Dr Paraskevi Prasinou
Education and training:
2017 – Ongoing: Doctorate candidate under the Rep-Eat Doctoral Programme of the University of Teramo, Italy.
Rep-Eat is a programme in the interdisciplinary domain of food and healthy diet to deepen the impact of food quality on reproductive health and eating disorders. (HORIZON 2020: MSCA-COFUND-2015-DP - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes)
Project title: ‘‘The lipidomic analysis in the veterinary field: study of the cell membrane lipid profile in physiological and pathological conditions.’’
The experiments are conducted in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Teramo, Italy. Receiving further training in lipidomic techniques at the Institute of Organic Synthesis and PhotoreactivityItalian (ISOF) of the National Research Counsil (CNR)- Bologna, Italy.
2014: Master Degree in Applications of Biology in Medicine from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Master Thesis: ‘Lipidomic Analysis of Biological Specimens’
The experiments conducted at the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of NCSR-Demokritos, Athens, Greece.
2011: Degree in Biological Applications & Technology from the University Ioannina, Greece
Thesis: Detection of Polymorphisms in Genes CYP2C19, CYP2D6 and TPMT through the method of Chemiluminescence and Construction of Positive control CYP2C19*2*3.
The experiments conducted at Medicon Hellas SA, Gerakas, Greece.
Work experience:
2008–2009: 1 year work as Assistant in Diagnostic Services at Medicon Hellas SA, Gerakas, Greece: ‘Detection of polymorphisms in genes’2009: 4 month-practice as Assistant in Diagnostic Services in Diagnostic Services at the Laboratory of Medical Microbiology of the Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece: 'Isolation of clinical H. pylori strains from human gastric biopsies and antimicrobial susceptibility testing'
Publication:
‘‘Fatty acid-based lipidomics and membrane remodeling induced by apoE3 and apoE4 in human neuroblastoma cells.’’ Prasinou P, Dafnis I, Giacometti G, Ferreri C, Chroni A, Chatgilialoglu C. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. 1967-1973. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem. July 2017
Email: pprasinou@unite.it