You are here

  1. Home
  2. Dr Christos Velanis

Dr Christos Velanis

Profile summary

  • Central Academic Staff
  • Lecturer in Plant Biology
  • Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
  • School of Life, Health & Chemical Sciences
  • christos.velanis

Professional biography

2007 BSc (Hons) in Biology, University of Athens, Greece

2009 MSc in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Crete, Greece

2015 PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK

2016-2021 Postdoctoral researcher in the University of Edinburgh and in Trinity College, Dublin

2023 Teaching Associate University of Nottingham

2023 Lecturer in Plant Biology, Open University

Research interests

Plant and algal biology, epigenetics and development

Externally funded projects

Intiniflammatory properties of the diatom Cylindrotheca closterium
RoleStart dateEnd dateFunding source
Lead01 Jan 202431 Dec 2027PCR Biosystems Ltd

Microalgae are diverse photosynthetic microorganisms adapted to live in a plethora of different environments. Recently they have emerged as a valuable source of protein, increasingly used as food and feed supplements in aquaculture, animal, and human nutrition. Furthermore, microalgae produce numerous bioactive compounds which are being exploited by the pharmaceutical and food industries. This project in particular will look closely at the anti-inflammatory properties of the diatom species Cylindrotheca closterium

Publications

Phosphorylation of Arabidopsis UVR8 photoreceptor modulates protein interactions and responses to UV-B radiation (2024)
Liu, Wei; Giuriani, Giovanni; Havlikova, Anezka; Li, Dezhi; Lamont, Douglas J.; Neugart, Susanne; Velanis, Christos N.; Petersen, Jan; Hoecker, Ute; Christie, John M. and Jenkins, Gareth I.
Nature Communications, 15, Article 1221

REST-dependent glioma progression occurs independently of the repression of the long non-coding RNA HAR1A (2024)
Waters, Ella; Pucci, Perla; Rahman, Ruman; Yatsyshyna, Anna P.; Porter, Harry; Hirst, Mark; Gromnicova, Radka; Kraev, Igor; Mongiardini, Vera; Grimaldi, Benedetto; Golding, Jon; Fillmore, Helen L.; Győrffy, Balázs; Gangadharannambiar, Priyadarsini; Velanis, Christos N.; Heath, Christopher J. and Crea, Francesco
PLOS ONE, 19, Article e0312237(11)

A domesticated Harbinger transposase forms a complex with HDA6 and promotes histone H3 deacetylation at genes but not TEs in Arabidopsis (2021-08-08)
Zhou, Xishi; He, Junna; Velanis, Christos N.; Zhu, Yiwang; He, Yuhan; Tang, Kai; Zhu, Mingku; Graser, Lisa; de Leau, Erica; Wang, Xingang; Zhang, Lingrui; Tao, W. Andy; Goodrich, Justin; Zhu, Jian‐Kang and Zhang, Cui‐Jun
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 63(8) (pp. 1462-1474)