Avgi-Elena Apostolakou PhD Student avapobiol.uoa.gr EDUCATION 2019 - present: PhD in Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, entitled "Computational studies of protein aggregation for the diagnosis and treatment of amyloidoses" Advisor: Assoc. Prof. V. Iconomidou 2015 - 2017: MSc in Bioinformatics, Department of of Biology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens 2009 - 2015: BSc in Biology, Department of Biology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens RESEARCH INTERESTS Protein aggregation and amyloidoses Biological network visualization Drug repurposing Membrane proteins and receptors PUBLICATIONS Search in Baltoumas FA, Sofras D, Apostolakou AE, Litou ZI, Iconomidou VA. (2023) NucEnvDB: A Database of Nuclear Envelope Proteins and Their Interactions. Membranes Jan 3;13(1):62 [Abstract] [Full Text] doi: 10.3390/membranes13010062. Apostolakou AE, Nastou KC, Petichakis GN, Litou ZI, Iconomidou VA. (2022) LiGIoNs: A computational method for the detection and classification of ligand-gated ion channels. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. Sep 1;1864(9):183956 [Abstract] [Full Text] doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.183956. Apostolakou AE, Sula XK, Nastou KC, Nasi GI, Iconomidou VA. (2021) Exploring the conservation of Alzheimer-related pathways between H. sapiens and C. elegans: a network alignment approach. Sci Rep. Feb 25;11(1):4572 [Abstract] [Full Text] doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-83892-9. Apostolakou AE, Baltoumas FA, Stravopodis DJ, Iconomidou VA. (2020) Extended Human G-Protein Coupled Receptor Network: Cell-Type-Specific Analysis of G-Protein Coupled Receptor Signaling Pathways. J Proteome Res. Jan 3;19(1):511-524 [Abstract] [Full Text] doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00754.