Anastasia B Mavropoulos

Senior Scientist

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Location:

San Francisco, CA

Industry:

Biotechnology

Work:

UCSF Medical Center - San Francisco since Nov 2011
Assistant specialist
UCSF since Nov 2005
Post-doctoral scholar
University of Liege, Belgium 2000 - 2005
PhD student
University of Padova Jan 2004 - Mar 2004
Visiting scholar
University of Padova Apr 2003 - May 2003
Visiting scholar

Education:

University of Liege, Belgium 2000 - 2005
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Liege, Belgium 1996 - 2000
Master of Science (MS), Biochemistry

Skills:

Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Immunohistochemistry
In Situ Hybridization
Flow Cytometry
Transfection
Tissue Culture
Immunofluorescence
Zebrafish
Immuno Oncology
Single Cell Analysis
Mass Spectrometry
Immunology
Cytof
Mass Cytometry
Recombinational Cloning
Qpcr
Cell Culture
Fluorescence Microscopy
Western Blotting
Biochemistry
Genetics
Cell
Confocal Microscopy
Molecular Cloning
Pcr
Rt Pcr
Animal Models
Life Sciences
In Vivo
Protein Expression
Lifesciences
Cancer Research
Rna Isolation
Transient Transfection
Lentivirus
Luciferase Assay
Viral Vectors
Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Shrna
Troubleshooting
Vector Nti
Mentoring
Fluorescence
Gene Expression Control
Stable Transfection

Interests:

Science and Technology
Environment
Arts and Culture

Languages:

French
English
Italian
Greek
German

Awards:

Belgian American Educational Foundation fellow
Belgian American Educational Foundation. www.baef.be
The Belgian American Educational Foundation Inc. is the leading independent philanthropy in the support of exchanging university students, scientists and scholars between the United States and Belgium. The B.A.E.F. fosters the higher education of deserving Belgians and Americans through its exchange fellowship program.
Kraft family fellow
Kraft Family Stem Cell Foundation
Kraft Family Fellow Helping to Unlock Secrets of Pancreas Development Wednesday August 22nd, 2007 - News Article When Anastasia Mavropoulos, PhD arrived at UCSF from her home in Belgium, she had already achieved an impressive record of success in studying pancreas development. Her animal model of choice in Belgium? The zebrafish – an organism that has been studied extensively in developmental biology because its embryos develop rapidly, progressing from eggs to larvae in under three days. In addition, the embryos are large, transparent, and develop externally to the mother – characteristics that help Dr. Mavropoulos to experiment and observe the zebrafish’s pancreatic development with great ease. Now that Dr. Mavropoulos is here at UCSF, she has been expanding her skills and knowledge by utilizing both mouse and cell line models. Dr. Mavropoulos hopes that her work will contribute to the understanding of the mechanisms leading to diabetes and to the development of new therapies to treat the disease. This past year, Dr. Mavropoulos was named as the first Kraft Family Fellow, a fellowship made possible by Stephen and Marilyn Kraft of New Mexico and their daughters, Amy (Kraft) Lewis and Melanie Kraft. According to Dr. Mavropoulos, “During post-doctoral training, obtaining a fellowship represents an important stage in my professional development. The position also represents a huge recognition of my work, which is very encouraging.” Needless to say, Dr. Mavropoulos was delighted to meet Marilyn Kraft when she visited recently – not only to show off her prized fish but also to thank her family for supporting her ongoing work in pancreas development. Creating a robust fellowship program is important to the Diabetes Center for two reasons. Not only will each fellow make a significant impact on diabetes research at UCSF, they will also benefit, both personally and professionally, from this generous investment in their career.
Rotary International Fellow
The Rotary International
The Ambassadorial Scholarships program promotes international understanding and friendly relations among people of different parts of the world. The scholarships sponsor undergraduate and graduate students, as well as qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the country where they study and give presentations about their own culture to Rotary clubs and other groups. Back home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that deepened their understanding of another culture. Through their generous contributions, Rotarians worldwide show a continued faith that today’s scholars will be tomorrow's community and world leaders.
Duesberg-Baily Family Fellow
University of Liege & Athenee Royal Thil Lorrain, Belgium
Every year, the Duesberg-Baily Foundation sponsors one student graduated from both the Athenee Royal Thil Lorrain and the University of Liege to purse their post-graduate education abroad.
European Student Travel Award
The Society for Developmental Biology
Every year, a number of travel awards are made available for current student (undergraduate and graduate) and postdoctoral members of SDB who need assistance to offset their travel expenses to SDB annual meetings.
Foundation for Research in Industry and Agriculture Fellow (FRIA)
National Fund for Scientific Research; fnrs.be
The FRIA is a 4 year scholarship sponsoring PhD candidates to complete their doctoral training.

Anastasia Mavropoulos San Francisco, CA

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Work:

Diabetes Center, University of California

Nov 2011 to 2000
Associate specialist Diabetes Center, University of California
San Francisco, CA
Nov 2005 to Oct 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow University of Liege

Sep 2000 to Oct 2005
PhD student University of Padova

Mar 2004 to May 2004
Visiting scholar University of Umea

Nov 2002 to Dec 2002
Visiting scholar

Education:

University of Liege
2005
PhD University of Liege
2000
MS in Biochemistry University of Liege
1998
BS in Biology

Skills:

DNA, RNA, protein extraction and analysis Vectorology: construct design, vector engineering Sterile tissue culture, stable cell lines, transient transfection, luminescence, RNAi gene silencing Flow cytometry, FACS Next Generation sequencing Gene expression profiling: qPCR, low density arrays Animal models: mouse and zebrafish Immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, In situ hybridization Fluorescence and confocal microscopy Basic computer skills and bioinformatics: Office suite, VectorNTI suite, GraphPad prism, BLAST Troubleshooting& Problem Resolution Mentoring and training Communication & Interpersonal skills