C. Ligoudistianou

Biography

Christina Ligoudistianou studied Biology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She holds a Ph.D in Immunology & Molecular biology from “Alexander Fleming” Biomedical Sciences Research Center. In 2003 she carried out part of her research work in the Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology at the Institute for Structural Biology “Jean-Pierre Ebel”, in Grenoble France, during an annual Marie Curie” scholarship. In 2004 she studied the effect of chemical compounds on human cancer cell lines, in a biotechnology company. In 2005, she worked in the laboratory of Dr. George Panayotou, Researcher of Molecular Oncology at the “Alexander Fleming” Biomedical Sciences Research Center.

Research Interest

While studying the effects of chemicals compounds in human glioma and bladder cancer cells, she was also performing HPLC analysis in patients’ blood, for the pharmaceutical company WYETH. From 2006 till 2013, she’ s been working in ProCell SA, as a head of the laboratory for the isolation and preservation of umbilical cord blood and dental stem cells.