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Laboratory of Animal Breeding & Husbandry
Dimakopoulos Building, 2nd Floor

Theodorou Georgios

Assistant Professor of Gene Technology Applications in Animal Science
Laboratory of Animal Breeding & Husbandry

Biography
Graduate of the Department of Biochemistry, King’s College London, UK (2001). He holds a Masters degree from Molecular Life Sciences Research, King’s College London, UK (2002), and a PhD in Agricultural Science from the Agricultural University of Athens (2009). He conducted Postdoctoral Research at the Università degli Studi di Milano (2010), at the Agricultural University of Athens (2012-2015), at the Institute of Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens, IIBEAA (2012-2013) and at the Hellenic Agricultural Organization (ELGO-DIMITRA). He has worked as a laboratory assistant at Imperial College London, University of London (2002-2003). Since 2017 he is Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Animal Breeding & Husbandry of the Department of Animal Sceince of the Agricultural University of Athens in the topic “Gene technology applications in animal science”.
Research Interests
  • Regulation of gene expression and study of epigenetic effects through manipulations in breeding and feeding of productive animals
  • Mechanisms of action of bioactive components of animal products, mainly of dairy origin
  • Issues of molecular physiology and pathology of the mammary gland
Recent Publications
  • Zoidis E., Papadomichelakis G., PappasA.C., Theodorou G., Fegeros K. 2019. Effects of Selenium and Cadmium on Breast Muscle Fatty-Acid Composition and Gene Expression of Liver Antioxidant Proteins in Broilers. Antioxidants. E147. doi: 10.3390/antiox8050147.
  • Zoidou E., Theodorou S., Moschopoulou E., Sakkas L., Theodorou G., Chatzigeorgiou A., Politis I., Moatsou G. 2019. Set-style yoghurts made from goat milk bases fortified with whey protein concentrates. Journal of Dairy Research. 86(3):361-367. doi: 10.1017/S0022029919000499.
  • Stefos G.C., Theodorou G., Politis I. 2019. DNA G-quadruplexes: functional significance in plant and farm animal science.Animal Biotechnology. doi: 10.1080/10495398.2019.1679823.
  • Tsevdou M, Theodorou G, Pantelaiou S, Chatzigeorgiou A, Politis I, Taoukis P. 2020. Impact of Type and Enzymatic/High Pressure Treatment of Milk on the Quality and Bio-Functional Profile of Yoghurt. Foods. 9(1). pii: E49. doi: 10.3390/foods9010049.
  • Tarsani E., Theodorou G., Palamidi I., KominakisA. 2020. Identification of Candidate Genes for Body Weight in Broilers Using Extreme-Phenotype Genome-Wide Association Study. International Journal of Genetics and Genomics (IJGG). 8(1):29-40.