Ioanna Gontika

 
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 IOANNA GONTIKA

Haemopoiesis Research Lab,
Hematology Department & Public Cord Blood Bank Crete,
University Hospital Heraklion
Tel: +30 2810-394726

 
 

 

EDUCATION:

  • PhD: 2020, Regenerative Medicine, peripheral nerve regeneration,School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of

  • MSc: 2014, Reproductive- Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of

  • BSc: 2009, Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, Technological Educational Institute of Athens (University of West Attica).

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Regeneration Medicine

  • Tissue Engineering

  • Cord Blood Banking

CURRENT POSITION:

Public Cord Blood Bank of Crete


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Detection of the novel HLA-B*51:232:02 variant in an inhabitant from the island of Gontika I, Latsoudis H, Zamanakou M, Stylianakis E, Papadaki HA. HLA. 2020 Nov 26. doi: 10.1111/tan.14157.
  • Short Term Results of Fibrin Gel Obtained from Cord Blood Units: A Preliminary in Vitro Mallis P, Gontika I, Dimou Z, Panagouli E, Zoidakis J, Makridakis M, Vlahou A, Georgiou E, Gkioka V, Stavropoulos-Giokas C, Michalopoulos E. Bioengineering (Basel). 2019 Aug 2;6(3):66. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering6030066.
  • Biocompatibility and Immunogenicity of Decellularized Allogeneic Aorta in the Orthotopic Rat Katsimpoulas M, Morticelli L, Gontika I, Kouvaka A, Mallis P, Dipresa D, Böer U, Soudah B, Haverich A, Michalopoulos E, Korossis S. Tissue Eng Part A. 2019 Mar;25(5-6):399-415. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2018.0037.
  • Administration of Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Platelet Lysate in Erectile Dysfunction: A Single Center Pilot Protogerou V, Michalopoulos E, Mallis P, Gontika I, Dimou Z, Liakouras C, Stavropoulos-Giokas C, Kostakopoulos N, Chrisofos M, Deliveliotis C. Bioengineering (Basel). 2019 Mar 5;6(1):21. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering6010021.
  • Decellularized Human Umbilical Artery Used as Nerve Conduit. Gontika I, Katsimpoulas M, Antoniou E, Kostakis A, Stavropoulos-Giokas C, Michalopoulos Bioengineering (Basel). 2018 Nov 21;5(4):100. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering5040100.
  • Evaluation of decellularization in umbilical cord Mallis P, Gontika I, Poulogiannopoulos T, Zoidakis J, Vlahou A, Michalopoulos E, Chatzistamatiou T, Papassavas A, Stavropoulos-Giokas C. Transplant Proc. 2014 Nov;46(9):3232-9. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.10.027.
  • Optimizing isolation culture and freezing methods to preserve Wharton's jelly's mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) properties: an MSC banking protocol validation for the Hellenic Cord Blood Bank. Chatzistamatiou TK, Papassavas AC, Michalopoulos E, Gamaloutsos C, Mallis P, Gontika I, Panagouli E, Koussoulakos SL, Stavropoulos-Giokas