State of California (CA)
Katerina AkassoglouUniversity of California, San Diego
My lab studies molecular and cellular mechanisms that are dictated by the extracellular environment after vascular damage and regulate degenerative and repair processes upon injury or disease. Our ultimate goal is to use these interactions in a therapeutic manner for tissue repair and regeneration.
akass(at)ucsd.edu
Michele Calos
Stanford University School of Medicine, Associate Professor
My laboratory is developing new methods for gene therapy. We focus on non-viral approaches that include site-specific integration of the therapeutic gene into the genome. We are using the integrase enzyme from phage phiC31 to achieve integration into mammalian genomes at a limited number of sites.
calos(at)stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/~calos/index.html
Dimitra Chalkia
University of California, Irvine, Post-doctoral scholar
Role of naturally occurring human mitochondrial DNA variation in human health and disease; theoretical studies on the evolution of mitochondrial genes.
dchalkia(at)uci.edu
http://mammag.web.uci.edu/bin/view/MAMMAG/WebHome
John Dresios
Science Applications International Corporation, Principal Scientist
Control of Gene Expression;Cell Signaling; Protein Synthesis; RNA-Protein Interactions
dresios(at)sbcglobal.net
Georgia Fousteri
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Postdoc
Induction of peptide tolerance for prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes. Generation and characterization of Tregs; a role of OX-40.
fousteri(at)liai.org
Michael Geokas
UC,Davis School of Medicine, (Em) Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry
Biomedical Research, Demography of Europe, Middle East and North Africa. International Migration Crisis, Traffic safety
geokas(at)msn.com
Iordanes Karagiannides
UC Los Angeles, Research Fellow
Obesity; Inflammation
ikaragiannidis(at)mednet.ucla.edu
Lampros Kourtis
Stanford University Biomechanical Engineering & Biomimedica Inc, R&D
Orthopaedic Bioengineering,Medical Devices in Orthopeadics, Bone and Cartilage Physiology and Mechanics, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis
kourtis(at)stanford.edu
Anastasia Kralli
The Scripps Research Institute, Assistant Professor
Our studies focus on the receptor cofactors that modulate steroid signaling and can confer specificity and/or regulation. Using genetic screens in yeast, we have identified proteins that downregulate hormone response (e.g. Pdr5p, Lem3p, and Erg6p), as well as mammalian modulators that enhance glucocorticoid signaling (e.g. the molecular chaperone p23, the chromatin assembly factor ASF1, and the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1). Understanding the mechanism of action of modulators may reveal novel intervention ways for activating, suppressing or altering the specificity of hormone action.
kralli(at)scripps.edu
http://www.scripps.edu/cb/kralli/personnel.html
Theodore G. Krontiris
Professor of Molecular Medicine, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Director, Executive Vice-President for Medical & Scientific Affairs
My lab studies molecular and cellular mechanisms that are dictated by the extracellular environment after vascular damage and regulate degenerative and repair processes upon injury or disease. Our ultimate goal is to use these interactions in a therapeutic manner for tissue repair and regeneration.
tkrontiris(at)coh.org
Nikos Kyrpides
DOE Joint Genome Institute, Head of the Genome Biology Program
Microbial Genomics, Environmental Genomics
nckyrpides(at)lbl.gov
Nikolas Nikolaidis
California State University, Fullerton, Assistant Professor
nnikolaidis(at)fullerton.edu
Thales Papagiannakopoulos
University of California, Santa Barbara, PhD candidate
With over 600 miRNA genes identified experimentally in the human genome and a plethora of computatiaonally predicted mRNA targets, it is believed that these small RNAs have a central role in diverse cellular and developmental processes. Therefore aberrant expression of miRNA genes could lead to human disease, including cancer. Studies from our group and other have confirmed that miRNAs regulate cell proliferation and apoptosis. Furthermore, these non-coding RNAs can control cellular identity and mediate differentiation. miRNAs are playing an important role in inducing and maintaining the oncogenic state of various types of cancer. This function lies within their ability to target multiple transcripts including many tumor suppressor genes or oncogenes. With the use of gliomas as a model, I aim to determine the role of miRNAs in epigenetically regulating oncogenesis and tumor maintenance.
papagian(at)lifesci.ucsb.edu
http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/mcdb/labs/kosik/thales.html
Nicos A. Petasis
University of Southern California, Harold & Lillian Moulton Professor of Chemistry
Drug discovery and Chemical Biology. Study of lipid mediators derived from poly-unsaturated fatty acids. Development of new anti-inflammatory agents, and new anti-cancer agents.
petasis(at)usc.edu
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~petasis
Charalambos Pothoulakis (Member of the Advisory Committee)
UCLA, Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology, Neuropeptides
cpothoulakis(at)mednet.ucla.edu
Athena Soulika
UC Davis, Assistant Investigator
Innate immunity, T cell polarziation
athena.soulika@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Vassia Tegoulia
Genentech Inc, Senior Engineer
Biologics Purification Processes and Implementation
vassia(at)gene.com
Sotirios Tetradis
Molecular Bone Biology
sotirist(at)dent.ucla.edu
Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos
The Scripps Research Instutute, Professor of Immunology
argyrio(at)scripps.edu
http://www.scripps.edu/imm/theofilopoulos/
Athanasios Theologis
Plant Gene expression Center, Plant Molecular Biology, Hormone Action Genomics
theo(at)nature.berkeley.edu
Constantine D. Tsoukas
San Diego State University, Professor of Biology (Immunology)
Activation of the Immune System by Pathogens, Biochemistry of Immune Response
ctsoukas(at)sunstroke.sdsu.edu
http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/pub/tsoukas/Tsoukas.html
Philippos Tsourkas
UC Davis, Post-doctoral fellow
Computational modeling of receptor-ligand mediated cellular processes, with emphasis on the immune system (B-cell receptor clustering and activation, Neutrophil arrest in shear flow) and signaling processes (EGFR dimerization and activation, airway epithelial cell fate), Agent-Based Models (ABMs)
tsourkpk(at)yahoo.com
Meletios Verras
Stanford University, Postdoctoral fellow
Role of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway in cancer
mverras(at)stanford.edu
Konstantinos Zarbalis
UC Davis, Dept. of Pathology/Shriners Hospitals, Assistant Professor
My research is focused on the development of the forebrain and craniofacial structures. Using the mouse as a model organism we analyze mechanisms and the molecular control involved in developing the forebrain and face.
kzarbalis(at)ucdavis.edu
Sotirios Zarogiannis
University of California San Francisco, Postdoctoral Scholar
Matrix Biology, Physiology, Lung Disease, Biophysiscs
Sotirios.Zarogiannis(at)ucsf.edu