Assist. Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Palikaras | Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
PROFESSIONAL PROFILES
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🎓 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Dr. Palikaras earned his Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) in Biology from the University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece (2011 – 2015). His dissertation, titled “Coordination of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis during ageing,” focused on the regulation of mitochondrial function and autophagy in aging cells. Prior to his Ph.D., he completed a Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (2009 – 2011) and a Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) in Biology (2005 – 2009) from the University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
🎓 CURRENT POSITION
Since April 2021, Dr. Palikaras has been serving as an Assistant Professor of Experimental Physiology at the School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His role is primarily focused on research (80%), allowing him to make significant contributions to molecular biology and physiology.
🏛️ PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Dr. Palikaras has a rich background in research, having worked at several prestigious institutions. From September 2020 to March 2021, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, under the supervision of Prof. Vilhelm Bohr. Before that, from July 2019 to September 2020, he was a Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) Researcher at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) – Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece.
His postdoctoral research also included an AXA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at IMBB-FORTH (July 2017 – June 2019), where he worked with Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis. Additionally, he was a Visiting Scientist at CECAD, Cologne, Germany (July 2017 – September 2017) in the laboratory of Prof. Thorsten Hoppe. From September 2016 to June 2017, he was a Bodossaki Postdoctoral Research Fellow at IMBB-FORTH, also under the supervision of Prof. Tavernarakis.
🏆 FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Dr. Palikaras has received multiple prestigious fellowships and awards in recognition of his outstanding research contributions. In 2020, he was awarded both the EMBO Short-term Fellowship and the FEBS Short-term Fellowship to visit Prof. Thorsten Hoppe’s laboratory at CECAD, Cologne, Germany. In 2018, he received a Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) Research Grant to support his independent research.
His work has been recognized in various scientific conferences. In 2017, he won a Poster Prize for Outstanding Presentation at the EMBO Conference on Autophagy in Dubrovnik, Croatia. In 2016, he was awarded the AXA Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Bodossaki Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. The same year, he received the “FOTIS KAFATOS” Award for Excellence from the Hellenic Society of Bioscience, acknowledging his outstanding contributions to the field.
Additionally, in 2015, Dr. Palikaras received the DeLill Nasser Travel Award for Professional Development in Genetics from the Genetic Society of America (GSA, USA). Earlier in his career, he was honored with the Manasaki Doctoral Fellowship (2012) from the University of Crete, along with scholarships from the Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (2009 – 2011) and the National Fellowship Foundation of Greece (2005 – 2007).
🧬 MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Dr. Palikaras is an active member of the international scientific community, contributing to various research networks and collaborations. Since 2022, he has been a member of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience. In 2021, he joined both the Hellenic Society of Physiology and the GENiE – Group of C. elegans New Investigators in Europe, as part of the COST Action BM1408 initiative. Since 2019, he has been affiliated with the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and since 2013, he has been an active member of the Genetic Society of America (GSA).
Through his dedicated research, teaching, and active engagement in the scientific community, Dr. Konstantinos Palikaras continues to make significant contributions to experimental physiology, molecular biology, and aging research.
PUBLICATIONS📄
Loss of DNA glycosylases improves health and cognitive function in a C. elegans model of human tauopathy
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- Authors: Vinod Tiwari, Elisabeth Buvarp, Fivos Borbolis, Chandrakala Puligilla, Deborah L Croteau, Konstantinos Palikaras, Vilhelm A Bohr
- Journal: Nucleic Acids Research
- Year: 2024
Urolithins and Their Precursors Ellagic Acid and Ellagitannins: Natural Sources, Extraction and Methods for Their Determination
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- Authors: Christiana Mantzourani, Eleni Kakouri, Konstantinos Palikaras, Petros A. Tarantilis, Maroula G. Kokotou
- Journal: Separations
- Year: 2024
Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model System to Study Human Neurodegenerative Disorders
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- Authors: Antonis Roussos, Katerina Kitopoulou, Fivos Borbolis, Konstantinos Palikaras
- Journal: Biomolecules
- Year: 2023
The Role of Mitophagy in Skeletal Muscle Damage and Regeneration
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- Authors: Eirini Chatzinikita, Maria Maridaki, Konstantinos Palikaras, Michael Koutsilieris, Anastassios Philippou
- Journal: Cells
- Year: 2023
The Crosstalk between Microbiome and Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Neurodegeneration
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- Authors: Fivos Borbolis, Eirini Mytilinaiou, Konstantinos Palikaras
- Journal: Cells
- Year: 2023