Dr. Vasso Makrantoni

Biography

Vasso Makrantoni studied Biology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and later pursued doctoral studies at St Andrews University in Scotland, focusing on stress response signaling in the baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Following her PhD, she conducted postdoctoral research at the Wellcome Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression in Dundee and later in the laboratory of Professor Adele Marston at the Institute of Cell Biology in Edinburgh. Her research has significantly contributed to the understanding of cell cycle regulation and genome stability, including elucidating mechanisms for loading multiprotein complexes that maintain sister chromatid cohesion to prevent chromosomal abnormalities during cell division. In 2021, Vasso was appointed as a Principal Investigator and Tenure-Track Lecturer at the Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, where she leads a lab focused on pathogenic fungi and their mechanisms to survive host stress during infection and antifungal treatment. She holds a joint appointment with Zhejiang University and is actively involved in undergraduate education and research mentorship.

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