Chrysoula Pitsouli
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Biological Sciences
Cyprus University of Technology
Cyprus
Biography
B.Sc. in Biology (1998) Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion M.Sc. in Molecular Biology & Biomedicine (2000) Department of Biology, University of Crete and IMBB, Heraklion Ph.D. in Molecular Biology & Biomedicine (2005) Department of Biology, University of Crete and IMBB, Heraklion Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2005-2011) Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston Assistant Professor (2012- ) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia
Research Interest
Development and homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster 1. Identification of signaling pathways that control development of oxygen-transporting tubes 2. Remodeling of oxygen-transporting tubes during intestinal inflammation and cancer
Publications
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Pitsouli, C. and Perrimon, N. (2010). Embryonic multipotent progenitors remodel the Drosophila airways during metamorphosis. Development 137(21): 3615-24
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Bangi, E., Pitsouli, C., Rahme, L.G., Cagan, R.et al(2012). Immune response to bacteria induces dissemination of Ras-activated Drosophila hindgut cells. EMBO Reports 13(6):569-76
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Pitsouli, C. and Perrimon, N. (2013). The homeobox transcription factor Cut coordinates patterning and growth during Drosophila airway remodeling. Science Signaling 6(263):ra12
