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Athanasios Dalakouras (Dr. rer. nat.)

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Molecular Genetics and Plant Reproduction
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Biography

  • Since 2018: Researcher at Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources (Agricultural Organization ELGO-DEMETER, Thessaloniki, Greece) and Marie Curie Research Fellow (2018-2020, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece).
  • 2011-2018: Postdoc RNAi (AlPlanta Institute for Plant Research, Neustadt, Germany).
  • 2007-2010: PhD Plant Epigenetics (Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany).
  • 2004-2006: MSc Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (University of Crete, Greece).
  • 1998-2004: Diploma Agricultural Biotechnology (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece).

Research Interests

  • RNA interference (RNAi) (siRNAs, miRNAs)
  • RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM)
  • RNA sprays as tool for crop protection and improvement

Publications

  • Dalakouras A, Jarausch W, Buchholz G, Bassler A, Braun M, Manthey T, Krczal G, Wassenegger M. 2018. Delivery of hairpin RNAs and small RNAs into woody and herbaceous plants by trunk injection and petiole absorption. Front Plant Sci 9:1253
  • Dalakouras A, Wassenegger M, McMillan JN, Cardoza V, Maegele I, Dadami E, Runne M, Krczal G, Wassenegger M. 2016. Induction of Silencing in Plants by High-Pressure Spraying of In vitro-Synthesized Small RNAs. Front Plant Sci 7:1327.
  • Dalakouras A, Dadami E, Wassenegger M, Krczal G, Wassenegger M. 2016. RNA-directed DNA methylation efficiency depends on trigger and target sequence identity. Plant J 87 (2):202-214.
  • Dalakouras A, Wassenegger M. 2013. Revisiting RNA-directed DNA methylation. RNA Biol 10 (3):453-455.

Patent

  1. Wassenegger, Μ., Krczal, G. and Dalakouras, A. (2010) Method for the production of a transgene-free plant with altered methylation pattern (WO 2010/066343, PCT/EP2009/008437).