Associate Researcher

Biologist, PhD in Molecular Biology (School of Biology, AUTh). From November 2015 she works as an Assistant Researcher in Veterinary Research Institute. Her topic is Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of animals and microorganisms.

Research activities: study of lipid metabolism in farmed fish species through the analysis of nuclear receptors PPARs and their target genes, study of the effect of pollutants in the transcription of genes of fish species, genotype, identification of Lactic Acid bacteria using Multiplex and Real Time PCR, identification and differentiation of bacterial strains using molecular techniques, identification of different animal origin milk: qualification and quantification by PCR, Multiplex PCR and Real Time PCR

tel. +302310365399

email: boukouvala@vri.gr

RESEARCHERS

PUBLICATIONS

YEARsort ascending VRI AUTHORS PUBLICATION
2015 EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA, BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, GIANTZI VIRGINIA

Plasmid analysis and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis isolates from Greek poultry

Loukia V. Ekateriniadou, Evridiki Boukouvala, Rigini M. Papi, Antonios Zdragas, Virginia Gianzti and Dimitrios A. Kyriakidis. 2015,  JHVMS

2015 ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, SAMOURIS GEORGE, VAFEAS GEORGE, BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA

Prevalence, genetic diversity, and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bulk tank milk from Greek traditional ovine farms

Antonios Zdragas; Theofilos Papadopoulos; Ioannis Mitsopoulos; Georgios Samouris; Georgios Vafeas; Evridiki Boukouvala; Loukia Ekateriniadou ; Kyriaki Mazaraki ; Athanasios Alexopoulos; Vasiliki Lagka, Small Ruminant Research, 2015

2014 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA

PRNP polymorphisms in Greek goats affected with natural scrapie

Evridiki Boukouvala, Efstathios Katharopoulos, Paula Stewart, Vayia Palaska, Nektarios Giadinis, Georgios Arsenos, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou, Wilfred Goldmann, Jan P.M. Langeveld. PRION 2014.

2014 EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA, BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, GIANTZI VIRGINIA

Antibiotic resistance and distribution of SodCI, sopE, sefA genes among Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis isolates from poultry

Loukia V. Ekateriniadou, Evridiki Boukouvala, Rigini M. Papi, Antonios Zdragas, Virginia Gianzti and Dimitrios A. Kyriakidis (2014). Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, in press.

2014 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA

Identification and differentiation of Brucella melitensis and Brucella abortus strains isolated in Greece, directly from solid tissues by MULTIPLEX and REAL-TIME PCR methods

Evridiki Boukouvala, Katiuscia Zilli, Evanthia Petridou, Erasmia Smyroglou, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou, Manuela Tittarelli, Brucellosis 2014 International Research Conference, Berlin

2014 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA

Differentiation of Brucella melitensis REV1 and field strains based on periplasmic protein analysis

Vassilios Sandalakis, Evridiki Boukouvala,, Efstathios Katharopoulos, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou, Anna Psaroulaki, Manuela Tittarelli, Brucellosis 2014 International Research Conference, Berlin

2014 EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA, BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, GIANTZI VIRGINIA

Plasmid analysis and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis isolates from Greek poultry

Loukia V. Ekateriniadou, Evridiki Boukouvala, Rigini M. Papi, Antonios Zdragas, Virginia Gianzti and Dimitrios A. Kyriakidis. 2014, JHVMS

2014 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA

Greek field study of the 222K, 146S/D and 110P alleles towards scrapie resistance

Dr. Boukouvala Evridiki, Efstathios katharopoulos, Assist. Prof. Nektarios Giadinis, Dr. Loukia Ekateriniadou, 2nd Intermediate Meeting, Roma, 1-2 April 2014.

2014 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, GIANTZI VIRGINIA, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA

Study of the Lactic Acid Bacteria during ripening in the traditionalcheese of Lesvos island “Ladotyri”

Evridiki Boukouvala, Antonios Zdragas, Virginia Giantzi, Ioannis Mastranestasis, Sofia Belibasaki, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou, International Scientific Symposium Bioengineering of Animal Resources, Timisoara, 2014

2014 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA

Resistant allele reservoir in Greece

Efstathios Katharopoulos, Dr. Boukouvala Evridiki, Assoc. Prof. Georgios Arsenos, Dr. Loukia Ekateriniadou, 2nd Intermediate Meeting, Roma, 1-2 April 2014, πρόγραμμα “Towards breeding of goats for genetically determined TSEs resistance- GOAT-TSE-FREE”.

2013 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA

Brucella melitensis: diagnostics with molecular biology techniques and 2D protein analysis

Dr Boukouvala Evridiki, Dr Antonios Zdragas, Dr Evanthia Petridou, Erasmia  Smiroglou, Efstathios Katharopoulos, Dr Loukia  Ekateriniadou, 2nd Intermediate Meeting, Teramo, 9-11 December 2013.

2013 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA

Activities of the Hellenic Agriculture Organization, Veterinary Research Institute: National data basis for scrapie resistance and candidate resistant alleles, reservoir of resistance allele carriers

E. Boukouvala, L.V. Ekaterniadou, Roslin Institute, Ediburgh, 11th-12th June 2013   

2012 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA

Towards breeding of goats for genetically determined TSEs resistance- GOAT-TSE-FREE, Plan of the National Group

E. Boukouvala, L.V. Ekateriniadou. 28 September 2012, Larnaca, Cyprus

2012 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

Restriction fragment length analysis of the cytochrome b gene and muscle fatty acid composition differentiate the cryptic flatfish species Solea solea and Solea aegyptiaca

Evridiki Boukouvala, Alessia Cariani, Gregory E. Maes, Rafael G. Sevilla,Véronique Verrez-Bagnis, Marc Jérôme, Ilaria Guarniero, Georgios Monios, Fausto Tinti, Filip A.M. Volckaert, José M. Bautista, Grigorios Krey (2012). J.Agric. Food Chem., 60, 32, 7941-7948.

2010 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

Hepatic gene expression in flounder chronically exposed to multiply polluted estuarine sediment: Absence of classical exposure ‘biomarker’ signals and induction of inflammatory, innate immune and apoptotic pathways

Michael J. Leaver, Amer Diab, Evridiki Boukouvala, Tim D. Williams, J. Kevin Chipman, Colin F. Moffat, Craig D. Robinson, Stephen G. George (2010). Aquatic Toxicology, 96, 3, 234-245.

2010 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

Molecular characterization of a gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) muscle tissue cDNA for carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B (CPT1B)

Evridiki Boukouvala, Michael J. Leaver, Laurence Favre-Krey, Maria Theodoridou, Grigorios Krey (2010). Comparative Biochemistry and PhysiologyB, 157, 2, 189-197

2007 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

Multiple peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor β subtypes from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Michael J. Leaver, M. Tariq Ezaz, Stephanie Fontagne, Douglas R. Tocher, Evridiki Boukouvala and Grigorios Krey. (2007). Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 38, 3-4, 391-400.

2007 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

Molecular characterization of a cDNA from the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) encoding a fish prion protein

Laurence Favre-Krey, Maria Theodoridou, Evridiki Boukouvala, Cynthia H. Panagiotidis, Athanasios I. Papadopoulos, Theodoros Sklaviadis, Grigorios Krey. (2007). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 147, 3, 566-573.      

2007 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

Conjugated linoleic acid affects lipid composition, metabolism, and gene expression in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L)

Diez A., Menoyo D., Perez-Benavente S., Calduch-Giner J.A., Vega-Rubin de Celis S., Obach A., Favre-Krey L., Boukouvala E., Leaver M.J., Tocher D.R., Perez-Sanchez J., Krey G., Bautista J.M. (2007). Journal of Nutrition, 137, 6, 1363-1369.

2007 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

Piscine UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1B

Michael J. Leaver, Joy Wright, Paul Hodgson, Evridiki Boukouvala, Stephen G. George (2007). Aquatic Toxicology, 84, 3, 356-365.

2005 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

Three peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor isotypes from each of two species of marine fish

Leaver M.J., Boukouvala E., Antonopoulou E., Diez A., Favre-Krey L., Ezaz,   M.T., Bautista J.M., Tocher D.R., and Krey G. (2005). Endocrinology, 146, 7, 3150-3162.

2004 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

Molecular characterization of three peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors from the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Boukouvala E., Antonopoulou E., Favre-Krey L., Diez A., Bautista J.M., Leaver M.J., Tocher D.R., and Krey G. (2004). Lipids, 39, No 11, 1085-1092.

2001 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

Glutathione S-transferase in the defence against pyrethroids in insects

Kostaropoulos I., Papadopoulos A.I., Metaxakis A., Boukouvala E., and Paradopoulou-Mourkidou E (2001). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology, 31, 4-5, 313-319.

2001 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

The role of Glutahione S-transferases in the detoxification of some organophosphorus insecticides in larvae and pupae of the yellow mealworm Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Kostaropoulos I., Papadopoulos A.I., Boukouvala E., Metaxakis A., Papadopoulou-Mourkidou (2001). Pest Management Science, 57, 6, 501-508.

2000 BOUKOUVALA EVRIDIKI

Effect of Organophosphate and Pyrethrοid insecticides on the Expression of GSTs from Tenebrio molitor pupae

Papadopoulos A.I., Boukouvala E., Kakaliouras G., Kostaropoulos I. and Papadopoulou - Mourkidou E., (2000). Pest.Biochem.Physiol.68, 1, 26-33.