Sarris Lab

Microbiology and Host-Microbe Interactions Lab at IMBB FORTH & Dept. of Biology, UoC

Panagiotis F. Sarris

  • Associate Professor in Microbiology, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Crete, GR
  • Professor in Microbiology and Immunobiology, Biosciences, Univ. of Exeter, UK
  • Group Leader, Microbiology and Biotechnology, IMBB, FORTH

Vassiliki (Villy) Michalopoulou

Postdoctoral Fellow

Plant-microbe interactions, focusing on effectors’ manipulation of the exocyst complex.

Nikolaos Arapitsas

PhD candidate

Molecular basis of the plant-endophyte interactions with beneficial microbes

Savvas Paragkamian

Postdoctoral Fellow

Bioinformatics, Sampling, Statistics and Visualisation with a focus on microbial ecology

Maria Miguel Pires

MSCA PhD fellow

Beneficial microbes to develop sustainable solutions for crop protection 

Dimitra Karanatsiou

Undergraduate student

Plant immune response and effector manipulation

Panagiotis Dritsopoulos

Undergraduate student

Microbial VOCs effect in plant immune priming

Pelagia Kapouralou

Undergraduate student

Janthinobacterium analysis of the Lab collection and bioinformatic analysis of the genus

Previous members

  • Tonia Papoulia
    (Undergraduate student)
  • Eva Koutentaki
    (Undergraduate student)
  • Katerina Antonou (Undergraduate Student)
  • Nektaria Kokolaki
    (Graduate Student)
  • Krisilda Kates
    (Undergraduate Student)
  • Christos Christakis (Postdoctoral Fellow)
  • Babis Chalmoukis (Undergraduate Student)
  • Dimitra Tsakiri (PhD Student)
  • Chrysianna Psarologaki
    (Undergraduate Student)
  • Maria Plakogiannaki (Undergraduate Student)
  • Maria Chalikiopoulou (Graduate Student)
  • Konstantinos Kotsaridis (PhD Student)
  • George Angelakis (Undergraduate Student)
  • Sotiris Marinos (Undergraduate Student)
  • Georgios Antonopoulos (Undergraduate Student)
  • Glykeria (RIta) Mermigka (Postdoctoral Fellow)
  • Aggeliki Sagia (Postgraduate Student)
  • Anastasia Maroufidou (Undergraduate Student)
  • Kiriakos Mavridis (Undergraduate Student)
  • Anthi Psoma (Undergraduate Student)
  • Anastasia Kyriatzi (PhD Candidate)
  • Olga Xyntarakou (Undergraduate Student)
  • Matthaios Sertedakis (Undergraduate Student)
  • Niki Astropekaki (Undergraduate Student)
  • Stavroula Dimitriadi (Undergraduate Student)
  • Malamatenia Delisavva (Postgraduate Student)
  • Sofia Petsagouraki (Undergraduate Student)
  • Argiroula Amartolou (Undergraduate Student)
  • Gogo Daskalogianni (Undergraduate Student)