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The research programs of the Section aim at understanding the function and dysfunction of the nervous and neuromuscular systems towards development of new treatments for currently incurable neurological diseases or neurotrauma, and the identification of novel biomarkers.
Studies range from molecules and structure-function relationships of neuronal receptors to cells, including stem cells and reprogramming technologies, and extend to animal models of autoimmunity, neuropathology and neuroregeneration.
Advanced light microscopy and whole animal imaging, crystallization of neuronal receptors, ligand binding studies and electrophysiology, gene and cell therapy approaches or immunotherapy constitute essential components of our research.
Department Staff
Researchers
![Dimitra Thomaidou](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Mimika%20Thomadou.jpg)
![Paraskevi Zisimopoulou](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Paraskevi_Zisimopoulou.jpg)
Paraskevi Zisimopoulou
Acting Director General
Research Director
Laboratory of Molecular
Neurobiology and Immunology
![Maria Gaitanou](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Gaitanou%20photo.jpg)
![Era Taoufik](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Era%20Taoufik.jpg)
![Florentia Papastefanaki](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Florentia%20Papastefanaki.jpg)
![Marios Zouridakis](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Marios_Zouridakis.jpg)
Staff Scientists
![Dimitra Makatsori](/sites/default/files/2022-12/dimitra_makatsori.jpg)
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![Elsa Papadimitriou](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Elsa%20Papadimitriou.jpg)
Postdoctoral Researchers
![Marianna Kapetanou](/sites/default/files/2023-03/Marianna%20Kapetanou.jpg)
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Collaborating Faculty Members
![Rebecca Matsas](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Rebecca%20Matsas.jpg)
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Socrates Tzartos
Researcher Emeritus of HPI
Professor Emeritus of the Department of Pharmacolo
of the Department of Pharmacology
![Petros Giastas](/sites/default/files/2023-03/petros%20gkiastas.jpg)
Petros Giastas
Assistant Professor
School of Applied Biology and Biotechnology
Department of Biotechnology,
Agricultural University of Athens
![Efstathios Gonos](/sites/default/files/2023-04/E_Gonos_General%20Director.jpg)