{"id":15259,"date":"2026-03-01T10:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.upatras.gr\/personel\/andrikou\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T10:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:47:23","slug":"andrikou","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/biology.upatras.gr\/en\/personel\/andrikou\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrikou Carmen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Faculty \/ Section of Genetics, Cell & Developmental Biology
\n<\/strong>Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology
\n<\/strong>Office location:<\/strong>\u00a02nd<\/sup> Floor
\nEmail:<\/strong> candrikou@upatras.gr<\/a>
\nPhone number<\/strong>: +30\u00a02610 969251<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"\"Curriculum vitae<\/a>
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Education<\/h2>\n
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  • 2005 BSc in Nursery, Technological University of Patras, Greece.<\/li>\n
  • 2009 BSc in Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece.<\/li>\n
  • 2013 PhD in Developmental Biology at Open University of London, UK and Stazione Zoologica \u2018Anton Dohrn\u2019 di Napoli, Italy.<\/li>\n
  • 2013-2014 Postdoctoral Research at Stazione Zoologica \u2018Anton Dohrn\u2019 di Napoli, Italy.<\/li>\n
  • 2014-2018 Postdoctoral Research at Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen, Norway.<\/li>\n
  • 2019-2022 Senior Researcher in Department of Comparative Developmental Biology, University of Bergen, Norway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Educational Activities<\/h2>\n
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    • Undergraduate courses: Developmental Biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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      Research interests<\/h2>\n
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      • Evolution of Development of mesoderm specification and differentiation in organ systems<\/li>\n
      • Comparison of Gene Regulatory Networks underlying organogenesis<\/li>\n
      • The evolutionary relationship of hematopoiesis and blood cell types in animals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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        Representative publications<\/h2>\n
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        • Andrikou\u00a0C<\/strong>.,<\/strong> Pang K., B\u00f8rve A., Lu T.M. and A. Hejnol. Molecular evidence from xenacoelomorph gonopore formation supports homology with the bilaterian anus. <\/em>Nature Ecology and Evolution 2025, doi.org\/10.1038\/s41559-025-02866-6<\/li>\n
        • Schwaiger M.*, Andrikou\u00a0C.*,<\/strong> Dnyansagar R., Ferrer Murguia P., Paganos P., Voronov D., Zimmermann B., Lebedeva T., Schmidt H., Genikhovich G., Benvenuto G., Arnone I.M. and U. Technau. An ancestral Wnt-Brachyury feedback loop in axial patterning and recruitment of mesoderm-determining target genes. <\/em>Nature Ecology and Evolution 2022. doi.org\/10.1038\/s41559-022-01905-w<\/li>\n
        • G\u0105siorowski L., Andrikou\u00a0C<\/strong>., Janssen, R., Gonzalez, P., Budd, G., Lowe C., and A. Hejnol. Molecular evidence for a single origin of ultrafiltration-based excretory organs. <\/em>Current Biology 2021. doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2021.05.057<\/li>\n
        • Andrikou\u00a0C<\/strong>. and A. Hejnol. FGF signaling acts on different levels of mesoderm development within Spiralia.<\/em> Development 2021. doi.org\/10.1242\/dev.196089<\/li>\n
        • Andrikou C<\/strong>., Lowe C., Passamaneck Y., Martindale M. and A. Hejnol. Molecular patterning during the development of Phoronopsis harmeri reveals similarities to rhynchonelliform brachiopods <\/em>EvoDevo 2019. doi.org\/10.1186\/s13227-019-0146-1<\/li>\n
        • Annunziata R.*, Andrikou C.<\/strong>*<\/strong>, Perillo M., Cuomo C. and M.I. Arnone. Development and evolution of gut structures: from molecules to function. <\/em>Cell and Tissue Research 2019. doi.org\/10.1007\/s00441-019-03093-9<\/li>\n
        • Andrikou\u00a0C<\/strong>., Thiel D., Ruiz-Santiesteban J.A. and A. Hejnol. Active<\/em> mode<\/em> of<\/em> excretion across digestive tissues predates the origin of excretory organs. <\/em>PLoS Biology 2019. doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pbio.3000408<\/li>\n
        • Arnone M.I., Andrikou C<\/strong>. and R. Annunziata. Echinoderm systems for gene regulatory studies in evolution and development.<\/em> Current Opinion in Genetics and Development (COGEDE) 2016. doi.org\/10.1016\/j.gde.2016.05.027<\/li>\n
        • Andrikou C.,<\/strong> Pai C.Y., Su Y.H. and M.I. Arnone. Logics and properties of a genetic regulatory program that drives embryonic muscle development in an echinoderm.<\/em> Elife 2015. doi.org\/10.7554\/eLife.07343<\/li>\n
        • Andrikou\u00a0C.<\/strong> and M.I. Arnone. Too many ways to make a muscle; evolution of GRNs driving myogenesis<\/em>. Zoologischer Anzeiger 2015. doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jcz.2015.03.005<\/li>\n
        • Annunziata R., Perillo M., Andrikou C<\/strong>., Cole G.A., Martinez P. and M.I. Arnone. Pattern and Process During Sea Urchin Gut Morphogenesis: The Regulatory Landscape.<\/em> Genesis 2013. doi.org\/10.1002\/dvg.22738<\/li>\n
        • Andrikou C<\/strong>., Iovene E., Rizzo F., Oliveri P. and M.I. Arnone. Myogenesis in the sea urchin embryo: the molecular fingerprint of the myoblast precursors<\/em>. EvoDevo 2013. doi.org\/10.1186\/2041-9139-4-33<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
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