Christoforos Nikolaou (Head of group)
Researcher, Associate Professor Level
cnikolaou@fleming.gr
https://twitter.com/guilderstern
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3001-6786
Detailed CV here
Full Publications List here

Originally trained in biochemistry, I hold a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Athens. As a PhD student and a post-doctoral fellow I have worked in Computational Gene Prediction, Genome Linguistics and Nucleosome Positioning. I joined the University of Crete in 2010 and started CG2 in 2013. My main interests lie in the fields of Genome Architecture and Evolution, Computational Epigenomics and Chromatin Structure.

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Lab Members

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Nikos Vakirlis, (Post-doctoral Fellow)
The impact of de novo gene birth in evolution

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Sofia Papanikolaou (PhD candidate)
Splicing and Genome Organization in SLE

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 Antonis Klonizakis (PhD fellow)
Chromatin Architecture during B-cell trans-differentation (joint supervision with T. Graf, CRG, Barcelona)

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Kleio-Maria Verrou (PhD candidate)
Machine Learning in Transcriptomic Studies.
(joint supervision with the University of Athens, Medical School)

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 Stylianos Mavropoulos Papoudas (PhD candidate)
Genome Arhcitecture and Gene Expression

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Athanasia Stavropoulou (MSc)
Genome organization, transcription and gene regulation

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Aimilios Tassios (MSc)
Genomic novelty in the budding yeast 

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Michail Georgoulopoulos (MSc student, Hellenic Open University)
Genome Organization and Transcriptional Complexity

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Gina Saranti (undergraduate) 
Gene Expression and Transcriptomics in cancer and inflammation

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Joanna Garefalaki (Staff scientist) 
Gene Expression, Evolution and Data Analysis

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CG2 through the years

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Past members

Ilia Varamogianni - Mamatsi (currently at the Papantonis lab, University of Goetingen)
Eleni Lianoudaki (currently at Pharmaten SA)
Lydia Kalaitzaki (currently Research Coordinator at the Hadjigeorgiou lab, Hellenic Pasteur Institute)
Maria Tsochatzidou (currently Junior Project Manager at Inscisol SA)
Nefely Paschou (currently Data Analyst at Saphetor SA)
Vassilis Ntassis (currently a PhD fellow at  the Guigo lab, CRG)
Maria Kalyva  (currently a PhD  student at the Ciriano lab, EBI)
Nina Koukourikou (currently a Msc student at the University of Manchester)
Andreas Aggelopoulos (currently a Msc student at the University of Pireaus)
Giorgos Koliopanos (currently a Msc student at the University of Athens)
Elpida-Themeli Neofotistoy (currently a Msc student at UoC)
Panagiotis Chouvardas (currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Johnson Lab Bern University)
Nikoletta Naoumi (currently a PhD Fellow at the UoC)
Antonis Papadakis (currently a PhD fellow at the Beyer lab, University of Cologne)
​Anna Karavaggeli (currently a PhD fellow at the Hadjigeorgiou lab, Athens Pasteur Institute)
Akis Linardos (currently a postgraduate at the UoC)
Maria Malliarou (currently a postgraduate at the UoC)
Theofilos Chalkiadakis (currently a Msc student at the University of Amsterdam)
Melivoia Rapti (currently a postgraduate at the University of Athens)
Savas Paragamian (currently a PhD fellow at the Pafilis lab, HCMR and University of Crete)
Konstantinos Klaourakis (currently a postgraduate at Oxford University)
Benjamin Papadakis (currently an undergraduate at the UoC Medical School)

Babis Pagonis
Dionysis Papazogonopoulos
Myrsini Dimakopoulou 
Labrina Bondi
Aimilios-Simoudis