Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

School of Agriculture, Laboratory of Pomology

 

Dr Athanassios Molassiotis, Assistant Prof. in Pomology-Horticulture

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Dr Athanassios Molassiotis has a first degree in Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MSc (2001) and PhD (2004) in the field of fruit physiology. Hisresearch work combines physiological, molecular and proteomic approaches to investigate fruit tree physiology and fruit biology, including fruit quality and ripening traits. He is expertise in the application of a) physiological methods to characterize fruit quality traits b) biochemical and analytical tools like enzymatic tests and GC and HPLC with various detection systems c) molecular biological techniques like, qPCR d) histochemical techniques like, confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), and e) plant proteomic analysis. He has been the author of 40 articles in peer reviewed journal s. He is currently the head of the Laboratory of Pomology

 

 

Dr Georgia Tanou, Postdoctoral fellow working on BIOREMEDIATOMICS

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Dr Georgia Tanou has a first degree in degree in Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MSc and PhD in Biochemistry. Her main research interests are a) the study of metabolic pathways activated in order plants to overcome/tolerate stress conditions and b) Fruit post-harvest physiology. She has long experience in the use of proteomic analysis. She has authored  17 articles in peer – reviewed journals and of a chapter in a collective volume.  She will be responsible for the proteomic analysis of the bacteria degrading the pesticides ortho-phenylphenol, diphenylamine and thiabendazole

 

Recent Selected Publications

  1. Tanou, G., Ziogas, V., Belghazi, M., Christou, A., Filippou, P., Job, D., Fotopoulos, V., Molassiotis, A. Polyamines reprogram oxidative and nitrosative status and the proteome of citrus plants exposed to salinity stress (2014) Plant, Cell and Environment  37  (4)  PP. 864 – 885
  2. Ziogas, V., Tanou, G., Filippou, P., Diamantidis, G., Vasilakakis, M., Fotopoulos, V., Molassiotis, A. Nitrosative responses in citrus plants exposed to six abiotic stress conditions (2013) Plant Physiology and Biochemistry  68  PP. 118 – 126
  3. Molassiotis, A., Tanou, G., Filippou, P., Fotopoulos, V. Proteomics in the fruit tree science arena: New insights into fruit defense, development, and ripening (2013) Proteomics  13  (12-13)  PP. 1871 - 1884 
  4. Lounifi, I., Arc, E., Molassiotis, A., Job, D., Rajjou, L., Tanou, G. Interplay between protein carbonylation and nitrosylation in plants (2013) Proteomics  13  (3-4)  PP. 568 – 578
  5. Tanou, G., Filippou, P., Belghazi, M., Job, D., Diamantidis, G., Fotopoulos, V., Molassiotis, A. Oxidative and nitrosative-based signaling and associated post-translational modifications orchestrate the acclimation of citrus plants to salinity stress (2012) Plant Journal  72  (4)  PP. 585 – 599
  6. Minas, I.S., Tanou, G., Belghazi, M., Job, D., Manganaris, G.A., Molassiotis, A., Vasilakakis, M. Physiological and proteomic approaches to address the active role of ozone in kiwifruit post-harvest ripening (2012) Journal of Experimental Botany  63  (7)  PP. 2449 – 2464