Georgia Kythreoti

BSc, Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Manchester, UK; PhD, The University of Manchester

Dr Georgia Kythreoti graduated with first class honours, BSc in Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, from the Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, UK. She acquired her Doctor of Philosophy title also from the University of Manchester, where she was focused on the development of green routes towards the synthesis of a novel cephalosporin intermediate, for a semi-synthetic preparation of cephalosporin antibiotic production.

Dr Kythreoti has been a faculty member of the Department of Science and Mathematics since 2021, where she teaches Chemistry courses at the Biomedical Sciences Program and supervises capstone projects related to her research interests. She is also involved in research collaborations with the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”.

Selected Publications

• Kythreoti, G.*; Thireou, T.*; Karoussiotis, C.; Georgoussi, Z.; Liggri, P.; Papachristos, D. P.; Michaelakis, A.; Karras, V.; Zographos, S. E.; Schulz, S.; Iatrou, K., “Natural volatiles preventing mosquito biting: an integrated screening platform for accelerated discovery of ORco antagonists”, J Biol Chem., 2024, in print
• Kythreoti, G.; Sdralia, N.; Tsitoura, P.; Papachristos, D.P.; Michaelakis, A.; Karras, V.; Ruel, D.M.; Yakir, E.; Bohbot, J.D.; Schulz, S.; Iatrou, K., “Volatile allosteric antagonists of mosquito odorant receptors inhibit human-host attraction’, J Biol Chem., 2021, 296:100172. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.016557. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.016557
• Heliopoulos, N.S.; Kythreoti, G.; Lyra, K.M.; Panagiotaki, K.N.; Papavasiliou, A.; Sakellis, E.; Papageorgiou, S.; Kouloumpis, A.; Gournis, D.; Katsaros, F.K.; Stamatakis, K.; Sideratou, Z., “Cytotoxicity Effects of Water-Soluble Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Decorated with Quaternized Hyperbranched Poly(ethyleneimine) Derivatives on Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Gram-Negative Bacteria”, Pharmaceuticals, 2020, 13(10), E293. doi: 10.3390/ph13100293 The above paper was chosen by the editors to be reprinted in a Book entitled, “Novel Antibacterial Agents”, Pharmaceuticals, 2022. doi: 10.3390/ph14040382
• Thireou, T.; Kythreoti, G.; Tsitsanou, K.E.; Koussis, K.; Drakou, C.E.; Kinnersley, J.; Kröber, T.; Guerin, P.M.; Zhou,J.; Iatrou, K.; Eliopoulos, E.; Zographos, S.E., “Identification of novel bioinspired synthetic mosquito repellents by combined ligand-based screening and OBP-structure-based molecular docking”, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2018, 98, 48-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.05.001
• Arkas,M; Kythreoti, G.; Boukos, N.; Kitsou, I.; Petrakli, F.; Panagiotaki, K., “Two completely different biomimetic reactions mediated by the same matrix producing inorganic/organic/inorganic hybrid nanoparticles”, Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2018, 14, 138-148. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoso.2018.01.009