2025 highlights
July 2025
Our group members present posters at European Glia meeting, Marseilles, France. Exciting discussions and progress in glial cell biology!
June 2025
Georgia is presenting our group’s research at the Surfaceome meeting, Scanno, Italy. Grateful for this first-year invitation to this exclusive members’ meeting.
Georgia is invited to present our research at the FENS Regional meeting, Oslo, Norway. Excited to meet old and new scientific friends and have inspiring interactions!
Georgia is invited to present our research at the Michael Sars Symposium, in Norway. Great audience & organization, lots of interesting discussions and high-quality research!
Georgia teaches on glia-neuron interactions at MSc Neuroscience, University of Heidelberg. A gratifying experience to teach & discuss with the students of each yearly cohort.
May 2025
Georgia, together with Dr. Pavak Shah, Dr. Simone Kohler, Dr. Simon Berger, get awarded EMBO funding to co-organize the 3rd EMBO course C. elegans: from genome editing to imaging, in 2026, at EMBL, Germany. Stay tuned for application opening!
April 2025
Georgia presents our research in seminar at ISTA, Vienna, Austria. Thank you for hosting!
Georgia is hosted as scientific exchange visitor at the Sweeney group, supported by FENS-Kavli project funding. Excited to start new collaborations in Xenopus!
March 2025
Together with Prof. Christian Klambt we co-organize a symposium on glial-neuron interactions and present our glial research at the 16th Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society
Hitankar, Jolita and Francesca present their work in oral and poster sessions and Jolita receives the Poster prize at the French C. elegans conference VerMidi, France.
February 2025
Preprint alert!
Our research collaboration with the Benard lab (UQAM, Canada) & Prevedel lab (EMBL) on the mechanisms of extracellular matrix remodeling in neural architecture, available on biorxiv.
Georgia presents our research work in a seminar hosted at Charité Berlin. Great discussions!
Georgia presents an invited talk & Francesca a short talk and poster at EMBO JST Meeting. Great to discussions for putative collaborations in Japan, thank you for the invitation.
January 2025
Georgia is hosted as scientific exchange visitor at the Ambrozkiewicz group, supported by FENS-Kavli funding.
Georgia is hosted scientific exchange visitor at the Ambrozkiewicz group, supported by FENS-Kavli funding
2024 highlights
December 2024
Georgia hosts a roundtable on “Academic Evolution: Rethinking Metrics, Rewriting Rules”, at the ASCB/EMBO meeting, in USA. Discussing key issues on academic evaluations.
Georgia presents our research work in an invited plenary talk at the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (HSBMB) Conference, Greece. Grateful for the invitation!
October-November 2024
Our group contributes lectures and practical training for PhD students, in the courses of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology in the EMBL predoctoral course, Germany
September 2024
We are hosting Katya Borisova, scientific visitor from the Ambrozkiewicz group, with support by FENS-Kavli funding. Excited to start new collaborations!
July 2024
Laura defended her PhD and was awarded her diploma. Congratulations Laura and best of luck for your future path!
Paper Alert!
Georgia, together with Lisa Genzel, & Emmanouil Froudarakis, publish on the Why & How of openness and transparency in animal research, in Eur J of Neuroscience.
June 2024
Georgia teaches on glia-neuron interactions in MSc Neuroscience, University of Heidelberg
Our group is co-organising and teaching lectures & practical training , in the 2nd EMBO course C. elegans: from genome editing to imaging, EMBL, Germany. How exciting to get
March 2024
Paper alert!
Our research work is published in Nature Communications, and identifies an interplay between glial cells, extracellular matrix, proteostasis, and biomechanics controlling circuit integrity.
Georgia teaches on glia-neuron interactions & neurodevelopment in the Graduate Program in Neurosciences, IMBB, Greece. So nice to connect with Greek studies from home country!
January
Georgia, together with Dr. Simone Kohler, Dr. Pavak Shah, Dr. Henrik Bringmann get awarded EMBO funding to co-organize the 2nd EMBO course C. elegans: from genome editing to imaging, at EMBL, Germany
2023 highlights
December 2023
Paper alert!
Our collaborative project on pulsed stimulated Brillouin microscopy is published in Nature Methods. The first-ever implementation of timelapse imaging and Brillouin microscopy in collaboration with the Prevedel group and others, at EMBL.
Georgia chairs a session and presents our research work at the session of the Molecular Basis of Nervous System Development, at the ASCB/EMBO meeting, USA
November- December 2023
Georgia and the group are contributing lectures and training for PhD students, in the courses of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology in EMBL predoctoral course, Germany
November 2023
Preprint alert!
Our research work on the interplay between glial cells, proteostasis, extracellular matrix, cell junctions and biomechanics controlling neural circuit integrity, is available on a biorxiv.
July 2023
Francesca is presenting her research work at Berlin Euro Glia 2023
Georgia and our group members deliver lectures & practical training at the 1st EMBO course Plasticity in developing systems, EMBL, Germany
June 2023
Georgia is elected scholar of the FENS Kavli Network of Excellence. Grateful for the honor and looking forward the inspiring discussions, collaborations and advocacy actions.
Georgia teaches on glia-neuron interactions in MSc Neuroscience, University of Heidelberg
Georgia presents our research in an invited seminar at the CRBM, Montpellier, France. Excited to discuss in detail our projects with our cell biology colleagues.
May 2023
Georgia presents our research in a talk at the EMBO workshop: Cell biology of the nervous system: Long-term resilience and vulnerability
January- April 2023
Georgia is in maternity leave; she will miss the group and worms but baby Zephyr is here!
January 2023
Georgia is elected a Full Member in the committee of Women in Cell Biology, ASCB. Humbled to work together with great senior scientists to promote, award diversity & inclusion.
2022 highlights
November 2022
Preprint alert!
Our collaborative project on pulsed stimulated Brillouin microscopy is available in a biorxiv! Great collaboration with the Prevedel group and others, at EMBL.
October-November 2022
Our group contributes lectures and practical training for PhD students, in the courses of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology in the EMBL predoctoral course, Germany
June 2022
Georgia is invited to chair a session on Neurodevelopment and panel on Women in Science in the CeNeuro2022 Meeting: C. elegans neuronal development, synaptic function & behavior
Georgia and group members co-organise, and contribute lectures & practical training at the 1st EMBO course C. elegans: from genome editing to imaging, EMBL, Germany
Georgia teaches on glia-neuron interactions in MSc Neuroscience, University of Heidelberg
May 2022
Georgia presents our research work at the EMBO Developmental circuits in aging, Greece
January 2022
Georgia becomes Elected Associated Member at ASCB committee of Women in Cell Biology
2021 highlights
November- December 2021
Our group contributes lectures and practical training in the courses of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology in the EMBL predoctoral course, Germany
November 2021
Georgia, together with Dr. Simone Kohler, Dr. Henrik Bringmann, Dr. Pavak Shah, get awarded EMBO funding to co-organize the 1st EMBO course C. elegans: from genome editing to imaging, at EMBL, Germany
October 2021
Georgia is elected Associated Member in the committee of Women in Cell Biology, ASCB. So much to learn from great scientists through actions to promote, award diversity & inclusion.
July 2021
Georgia presents our glial research in an invited lecture in the virtual European Glia Meeting
June 2021
Georgia becomes member of at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Neurosciences, and presents our group’s research work in a IZN concept talk
Georgia teaches on glia-neuron interactions in the MSc Neuroscience, University of Heidelberg
2020 highlights
November- December 2020
Our group contributes lectures and practical training in the courses of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology in the EMBL predoctoral course, Germany
September 2020
Paper alert!
Georgia publishes a perspective on C. elegans neurodevelopment, as invited editor of the special issue Nature's Gift to Neuroscience: A Tribute to Sydney Brenner and John Sulston, in the Journal of Neurogenetics.
June 2020
Our lab opens under status of partial operations as per EMBL regulations against COVID-19
March 2020
The EMBL lab operations shut down, following regulations against COVID-19 pandemic
February 2020
Our research group enters and gets installed in our renovated lab space at EMBL, Heidelberg.
January 2020
Our group at EMBL acquires key equipment for genetics, molecular biology, in vivo imaging
Before 2020 highlights
December 2019
Our lab opens at European Molecular Laboratory Heidelberg, Germany
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Georgia gives a lecture on Developmental Biology in the EMBL predoctoral course, Germany
August 2019
Georgia is awarded travel award to participate at the 2017 EMBO - ASCB meeting
October 2018
Our research received funding by the Kavli Foundation, for mouse training in the Hatten lab.
September 2018
We co-organize the Glia Symposium NYC, with USA, Canada, Europe speakers, and support by Glenn Foundation, Kavli & Leon-Levy Foundation, Company of Biologists, Cell Press, Calico, Leica, Zeiss
June 2018
Georgia presents her research in the C. elegans development, cell biology & gene expression
October 2017
Our article at The Node, describes the behind-the-scenes of our recent publication.
August 2017
Paper Alert !
Georgia’s postdoctoral research is published in Rapti et al, 2017, Nature Neuroscience
June 2017
Georgia presents a plenary talk in the C. elegans international meeting, Los Angeles, USA
August 2016
Georgia presents her research work in the Neural Development Gordon Conference, USA
July 2016
Georgia presents her research work in the Glia in Health & Disease, CSHL USA
February 2016
Georgia is awarded the PDA Career Development Award, at The Rockefeller University
July 2015
Georgia presents her research work in the C. elegans international meeting, Los Angeles, USA
July 2014
Georgia presents her work in C. elegans Development, Cell Biology,Gene Expression Meeting
June 2012
Georgia presents research work in the EMBO C. elegans neurobiology meeting, Germany
June 2011
Georgia’s research received generous funding support by the Leon-Levy Foundation
Georgia’s research received generous funding support by EMBO foundation
August- December 2010
Georgia is teaching Bachelor’s Science module as Adjunct Lecturer, in CCNY, New York, USA