Biography:
Dr. Eleni Petsalaki is a Post-Doctoral Research Scientist in Dr. George Zachos’ lab at the University of Crete, in Greece. She completed her PhD in 2014 in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine at the Department of Biology in Crete. Her main research interest is to understand mechanisms of mitotic cell division in human cells, such as the mitotic spindle and abscission checkpoints. She has published 14 papers in leading scientific journals (13 first name publications) such as the Journal of Cell Biology (5), Nature Communications (1), Journal of Cell Science (2) and others, and her work has received >200 citations.
A novel mechanism promotes actin patch formation to prevent chromatin bridge breakage in cytokinesis
A novel mechanism that promotes mitotic spindle formation in cancer cells