MYRTANI PIERI

RESEARCH FELLOW
Molecular Medicine Research Center
Cyprus University of Technology
Cyprus

Academician Medicine
Biography

2003 - 2007 DPhil (PhD) in Human Physiology Dept of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Brasenose College, University of Oxford, UK 2004 - 2005 Science Entrepreneurship Diploma Oxford Science Enterprise Centre, Said Business School, University of Oxford 1998 - 2003 BSc. in Biology (Hons) Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece Professional Experience 2014- present Assistant Professor, Human Physiology Department of Life and Health Sciences, University of Nicosia 2012 - 2014 Post-Doctorate Research Associate (Modifier genes in Inherited Kidney Disease) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus Molecular Medicine Research Center, MMRC. 2009 - 2012 Post-Doctorate Research Associate (Molecular Biology of Collagen

Research Intrest

Molecular Medicine

List of Publications
Louiza Papazachariou, Panagiota Demosthenous, Myrtani Pieri, Maria Arsali, Yiannis Athanasiou, (2014) Molecular and functional studies in familial hematuria reveal collagen IV mutations and activation of the unfolded protein response PLoS One. Dec 16;9(12):e115015. doi: 10.1371
Charalambos Stefanou, Myrtani Pieri, Isavella Savva, Maria Arsali, Yiannis Athanasiou,et al,(2015), Co-inheritance of functional podocin variants with heterozygous collagen IV mutations is a potential cause of renal failureNephron. (June 26) [Epub ahead of print]