Μελος ΔΕΠ / Τομέας Γενετικής Βιολογίας Κυττάρου & Ανάπτυξης
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Email: imargiola@upatras.gr / margiolaki@esrf.fr
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Ιστότοπος: https://sites.google.com/view/margiolaki-biology-upat/home
Επιστημονική κατάρτιση
- Πτυχιούχος Φυσικού τμήματος από το Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης (1999)
- Διδάκτωρ Φυσικοχημείας και επιστήμης υλικών από το πανεπιστήμιο του Sussex, Brighton, UK (2003)
- Μεταδιδακτορική εργασία και ερευνητική θέση (Instrument Scientist) στο Ευρωπαϊκό σύγχροτρον, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France (2003-2010)
- 2010- Υπότροφος Unesco L’Oreal στα πλαίσια των διεθνών βραβείων «UNESCO- L’OREAL Co-sponsored fellowship for Young Women in Life Sciences 2010» [http://www.unesco.org/…]
Εκπαιδευτικές δραστηριότητες
- Προπτυχιακά Μαθήματα: Βιοχημεία Ι, Βιοχημεία ΙΙ, Μέθοδοι Ενόργανης Ανάλυσης Βιομορίων, Εργαστήρια Βιολογίας Κυττάρου Ι (Φασματοφωτομετρία)
- Μεταπτυχιακά Μαθήματα: Δομική Βιολογία
Ερευνητικές και άλλες δραστηριότητες
Ερευνητικές δραστηριότητες
- Βιοχημεία: Δομή και λειτουργία Πρωτεϊνών.
- Πρωτεϊνικός πολυμορφισμός και αλληλεπιδράσεις μεταξύ βιολογικών μακρομορίων.
- Έκφραση, απομόνωση και κρυστάλλωση πρωτεϊνών/ πεπτιδίων.
- Μελέτη πρωτεϊνών φαρμακευτικού ενδιαφέροντος και βιολογικών μακρομορίων προερχόμενων από ιούς με στόχο την δημιουργία φαρμάκων και εμβολίων.
- Κρυσταλλογραφία ακτίνων Χ – Δομική ανάλυση υλικών συμπεριλαμβανομένων των βιολογικών μακρομορίων.
- Ανάπτυξη νέων πειραματικών μεθόδων για την δομική βιολογία.
- Χρήση ακτινοβολίας σύγχροτρον για δομική ανάλυση υλικών. Χρήση περίθλασης ακτίνων Χ απο μονοκρυστάλλους και πολυκρυσταλλικά υλικά (single crystal/ powder diffraction), συλλογή δεδομένων και ανάλυση δεδομένων για επίλυση πρωτεϊνικών δομών.
Συμμετοχή σε επιτροπές
- Εκλεγμένο μέλος της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής Περίθλασης Πολυκρυσταλλικών υλικών (EPDIC- http://www.mf.mpg.de/de/abteilungen/mittemeijer/epdic/committe.htm)
- Μέλος του παγκόσμιου δικτύου κρυσταλλογράφων (World Directory of Crystallographers) της διεθνούς ένωσης κρυσταλλογραφίας (http://www.iucr.org/)
- Co-editor του επιστημονικού περιοδικού «Acta Crystallographica section A: Foundations and Advances». Ο ορισμός πραγματοποιήθηκε κατόπιν εκλογής από την Διεθνή ένωση κρυσταλλογραφίας (International Union of Crystallography, IUCr).
- Μέλος ως εκπρόσωπος του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών του δικτύου Ελλήνων χρηστών ακτινοβολίας σύγχροτρον, επονομαζόμενου Greek Synchrotron User Network (GrSUN). Στόχος του δικτύου είναι η ένταξη της Ελλάδας ως συνεργαζόμενη χώρα στην Ευρωπαϊκή Εγκατάσταση Ακτινοβολίας Σύγχροτρον. Έως σήμερα, το Δίκτυο GrSUN έχει πραγματοποιήσει μία σειρά από δράσεις σχετικά με την ένταξη της Ελλάδας στο ESRF που παρατίθενται στον σύνδεσμο.
- Μέλος της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Βιοχημείας και Μοριακής Βιολογίας (ΕΕΒΜΒ).
Διοργάνωση Εκπαιδευτικών Σεμιναρίων
- 2012 “Electron Crystallography” (http://www.electronmicroscopylab.upatras.gr/)
- 2013 “International Workshop: Fundamentals of Crystallography” (http://www.excels.us/index/liens/id_page-164/lang-en/)
- 2013 “International Workshop: Powder & Electron Crystallography” (http://crystallographypatras.wordpress.com/)
- 2013 International Workshop on Fundamentals of Crystallography, Patras, Greece.
- 2013 NMR Basics and Applications in Life Sciences, Patras, Greece.
- 2013 International Workshop on Powder and Electron Crystallography, Patras, Greece.
- 2013 Emerging Analytical Techniques in Protein Characterization, Patras, Greece.
- 2013 2nd Research Coordination Meeting (RCM) on Utilization of Accelerator – Based Real – Time Methods in Investigation of Materials with High Technological Importance (International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA), Patras, Greece.
- 2014 Current Trends in Structural Biology & 7th International Conference of the Hellenic Crystallographic Association, FORTH, Crete, Greece.
- 2016 15th European Powder Diffraction Conference (EPDIC 15), Bari, Italy. Session co-organiser together with C. Tedesco (Italy) for session: “Biological and molecular materials”
- 2018 16th European Powder Diffraction Conference (EPDIC 16) – Edinburgh, UK. Session co-organiser together with Fabia Gozzo (Excelsus) for session: ” Pharmaceutical and biological materials“
- 2018 9th International Conference of the Hellenic Crystallographic Association (HeCrA9), UPAT, Patras, Greece.
- 2022 17th European Powder Diffraction Conference (EPDIC17) – Sibenik, Croatia. Session co-organiser together with Fabia Gozzo (Excelsus) for session: “Pharmaceutical and biological materials”
- 2022 ESRF Information Day: The use of synchrotron radiation in science – UPAT, Patras, Greece.
- 2022 1st Greek Summer School on Synchrotron Radiation: Properties and Applications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
- 2022 72d Panhellenic conference of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UPAT, Patras, Greece.
Αντιπροσωπευτικές Δημοσιεύσεις
- “Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study of Turkey egg-white Lysozyme”, Acta Cryst. D61, 423-432 (2005) & ESRF Scientific Highlights, p. 30-31 (2004), I. Margiolaki*, J. P. Wright*, A. N. Fitch, G. C. Fox & R. B. Von Dreele (article available online). Cover of the British Crystallographic Association News(2004).
- “High Throughput Phase Diagram Mapping via Powder Diffraction: A case-study of HEWL versus pH.”, Acta Cryst. D 61, 1612-1625 (2005), S. Basso, A. N. Fitch, G. C. Fox, I. Margiolaki* & J. P. Wright* (article available online).
- “Successful protein cryocooling for powder diffraction.”, J. Appl. Cryst. 40, 121 (2007), M. Jenner, J. P. Wright*, I. Margiolaki and A. N. Fitch (article available online)
- “Powder diffraction studies for proteins: An overview of data collection approaches”, Invited Review Article associated with the EPDIC Young Scientist Award 2006, (Related ESRF article). Z. Kristallogr. Suppl. 26, 1-13 (2007), I. Margiolaki*, J. P. Wright, A. N. Fitch, G. C. Fox, A. Labrador, R. B. Von Dreele, K. Miura, F. Gozzo, M. Schiltz, C. Besnard, F. Camus, P. Pattison, D. Beckers, T. Degen (article available online).
- “SecondSH3 domain of ponsin solved from powder diffraction.”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 11865 (2007) & ESRF Press release. I. Margiolaki*, J. P. Wright, M. Wilmanns, A. N. Fitch & N. Pinotsis* (article available online).
- “Molecular envelopes derived from X-ray diffraction on polycrystalline protein powders.”, J. Appl. Cryst. 41, 329-339 (2008) & ESRF Scientific Highlights, p. 61-62 (2006), J. P. Wright, C. Besnard, I. Margiolaki, S. Basso, F. Camus, A. N. Fitch, G. Fox, P. Pattison, M. Schiltz (article available online).
- “Powder Crystallography on Macromolecules”, Acta Cryst. A64, 169-180 (2008). I. Margiolaki* & J. P. Wright*, Invited Review Article for Special Issue of International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)[3]
- “Polymorphism of microcrystalline Urate Oxidase from Aspergillus flavus”, Acta Cryst. D 66, 539-548 (2010), I. Collings, Y. Watier, M. Giffard, S. Dagogo, R. Kahn, F. Bonnete, J. P. Wright, A. N. Fitch, I. Margiolaki*[4](article available online). ESRF press release.
- “Features of the Secondary Structure of the Protein Molecule from Powder Diffraction data”, Acta Cryst. D 66, 756-761 (2010)- Cover article, S. Basso, C. Besnard, J. P. Wright, I. Margiolaki, A. N. Fitch, P. Pattison, M. Sciltz (article available online).
- “Structural studies of human insulin co-crystallized with phenol or resorcinol via powder diffraction.”, Acta Cryst. D68, 1632-1641 (2012), F. Karavassili, A. E. Giannopoulou, E. Kotsiliti, L. Knight, M. Norrman, G. Schluckebier, L. Drube, A. N. Fitch, J. P. Wright & I. Margiolaki* (article available online).
- “X-ray resonant powder diffraction”, Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 208, 275–289 (2012) – Invited Review article, H. Palancher, S. Bos, J.F. Berar, I. Margiolaki & J. L. Hodeau.
- “High-resolution powder X-ray data reveal the T6 hexameric form of bovine insulin.”, Acta Cryst. D69, 978-990 (2013), I. Margiolaki*, A. E. Giannopoulou, J. P. Wright, L. Knight, M. Norrman, G. Schluckebier, A. N. Fitch & R. B. Von Dreele (article available online).
- “NMR study of non-structural proteins—part I: 1H, 13C, 15N backbone and side-chain resonance assignment of macro domainfrom Mayaro virus (MAYV)” Biomolecular NMR Assignments 9, 1, 191–195 (2015), E. Melekis, A. C. Tsika, J. Lichière, C. T. Chasapis, I. Margiolaki, N. Papageorgiou, B. Coutard, D. Bentrop, G. A. Spyroulias (article available online).
- “Novel crystalline phase and first-order phase transitions of human insulin complexed with two distinct phenol derivatives”, Acta Cryst. D71, 819-828 (2015), A. Valmas, K. Magiouf, S. Fili, M. Norrman, G. Schluckebier, D. Beckers, T. Degen, J. P. Wright, A. Fitch, F. Gozzo, A. E. Giannopoulou, F. Karavassili & I. Margiolaki* (article available online).
- “Human insulin polymorphism upon ligand binding and pH variation: the case of 4-ethylresorcinol”, IUCrJ. 4, 2:534-44 (2015) – open access, S. Fili, A. Valmas, M. Norrman, G. Schluckebier, D. Beckers, T. Degen, J. P. Wright, A. Fitch, F. Gozzo, A. E. Giannopoulou, F. Karavassili & I. Margiolaki*.
- “Macromolecular Powder Diffraction: Ready for Genuine Biological Problems”, Protein & Peptide Letters, 23 (3):232-41 (2016) – Invited review article, F. Karavassili & I. Margiolaki*.
- “Coxsackievirus B3 protease 3C: expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary structural insights”, Acta Cryst. F72, 877-884 (2016), S. Fili, A. Valmas, M. Christopoulou, M. Spiliopoulou, N. Nikolopoulos, J. Lichiere, S. Logotheti, F. Karavassili, E. Rosmaraki, A. Fitch, J. Wright, D. Beckers, T. Degen, G. Nenert, R. Hilgenfeld, N. Papageorgiou, B. Canard, B. Coutard & I. Margiolaki* (article available online).
- “In Quest for Improved Drugs against Diabetes: The Added Value of X-ray Powder Diffraction Methods” (Invited review article for Biomolecules: Special Issue “Protein Crystallography”), Biomolecules2017, 7 (3), 63 (OPEN ACCESS), F. Karavassili, A. Valmas, S. Fili, C. Georgiou & I. Margiolaki*.
- “Dengue Virus 3 NS5 methyltransferase domain: expression, purification, crystallization and first structural data from microcrystalline specimens.”, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – Crystalline Materials 2017, 233 (5), 309-316 (Available online), A. Valmas , S. Fili, N. Nikolopoulos, M. Spiliopoulou, M. Christopoulou, F. Karavassili, C. Kosinas, K. Bastalias, E. Rosmaraki, J. Lichiére, A. Fitch, D. Beckers, T. Degen, N. Papageorgiou , B. Canard, B. Coutard & I. Margiolaki*.
- “In situ detection of a novel lysozyme monoclinic crystal form upon controlled relative humidity variation.” Journal of Applied Crystallography 2018, 51, 1-13 (article available online), S. Trampari, A. Valmas, S. Logotheti, S. Saslis, S. Fili, M. Spiliopoulou, D. Beckers, T. Degen, G. Nenert, A. Fitch, M. Calamiotou, F. Karavassili and I. Margiolaki*.
- “Revisiting the structure of a synthetic Somatostatin analogue for peptide drug design.” Acta Cryst. B75, 611-620 (2019): Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials (article available online) S. Fili, A. Valmas, M. Spiliopoulou, P. Kontou, A. Fitch, D. Beckers, T. Degen, Kl. Barlos*, K. Barlos, F. Karavassili and I. Margiolaki*.
- “Unit Cell Response of Tetragonal Hen-Egg White Lysozyme upon Controlled Relative Humidity Variation.” Journal of Applied Crystallography 52, 816-822 (2019) (article available online), S. Logotheti, A. Valmas, S. Trampari, S. Fili, S. Saslis, M. Spiliopoulou, D. Beckers, T. Degen, G. Nenert , A. Fitch, F. Karavassili and I. Margiolaki*.
- “Applications of X-ray Powder Diffraction in Protein Crystallography and Drug Screening.” Crystals 10, 54 (2020) (Invited review article for Crystals Special Issue “Crystallization under special and physical environments”), M. Spiliopoulou, A. Valmas, D. P. Triandafillidis, C. Kosinas, A. Fitch, F. Karavassili and I. Margiolaki* (article available online).
- “Exploring the complex map of insulin polymorphism: A novel crystalline form in the presence of m-Cresol..” Acta Cryst. D76, 4, 375-384 (2020), F. Karavassili, A. Valmas, M. Dimarogona, A. E. Giannopoulou, S. Fili, M. Norrman, G. Schluckebier, D. Beckers, A. N. Fitch and I. Margiolaki* (article available online).
- “Rapid screening of in cellulo grown protein crystals via a small-angle X-ray scattering/X-ray powder diffraction synergistic approach.” Journal of Applied Crystallography 53, 1169-1180 (2020) & Cover article, J. M. Lahey-Rudolph, R. Schonherr, C. Michael Jeffries, C. E. Blanchet, J. Boger, A. S. Ferreira Ramos, W. M. Riekehr, D. P. Triandafillidis, A. Valmas, I. Margiolaki, D. Svergun and L. Redecke* (article available online) & Scientific Commentary by T. Bergfors & S. Mayumdar.
- “Brothers in Arms: Structure, Assembly and Function of Arenaviridae Nucleoprotein.” Viruses 12, 772 (2020), N. Papageorgiou, M. Spiliopoulou, T. Van Nguyen, A. Vaitsopoulou, E. Yekwa Laban, K. Alvarez, I. Margiolaki, B. Canard and F. Ferron* (article available onlne).
- “Insulin polymorphism induced by two polyphenols: New crystal forms and advances in macromolecular powder diffraction.” Acta Cryst. D76, 1065-1079 (2020), D. Triandafillidis, N. Parthenios, M. Spiliopoulou, A. Valmas, F. Gozzo, M. Reinle-Schmitt, D. Beckers, T. Degens, M. Pop, A. N. Fitch, J. Wollenhaupt, M. S. Weiss, F. Karavassili and I. Margiolaki* (article available online).
- “Rietveld refinement for macromolecular powder diffraction.” Crystal Growth and Design 20, 12, 8101–8123 (2020), Invited review article for the Virtual Special Issue entitled “The Rietveld Refinement Method – Half of a Century Anniversary.” M. Spiliopoulou, D. Triandafillidis, A. Valmas, C. Kosinas, A. N. Fitch, R. B. Von Dreele and I. Margiolaki* (article available online).
- “New perspectives in macromolecular powder diffraction using single photon counting strip detectors: High resolution structure of the pharmaceutical peptide, Octreotide.” Acta Cryst. A77, 186-195 (2021) & Cover article, M. Spiliopoulou, F. Karavassili, D. Triandafillidis, A. Valmas, C. Kosinas, K. Barlos, K. K. Barlos, M. Morin , M. L. Reinle-Schmitt, F. Gozzo* and I. Margiolaki* (article available online) & Scientific Highlights of the Paul Scherrer Institute(PSI- Switzerland).
- “High throughput macromolecular polymorph screening via NMR and X-ray powder diffraction synergistic approach: The case of human insulin co-crystallized with resorcinol derivatives.” J. Appl. Cryst. 54, 963-975 (2021)., M. Spiliopoulou, A. Valmas, D. Triandafillidis, S. Fili, M. Christopoulou, A. J. Filopoulou, A. Piskopou, P. Papadea, A. N. Fitch, D. Beckers, T. Degen, F. Gozzo, M. Morin, M. L. Reinle-Schmitt, F. Karavassili, E. Rosmaraki, C. T. Chasapis and I. Margiolaki* (article available online).
- “A Chromium Terephthalate–Based Solid with Unusually Large Pore Volumes and Surface Area.”Science, 309, 2040-2042 (2005) [In Reports], G. Ferey, C. Merlot-Draznieks, C. Serre, F. Millange, J. Dutour, S. Surble & I. Margiolaki [5]. ESRF Press release; Materials Word Press release.
- “Evidence for photochemical production of reactive oxygen species in desert soils.” Nature Communications 6, 7100, (2015), C. D. Georgiou, H. J. Sun, C. P. McKay, K. Grintzalis, I. Papapostolou, D. Zisimopoulos, K. Panagiotidis, G. Zhang, E. Koutsopoulou, G. E. Christidis & I. Margiolaki (article available online).