Afroditi G. Chioti, Biotechnologist A.U.Th., Molecular Biologist D.U.Th., MSc
Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, A.U.Th.
T. 00302310997744, F. 00302310997709
Email: a.xiwti@gmail.com, achiotig@chem.auth.gr

Education and Training

PhD Candidate in Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in collaboration with the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Center of Research "Demokritos", Athens and the quality control laboratory Q-lab, Thessaloniki.
«Reduction of Microbial Load in Anaerobic Digestion systems based on Photocatalysis»

Scholarship of Industrial PhD S.N.F.

Postgraduate studies in Applied Genetics and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, School of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in collaboration with Sector of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Postgraduate Diploma Thesis: «Synthesis of new chalcones derivatives and investigation of their biological role as potential inhibitors of lipoxygenase»

Bachelor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace.

Current Research Activity

Combination of membranes nanotechnology and photocatalytic methods to reduce pathogenic microbes in the liquid fraction of a biogas plant.

Research Interests

• Anaerobic Digestion Systems
• Environmental Chemistry
• Advanced Oxidation Processes for sanitation and purification
• Nanotechnology
• Microbiology of digestate
• Bioinformatics
• Biostatistics

Recent Publications

• Self-reported hair loss in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria treated with omalizumab: an under-reported, transient side effect?
  Konstantinou G.N., Chioti A.G., Daniilidis M.
  Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol, 2016 Sep; 48(5): 205-7


• Clinical Immunology Quiz-Case 7
  A.G. Chioti, D. Tsonoglou, G.N. Konstantinou
  Archives of Hellenic Medicine 2015; 32(3):375


• Intratumoral gene therapy versus intravenous gene therapy for distant metastasis control with 2-diethylaminoethyl-dextran methyl methacrylate copolymer non-viral vector-p53.
  3. Baliaka A., Zarogoulidis P., Domvri K., Hohenforst-Schmidt W., Sakkas A., Huang H., Le Pivert P., Koliakos G., Koliakou E., Kouzi-Koliakos K., Tsakiridis K., Chioti A., Siotou E., Cheva A., Zarogoulidis K., Sakkas L.
  Gene Ther. 2014 Feb;21(2):158-67. doi: 10.1038/gt.2013.68. Epub 2013 Nov 28.

Recent Conference Announcements

• Psychiatric comorbidities in patients with chronic urticaria: a systematic review
  Konstantinou J.N., Chioti A.G., Konstantinou G.N.
  11-15/6/2016, XXXΙV Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vienna, Austria & 14-17/4/2016, 11th National Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, ΕΕΑΚΑ, Athens


• Aeroallergen sensitization profiles in Northern Greece
  Chioti A.G., Konstantinou G.N.
  11-15/6/2016, XXXΙV Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vienna, Austria & 14-17/4/2016, 11th National Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, ΕΕΑΚΑ, Athens


• Synthesis of new chalcone derivatives and exploration of their biological role as lipoxygenase inhibitors
  Chioti A.G, Lazou A., Hadjipavlou-Litina D.
  26-28/5/2016, 38th Scientific Congress of Greek Association for Biological Sciences, Kavala, Greece


• Hair loss in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria treated with omalizumab: an under-reported, transient side effect?
  Chioti A.G., Konstantinou G.N.
  6-10/06/2015, XXXΙΙΙ Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Barcelona, Spain


• Omalizumab in delayed pressure urticaria: too good to be true…?
  Konstantinou G.N., Chioti A.G., Daniilidis M.
  6-10/06/2015, XXXΙΙΙ Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Barcelona, Spain & 25-28/6/2015, 11th National Conference of Dermatology, Dermatology and Venereology Society, Thessaloniki, Greece

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