Medical Scientist
E-Mail: Konstantina Kyriakopoulou

• University training and degree

  2011 – 2013	M.Sc. in Forensic Science, King's College London, United Kingdom
  2006 – 2011	B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece

• Scientific career and activities

  2016 – 2022	Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Patras, Greece, Topic: "Biochemical and cellular evaluation of the effects of EGFR-mediated signaling in the morphology, functional properties and stemness of breast cancer cells with differential expression of ERs", Supervisor: Prof. N. Karamanos
  2014 – 2016	Research Associate, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Patras, Greece

• Academic memberships and activities

  2024 –	Research programme “ReproTrack.MS”, funded by BMBF
  2024 –	Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Münster University Hospital, Germany
  2022 – 2023	Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems – Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

• Selected publications

  1. Kyriakopoulou K*, Koutsakis C*, Piperigkou Z*, Karamanos NK. Recreating the extracellular matrix: novel 3D cell culture platforms in cancer research. FEBS J. 2023 Nov;290(22):5238-5247. doi: 10.1111/febs.16778. Epub 2023 Mar 27.
  2. Kyriakopoulou K, Piperigkou Z, Tzaferi K, Karamanos NK. Trends in extracellular matrix biology. Mol Biol Rep. 2023 Jan;50(1):853-863. doi: 10.1007/s11033-022-07931-y. Epub 2022 Nov 7.
  3. Kyriakopoulou K, Kefali E, Piperigkou Z, Riethmüller C, Greve B, Franchi M, Götte M, Karamanos NK. EGFR is a pivotal player of the E2/ERβ - mediated functional properties, aggressiveness, and stemness in triple-negative breast cancer cells. FEBS J. 2022 Mar;289(6):1552-1574. doi: 10.1111/febs.16240. Epub 2021 Oct 31.

  * contributed equally