EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA

Researcher

Biologist, MSc in Microbiology and Infection Diseases (Veterinary School, AUTh), PhD in Molecular Microbiology (School of Biology, AUTh).

Research activities:genotype analysis, identification of bacterial strains using different molecular techniques, study of bacterial antibiotic resistance, genetic structure and biodiversity of Greek sheep breeds, milk of different origin -qualification analysis

tel. +302310365392

mail: ekateriniadou@vri.gr

Curriculum Vitae

RESEARCHERS

PUBLICATIONS

YEAR	VRI AUTHORS	PUBLICATION
2003	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	BSE- a problem that has finished? Dr. L. Ekateriniadou, 2003. NAGREF Journal, Vol 11, p.12-14.
2003	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Special Managed Areas for Livestock – Production of Safe and Certified Animal Origin Products S. Belibasaki, A.G.Lymberopoulos, L. Ekateriniadou, Κ. Ploumi, V. Christodoulou. Annual Conference of the Mediterranean Agricultural Organizations, May 2003, Athens, Greece.
2003	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Establishing a Framework for Life-Long Internal Training (Staff & Management of CAFIA) Ekateriniadou L.V, M.Sc., PhD. Supported by the EU – PHARE Project, 2003.
2004	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Kinetics of Xanthan Gum Production form Whey by Constructed Strains of Xanthomonas campestris in Batch fermentations Maria Liakopoulou-Kyriakides, Emanuel S. Tzanakakis, Costas Kiparissidis, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou, Dimitrios A. Kyriakidis. Wiley Inter Science, Published Online: 2 Feb 2004 (Honored re-Press).
2004	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Utilization of industrial by-products for the production of high-added value products D.A. Kyriakidis, R.M. Papi, E.E. Lioliou, A.A. Pantazaki, L.V. Ekateriniadou. 2004. Biofinance, Vol 9, p. 40-43.
2004	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Study for the identification of genotypes resistant to scrapie in rare Greek breeds L.V. Ekateriniadou, Cindy Panagiotidis, A.Terzis, T. Sklaviadis. Proceedings of 10th Panellenic Congress of Pharmacology, February 2004, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2005	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	PrP Gene Polymorphisms Detection in Sheep from Positive to Scrapie Flocks in Greece Ekateriniadou L.V., Kanata E. and Sklaviadis T., 2005. Small Ruminat (SR) – TSE Network Meeting, Bergen, Norway, 29/9-2/10/2005.
2005	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Sheep genotyping for PrP gene polymorphisms resistant to scrapie, in organic farming L. Ekateriniadou, E. Kanata, E. Xylouri, E. Georgakilas, I. Kritikos, E. Fragiadaki, T. Sklaviadis. 21st Annual Scientific Conference, Hellenic Breeding Asspociation (Ε.Ζ.Ε.), Veria, 5-7 October 2005.
2005	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Genetic Markers in sheep and goats of Elassona area Loukia V. Ekateriniadou. Meeting, Elassona, 2005.
2006	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Breeding scrapie resistant flocks Dr. Loukia Ekateriniadou, Dr. Sophia Belibasakiί, Dr. Aristotelis Lymperopoulos, 2006. NAGREF Journal, Vol 24, p. 23-27.
2007	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Biotyping of Brucella melitensis by multi-locus analysis of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) G. T. Noutsios, R. M. Papi, L.V. Ekateriniadou, A. Minas and D. A. Kyriakidis D.A., 32th FEBS Congress, Molecular Machines, 7-12 July, F1-167, p.306, Vienna, Austria, 2007.
2007	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Breeding of scrapie resistant flocks- Genotyping an effective tool for the farmers Loukia V. Ekateriniadou. A series of lectures and published guide to the veterinarians in the Regions of Thessaly, Central - East and West Macedonia and Thrace under the greek Ministry of Rural Development and Food 2007.
2007	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Sheep genotyping for PrP gene polymorphisms in rare Greek breeds Loukia V. Ekateriniadou, Cynthia H. Panagiotidis, Anastasios Terzis, Konstantoula Ploumi, Alexander Triantafyllidis, Panagiotis Deligiannidis, Konstantinos Triantaphyllidis, Theodoros Sklaviadis. Vet.Record 2007 Feb 10;160(6):194-5.
2007	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	PrP genotypes in scrapie-affected sheep in Greece – the contribution of the AHQ polymorphism Loukia V. Ekateriniadou, Eirini Kanata, Cindy Panagiotidis, Anna Nikolaou, Eleni Koutsoukou, Aristotelis Lymberopoulos and Theodoros Sklaviadis. Small Rum. Res., 2007, 73; 142-149.
2007	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Prion protein gene (PrP) polymorphisms in Greek goat breeds- scrapie outbreaks. E. Fragkiadaki, L. Ekateriniadou, E. Koutsoukou- Chartona, E. , Kominakis, E. Rogdakis, and Xylouri, A. ΧΙΙΙ International Congress on Animal Hygiene, ISAH 2007, 17-21 Ιουνίου, Tartu, Εσθονία.
2008	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Differentiation of Brucella melitensis field strains from the vaccine strain REV-1 Noutsios G.T, Papi, R.M., Ekateriniadou, L.V., Minas, A. and Kyriakidis, D.A. (2008), 33st FEBS Congress, Athens, Greece
2008	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS	Tetracycline resistance determinants in Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from productive animals in Greece Loukia Ekateriniadou, Evanthia Petridou, Antonis Zdragas, Christina Vougidou, Eleftheria Bourtzi-Hatzopoulo, 18-19/3/2008, Thessaloniki Greece, Networking for Southeast Europe: Pilot Joint Call for Research Proposals, SEEERAnet Meeting, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2008	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Capsular Serotyping of Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from the lungs of sheep and goats using Multiplex PCR-Assay Chr. Vougidou, L.V. Ekateriniadou, Ev.Petridou, V. Siarkou, E. Bourtzi-Hatzopoulou, 18-19/3/2008, Thessaloniki Greece, Networking for Southeast Europe: Pilot Joint Call for Research Proposals, SEEERAnet Meeting, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2008	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Biotyping of Brucella melitensis strains with the use of the MLVN methodology Noutsios T.G., Papi M.R., Ekateriniadou V.L., Minas A., Kyriakidis A.D., 1st Panellenic Veterinary Conference of Productive Animals, Food Safety-Hygiene and Consumer Protection, Athens 14-16/3/2008.
2008	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Breeding and management of scrapie resistant flocks Ekateriniadou V.l, Lymperopoulos A., Belibasaki S., 1st Panellenic Veterinary Conference of Productive Animals, Food Safety-Hygiene and Consumer Protection, Athens 14-16/3/2008.
2008	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	PrP gene polymorphisms in healthy and scrapie – affected sheep Ekateriniadou V.L, Koutsoukou-Chartona E., Fragiadaki G.E., 1st Panellenic Veterinary Conference of Productive Animals, Food Safety-Hygiene and Consumer Protection, Athens 14-16/3/2008.
2008	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Serotyping of Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from ruminant anf pigs pneumonic lungs using PCR Vougidou C., Ekateriniadou L, Petridou E., Siarkou E., Minas A., Dovas C., Bourtzi-Chatzopoulou E., 1st Panellenic Veterinary Conference of Productive Animals, Food Safety-Hygiene and Consumer Protection, Athens 14-16/3/2008.
2009	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Greek National Surveillance programme from 2002 up to 2008. A review Koutsoukou – Hartona H., Palaska V., Tsimpanoudi S., Papakostaki D., Tsimogianni P., Rempoutzakou H., Hondrokouki H., Ekateriniadou L., Ntountounakis S., 2009, International Congress PRION 2009, Chalikidiki, Greece.
2009	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Implemenattion of TeSeE PrP171 screen test in Greek flocks Loukia Ekateriniadou, Nektarios Giadinis, Theophilos Papadopoulos, Asimakis Koutsoumbas, 2009, International Congress PRION 2009, Chalikidiki, Greece
2010	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS	Study of the antibiotic resistance in Pasteurella multocida strains Mpampetsa M., Ekateriniadou L., Vougidou Ch., Zdragas A., Sivropoulou A., Hellenic Society of Biological Sciensce, 32nd Annual Conference, 20-22 May 2010, Karpenisi, Greece
2010	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis as a prion protein gene screening method in goats for mutation detection at codons 142, 146, 151, 154, 211, 222 and 240 Fragiadaki Eir., Ekateriniadou L., Kominakis A., Roditakis E., 61st Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP 2010), 23- 27 August 2010, Heraklion, Crete Island, Greece
2010	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	PrP genetics, molecular characterization and biological typing of natural goat scrapie isolates from Greece E. Fragkiadaki, R. Nonno, L. Ekateriniadou, G. Vaccari, E. Koutsoukou-Chartona, N. Giadinis, A. Kominakis, M.A. Di Bari, E. Esposito2, S. Marcon, C. D’Agostino, M. Conte, B. Chiappini, E. Rogdakis, U. Agrimi, 8-11 September 2010, Salzburg, Austria
2010	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA, VAFEAS GEORGE, GIANTZI VIRGINIA, ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS	Κλινική συσχέτιση και μελέτη αντιμικροβιακής αντοχής στελεχών Salmonella enterica ορότυπος Enteritidis που απομονώθηκαν από βοοειδή, κοτόπουλα και κρέας πουλερικών στην Ελλάδα Παπαδόπουλος Θεόφιλος, Πετρίδου Ευανθία, Αικατερινιάδου Λουκία, Βαφέας Γεώργιος, Γιαντζή Βιργινία και Ζδράγκας Αντώνης. Poster . 30 Συνέδριο της Επιστημονικής Εταιρίας ‘ΜΙΚΡΟΒΙΟΚΟΣΜΟΣ’, Θεσσαλονίκη 16-18 /12/2010
2011	LIGDA CHRISTINA, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Genetic structure and diversity in the sheep breeds of Lesvos, Chios and Karagouniki with the use of RAPD methodology. Mastranestasis I., Ligda C., Theodorou K., L.V. Ekateriniadou. Annual Scientific Conference, Hellenic Breeding Asspociation (Ε.Ζ.Ε.), 2011, Evia, Greece.
2011	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	PRNP genetic variability and molecular typing of natural goat scrapie isolates in a high number of infected flocks Fragkiadaki EG, Vaccari G, Ekateriniadou LV, Agrimi U, Giadinis NG, Chiappini B, Esposito E, Conte M, Nonno R, Vet Res, 2011, 42:104
2011	LIGDA CHRISTINA, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Genetic structure and diversity among three Greek sheep breeds using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA-PCR Mastranestasis I, Lidga Ch, Theodorou K, Ekateriniadou LV, 2011, JHVMS, vol. 62 (4), p. 301-313.
2012	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Detection of virulence-associated genes and genetic diversity of the ompA gene among Pasteurella multocida isolates from pneumonic lungs of ruminants and pigs Christina Vougidou, Vassilios Sandalakis, Anna Psaroulaki, Evanthia Petridou, Loukia Ekateriniadou, 12th Penellenic Veterinary Congress, 508/4/2012, Athens.
2012	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Sequence diversity of the leukotoxin (lktA) gene in caprine and ovine strains of Mannheimia haemolytica isolated from pneumonic lungs Christina Vougidou, Vassilios Sandalakis, Anna Psaroulaki, Evanthia Petridou, Loukia Ekateriniadou, 12th Penellenic Veterinary Congress, 508/4/2012, Athens.
2012	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Serotypic diversity and sequence variation of the ompA gene among Mannheimia haemolytica isolates from domestic ruminants Christina Vougidou, Vassilios Sandalakis, Anna Psaroulaki, Evanthia Petridou, William Donachie, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou. 2012, JHVMS, Vol.63,(1), pp.13-24.
2012	ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, VAFEAS GEORGE, GIANTZI VIRGINIA, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Incidence, seasonal occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella in poultry retailed products in Greece Antonios Zdragas, Kyriaki Mazaraki, Georgios Vafeas, Virginia Giantzi, Theofilos Papadopoulos, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2012 Oct; 55(4):308-13.
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	ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Tetracycline resistance genes in Pasteurella multocida isolates from bovine, ovine, caprine and swine pneumonic lungs originated from different Greek prefectures Maria Babetsa, Vassilios Sandalakis, Christina Vougidou, Antonios Zdragas, Afroditi Sivropoulou, Anna Psaroulaki, Loukia V. Ekateriniadou. African Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 6(17) pp. 3917-3923, 2012.
2012	EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Molecular typing of Brucella melitensis endemic strains and differentiation from the vaccine strain Rev-1 Noutsios GT, Papi RM, Ekateriniadou LV, Minas A, Kyriakidis DA, Vet Res Commun, 2012 Mar;36(1):7-20.
2012	ZDRAGAS ANTONIOS, VAFEAS GEORGE, GIANTZI VIRGINIA, EKATERINIADOU LOUKIA	Prevalence, seasonal occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella in poultry retail products in Greece A.Zdragas, K.Mazaraki, G.Vafeas, V.Giantzi, T.Papadopoulos and L.Ekateriniadou. J.Applied Microbiology 55, 308-313 2012
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.

PUBLICATIONS

BSE- a problem that has finished?

Special Managed Areas for Livestock – Production of Safe and Certified Animal Origin Products

Establishing a Framework for Life-Long Internal Training (Staff & Management of CAFIA)

Kinetics of Xanthan Gum Production form Whey by Constructed Strains of Xanthomonas campestris in Batch fermentations

Utilization of industrial by-products for the production of high-added value products

Study for the identification of genotypes resistant to scrapie in rare Greek breeds

PrP Gene Polymorphisms Detection in Sheep from Positive to Scrapie Flocks in Greece

Sheep genotyping for PrP gene polymorphisms resistant to scrapie, in organic farming

Genetic Markers in sheep and goats of Elassona area

Breeding scrapie resistant flocks

Biotyping of Brucella melitensis by multi-locus analysis of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs)

Breeding of scrapie resistant flocks- Genotyping an effective tool for the farmers

Sheep genotyping for PrP gene polymorphisms in rare Greek breeds

PrP genotypes in scrapie-affected sheep in Greece – the contribution of the AHQ polymorphism

Prion protein gene (PrP) polymorphisms in Greek goat breeds- scrapie outbreaks.

Differentiation of Brucella melitensis field strains from the vaccine strain REV-1

Tetracycline resistance determinants in Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from productive animals in Greece

Capsular Serotyping of Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from the lungs of sheep and goats using Multiplex PCR-Assay

Biotyping of Brucella melitensis strains with the use of the MLVN methodology

Breeding and management of scrapie resistant flocks

PrP gene polymorphisms in healthy and scrapie – affected sheep

Serotyping of Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from ruminant anf pigs pneumonic lungs using PCR

Greek National Surveillance programme from 2002 up to 2008. A review

Implemenattion of TeSeE PrP171 screen test in Greek flocks

Study of the antibiotic resistance in Pasteurella multocida strains

Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis as a prion protein gene screening method in goats for mutation detection at codons 142, 146, 151, 154, 211, 222 and 240

PrP genetics, molecular characterization and biological typing of natural goat scrapie isolates from Greece

Genetic structure and diversity in the sheep breeds of Lesvos, Chios and Karagouniki with the use of RAPD methodology.

PRNP genetic variability and molecular typing of natural goat scrapie isolates in a high number of infected flocks

Genetic structure and diversity among three Greek sheep breeds using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA-PCR

Detection of virulence-associated genes and genetic diversity of the ompA gene among Pasteurella multocida isolates from pneumonic lungs of ruminants and pigs

Sequence diversity of the leukotoxin (lktA) gene in caprine and ovine strains of Mannheimia haemolytica isolated from pneumonic lungs

Serotypic diversity and sequence variation of the ompA gene among Mannheimia haemolytica isolates from domestic ruminants

Incidence, seasonal occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella in poultry retailed products in Greece

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

Tetracycline resistance genes in Pasteurella multocida isolates from bovine, ovine, caprine and swine pneumonic lungs originated from different Greek prefectures

Molecular typing of Brucella melitensis endemic strains and differentiation from the vaccine strain Rev-1

Prevalence, seasonal occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella in poultry retail products in Greece

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

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