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MANOUSAKIS, Evangelos

Department of Basic Areas

MANOUSAKIS, Evangelos

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Basic Areas, DEPARTMENT OF BASIC SCIENCIES. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Education

2013 – 2019 biology degree - M.Sc., Department of Biological Applications & Technologies University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece Diploma Thesis: Characterization of cortical differentiation and evaluation of the effect of NTs/MNTs on neural progenitor proliferation.

Professional experience

4/2021 – 9/2021 Blood Bank Technician 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Blood typing (ABO, Rh, phenotype)
- Crossmatching of blood products for safe transfusions
- Screening of current or past infections
- Direct antiglobulin testing
1/2020 – 7/2020 Research Exchange Student Molecular and cellular neurobiotechnology Lab, Institute for Bioengineering of
Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona
- Direct differentiation oh human fibroblasts into excitatory neurons
- Culture of human neural stem cells (hNSCs)
- Design protocols of 3D culture systems compatible for microfluidic devices
10/2018 – 10/2019 Diploma Thesis Neural Tissue Engineering Lab, Foundation for Research and Technology-
Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
- Culture embryonic stem cells
- Evaluate the differentiation to cortical neurons
- Handle and isolate plasmid DNA
- Compare 2D and 3D culture models
- Evaluate the effect of Neurotrophins to proliferation and differentiation of neural progenitors
- Study the pharmacological effect of Microneurotrophins
7/2018 – 9/2018 Undergraduate Intern Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens (BRFAA), Athens, Greece
Project title: The role of autophagy in Parkinson’s disease
- Analyze the protein levels of a-synouclein in mouse primary cultures
- Immunostaining in brain sections