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People
Stefanos Siozios
Position
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Postdoc researcher |
Current site of work |
Fondazione Edmund Mach |
Street, number |
via Mach, 1 |
City |
S. Michele all'Adige TN |
Postal code |
38010 |
Country |
Italy |
E-mail |
stefanos.siozios@iasma.it, stefanos.siozios@gmail.com |
Phone |
+39 0461 615148 |
Mobile phone |
+39 340 9370929 |
Degree, Msc, or PhD; when; where; on what subject; title of the thesis |
PhD in molecular biology – microbiology, University of Ioannina (2009). Thesis title: Distribution, expression and molecular evolution of Wolbachia Ankyrin genes |
Expertise |
Host microbe interactions, Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology |
Professional societies |
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Research experience, training, professional stages |
Aug 2005 – Oct 2005: Visited the laboratory of Molecular Parasitology at the School of Biological Sciences of the University of Wales Bangor, UK, in the frame of a Short Term Scientific Mission within the COST scientific programme on Bio-control Symbioses (Symbiotic Complexes for Biological Control of Pests).
2005 – 2006: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS - EPEAEK II Title: “Study of the ecological importance of the zooplankton community in Lake Trichonis, Greece”. Participation as Research Assistant.
2007 – 2008: GENERAL SECRETARIAT FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY Title: “A biotechnological approach for the development of tomato plants that are resistant to bacterial speck disease”. Participation as Research Assistant.
EU, FP7-REGPROT-2007-1, Research Potential (2008-2011). Title: «Supporting environmental microbiology and biotechnology research potential in Western Greece”. Participation as Research Assistant (2008-2009) and as Postdoc (Nov. 2010 – Jan. 2011). |
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Current research area |
Microbial biocontrol agents, genetic basis of mycoparasitism, gene expression and regulation |
Publication List (last five years):
Vasiliadou IA, S Siozios, IT Papadas, K Bourtzis, S Pavlou, and DV Vayenas (2006). Kinetics of pure cultures of hydrogen-oxidizing denitrifying bacteria and modeling of the interactions among them in mixed cultures. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 95:513-525.
Ioannidis P, JC Dunning Hotopp, P Sapountzis, S Siozios, G Tsiamis, SR Bordenstein, L Baldo, JH Werren, K Bourtzis (2007). New criteria for selecting the origin of DNA replication in closely related bacteria. BMC Genomics 8: 182.
Siozios S, P Sapountzis, P Ioannidis, K Bourtzis (2008). Wolbachia Symbiosis and Insect Immune Response. Insect Science, 15: 89-100.
Ishmael N, Dunning Hotopp JC, Ioannidis P, Biber S, Sakamoto J, Siozios S, Nene V, Werren J, Bourtzis K, Bordenstein SR, Tettelin H (2009). Extensive genomic diversity of closely related Wolbachia strains. Microbiology, 155: 2211-2222.
Tekerlekopoulou AG, G Tsiamis, E Dermou, S Siozios, K Bourtzis, DV Vayenas (2010). The effect of carbon source on microbial community structure and Cr(VI) reduction rate. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. (Accepted, DOI 10.1002/bit.22837).
Lehmann GUC, S Siozios, K Bourtzis, K Reinhold and AW Lehmann (2010). Thelytokous parthenogenesis and the heterogeneous decay of mating behaviours in a bushcricket. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (In Press).
S. Siozios, P. Ioannidis and K. Bourtzis. Genetic polymorphism and molecular evolution of the Wolbachia ankyrin repeat-containing gene family. In preparation.
S. Siozios, P. Sapountzis, P. Ioannidis, A. Saridaki, G. Markakis and K. Bourtzis. A comprehensive expression study of Wolbachia ankyrin genes in different Drosophila-Wolbachia associations: combining phenotypic, genetic and expression data. In preparation.
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