Name/Surname:
Anastasis Stephanou
Work phone:
+35722559412
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Fax:
European University of Cyprus
6, Diogenous Str, 2404 Engomi, Nicosia
P.O. Box: 22006, 1516 Nicosia-Cyprus
Employment History
| 2014- To date | Professor (Cell Biology & Genetic), School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia |
| 2005-2013 | Reader/Associate professor (Molecular & Cellular Biology), Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London |
| 2002-2005 | Lecturer in the Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London (UCL), London |
| 1999-2002 | Medical Molecular Biology Unit British Heart Foundation Intermediate Fellow, UCL |
| 1994-1999 | Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Research Fellow, University College London (UCL) |
| 1992-1994 | Dept of Endocrinology, Research Fellow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, USA |
| 1989 -1992 |
PhD Molecular Endocrinology, Charing Cross & Westminster Med Sch (London), Medicine. Thesis: Neuro-Immuno Communication, |
| 1988 -1990 | MSc Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College (London). Thesis Title: Neuropeptide Expression in Lymphocytes |
| 1981 -1985 | BSc 2:1 (Immunology/Biochemistry). North East London Polytech |
| 2014-To date | Head of Medical Research at European University Cyprus |
| 2014-To date | Lecturer in Cell Biology & Genetic |
| Journals & Congresses Publications | # |
| Journal Publications | 150+ |
| Congresses presentations | # |
| Citations | 10980 |
| H – Index (Scopus/ISI) | 53 |
| Books & Book Chapters | 1 |
| Research protocols | # |
- Stephanou, A., Brar, B., Knight, R.A., Marber, M.S. Yellon, D. & Latchman, D.S. (2000). Ischaemia-induced STAT1 expression and activation plays a critical role in cardiac myocyte apoptosis. J. Biol Chem 275. 10002-10008.
- Stephanou, A., Brar, B., Knight, R.A. & Latchman, D.S. (2000). Opposing actions of STAT1 and STAT3 on the Bcl-2 and Bcl-x promoters. Cell Death Differentiation 2. 329-220
- Stephanou, A., Brar, B. Scarabelli, T., Knight, R.A. & Latchman, D.S. (2001). Distinct initiator caspases are required for the induction of apoptosis in cardiac myocytes during ischaemia versus reperfusion injury. Cell Death & Differentiation 8, 434-435.
- Lawrence, K.M., Chanalaris, A., Scarabelli, T.M., Hubank, M., Townsend, P.A., Stephanou, A., Pasini, E., Comini, L., Ferrari, R., Knight, R.A., and Latchman DS. (2002). K(ATP) channel gene expression is induced by urocortin and mediates its cardioprotective effect. Circulation 106: 1556-1562.
- McCormick, J., Barry, S.P., Townsend, P.A., Lawrence, K.M., Knight, R.A., Thiemermann, C., Latchman, D.S. and Stephanou, A. 2006. Free radical scavenging inhibits STAT1 phosphorylation following in vivo ischaemia/reperfusion injury. FASEB. J. 20:1404-
- Yiallouris A, Patrikios I, Johnson EO, Sereti E, Dimas K, De Ford C, Fedosova NU, Graier WF, Sokratous K, Kyriakou K, Stephanou A. Annonacin promotes selective cancer cell death via NKA-dependent and SERCA-dependent pathways. (2018). Cell Death Dis.;9(7):76