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18926
National Ranking
660

Overview

Kostas Iatrou is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and specializes in research intersecting Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Neuroscience. Their scholarly focus includes subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Plant Science, Insect Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Molecular Biology.

The primary research topics covered by Kostas Iatrou encompass:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods

Recent scholarly contributions by Kostas Iatrou include:

  • Identification of Allosteric Modifiers of Mosquito Odorant Receptor Function and Odor-Triggered Behaviors (2020), published in The FASEB Journal
  • Novel Anosmia-Inducing Compounds for Environmentally Friendly Mosquito Vector Control: Structural Determinants of ORco Ligands Antagonizing Odorant Receptor Function (2022), published in The FASEB Journal

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Kostas Iatrou are:

  • Georgia Kythreoti
  • Αntonios Michaelakis
  • Dimitrios Papachristos
  • Stefan Schulz
  • Trias Thireou

Kostas Iatrou has published work in multiple academic venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • The FASEB Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Additionally, Kostas Iatrou has contributed to the book "Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science," published by Elsevier BV in 2025, which has amassed a significant number of citations.

Best Publications

  • comprehensive molecular insect science

    Lawrence I. Gilbert;Kostas Iatrou;Sarjeet S. Gill

  • RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design

    Olle Terenius;Alexie Papanicolaou;Alexie Papanicolaou;Jennie S. Garbutt;Ioannis Eleftherianos

  • The Anopheles gambiae odorant binding protein 1 (AgamOBP1) mediates indole recognition in the antennae of female mosquitoes.

    Harald Biessmann;Evi Andronopoulou;Max R. Biessmann;Vassilis Douris

  • The Silkmoth Homolog* of the Drosophila Ecdysone Receptor (B1 Isoform): Cloning and Analysis of Expression During Follicular Cell Differentiation

    Luc Swevers;Joel R. Drevet;Martine D. Lunke;Kostas Iatrou

  • Expression of a set of fish genes following heat or metal ion exposure.

    J J Heikkila;G A Schultz;K Iatrou;L Gedamu

  • The ecdysone regulatory cascade and ovarian development in lepidopteran insects: insights from the silkmoth paradigm.

    Luc Swevers;Kostas Iatrou

  • Bombyx EcR (BmEcR) and Bombyx USP (BmCF1) combine to form a functional ecdysone receptor

    Luc Swevers;Lucy Cherbas;Peter Cherbas;Kostas Iatrou

  • High-level expression of secreted glycoproteins in transformed lepidopteran insect cells using a novel expression vector.

    Patrick J. Farrell;Maolong Lu;Jay Prevost;Chris Brown

  • Anopheles gambiae odorant binding protein crystal complex with the synthetic repellent DEET: implications for structure-based design of novel mosquito repellents.

    K. E. Tsitsanou;T. Thireou;C. E. Drakou;K. Koussis

  • Vitellogenesis and Post-Vitellogenic Maturation of the Insect Ovarian Follicle

    L. Swevers;A.S. Raikhel;T.W. Sappington;P. Shirk

  • Stably transformed insect cell lines: tools for expression of secreted and membrane-anchored proteins and high-throughput screening platforms for drug and insecticide discovery.

    Vassilis Douris;Luc Swevers;Vassiliki Labropoulou;Evi Andronopoulou

  • A BACULOVIRUS (BOMBYX MORI NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS) REPEAT ELEMENT FUNCTIONS AS A POWERFUL CONSTITUTIVE ENHANCER IN TRANSFECTED INSECT CELLS

    Maolong Lu;Patrick J. Farrell;Russell Johnson;Kostas Iatrou

  • Bombyx mori DNA/RNA non-specific nuclease: Expression of isoforms in insect culture cells, subcellular localization and functional assays

    Jisheng Liu;Luc Swevers;Kostas Iatrou;Hanneke Huvenne

  • Polyhedrin gene of Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus.

    K Iatrou;K Ito;H Witkiewicz

  • Baculovirus artificial chromosomes and methods of use

    Kostas Iatrou;Patrick J. Farrell;Yoshifumi Hashimoto

  • Baculovirus-mediated gene delivery into Mammalian cells does not alter their transcriptional and differentiating potential but is accompanied by early viral gene expression.

    Christos Kenoutis;Rodica C. Efrose;Luc Swevers;Alexandros A. Lavdas

  • Cooperative interactions between odorant-binding proteins of Anopheles gambiae

    Huili Qiao;Xiaoli He;Danuta Schymura;Liping Ban

  • The distribution of poly(A)+ and poly(A)− protamine messenger RNA sequences in the developing trout testis

    Kostas Iatrou;Gordon H. Dixon

  • A cellular promoter-based expression cassette for generating recombinant baculoviruses directing rapid expression of passenger genes in infected insects.

    Russell Johnson;Roy G. Meidinger;Kostas Iatrou

  • High-throughput screening of ecdysone agonists using a reporter gene assay followed by 3-D QSAR analysis of the molting hormonal activity

    Craig E. Wheelock;Yoshiaki Nakagawa;Toshiyuki Harada;Nobuhiro Oikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy Smagghe
Guy Smagghe Ghent University
Fotis C. Kafatos
Fotis C. Kafatos Harvard University
Gordon H. Dixon
Gordon H. Dixon University of Calgary
Nicolas Kalogerakis
Nicolas Kalogerakis Technical University of Crete
Harald Biessmann
Harald Biessmann University of California, Irvine
Javaregowda Nagaraju
Javaregowda Nagaraju Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
Stefan Schulz
Stefan Schulz Technische Universität Braunschweig
Colin R. Janssen
Colin R. Janssen Ghent University
Qingyou Xia
Qingyou Xia Southwest University
Alexander S. Raikhel
Alexander S. Raikhel University of California, Riverside

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