Assistant Professor, Division of Pharamceutical Chemsitry
Education
- M.Pharm, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras (2008-2013)
- M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2014-2015)
- Ph.D. in Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2015-2021)
- Postdoctoral training:
- Center of Clinical and Experimental Surgery & Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens (2021-2023)
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (2023-2025)
Teaching
Undergraduate: Pharmacology I, Pharmacology ΙI, Pharmacy Practice
Graduate: In vitro and in vivo systems used to study the mechanisms of drug actions, Advanced Pharmacology
Research topics
- Preclinical drug screening
- Molecular Pharmacology
- Cell signaling
- Metabolism– Metabolic disorders
Distinctions
- European award, “The Federation of European Pharmacological Societies (EPHAR) – Young Investigator Award” (2023)
- Ph.D. Fellowship, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation
- Ph.D. Fellowship, Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation
Recent publications
- Vignane T, Hugo M, Hoffmann C, Katsouda A, Petric J, Wang H, Miler M, Comas F, Petrovic D, Chen S, Miljkovic JL, Morris JL, Chowdhury SR, Prudent J, Polovic N, Murphy MP, Papapetropoulos A, Milovanovic D, Filipovic MR. Protein thiol alterations drive aberrant phase separation in aging. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol (In press)
- Li Z, LaPenna KB, Gehred ND, Yu X, Tang WHW, Doiron JE, Xia H, Chen J, Driver IH, Sachse FB, Muraoka N, Katsouda A, Zampas P, Haydel AG, Quiriarte H, Zagouras A, Wilcox J, Gromova T, Shah SJ, Goodchild TT, Allerton TD, Jensen MB, Papapetropoulos A, Sharp TE, Vondriska TM, Lefer DJ. Dysregulation of Nitrosylation Dynamics Promotes Nitrosative Stress and Contributes to Cardiometabolic Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Circ. Res. 137(9):1185-120 (2025)
- Katsouda A, Markou M, Valakos D, Thedorou I, Papapetropoulos A. Cth/Mpst double ablation results in early onset fatty liver disease in lean mice. Redox Biol. 83:103641 (2025)
- Katsouda A, Valakos D, Dionellis V, Bibli SI, Akoumianakis I, Karaliota S, Zuhra K, Fleming I, Nagahara N, Thanos D, Antoniades, Szabo C, Papapetropoulos A. MPST sulfurtransferase maintains mitochondrial protein import and cellular bioenergetics to attenuate obesity. J. Exp. Med. 219(7): e20211894 (2022)
- Katsouda A, Szabo C, Papapetropoulos A. Reduced adipose tissue H2S in obesity. Pharmacol. Res. 128: 190-199 (2018)
Contact
Postal address: Section of Pharmaceutical Chemistry,
Department of Pharmacy,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 157 84
Athens, Greece
Tel.: +30(210) 727 4146
e-mail: akatsouda@pharm.uoa.gr