Professor of Farm Animal Physiology
Head of the Laboratory of Anatomy & Physiology of Farm Animals
Biography
BSc, Department of Pharmacy, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1979
PhD, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 1991
Lab. of Experimental Pharmacology, Endocrinology Unit, Medical School of Athens, 1979-1981
Dept. of Neuroendocrinology, School of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK, 1988-1989
Scientific Associate, Lab. of Anatomy & Physiology of Farm Animals, 1989-1994
Faculty member, Lab. of Anatomy & Physiology of Farm Animals, Dept. of Animal Science, 1994 – today.
Research Interests
Reproductive physiology and neuroendocrinology of reproduction.
Development and evaluation of protocols to control seasonal reproduction in small ruminants.
Interactions between nutrition and reproduction.
Effects of early life nutrition on subsequent metabolic and reproductive function in offspring (developmental programming), both from a human health and farm animal health and productivity perspective.
The role of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) in ovarian folliculogenesis and steroidogenesis).
Effects of micronutrients (selenium, iodine) on thyroid function and thyroid hormone metabolism in large animals and broilers.
Endocrinology of stress (in collaboration with the Dept. of Aquaculture).
Recent Publications
Chadio S., Kotsampasi B., Taka S., Liandris E., Papadopoulos N., Plakokefalos E.(2017). Epigenetic changes of hepatic glucocorticoid receptor in sheep male offspring undernourished in utero Reprod Fertil Dev. 29(10):1995-2004. doi: 10.1071/RD16276.
S.Chadio and B.Kotsampasi. Maternal Undernutrition and Developmental Programming: Implications for Offspring Reproductive Potential In: Handbook of Famine, Starvation, and Nutrient Deprivation V.R. Preedy,V.B. Patel (eds.),Springer International Publishing AG 2017 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40007-5_43-1.
Pappas A.C., Kotsampasi B.M., Kalamaras K., Fegeros K., Zervas G., Kalogiannis D. and Chadio S.E. (2018). Effects of concomitant selenium and vitamin E administration on thyroid hormone metabolism in broilers. Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 68(3), 355-362.
Pappas AC, Zoidis E, Chadio SE. Maternal Selenium and Developmental Programming (2019). Antioxidants 25;8(5):145. doi: 10.3390/antiox8050145.
Simitzis, P. Kiriakopoulos, A.Symeon, G. Goliomytis, M. ,Kominakis, A. Chadio S., Pagonopoulou, O. Deligeorgis, S. (2019). Effect of prenatal overfeeding on the growth performance and postweaning behavioral parameters in rabbits Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 33, 38-45 MDPI).
