Electra Gizeli

Biography

1. EDUCATION 1988-1994 PhD, University of Cambridge, Institu te of Biotechnology (Newnham College), UK Supervisor: Prof. C.R. Lowe 1987-1988 MSc in Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University College London, UK 1982-1987 BSc in Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece 2. POST-DOCTORAL WORK 1996-2002 BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellow, Univ ersity of Cambridge, Institute of Biotechnology, UK 1998 Visiting Research Fellow, Sandia Na tional Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 1995 Visiting Fellow, Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Switzerland 1993-1996 Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Institute of Biotechnology, UK 3. ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2010 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Crete 2006 –2009 Tenured Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Crete 2003-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Crete 2004-today Group Leader, IMBB, FORTH, Crete, Greece 2002-2003 Lecturer, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, Inst. of Biotechnology, UK 4. AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS/DISTINCTIONS 2008 Adjunct Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA 1998 Visiting Fellowship, National Research Laboratories, USA 1998 Travel Grant, Royal Society, UK 1997 Fellowship, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, UK 1996-2002 Junior Research Fellowship, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK 1995 Visiting Research Fellowship, Royal Society, UK 5. MEMBER OF SOCIETIES • The Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) (USA) • Biophysical Society (USA) • Association of Greek

Research Interest

Research interests: Development of acoustic biosensors for the real time study of biomolecular interactions; creation of membrane models for investigating cellular events such as the mechanism of anti-microbial peptides with membranes; kinetic study of immunological interactions such as protein-protein and protein-peptide; application of acoustic biosensors in biotechnology. Recent Publications K. Mitsakakis & E. Gizeli, Multi-sample acoustic biosensing microsystem for protein interaction analysis, Biosensors and Bioelectronic, 26, 2011, 4579-4584. K. Mitsakakis, E. Gizeli, Detection of multiple cardiac markers with an integrated acoustic platform for cardiovascular risk assessment, Analytical Chimica Acta, 699, 2011, 1-5 (selected as “feature article”). G. Papadakis/A. Tsortos, E. Gizeli, Acoustic characterization of nanoswitch structures; application to the DNA Holliday Junction, Nano Letters, 10, 2010, 5093-5097. G. Papadakis, A. Tsortos, K. Mitsakakis, & E. Gizeli, Characterization of DNA-Hv1 histone interactions; discrimination of DNA size and shape, FEBS Letters, 584, 2010, 935-940. M. Saitakis, A. Tsortos, E. Gizeli, Probing the interaction of a membrane receptor with a surface-attached ligand using whole cells on acoustic biosensors, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 25, 2010, 1688-1693.