Maria Kontou
Laboratory Director
Biotechnology
Theracell advanced biotechnology
Greece
Biography
Maria Kontou holds a Biochemistry degree from the University of Ioannina, Greece. She started her carrier at the National Center for Scientific Research (NCSR) “Democritos” as a collaborating scientist participating in a research program regarding growth and apoptosis in human glomerular epithelial cells.
Research Interest
She continued her education at the Medical School of Athens for a master degree on “Clinical and Laboratory Medicine” and elaborated her project at the Genetic Research Center “Choremeio” at the Children’s Hospital “Agia Sophia” under the supervision of professor Dr. E. Kanavakis. Her thesis was involved with new technics for detecting carriers with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). After her graduation she worked from 2006 to 2013 in a private genetic center where she became an expert in cytogenetic analyses and cell cultures but also had the chance to be trained in all the departments of the center such as the Biochemistry and the Molecular Genetic department. From 2015 she’s been working in Theracell as a Laboratory Director.
