Aggeliki Saridaki
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Atmospheric Aerosols

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Education

  • 2006: Ph.D.: Biology Department, National Kapodistrian University of Athens.
  • 1999: Degree in Biology, School of Science, Biology Department, National Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Research Interests

  • Conducting research in various areas of environmental microbiology and especially in detection and characterization of the microbial diversity from diverse environmental samples using state-of-the-art tools of molecular biology.

Participation in Research Programmes and Projects

  • Climpact (GSRT) - National network on climate change and its impacts (2020-2022).
  • MOUSEIA ΙΙ (Ιnterreg V-A, Greece–Cyprus 2014-2020) – Protection and promotion of the cultural heritage of Greece & Cyprus in museum collections (2018-2019).
  • SheepGenSel (Cooperation 2011) – Genomic selection in dairy sheep (2013-2015).
  • MicrobeGR (EU FP7) - Supporting Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology Research Potential in Western Greece (2008-2010).

Selected Publications

  • Chatoutsidou, S.E., Saridaki, A., Raisi, L., Katsivela, E., Tsiamis, G., Zografakis, M., Lazaridis, M. (2021): Airborne particles and microorganisms in a dental clinic: Variability of indoor concentrations, impact of dental procedures, and personal exposure during everyday practice. Indoor Air, 31(4), 1164-1177.
  • Kominakis, A., Saridaki, A., Antonakos, G. (2019): Novel candidate genes for somatic cell count in Frizarta dairy sheep. International Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 7(4):103-109.
  • Augustinos, A.A., Meki, I., Guler Demirbas, U., Ouédraogo, G.M.S., Saridaki, A., Tsiamis, G., Parker, A., Abd-Alla, A., Bourtzis, K. (2018): A nuclear and Wolbachia-based multimarker approach for the rapid and accurate identification of tsetse species. BMC Microbiol., 18(Suppl 1):147.
  • Doudoumis, V., Augustinos, A., Saridaki, A., Parker, A., Abd-Alla, A., Bourtzis, K., Tsiamis, G. (2018): Different laboratory populations similar bacterial profile? The case of Glossina palpalis gambiensis. BMC Microbiol., 18(Suppl 1):148.
  • Kominakis, Α., Hager-Theodorides, Α.L., Zoidis, E., Saridaki, A., Antonakos, G., Tsiamis G. (2017): Combined GWAS and ‘Guilt By Association’-based prioritization analysis identifies functional candidate genes for body size in sheep. Genet Sel Evol., 49(1):41.
  • Doudoumis, V., Blow, F., Saridaki, A., Augustinos, A., Dyer, N., Goodhead, I., Solano, P., Rayaisse, J-B., Takac, P., Parker, AG., Abd-Alla, AMM., Darby, A., Bourtzis, K., Tsiamis, G. (2017): Challenging the Wigglesworthia, Sodalis, Wolbachia symbiosis dogma in tsetse flies: Spiroplasma is present in both laboratory and natural populations. Scientific Reports, 7(1):4699.
  • Saridaki, A., Sapountzis, P., Harris, H.L., Batista, P.D., Biliske, J.A., Pavlikaki, H., Oehler, S., Savakis, C., Braig, H.R., Bourtzis, K. (2011): Wolbachia prophage DNA adenine methyltransferase genes in different Drosophila-Wolbachia associations. PLoS One, 6(5):e19708.
  • Saridaki, A., Bourtzis, K. (2010): Wolbachia: more than just a bug in insects genitals. Curr Opin Microbiol., 13(1): 67-72.