PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece BSc, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Comparative genomics; bioinformatics; phylogenetics; molecular evolution and biochemistry of proteins involved in the innate and adaptive immune systems and stress response

Das S, M Hirano, R Tako*, C McCallister*, N Nikolaidis. 2012. Evolutionary Genomics of Immunoglobulin-Encoding Loci in Vertebrates. Current Genomics 2012 13: 95-102. Das S, M Hirano, C McCallister* , R Tako* , N Nikolaidis . 2011. Comparative genomics and evolution of the immunoglobulin-encoding loci in tetrapods. Advances in Immunology 2011 111:143-178 . Georgelis N, A Tabuchi, N Nikolaidis , DJ Cosgrove. 2011. Structure-function analysis of the bacterial expansin EXLX1. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2011 286:16814-16823. Das S, N Nikolaidis , H Goto, C McCallister* , J Li, M Hirano, MD Cooper. 2010. Comparative genomics and evolution of the alpha-defensin multigene family in primates. Molecular Biology and Evolution 2010 27:2333-2343. Das S, U Mohamedy* , M Hirano, M Nei, N Nikolaidis . 2010. Analysis of immunoglobulin light chain genes in Zebra finch: Genomic and evolutionary implications. Molecular Biology and Evolution 2010 27:113-120.