Oikonomaki Aikaterini
Position: Lab Technician
Contact Info
Institute: Marine Biology and Genetics
Address: HCMR, Gournes Pediados P.O.Box 2214, Irakleion 71003, Crete, Greece.
Email:ekonomak@hcmr.gr
Tel: +30 2810 337838
Telex: +30 2810 337820
Website:
She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has a long time experience in molecular biology techniques and protocols commonly used in population genetic studies and selective breeding programs.
• B.Sc. Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 1987.
Professional Profile
• 1988-to date: Laboratory technician at the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology of the Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research.
Specific Training and Skills
Biochemical and Molecular Biology protocols, experience in laboratory research techniques i.e. DNA extraction, cloning, protein electrophoresis, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), RFLPs, AFPLs, genomic libraries construction, Genotyping, Sequencing, biodiversity analysis of mtDNA, microsatellite data analysis etc.
Morphometric analysis of fish traits.
Research Interests
Aikaterini Oikonomaki is a laboratory technician at the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology of the Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research. She has a long time interest in biochemistry and molecular biology techniques and their application to wild and farmed marine living organisms. She is also interested in fish biometry.
Her occupation with different activities and research programs held by IMBG, HCMR allowed her to obtain extensive knowledge on different methods and techniques used in molecular evolution laboratories.
Additional Information
Participation in Research Projects (since 2000)
AQUAFIRST: FP6 – EU project – SSP8-CT-2004-513692. Combined genetic and functional genomic approaches for stress and disease resistance marker assisted selection in fish and shellfish.
BRIDGEMAP (QLRT-2000-01797): Bridging genomes: an integrated genomic approach toward genetic improvement of aquacultured fish species.
BASSMAP (QLRT-2000-01701): Tools for the genetic improvement of sea bass. Construction and preliminary application of a medium density linkage and synteny map.
PENED ED 600 Introduction in genomic analysis methods in aquaculture: development of molecular tools and creation of Sparus aurata genetic map
EU DG XIV study 98/041. State of the stocks of European wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)
SWORDGEN: FP5 – EU project – FAIR-CT98-3941. Fine genetic structure of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: Study by means of individual genetic tagging, using microsatellite DNA markers (coordinator) (FAIR CT 973941)
FAIR CT 96 1520. Cephalopod resources dynamics: patterns in environmental and genetic variation
FAIR CT 95 0421. Genetical bases and variability of physiological traits involved in growth in Crassostrea gigas
SELFDOTT: From capture based to SELF-sustained aquaculture and Domestication Of bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus
AQUAGENOME: Genomics in fish and shellfish: integration from research to aquaculture
Marine Genomics Europe (Network of Excellence) (CT-2003-505403): Implementation of high-throughput genomic approaches to investigate the functioning of marine ecosystems and the biology of marine organisms
PENEK (Cyprus): Management and genetic analysis of gilthead sea bream stocks
• Kasapidis P., J. Mejuto, G. Tserpes, A. Antoniou, B. Garcia-Cortes, P. Peristeraki, K. Oikonomaki, G. Kotoulas, and A. Magoulas, 2007. Genetic structure of the swordfish (Xiphias gladius) stocks in the Atlantic using microsatellite DNA analysis. (Special issue on the “Swordfish stock structure”- Col. Vol. Sci. Pap., ICCAT, 61: 89 – 98
