Vasileios Petrou

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Timeline
About me
Assistant Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Education
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  2005 - 2012
  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Neuroscience
  Advisor: Diomedes E. Logothetis, Ph.D.Defended June 2012Dissertation title: Phosphoinositides regulate the surface localization of delta 2 ionotropic glutamate receptor
- Democritus University of Thrace - (D.U.Th.)
  2000 - 2005
  Bachelor of Science (BS) Molecular Biology and Genetics
  Undergraduate thesis advisor: Theodoros Sklaviadis, Ph.D.Undergraduate thesis title: Immunization of C57Bl/6 mice against a recombinant full-length mouse prion protein
Experience
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  Apr 2003 - Dec 2004
  Undergraduate Researcher
  Advisor: Theodoros Sklaviadis, Ph.D.Evaluated the use of recombinant prion proteins as therapeutic/prophylactic agents against prion diseases via active immunization of mice.
- AHEPA University Hospital
  Jan 2004 - Dec 2004
  Undergraduate Researcher
  Advisor: Nikolaos Grigoriadis, M.D., Ph.D.Acquired training in handling laboratory animals (rodents) in relation to evaluating recombinant prion proteins as therapeutic/prophylactic agents against prion diseases.
- Yale University School of Medicine
  Jan 2005 - Jul 2005
  Research Assistant
  Advisor: Laura Manuelidis, M.D.Utilized western blotting and sucrose gradient differential centrifugation techniques to study prion disease strain properties in cell lines.
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  Aug 2005 - Jul 2012
  Ph.D. Student
  Advisor: Diomedes E. Logothetis, Ph.D.-Utilized electrophysiology and ELISA-based methods to investigate the regulation of ionotropic glutamate receptor GluD2 by phosphoinositides-Developed a chemiluminescence-based assay to quantify the surface population of the GluD2 receptor in single Xenopus laevis oocytes-Trained in oocyte electrophysiology for the study of ion channels.
- Virginia Commonwealth University
  Aug 2008 - Apr 2013
  Advisor: Diomedes E. Logothetis, Ph.D.Continued studying the regulation of GluD2 ionotropic glutamate receptor by phosphoinositides utilizing concurrent fluorescence/current measurements. Advisor: Diomedes E. Logothetis, Ph.D.Continued PhD thesis project on the regulation of ionotropic glutamate receptor GluD2 by phosphoinositides after lab relocation.
  - Postdoctoral Fellow
    Aug 2012 - Apr 2013
  - Visiting Ph.D. Student
    Aug 2008 - Jul 2012
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  May 2013 - Jun 2019
  Department of Physiology and Cellular BiophysicsAdvisor: Filippo Mancia, Ph.D.- Studying the structure and function of transmembrane enzymes relevant to resistance against polymyxin-class antibiotics.- Cryo-electron microscopy of nanodisc-embedded membrane enzymes. Department of Physiology and Cellular BiophysicsAdvisor: Filippo Mancia, Ph.D.- Designed and conducted structural and functional studies of transmembrane enzymes relevant to bacterial physiology and antibiotic resistance.- Trained in X-ray crystallography.
  - Associate Research Scientist
    Jul 2017 - Jun 2019
  - Postdoctoral Research Scientist
    May 2013 - Jun 2017
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
  Jul 2019 - now
  Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar
Licenses & Certifications
- Drug Discovery, Development & Commercialization
  Coursera Verified Certificates
  Dec 2014
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Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Vasileios Petrou
  K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award NIH/NIGMS Jul 2017