Vasiliki Skiada is a Biologist (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2008), and an MSc holder in Environmental Management (Agricultural University of Athens, 2012). She obtained her PhD in the field of ‘Plant-Microbe Interactions’ in 2019 (Plant and Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Greece) in the field of plant-endophytic fungi interactions. Her PhD involved research work in the Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Italy (Plant Microbe Interactions laboratory, and Advanced Microscopy laboratory).
After her PhD she worked as a post-doctoral researcher (Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Laboratory, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece), and gained experience on true symbiotic fungi (Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, AMF). She also worked as a tutor of the course Biology/Biochemistry for the secondary education (Apprenticeship Vocational Educational Schools).
Currently, she is the Primary Investigator of the H.F.R.I. funded project: “Εndophytic fungal progression Pathway in plant roots: spotlight on cellular gates and barriers (EndoPath)”, Plant and Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
She has experience in molecular biology tools, bright-field and advanced microscopy, in vitro systems such as root organ cultures, in silico processing of data (such as RNA sequencing data, post bioinformatics analysis).
Her main research focuses on the cellular biology (cellular alterations/modifications) of fungi (filamentous fungi/true symbionts) and their host-plants when in interaction, and the molecular biology underneath.
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