy metabolism and ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. (2010) Annual meeting of the Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria.

90 Prohibitin, mitochondrial energy metabolism and ageing in C. elegans. (2010) Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging, Les Diablerets, Switzerland.

89 My scientific autobiography and life in science. (2010) EMBO Fellows Meeting, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany.

88 Mitochondrial metabolism and ageing. German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases. (2010) Bohn, Germany.

87 The mitochondrial prohibitin complex and the regulation of metabolism during ageing. (2010) Cluster of Excellence for Aging Research, Symposium on C. elegans, Cologne, Germany.

86 How to use a model organism to study ageing and protein quality control. (2010) FEBS/European Society for Free Radical Research, summer school on protein maintenance and turnover in aging and diseases, Spetses, Greece.

85 Necrotic cell death and the protective role of the heat shock response. (2010) International Cell Death Society Symposium, Side, Turkey.

84 Mitochondrial prohibitin and the regulation of metabolism during ageing. (2010) Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, Germany.

83 Necrosis and the heat shock response. (2010) Conference on integrated cellular pathology: death, danger and degeneration, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France.

82 A new class of gerontogenes involved in regulating mitochondrial biogenesis and function. (2010) Workshop on Mitochondria and senescence, Telomeres, and DNA damage, Brussels, Belgium.

81 In search of the neuronal correlates of consciousness and memory. (2010) Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece.

80 Prohibitin, mitochondrial metabolism and ageing. (2009) Department of Biology, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece.

79 Insulin signalling, mitochondrial metabolism and protein modification. (2009) Workshop on oxidative stress, protein damage and protein maintenance, Brussels, Belgium.


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78 What has Caenorhabditis elegans taught us about necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration? (2009) U848-INSERM, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.

77 Understanding ageing: Stress, genes and the environment. (2009) Euroscience Mediterranean Event 2009, Athens Greece.

76 Stress, mitochondria and ageing. (2009) 9th Symposium of the Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas, Patra, Greece.

75 The genetics of non-apoptotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. (2009) Symposium on the Evolution of Programmed Cell Death in infection and immunity, Würzburg, Germany.

74 Cell Cycle/Apoptosis. (2009) Bodossaki Seminar Series, Athens, Greece.

73 Principles of advanced optical imaging: Fluorescence and Confocal Microscopy. (2009) European Master in Molecular Imaging (EMMI) Programme. Heraklion, Greece.

72 Aging research in Caenorhabditis elegans. (2009) Lifespan Young Investigator Workshop, Tartu, Estonia.

71 Dissecting the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in simple animal models. (2009) Fifth Aegean meeting on Neurologic Therapeutics. Agia Pelagia, Greece.

70 In search of the neuronal correlates of consciousness. (2009) Evgenidion Foundation, Athens, Greece.

69 Autophagy in neurodegeneration and necrotic cell death. (2009) University of Graz, Austria.

68 The role of acid sensing ion channels in dopamine neurotransmission and behavioural plasticity. (2009) Umea University, Sweden.

67 The role of autophagy in neurodegeneration and necrotic cell death. (2009) Umea University, Sweden.

66 Dopaminergic signalling and associative learning in C. elegans. (2009) Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

65 Book presentation: “A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination” (Gerald Edelman and Giulio Tononi). Greek edition by Crete University Press (2009), Heraklion Greece.

64 Modulation of dopaminergic signalling and associative learning in C. elegans. (2009) Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain.

63 Genetic and environmental factors in ageing. (2008) Conference of the Hellenic Association for Biosciences, Thessaloniki, Greece.

62 The role of autophagy in neurodegeneration and necrotic cell death. (2008) National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.

61 Cellular energy metabolism and ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. (2008) 3rd International Conference on the Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminth Parasites: New Technologies, New Opportunities, Hydra, Greece.

60 The role of mitochondrial energy metabolism in C. elegans diapause and ageing. (2008) 6th Conference of the Hellenic Society of Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress, Ioannina, Greece.

59 Animal models for aging and age-associated diseases. (2008) European Summit on Age Related Diseases, Wroclaw, Poland.

58 Protein synthesis and ageing: a balancing act? (2008) 33rd FEBS Congress/11th IUBMB Conference, Athens, Greece.

57 Mitochondrial energy metabolism during diapause and ageing in C. elegans. (2008) 8th FEBS Young Scientist Forum, Loutraki, Greece.

56 The role protein synthesis in ageing and senescent decline. (2008) Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Innsbruck, Austria.


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55 Ageing and the cellular energy equilibrium. (2008) 30th Conference of the Hellenic Society of Biological Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece.

54 The art of scientific writing and grantsmanship. (2008) European Neuroscience Institute PhD Symposium, Berlin, Germany.

53 DEG/ENaC ion channels, dopaminergic signalling and associative learning in C. elegans. (2008) European Neuroscience Network meeting, Rome, Italy.

52 An acid sensing ion channel mediates associative learning by modulating dopamine signalling in C. elegans. (2008) INSERM U789, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France.

51 Memento. (2007) Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology colloquia, Heraklion Greece.

50 Ageing and regulation of protein synthesis: A balancing act? (2007) University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

49 Autophagy and necrotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. (2007) 15th European Cell Death Organization Euroconference on Apoptosis, St. Bernardin, Slovenia.

48 Introduction to Inflammation and Cell Death Cascades. (2007) 5th General Meeting of the International Proteolysis Society, Patra, Greece.

47 Life Sciences: Always an interdisciplinary endeavour (2007) 8th Symposium of the Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas, Rethymnon, Greece.

46 Regulation of protein synthesis and ageing: A balancing act? (2007) 1st Scientific retreat, Graduate program on the “Molecular Basis of Human Disease”, Heraklion, Greece.

45 The DEG/ENaC family of ion channels: Diverse roles in sensory transduction and integration. (2007) The Onassis Foundation Lectures in Biology, Heraklion, Greece.

44 Protein synthesis and ageing: eIF4E function in somatic cells modulates ageing in C. elegans. (2007) National Centre of Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS", Athens Greece.

43 The role of DEG/ENaC ion channels in mechanotransduction. (2007) International Society of Nephrology, World Congress of Nephrology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

42 Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of learning and memory: Specific synaptic ion channels and the modulation of neuronal communication. (2006) Bodossakis lectures in Biology, Thessaloniki, Greece.

41 Modelling necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration in C. elegans: Insights and implications. (2006) Symposium on protein transport, synaptic function, and neurodegenerative disease, European Neuroscience Institute, Gottingen, Germany.

40 Advancements in biological imaging: Modern methods and applications. (2006) Conference of the Hellenic Association of Bioscientists, Athens Greece.

39 Genetic dissection of the molecular mechanisms mediating necrotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. (2005) Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Athens Greece.

38 Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration. (2005) National Centre of Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS", Athens Greece, Athens Greece.

37 Modern fluorescence microscopy methods and applications. (2005) International workshop on modern Light Microscopy techniques in Biomedical Research, Heraklion Greece.

36 Caenorhabditis elegans: A “designer” model organism to investigate Biology. (2005) University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.

35 Using simple tools to understand necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration. (2005) 19th Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience, Patra, Greece.


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34 Molecular pathways mediating neurodegeneration. (2005) Rinshoken, the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Japan.

33 The role of Calpains in neurodegeneration. (2005) Japan Neuroscience Congress, Yokohama, Japan.

32 Molecular pathways mediating neurodegeneration. (2005) RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Tokyo Japan.

31 Requirement for specific DEG/ENaC ion channels in associative learning and memory in C. elegans. (2005) Blankenese Conference 2005, Hamburg Germany.

30 Molecular targets and strategies for combating neurodegeneration. 2nd International Greek Biotechnology Forum conference, Athens Greece.

29 Regulatory proteases in necrotic cell death. (2005) 30th FEBS Congress /9th IUBMB Conference, Budapest, Hungary.

28 Molecular mechanisms of necrosis. (2005) The Onassis Foundation Lectures in Biology, Heraklion, Greece.

27 Scientific Prize lecture. (2005) The Bodossaki Foundation, Athens, Greece.

26 Molecular pathways mediating neurodegeneration in C. elegans (2005) University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

25 Modelling neurodegeneration in C. elegans: Insights and implications. (2004) National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

24 Proteolytic pathways mediating neurodegeneration in C. elegans. (2004) Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany.

23 Seeing is believing: Modern fluorescence microscopy technologies and tools. (2004) International workshop on modern Light Microscopy techniques in Biomedical Research, Heraklion Greece.

22 Calcium and protease cascades in neurodegeneration. (2004) FASEB Conference on the Biology of Calpains in Health and Disease. Tucson, USA.

21 Nematode Gene-Tagging Tools and Resources. (2004) European C. elegans Meeting. Interlaken, Switzerland.

20 Pathways in macromolecule metabolism and ageing: Proteolytic mechanisms that mediate neurodegeneration in C. elegans. (2004) 2nd International Conference on the Functional Genomics of Ageing, Hersonissos, Greece.

19 Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in C. elegans. (2003) MRC Toxicology Unit, Leicester, UK.

18 Calpains and Aspartyl proteases in neurodegeneration. (2003) 3rd General Meeting of the International Proteolysis Society, Nagoya, Japan.

17 Proteolysis and pH in necrotic cell death. (2003) 11th European Cell Death Organization Euroconference on Apoptosis, Ghent, Belgium.

16 Rogue Biology: The genetics of neurodegeneration in C. elegans. (2003) SFB 596 Symposium, Bavaria, Germany.

15 New roles for degenerin ion channels in C. elegans. (2003) 3rd EMBO Young Investigator meeting, EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany.

14 Mechanisms of necrotic cell death. (2003) University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland.

13 The genetics of neurodegeneration in C. elegans. (2003) Pasteur Institute France.

12 Electrophysiology with laser probes? Second Harmonic Generation microscopy in C. elegans. (2003) EMBO symposium on Fluorescence Microscopy, EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany.

11 Proteolytic mechanisms in necrotic cell death. (2003) Max Plank Institute for Neurobiology, Germany.


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10 Necrosis: Rogue biology? (2003) Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece.

9 Shedding light on mechanotransduction. (2002) 5th Symposium of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Metsovo, Greece.

8 Degenerins: At the core of the nematode mechanotransducer? (2002) Institut de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland.

7 Molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of caloric restriction on protein synthesis and aging in C. elegans. (2001) Gordon conference on the Biology of Aging: From Genetics to Physiology, Oxford, UK.

6 Aging in C. elegans: "Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs" (2000) IMBB-FORTH Seminar Series, Heraklion, Greece.

5 The complete nematode DEG/ENaC family. (2000) 3rd International Symposium on the ENaC/Degenerins Gene Superfamily: From Molecules to Diseases, Les Diablerets, Switzerland.

4 Genetic disruption of the translational regulator, Elongation Factor-2 kinase, confers a Clk phenotype and extends lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans. (2000) Gordon conference on The Biology of Aging, Ventura, USA.

3 Genes, Neurons and Behaviour: Lessons from the Caenorhabditis elegans Genome. (1999) Integrated Genomics Inc. Seminar Series, Chicago, USA.

2 A dominant mutation affects the activation potential of certain transcription activators in yeast. (1994) Keystone Symposia, USA.

1 Translational regulation by eIF2 phosphorylation in yeast. (1992) International NATO/FEBS Advanced Science Institute on Post-transcriptional control of gene expression, Spetses, Greece.

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Oral presentations

56 Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) SUMOylation as a fine-tuner of mitochondrial homeostasis and ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Ubiquitin and Friends symposium, Vienna, Austria.

55 Metaxakis A., Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Neuronal TOR coordinates mood and cognition. EMBO Conference on Molecular neurobiology, Fodele, Greece.

54 Rieckher M., Zacharopoulos A., Birk U., Tavernarakis N., Ripoll J. and Zacharakis G. (2017) Multimodal microscopic in vivo imaging of protein dynamics via Light Sheet Microscopy and Optical Projection Tomography. 13th Multinational Congress on Microscopy, Rovinj, Croatia.

53 Rieckher M., Zacharopoulos A., Birk U., Tavernarakis N., Ripoll J. and Zacharakis G. (2017) Multimodal microscopic in vivo imaging of protein dynamics via Light Sheet Microscopy and Optical Projection Tomography. European Molecular Imaging Meeting, European Society for Molecular Imaging, Cologne, Germany.

52 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Mitophagy and neuronal homeostasis in C. elegans. EMBO Conference series: Cell biology of the neuron II. Fodele, Greece.

51 Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) Interfacing ER stress responses and lipid metabolism with ageing via the adiponectin receptor PAQR-1 in C. elegans. Basel C. elegans Meeting, Basel, Switzerland.

50 Gkikas I., Daskalaki I., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) An alternative hypoxia response mechanism independent of HIF-1 involves mitochondrial metabolic adaptation. 2nd Cologne Ageing Conference, Cologne, Germany.

49 Rieckher M., Markaki M., Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) P bodies as mediators of stress response and ageing in C. elegans. EMBO Workshop on Developmental Circuits in Aging. Hersonissos, Greece.


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48 Nikoletopoulou V., Sidiropoulou K. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Neurotrophin signaling regulates autophagy in the mammalian brain. Gordon Research Conference on Neurotrophic Factors: From Basic Biology to Therapeutic Insights. Newport, USA.

47 Rieckher M., Markaki M., Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) mRNA decay interfaces with protein synthesis to modulate stress resistance and longevity in C. elegans. 20th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

46 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Coordination of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis during ageing in C. elegans. 20th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

45 Mari M., Filippidis G., Palikaras K., Petanidou B., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Non-linear imaging techniques visualize the lipid profile of C. elegans., SPIE European Conferences on Biomedical Optics: Advanced Microscopy Techniques, Munich, Germany.

44 Rieckher M., Markaki M., Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) P bodies as modulators of stress responses and ageing in C. elegans. Annual Meeting of the German Foundation for Aging Research, Cologne, Germany.

43 Rieckher M., Markaki M., Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) A novel role for P bodies as regulators of stress responses and ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Aging, Metabolism, Stress, Pathogenesis and Small RNAs in C. elegans Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

42 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response during ageing in C. elegans. Gordon Research Seminar on the Biology of Aging. Tuscany, Italy.

41 Tserevelakis G., Megalou E. V., Filippidis G., Petanidou B., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Imaging lipid depositions with third-harmonic generation microscopy. 19th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

40 Kourtis N., Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Small heat shock proteins protect from heat stroke-associated neurodegeneration. EMBO Conference Series: C. elegans Neurobiology. Heidelberg, Germany.

39 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) Small Heat Shock Proteins Protect Against Neurodegeneration. EMBO Workshop on the cell biology of the neuron, Fodele, Greece.

38 Schiavi A., Torgovnick A., Megalou E. V., Tavernarakis N., Testi R. and Ventura N. (2010) Frataxin Suppression Reduces Fat Accumulation and induces autophagy in a p53-dependent manner, independently of a caloric restriction-like response. 2nd European C. elegans Neurobiology Meeting, Fodele, Greece.

37 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) Small Heat Shock Proteins Protect Against Necrotic Cell Death. 2nd European C. elegans Neurobiology Meeting, Fodele, Greece.

36 Katidou M., Tavernarakis N. and Karagogeos D. (2010) The Contactin RIG-6 Mediates Axon Outgrowth and Navigation in C. elegans. 2nd European C. elegans Neurobiology Meeting, Fodele, Greece.

35 Rieckher M., Birk U., Ripoll J. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) In vivo Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) imaging in Caenorhabditis elegans. 2nd European C. elegans Neurobiology Meeting, Fodele, Greece.

34 Andreou A., Kalemaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) Ageing, protein synthesis and the sumoylation pathway. East Asia C. elegans Meeting, Tokyo, Japan.

33 Megalou E., Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) An acid-sensing ion channel mediates associative learning in C. elegans by modulating dopamine signaling. European Conference on Nematode Neurobiology, Cambridge, UK.

32 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Cell-specific monitoring of protein synthesis in vivo. EMBO practical course; FRET, FLIM, FCS, FRAP and 3D imaging; Applications to cell and developmental biology, Biopolis, Singapore.


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31 Filippidis G., Gualda E. J., Mari M., Voglis G., Vlachos M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) In vivo imaging of cellular structures and processes in Caenorhabditis elegans, using non-linear microscopy. IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques. Chania, Greece.

30 Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Characterization of PQN-21, a prion-like protein involved in learning and memory in C. elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Carmona, Spain.

29 Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Prohibitin couples diapause signaling to mitochondrial energy metabolism during ageing in C. elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Carmona, Spain.

28 Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) The role of intracellular trafficking and endocytosis in C. elegans neurodegeneration. European C. elegans, Meeting, Carmona, Spain.

27 Rieckher M., and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Screening for novel mediators of necrotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. European Neuroscience Institutes workshop, Berlin, Germany.

26 Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) PQN-21, a prion-like protein involved in learning and memory in C. elegans. European Neuroscience Institutes workshop, Berlin, Germany.

25 Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Endocytosis and intracellular trafficking in C. elegans neurodegeneration. European Neuroscience Institutes workshop, Berlin, Germany.

24 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) A non-radioactive method for monitoring protein synthesis rates in Caenorhabditis elegans. European Neuroscience Institutes workshop, Berlin, Germany.

23 Robert V., Bazopoulou D., Yohann Durverger Y., Gallagher J., Bessereau J.L., Ewbank J., Geysen J., Kuwabara P., Segalat L. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) Heterologous transposition in C. elegans: development of new genetics and genomic tools and resources. 16th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

22 Syntichaki P., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) Protein synthesis is a novel determinant of ageing in C. elegans. 12th Congress of the International Association of Biomedical Gerontology, Spetses, Greece.

21 Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) The mitochondrial prohibitin complex modulates ageing in C. elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Hersonissos, Greece.

20 Gallagher J., Bessereau J.L., Ewbank J., Geysen J., Kuwabara P., Segalat L. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) Nematode Gene-Tagging Tools and Resources. European C. elegans, Meeting, Hersonissos, Greece.

19 Samara C., Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) Autophagy contributes to necrotic cell death in C. elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Hersonissos, Greece.

18 Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) ASIC-1 is required for associative learning and memory in C. elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Hersonissos, Greece.

17 Gallagher J., Bessereau J.L., Ewbank J., Geysen J., Kuwabara P., Segalat L. and Tavernarakis N. (2005) Nematode Gene-Tagging Tools and Resources. 15th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

16 Samara C., Syntichaki P., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2005) Macroautophagy contributes to neurodegeneration in C. elegans. 15th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

15 Samara C., Syntichaki P., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2004) Macroautophagy and neurodegeneration in C. elegans. 12th European Cell Death Organization Euroconference on Apoptosis. Chania, Greece.

14 Tavernarakis N., Bessereau J.L, Ewbank J., Geysen J., Kuwabara P., and Segalat L. (2004) Nematode Gene-Tagging Tools and Resources. European C. elegans Meeting, Switzerland.

13 Syntichaki P., Samara C. and Tavernarakis N. (2004) Vacuolar H+-ATPase-mediated intracellular acidification is required for necrotic cell death in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Switzerland.


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12 Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2004) Investigating the role of protein turnover in ageing. 2nd International Conference on the Functional Genomics of Ageing. Heraklion Greece.

11 Samara C., Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2003) pH homeostasis is critical for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. 14th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

10 Royal D., Tavernarakis N., Royal M.A., Gong L., Nunez Y. and Driscoll M. (2003) Extrageneic and intragenic suppressors of mec-4(d)-induced necrotic-like cell death. 14th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

9 Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2002) Specific aspartyl and calpain proteases are required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Italy.

8 Tavernarakis N., Xu K. and Driscoll M. (2001) Execution of necrotic-like cell death in C. elegans requires the activity of specific aspartyl proteases. International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

7 Xu K., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (2001) mec-4(d)-induced necrotic-like cell death in C. elegans requires calreticulin and regulators of ER-mediated Ca2+ release. International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

6 Tavernarakis N., Everett J. and Driscoll M. (2000) Protease-related features of the intracellular amino-termini of DEG/ENaC Ion Channels. 3rd International Symposium on the ENaC/Degenerins Gene Superfamily: From Molecules to Diseases. Switzerland.

5 Tavernarakis N., Wang S. L., and Driscoll M. (2000) Components of the cytoskeleton, involved in the biogenesis of membrane channels, interfere with mec-4(d)-induced cell death. East Coast C. elegans Meeting, USA.

4 Tavernarakis N., Wang S. L., Dorovkov M., Ryazanov A. and Driscoll M. (1999) Inherited and controllable interference by dsRNA. International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

3 Xu K., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (1997) Genetic dissection of neurodegenerative death mechanisms. International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

2 Tavernarakis N., Wang S. L., Xu K., Shreffler W. and Driscoll M. (1996) unc-8 encodes a degenerin expressed in motorneurons and nose touch receptors. East Coast C. elegans Meeting, USA.

1 Tavernarakis N., Pavlakis G. and Krambovitis E. (1991) Expression of immunologically reactive recombinant Tat, Rev and Tev proteins of HIV-1. Proceedings of the VII International Conference on AIDS, Italy.

Poster presentations

170 Metaxakis T., Pavlidis M. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Neuronal TORC1 coordinates mood and cognition via serotonin receptors. EMBO Conference series: Cell biology of the neuron III. Fodele, Greece.

169 Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) The role of neuronal DEG/ΕNaC ion channel family members in organismal stress responses. EMBO Conference series: Cell biology of the neuron III. Fodele, Greece.

168 Palikaras K., Fang E. F., Bohr V. A. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Neuronal Mitophagy in C. elegans Models of Alzheimer’s Disease. EMBO Conference series: Cell biology of the neuron III. Fodele, Greece.

167 Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Mitochondrial maturation drives germline stem cell differentiation in C. elegans. 22nd International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

166 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Neuronal mitophagy in C. elegans models of Alzheimer’s disease. 22nd International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

165 Lionaki E., Gkikas I., Daskalaki I., Ioannidou M.-K., Klapa M. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Mitochondrial content determines lifespan through metabolic reprogramming. 22nd International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.


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164 Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) The role of nuclear envelope components in the regulation of autophagy. 22nd International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

163 Ploumi C., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) A C. elegans model for Wolfram Syndrome type 2. 22nd International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

162 Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) The role of neuronal DEG/ΕNaC ion channel family members in organismal stress responses. 22nd International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

161 Gkikas I., Daskalaki I., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Mitochondrial function and HIF-1- independent organismal survival under hypoxia. 22nd International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

160 Daskalaki I., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) The mRNA metabolism pathway regulates mitochondrial homeostasis during ageing in C. elegans. 22nd International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

159 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Neuronal mitophagy in C. elegans models of Alzheimer’s disease. Keystone Symposia on Autophagy: From Model Systems to Therapeutic Opportunities. Santa Fe, USA.

158 Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) The role of neuronal DEG/ΕNaC ion channel family members in organismal stress responses. EMBO Workshop on C. elegans development, cell biology and gene expression. Barcelona, Spain.

157 Papandreou M. E. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) DNA damage-induced autophagy and necrotic neurodegeneration during ageing. EMBO Conference on Molecular neurobiology. Fodele, Greece.

156 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Mitochondrial turnover and neuronal homeostasis in C. elegans. EMBO Conference on Molecular neurobiology. Fodele, Greece.

155 Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) The role of neuronal DEG/ΕNaC ion channel family members in organismal stress responses. EMBO Conference on Molecular neurobiology. Fodele, Greece.

154 Papandreou M. E. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) The role of nuclear envelope components in the regulation of autophagy. Keystone symposium on selective autophagy, Kyoto, Japan.

153 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Mitophagy and neuronal homeostasis in C. elegans. EMBO Conference on Autophagy: From molecular principles to human diseases, Dubrovnik, Croatia, (Βραβείο καλύτερης αναρτημένης εργασίας).

152 Kyriakakis E., Ploumi C. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) A C. elegans model for Wolfram Syndrome type 2. 21st International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA.

151 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Mitophagy and neuronal homeostasis in C. elegans. 21st International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA.

150 Papandreou M. E. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) DNA damage-induced autophagy and necrotic neurodegeneration during ageing in C. elegans. 21st International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA.

149 Charmpilas N., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) The adiponectin receptor PAQR-1 couples ER stress resistance with lipid homeostasis during ageing in C. elegans. 21st International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA.

148 Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) SUMOylation regulates lifespan and mitochondrial homeostasis in C. elegans. 21st International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA.

147 Ploumi C., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) The NEET homolog CISD-1 modulates ageing through mechanisms involving autophagy and components of the intrinsic apoptosis pathway. 21st International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA.


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146 Daskalaki I., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Coupling of mitochondrial metabolism and mRNA turnover modulates cellular homeostasis during ageing in C. elegans. 21st International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA.

145 Gkikas I., Daskalaki I., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) HIF-1-independent hypoxic resistance involves a novel mechanism of mitochondrial adaptation in C. elegans. 21st International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA.

144 Lionaki E., Gkikas I., Daskalaki I. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) The mitochondrial protein import machinery is a determinant of longevity in C. elegans. 21st International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, USA.

143 Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) DNA Damage-induced Necrotic Neurodegeneration during Ageing. EMBO Conference series: Cell biology of the neuron II. Fodele, Greece.

142 Papandreou M. E. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) DNA damage-induced autophagy and necrotic neurodegeneration during ageing. Joint aDDRess & CodeAge Marie Curie Initial Training Network Final Annual Meeting “Molecular Mechanisms in Ageing and Disease", Hersonissos, Greece.

141 Princz A and Tavernarakis N. (2016) SUMOylation regulates lifespan and mitochondrial homeostasis through DAF-16/FOXO in C. elegans. Joint aDDRess & CodeAge Marie Curie Initial Training Network Final Annual Meeting “Molecular Mechanisms in Ageing and Disease", Hersonissos, Greece.

140 Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) The role of neuronal DEG/ΕNaC ion channel family members in organismal stress responses. EMBO Conference series: Cell biology of the neuron II. Fodele, Greece.

139 Zaninello M., Palikaras K., Naon D., Ross-Cisneros F., Tavernarakis N., Carelli V., Sadun A. and Scorrano L. (2016) A localized autophagic filter prevents entry of mitochondria carrying pathogenic Opa1 mutations in retinal ganglion cell axons. 19th European Bioenergetics Conference, Riva del Garda, Italy.

138 Schiavi A., Maglioni S., Anjumara S., Palikaras K., Brinkmann V., Torgovnick A., Tavernarakis N. and Ventura N. (2016) Iron starvation-induced mitophagy mediates lifespan extension upon mitochondrial stress in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

137 Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) Interfacing ER stress responses and lipid metabolism with ageing via the adiponectin receptor PAQR-1 in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

136 Daskalaki I., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) Coupling of mitochondrial metabolism and mRNA turnover modulates cellular energy homeostasis during aging in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

135 Palikaras K., Mari M., Petanidou B., Filippidis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) Ectopic fat deposition contributes to ageing-associated pathology in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

134 Papandreou M. E. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) DNA damage-induced necrotic neurodegeneration and ageing. European C. elegans Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

133 Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) Proper mitochondrial transcription is fine-tunes germline development in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

132 Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) SUMOylation regulates lifespan and mitochondrial homeostasis through DAF-16/FOXO in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

131 Gkikas I., Daskalaki I., Lionaki E., and Tavernarakis N. (2016) An alternative hypoxia response mechanism, independent of HIF-1, involves mitochondrial metabolic adaptation in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

130 Ploumi C., Kyriakakis E., and Tavernarakis N. (2016) The NEET homolog CISD-1 is a novel determinant of ageing in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Berlin, Germany.


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129 Princz A.and Tavernarakis N. (2016) Modulation of longevity and stress response pathways by SUMOylation in C. elegans. 2nd Cologne Ageing Conference, Cologne, Germany.

128 Papandreou M. E. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) DNA damage response and neurodegeneration in ageing. 2nd Cologne Ageing Conference, Cologne, Germany.

127 Ploumi C., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) The NEET homolog CISD-1promotes longevity by modulating mitochondrial function in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. FEBS/EMBO Course on Mitochondria in life, death and disease. Fodele, Greece.

126 Tavernarakis N. Mitochondrial homeostasis and turnover in neurodegeneration and ageing. (2015) 5th Bonn Humboldt Award Winners‘ Forum ”Frontiers in Neuroscience: Multi-Scale Analysis of the Nervous System – From Molecules to Circuits“. Bonn, Germany.

125 Schiavi A., Maglioni S., Shaik A., Palikaras K., Brinkmann V., Torgovnick A., Tavernarakis N. and Ventura N. (2015) Iron starvation-induced mitophagy mediates lifespan extension upon mitochondrial stress in C. elegans. 20th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

124 Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Adiponectin receptors couple protein homeostasis and cellular metabolism to modulate ageing in C. elegans. 20th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

123 Papandreou M. E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) DNA Damage-induced autophagy and necrotic neurodegeneration during ageing. 20th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

122 Lionaki E., Gkikas I. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) The mitochondrial protein import machinery as a determinant of longevity in C. elegans. 20th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

121 Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Modulation of longevity and stress response pathways by SUMOylation in C. elegans. 20th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

120 Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Mitochondrial transcription alterations trigger a salvation transcriptional response in the nematode C. elegans. EMBO Workshop on Developmental Circuits in Aging. Hersonissos, Greece.

119 Daskalaki I., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Coupling of mitochondrial metabolism with mRNA turnover influences cellular homeostasis in C. elegans. EMBO Workshop on Developmental Circuits in Aging. Hersonissos, Greece.

118 Nikoletopoulou V., Sidiropoulou K. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Neurotrophin signaling regulates autophagy in the mammalian brain. EMBO Workshop on Developmental Circuits in Aging. Hersonissos, Greece.

117 Papandreou M. E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) DNA Damage-induced autophagy and necrotic neurodegeneration during ageing. EMBO Workshop on Developmental Circuits in Aging. Hersonissos, Greece.

116 Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Modulation of longevity and stress response pathways by SUMOylation in C. elegans. EMBO Workshop on Developmental Circuits in Aging. Hersonissos, Greece.

115 Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Adiponectin receptors couple protein homeostasis and cellular metabolism to modulate ageing in C. elegans. EMBO Workshop on Developmental Circuits in Aging. Hersonissos, Greece.

114 Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) The role of mitophagy in pluripotency and differentiation. Cell Symposia: Stem cell energetics, Berkeley, USA.

113 Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Inhibition of mitochondrial transcription causes germline hyperplasia in C. elegans. 22nd European Cell Death Organization Conference, Hersonissos, Greece.

112 Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Autophagy protects against age-associated neurodegeneration. 22nd European Cell Death Organization Conference, Hersonissos, Greece.


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111 Daskalaki I., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Coupling of mitochondrial metabolism with mRNA turnover influences cell death during ageing. 22nd European Cell Death Organization Conference, Hersonissos, Greece.

110 Nikoletopoulou V., Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Necdin is a novel regulator of mitochondrial integrity and stress response pathways in mammalian neurons: Insights from C. elegans. 22nd European Cell Death Organization Conference, Hersonissos, Greece.

109 Papandreou M. E. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) DNA damage-induced necrotic neurodegeneration and ageing. 22nd European Cell Death Organization Conference, Hersonissos, Greece.

108 Kyriakakis E., Ploumi C. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) The C. elegans homologue of the human iron-sulphur domain protein NEET, mediates a pro-longevity response through the intrinsic apoptosis pathway. 22nd European Cell Death Organization Conference, Hersonissos, Greece.

107 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Mitophagy and neurodegeneration in C. elegans. 22nd European Cell Death Organization Conference, Hersonissos, Greece.

106 Georgila K. Chondrogianni N., Kourtis N., Tavernarakis N. and Gonos E. S. (2014) Enhanced proteasome degradation extends Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan and ameliorates neurodegeneration. FEBS-EMBO Conference, Paris, France.

105 Rieckher M., Kourmoulakis G., Zacharopoulos A., Ripoll J., Tavernarakis N. and Zacharakis G. (2014) A combined optical projection tomography and selective plane illumination microscopy system for in vivo imaging of protein dynamics in C. elegans. European Molecular Imaging Meeting, Antwerp, The Netherlands.

104 Georgila K. Chondrogianni N., Kourtis N., Tavernarakis N. and Gonos E. S. (2013) Enhanced proteasome degradation extends Caenorhabditis elegans’ lifespan and ameliorates neurodegeneration. Society for Free Radical Research Conference-Europe, Athens, Greece.

103 Rieckher M., Kourmoulakis G., Ripoll J., Tavernarakis N. and Zacharakis G. (2013) In vivo 3D imaging by combined Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy and Optical Projection Tomography. Summer School: “Photonics meets Biology”, Hersonissos, Greece.

102 Gkikas I. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Do SNAREs modulate mitochondrial dynamics in C. elegans? HydraIX Summer School on Stem Cell Biology, Hydra, Greece.

101 Nikoletopoulou V., Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) MAGE-1: A novel protein that controls mitochondrial dynamics and lifespan. Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging. Tuscany, Italy.

100 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response during ageing in C. elegans. Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging. Tuscany, Italy.

99 Rieckher M., Zacharakis G., Zacharopoulos A., Tavernarakis N. and Ripoll J. (2013) High throughput imaging of C. elegans by combined selective plane illumination microscopy and optical projection tomography in a microfluidics device. World Molecular Imaging Congress, Savannah, USA.

98 Taferner A., Pircher H., Tavernarakis N., Jansen-Dürr P. (2013) Functional analysis of the acylpyruvase FAHD1 in C. elegans. 19th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

97 Lionaki E., Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) The inner mitochondrial membrane translocase complex TIM23 modulates mitochondrial biogenesis and function during ageing in C. elegans. 19th

International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

96 Rieckher M., Zacharakis G., Ripoll J. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) C. elegans imaging by combined, selective plane illumination microscopy and optical projection tomography in a microfluidic device. 19th

International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.


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95 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Coordination of mitophagy and the mitochondrial retrograde response during ageing in C. elegans. 19th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

94 Rieckher M., Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Regulation of eIF4E compartmentalization by the heat shock response during ageing in C. elegans. 19th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

93 Eisenberg T., Büttner S., Faes L., Reichelt W., Broeskamp F., Habernig L., Benke S., Kourtis N., Ruli D., D’hooge P., Ghillebert R., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Franssens V., Harger A., Pieber T. R., Freudenberger P., Kroemer G., Sigrist S. J., Winderickx J., Callewaert G., Tavernarakis N. and Madeo M. (2009) Induction of autophagy by spermidine promotes longevity. (2013) Zing Conference on Mitochondria, metabolic regulation and the Biology of Aging, Lanzarote, Spain.

92 Schiavi A., Torgovnick A., Megalou E. V., Castelain N., Guccini I., Gelino S., Hansen M., Braeckman B., Tavernarakis N., Testi R. and Ventura N. (2013) Autophagy induction extends lifespan and reduces lipid content in response to frataxin silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Zing Conference on Mitochondria, metabolic regulation and the Biology of Aging, Lanzarote, Spain.

91 Bazopoulou D., Chronis N., Nektarios Tavernarakis N. (2012) PQN-21, a prion-like protein exerts its function in learning and memory through amphid glial cells. EMBO Conference Series: C. elegans Neurobiology. Heidelberg, Germany.

90 Andreou A. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) The role of the sumoylation pathway in the regulation of protein synthesis during ageing. 18th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

89 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) Specific small heat shock proteins regulate calcium homeostasis in the medial Golgi to protect against necrotic cell death. 18th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

88 Schiavi A., Torgovnick A., Megalou E. V., Testi R., Tavernarakis N. and Ventura N. (2011) Electron transport chain disruption extends lifespan and reduces fat accumulation through p53-dependent induction of autophagy. 18th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

87 Megalou E. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) The role of autophagy in lifespan extension by resveratrol and spermidine. 18th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

86 Schiavi A., Torgovnick A., Megalou E. V., Tavernarakis N., Testi R. and Ventura N. (2011) Mild Frataxin suppression reduces fat accumulation, induces autophagy and protects from motility defects in C. elegans. 18th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

85 Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) Clathrin-mediated endocytosis and intracellular trafficking are required for necrotic cell death in C. elegans. 18th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

84 Markaki M., Megalou E., Pasparaki A., Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) The role of autophagy in lifespan extension by caloric restriction and resveratrol. East Asia C. elegans Meeting, Tokyo, Japan.

83 Katidou M., Tavernarakis N. and Karagogeos D. (2010) The contactin RIG-6 mediates axon outgrowth and navigation in C. elegans. EMBO Conference Series: C. elegans: Development and Gene Expression, Heidelberg, Germany.

82 Kourtis N., and Tavernarakis N. (2010) The protective role of small heat shock proteins against necrotic cell death. EMBO Conference Series: C. elegans: Development and Gene Expression, Heidelberg, Germany.

81 Aviles-Espinosa R., Tserevelakis G. J., C. O. Santos S. I., Filippidis G., Krmpot A. J., Vlachos M., Tavernarakis N., Brodschelm A., Kaenders W., Artigas D. and Loza-Alvarez P., (2010) Cell division stage in C. elegans imaged using third harmonic generation microscopy. Biomedical Optics Conference, Miami, USA.


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80 Milonaki A. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) Cytoskeleton dynamics and ageing. FEBS/European Society for Free Radical Research, summer school on protein maintenance and turnover in aging and diseases, Spetses, Greece.

79 Georgila K, Kourtis N, Chondrogianni N., Gonos E. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) C. elegans as a model system for the study of neurodegenerative disorders caused by altered protein turnover. FEBS/European Society for Free Radical Research, summer school on protein maintenance and turnover in aging and diseases, Spetses, Greece.

78 Chondrogianni N., Kapeta S., Tavernarakis N. and Gonos E. S. (2009) Does proteasome activation affect cellular or organismal lifespan? 21st IUBMB/12th FAOBMB International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Shangai, China.

77 Chondrogianni N., Kapeta S., Tavernarakis N. and Gonos E. S. (2009) The role of proteasome activation on the lifespan of C. elegans. LinkAge-MarkAge Joint Summer School, Fréjus, France.

76 Kourtis N., and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Small heat shock proteins protect against necrotic cell death. 17th

International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA, (Best-poster award).

75 Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Prohibitin couples diapause signaling to mitochondrial metabolism during ageing in C. elegans. 17th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

74 Formisano R., McDonald R., Pierpont T., Sabanayagam C., Tavernarakis N. and Dhillon H. S. (2009) Expression analysis of a Gα subunit gene that potentially interacts with dopamine receptor involved in Caenorhabditis elegans learning. 39th annual meeting, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, USA.

73 Katidou M., Tavernarakis N. and Karagogeos D. (2009) The contactin homolog rig-6 is involved in axon guidance and branching in C. elegans. 17th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

72 Rieckher M., Meyer H., Birk U., Tavernarakis N. and Ripoll J. (2009) Imaging C. elegans by Optical Projection Tomography. 17th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

71 Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) PQN-21, a prion-like protein is involved in learning and memory in C. elegans. 17th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

70 Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Clathrin-mediated endocytosis and intracellular trafficking are required for necrotic cell death in C. elegans. 17th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

69 Vlachos M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Investigating the link between late-onset neurodegeneration and the ageing process. European Neuroscience Institutes meeting, Fodele, Greece.

68 Kourtis N., and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Necrotic cell death and the heat shock response. European Neuroscience Institutes meeting, Fodele, Greece.

67 Katidou M., Tavernarakis N. and Karagogeos D. (2009) The contactin homolog rig-6 is required for axon navigation in C. elegans. European Neuroscience Institutes meeting, Fodele, Greece.

66 Rieckher M., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) The impact of somatic misexpression of germline features on neuronal ageing in Caenohabditis elegans. European Neuroscience Institutes meeting, Fodele, Greece.

65 Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Clathrin-mediated endocytosis and intracellular trafficking in necrotic cell death. European Neuroscience Institutes meeting, Fodele, Greece.

64 Rieckher M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) The impact of somatic misexpression of germline features on neuronal ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mosbacher Colloquium on the Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Memory, Mosbach, Germany.

63 Meyer H., Rieckher M., Voglis G., Tavernarakis N. and Ripoll J. (2008) In vivo Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) imaging in Caenorhabditis elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Carmona, Spain.


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62 Katidou M., Tavernarakis N. and Karagogeos D. (2008) Characterization of rig-6, a member of the contactin subfamily of the immunoglobulin superfamily in C. elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Carmona, Spain.

61 Kourtis N., and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Monitoring protein synthesis rates in Caenorhabditis elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Carmona, Spain.

60 Meyer H., Lambert L., Metaxakis A., Darrell A., Atrops S., Voglis G., Tavernarakis N., Marias K., Savakis C. and Ripoll J. (2007) Towards rapid 3D quantitative in-vivo imaging using optical projection tomography. Focus on Microscopy Meeting, Valencia, Spain.

59 Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) A non-radioactive method for monitoring protein synthesis rates in C. elegans. 16th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

58 Katidou M., Tavernarakis N. and Karagogeos D. (2007) RIG-6, a member of the contactin subfamily of the immunoglobulin superfamily in C.elegans: expression and putative function. 16th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

57 Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) Characterization of PQN-21, a prion-like protein involved in learning and memory in C. elegans. 16th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

56 Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) The role of the mitochondrial prohibitin complex in C. elegans ageing. 16th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

55 Samara C., Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) Autophagy is required for necrotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. 16th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

54 Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) An acid sensing ion channel mediates associative learning in C. elegans by modulating dopamine signaling. 16th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

53 Syntichaki P., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) eIF4E function in somatic cells modulates ageing in C. elegans. 16th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

52 Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) The role of intracellular trafficking and endocytosis in C. elegans neurodegeneration. 16th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

51 Gualda E. J., Filippidis G., Voglis G., Mari M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) In vivo imaging of anatomical features of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans using non-linear (TPEF-SHG-THG) microscopy. SPIE European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany.

50 Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) Characterization of PQN-21, a prion-like protein involved in learning and memory in C. elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Hersonissos, Greece.

49 Syntichaki P., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) Signaling via eIF4E regulates ageing in C. elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Hersonissos, Greece.

48 Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) The role of endocytosis and intracellular trafficking in C. elegans neurodegeneration. European C. elegans, Meeting, Hersonissos, Greece.

47 Artal-Sanz M., Samara C., Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) Lysosomal biogenesis and function is critical for necrotic cell death in C. elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Hersonissos, Greece.

46 Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) Towards the development of a Minos-based transposon tool in C. elegans. European C. elegans, Meeting, Hersonissos, Greece.

45 Pasparaki A., Tavernarakis N. and Tzortzaki E. (2006) Bleomycin-induced fibrosis in C. elegans? European C. elegans, Meeting, Hersonissos, Greece.

44 Voglis G., and Tavernarakis N. (2005) Specific DEG/ENaC ion channels are required for proper learning and memory in C. elegans. 15th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

43 Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2005) The role of the mitochondrial prohibitin complex in C. elegans ageing. 15th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.


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42 Syntichaki P., Samara C. and Tavernarakis N. (2005) The Vacuolar H+-ATPase-mediates intracellular acidification, required for necrotic cell death in C. elegans. 15th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

41 Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2004) Investigating the role of protein turnover in ageing. European C. elegans Meeting, Switzerland.

40 Samara C., Syntichaki P., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2004) Macroautophagy and neurodegeneration in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Switzerland.

39 Voglis G., Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2004) Specific DEG/ENaC ion channels are required for proper learning and memory in C. elegans. European C. elegans Meeting, Switzerland.

38 Syntichaki P., Samara C. and Tavernarakis N. (2004) Vacuolar H+-ATPase-mediated intracellular acidification is required for necrotic cell death in C. elegans. 12th European Cell Death Organization Euroconference on Apoptosis. Chania, Greece.

37 Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2003) New roles for degenerins: from mechanotransduction to chemosensation and associative learning. 14th International C. elegans Conference. Los Angeles, USA.

36 VoglisG. and Tavernarakis N. (2003) The DEG/ENaC family of ion channels in C. elegans: From mechanotransduction to chemosensation and associative learning. 3rd EMBO Young Investigator meeting. EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany.

35 Royal D., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (2002) Toward Understanding Mechanotransducing channel function: mec-6 Influences the stability of the MEC-4 subunit but not the MEC-10 subunit. East Coast C. elegans Meeting, USA.

34 Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2002) Protein turnover and ageing. Conference on the Functional Genomics of Ageing, Spain.

33 Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2002) The role of protein turnover in caloric restriction and ageing. European C. elegans Meeting, Italy.

32 Tabler M., Boutla A., Kalantidis K., Delidakis C., Tavernarakis N., Livadaras I. and Tsagris M. (2002) RNA-induced gene silencing in plants and invertebrates. ESF Workshop on the Impact of Nucleic Acid Chemistry on Gene Function Analysis, Germany.

31 Boutla A., Kalantidis K., Tavernarakis N. Tsagris M. and Tabler M. (2002) Induction of Silencing in Invertebrates by Synthetic and Natural RNAs. Keystone Meeting on RNA Interference, Co-suppression and Related Phenomena, USA

30 Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (2001) Molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of caloric restriction on aging in C. elegans. 13th International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

29 Tavernarakis N., Gerstbrein B., Modi A. and Driscoll M. (2001) Functional analysis of the complete DEG/ENaC family of ion channel proteins of C. elegans. 13th International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

28 Everett J. K., Wang S. L., Tavernarakis N., Montelione G., Kyrpides N. and Driscoll M. (2001) Elaborating the composition and structure of a touch-transducing complex: towards the determination of the structure of the MEC-4 N-terminal intracellular domain and characterization of 4 proteins that interact with this domain. 13th International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

27 Gerstbrein B., Xu K., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (2001) Exploring necrotic cell death in C. elegans. 13th International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

26 Xu K., Tavernarakis N., Gerstbrein B. and Driscoll M. (2001) Molecular Genetic Dissection of Necrotic Cell Death Mechanisms in C. elegans. Keystone Symposia: The Molecular Basis of Neurodegenerative Disease. USA.

25 Tavernarakis N., Xu K. and Driscoll M. (2001) Execution of necrotic-like cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans requires Cathepsin D activity. Nature Conference on Cell Death and Ageing. USA.


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24 Tavernarakis N., Gerstbrein B., Ning Y., Modi A. and Driscoll M. (2000) The whole enchilada (degenerin flavor). East Coast C. elegans Meeting, USA.

23 Tavernarakis N., Mendola C. E, Pavur K. S., Altun-Gultekin Z., Wadsworth W., Driscoll M. and Ryazanov A. G. (2000) Elongation factor-2 kinase affects Caenorhabditis elegans life span by regulating protein turnover. East Coast C. elegans Meeting, USA.

22 Tavernarakis N., Everett J. and Driscoll M. (2000) Protease-related features of the intracellular amino-termini of DEG/ENaC Ion Channels. East Coast C. elegans Meeting, USA.

21 Wang S. L., Tavernarakis N., Zhang Y. and Driscoll M. (2000) CeMi-2, a Component of a Histone Deacetylase Complex, Is Essential for C. elegans Development. East Coast C. elegans Meeting, USA.

20 Nefsky B., Tavernarakis N., Pavur K. S., Ryazanov L., Wadsworth W., Driscoll M. and Ryazanov A. G. (2000) The role of protein synthesis and turnover in C. elegans aging. Gordon conference on The Biology of Aging, USA.

19 Tavernarakis N., Wang S. L. and Driscoll M. (1999) Cytoskeleton dynamics affect the function of membrane channels and interfere with mec-4(d)-induced cell death. 12th International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

18 Thieringer H. A., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (1999) Analysis of a deletion mutation of del-1, a member of the degenerin/epithelial sodium channel (DEG/ENaC) superfamily. 12th International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

17 Tavernarakis N., Mendola C. E., Pavur K. S., Zhang L., Altun-Gultekin Z., Wadsworth W., Driscoll M., and Ryazanov A. G. (1999) Knockout of Elongation Factor-2 kinase extends lifespan in C. elegans. 12th International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

16 Tavernarakis N., Wang S. L., Mano I., Shreffler W., Xue J. and Driscoll M. (1997) mec-6 encodes a novel protein needed for degenerin channel stability. 11th International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

15 Ross J. M., Tavernarakis N., Driscoll M., Ishihara T., Katsura I. and . Miller D. M., III. (1997) unc-4/unc-37 repression of VB-specific genes defines the VA pattern of synaptic input. 11th International C. elegans Meeting, USA.

14 Xu K., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (1997) Death Defying Acts II. The Worm Breeder's Gazette, vol. 14, No. 5, USA.

13 Tavernarakis N., Xue J., Driscoll M. (1996) The degenerin gene family is also expanding. The Worm Breeders' Gazette, vol. 14, No. 2, USA.

12 Singh H., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (1996) mec-4(d) as a reverse genetic ablation tool. East Coast C. elegans Meeting, USA and West Coast C. elegans Meeting, Canada.

11 Royal D., Royal M. A., Wu E., Lints R., Singh H., Xu K., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (1996) An anti-death crusade: Screening for suppressors of mec-4(d)-induced neurodegeneration. East Coast C. elegans Meeting, USA.

10 Tavernarakis N., Wang S. L., Shreffler W. and Driscoll M. (1996) unc-8 revealed. The Worm Breeders' Gazette, vol. 14, No. 3, USA.

9 Tavernarakis N., Shreffler W., Wang S. L. and Driscoll M. (1996) UNC-8 and DEL-1: Two degenerins expressed in motor neurons may modulate locomotion. The Worm Breeders' Gazette, vol. 14, No. 4, USA.

8 Shreffler W., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (1996) Further characterization of the unc-8 suppressor locus, sup-40. The Worm Breeders' Gazette, vol. 14, No. 4, USA.

7 Kyrpides N., Tavernarakis N., Papamatheakis J., and Thireos G. (1995) A transient GCN4 mRNA destabilization follows GCN4 translational de-repression. Proceedings of the Jacques Monod Conference


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on the Cytoplasmic Fate of Eukaryotic mRNA, France. Equal contribution by Kyrpides N. and Tavernarakis N.

6 Tzermia M., Katsoulou C., Tavernarakis N. and Alexandraki D. (1995) The complete sequence of a 40.7Kb segment located on the left arm of yeast chromosome X identified 11 known genes and revealed 15 new open reading frames including homologues of other yeast hypothetical proteins. Yeast vol. 11, May 1995. Special issue on the Seventeenth International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology, Portugal.

5 Tzermia M., Tavernarakis N., Thireos G., and Alexandraki D. (1993) Sequencing of a 6 Kb segment from cosmic pUKG040 and of the left telomeric region of chromosome XI. BRIDGE-BIOTECH Yeast Genome Sequencing Meeting, Belgium.

4 Thireos G., Alexandraki D., Georgakopoulos T., Maniataki E. and Tavernarakis N. (1992) Transcriptional and translational control mechanisms: the GCN4 model in yeast. 16th International Conference of Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology, Austria.

3 Thireos G., Alexandraki D., Dialynas G., Georgakopoulos T., Georgatsou E., Maniataki E. and Tavernarakis N. (1992) Transcriptional and translational control mechanisms: the GCN4 model in yeast. 9th Balkan Biochemical and Biophysical Days, Greece.

2 Thireos G., Alexandraki D., Georgakopoulos T., Maniataki E. and Tavernarakis N. (1992) Translational and transcriptional regulation of gene expression: The GCN4 model in yeast. Workshop on "Control of Gene Expression in Yeast", Spain.

1 Benco D., Unge T., Solomin L., Ciminale V., Tavernarakis N., Pavlakis G. and Felber B. (1991) Mechanism of function of HIV Rev and HTLV Rex. Proceedings of the VII International Conference on AIDS, Italy.

PUBLICATIONS IN NATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

19 Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) The role of neuronal DEG/ΕNaC ion channel family members in organismal stress responses. 28th Conference of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience, Heraklion, Greece.

18 Chountoulesi M., Pippa N., Tavernarakis N., Pispas S., Demetzos C. (2017) Developing therapeutic drug delivery nanosystems from different lyotropic liquid crystalline mesophases. Medical Management symposium, Hellenic Association for Nanotechnology in Medical Sciences, Athens, Greece.

17 Papaevgeniou N., Sakellari M., Jha S., Tavernarakis N., Holmberg C. I., Gonos E. S. and Chondrogianni N. (2015) Proteasome activation decelerates ageing and Alzheimer’s disease progression. Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Athens, Greece.

16 Chondrogianni N., Georgila K., Kourtis N., Ninios I., Tavernarakis N. and Gonos E. (2013) Enhanced proteasome degradation extends Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan and decelerates aggregation-related pathologies. 64th Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Athens, Greece.

15 Rieckher M., Zacharakis G., Ripoll J. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Rapid in vivo imaging of small model organisms by combining selective plane illumination microscopy and optical projection tomography. 63rd Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Heraklion, Greece.

14 Nikoletopoulou V., Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) The role of MAGE-1 in mitochondrial function and ageing. 63rd Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Heraklion, Greece.

13 Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) The role of mitophagy and retrograde response in ageing. 63rd Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Heraklion, Greece.


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12 Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Autophagic degradation of key protein synthesis factors and ageing. 63rd Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Heraklion, Greece.

11 Megalou E.V., Tserevelakis G., Filippidis G., Petanidou B. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Imaging C. elegans fat stores with Third Harmonic Generation Microscopy. 63rd Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Heraklion, Greece.

10 Gessmann R., Kourtis N., Petratos K. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Modeling of mechanosensory ion channel structural and functional features. 6th Annual Meeting of Hellenic Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Athens, Greece.

9 Chondrogianni N., Kapeta S., Kourtis N., Tavernarakis N. and Gonos E. S. (2009) The role of proteasome activation on cellular and organismal lifespan. 6th Annual Meeting of Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Athens, Greece.

8 Chondrogianni N., Kapeta S., Tavernarakis N. and Gonos E. S. (2009) The impact of proteasome activation on cellular and organismal lifespan. 10th Annual Meeting of Hellenic Association for Connective Tissue and Matrix Biology. Patras, Greece.

7 Tzortzaki E., Psarou M., Neophytou E., Zarogianni K., Siafakas N. M. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Induction of prohibitin expression in human chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 17th Conference of the Hellenic Respiratory Society, Alexandroupoli, Greece, (Best-poster award).

6 Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) PQN-21, a prion-like protein involved in learning and memory in C. elegans. 22nd Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience, Athens, Greece.

5 Katidou M., Tavernarakis N. and Karagogeos D. (2007) The RIG-6 contactin homologue is involved in axon guidance in C. elegans. 22nd Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience, Athens, Greece, (Best-poster award).

4 Katidou M., Tavernarakis N. and Karagogeos D. (2007) Characterization of rig-6, a member of the contactin subfamily of the immunoglobulin superfamily in C. elegans. 21st Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience, Thessaloniki, Greece.

3 Katidou M., Tavernarakis N. and Karagogeos D. (2007) RIG-6: a member of the contactin subfamily of the immunoglobulin superfamily in C. elegans. Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Athens, Greece.

2 Samara C., Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) Autophagy promotes necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration in C. elegans. 20th Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience, Heraklion, Greece.

1 Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) ASIC-1, a DEG/ENaC ion channel, mediates associative learning by modulating dopamine signaling in C. elegans. 20th Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience, Heraklion, Greece.

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS

Academy of Athens

Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

American Physiological Society (APS)

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA)

European Cell Death Organization (ECDO)


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European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)

Genetics Society of America (GSA)

German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)

Hellenic Society of Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine (GeneRegTher)

Hellenic Society for Neuroscience (HSN)

International Proteolysis Society (IPS)

Network of European Neuroscience Institutes (ENINET)

World Academy of Sciences

PRESS RELEASES

November 13, 2019 FORTH Chairman, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is elected Member of the German National Academy of Sciences - Leopoldina. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece & Halle, Germany.

June 28, 2019 IMBB researchers uncover a link between mitochondrial maturation and germ cell differentiation. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

June 13, 2019 FORTH Chairman, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is elected Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, & Academy of Athens, Athens Greece.

February 12, 2019 International scientific collaboration between IMBB Researchers and Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States and the University of Oslo, in Norway uncovers the novel role of mitophagy in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, & Oslo, Norway.

January 14, 2019 FORTH Chairman, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis is elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, & Salzburg, Austria.

November 5, 2018 ΙΜΒΒ-FORTH launches Greece to the international space station. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

October 3, 2018 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism regulating protein synthesis and ageing. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

March 15, 2018 International scientific collaboration between IMBB-FORTH Researchers and Scientists in Paris, France uncovers a novel function of aspirin as a caloric restriction mimetic agent. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

July 20, 2017 FORTH Chairman, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis, receives the prestigious Helmholtz International Fellow Award. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, & Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany.

July 6, 2017 IMBB-FORTH Researchers reveal how stress and nutrient deprivation influence complex brain functions such as learning and memory. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

April 3, 2017 FORTH - IMBB researcher and University of Crete Medical School Professor receives the Galien Scientific Research Award. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.


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October 10, 2016 Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis wins an ERC Proof of Concept Grant. European Research Council, Brussels, Belgium & Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

August 9, 2016 Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis appointed new member of the ERC Scientific Council. European Research Council, Brussels, Belgium & Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

April 25, 2016 Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis wins a second ERC Advanced Investigator Grant. European Research Council, Brussels, Belgium & Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

April 20, 2015 IMBB researchers uncover a novel mechanism that controls longevity by coordinating mitochondrial biogenesis and turnover in the cell, during ageing. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

December 19, 2014 IMBB researchers receive the prestigious BioMedical Research Award of the Academy of Athens. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece & Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.

August 5, 2014 IMBB researcher is elected member of the Academy of Europe. Academia Europaea, London, England & Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

December 24, 2012 IMBB researcher receives the Empeirikeion Foundation Academic Excellence Prize. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

September 12, 2012 Cell biology: If you can’t stand the heat, warm up first! Nature, London, UK.

September 12, 2012 IMBB researchers uncover a universal and potent protective mechanism against neuronal necrosis. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

December 14, 2011 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism underlying necrotic neurodegeneration. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

May 13, 2010 Advanced Multiphoton Confocal Microscopy facility established at IMBB-FORTH. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion Crete Greece.

October 19, 2009 EMBO welcomes 66 leading life scientists as members. EMBO, Heidelberg, Germany.

October 8, 2009 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism regulating metabolism and ageing. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

December 5, 2008 IMBB researchers uncover a novel mechanism, important for learning and memory. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

November 4, 2008 NeuronAge research earns IMBB researcher an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant. European Research Council, Brussels, Belgium & Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

February 5, 2007 IMBB researchers reveal a novel mechanism modulating ageing. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

May 29, 2005 IMBB researcher receives the Bodossakis Foundation Scientific Prize. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, & Bodossakis Foundation, Athens, Greece.

October 30, 2002 IMBB researchers reveal mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration. Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

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