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Greece
2024

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
85
Citations
72115
World Ranking
839
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1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Greece Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Greece Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Greece Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2019 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences
  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Nektarios Tavernarakis is affiliated with the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas in Greece. Their research output covers multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a significant focus on aging and related physiological processes.

Their publication record encompasses a wide range of topics, including molecular biology, aging, epidemiology, physiology, and endocrine and autonomic systems. The main thematic clusters in their work are:

  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin
  • Spaceflight Effects on Biology
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Nuclear Structure and Function

Their recent papers demonstrate engagement with autophagy and neurodegenerative disorders, as well as model organisms for human disease. Selected publications include:

  • Autophagy in major human diseases, 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • Autophagy in healthy aging and disease, 2021, Nature Aging
  • Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system for human diseases, 2020, Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • Oxidative Stress in Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases: An Overview of Recent Tools and Findings, 2023, Antioxidants
  • Inhibition of autophagy curtails visual loss in a model of autosomal dominant optic atrophy, 2020, Nature Communications

Tavernarakis collaborates frequently with several researchers, evidencing substantial co-authorship networks. Frequent co-authors include Konstantinos Palikaras, Séamus J. Martin, Dublin Chair, Andrey Abramov, and Colin Adrain.

Their work is regularly published in specialized journals with a significant number of contributions to venues such as:

  • FEBS Journal
  • Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Nature Aging
  • Cells

Awards and recognitions received include fellowship and membership in several prestigious scientific organizations: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020, membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina since 2019 focused on neurosciences, membership in Academia Europaea since 2014, and memberships in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts as well as the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Induction of autophagy by spermidine promotes longevity

    Tobias Eisenberg;Heide Knauer;Alexandra Schauer;Sabrina Büttner

  • Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Eric H. Baehrecke;Andrea Ballabio;Patricia Boya

  • Mitophagy inhibits amyloid-β and tau pathology and reverses cognitive deficits in models of Alzheimer’s disease

    E F Fang;Y Hou;K Palikaras;B A Adriaanse

  • Crosstalk between apoptosis, necrosis and autophagy.

    Vassiliki Nikoletopoulou;Maria Markaki;Konstantinos Palikaras;Nektarios Tavernarakis

  • Autophagy in major human diseases

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Giulia Petroni;Ravi K. Amaravadi;Eric H. Baehrecke

  • Regulation of autophagy by cytoplasmic p53

    Ezgi Tasdemir;M. Chiara Maiuri;M. Chiara Maiuri;M. Chiara Maiuri;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Ilio Vitale;Ilio Vitale

  • Functional and physical interaction between Bcl‐XL and a BH3‐like domain in Beclin‐1

    M Chiara Maiuri;Gaëtane Le Toumelin;Alfredo Criollo;Alfredo Criollo;Alfredo Criollo;Jean-Christophe Rain

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Mechanisms of mitophagy in cellular homeostasis, physiology and pathology.

    Konstantinos Palikaras;Konstantinos Palikaras;Eirini Lionaki;Nektarios Tavernarakis;Nektarios Tavernarakis

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Autophagy in healthy aging and disease

    Yahyah Aman;Yahyah Aman;Tomas Schmauck-Medina;Malene Hansen;Richard I. Morimoto

  • Coordination of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis during ageing in C. elegans

    Konstantinos Palikaras;Eirini Lionaki;Nektarios Tavernarakis

  • Caloric restriction and resveratrol promote longevity through the Sirtuin-1-dependent induction of autophagy

    E Morselli;M C Maiuri;M C Maiuri;M C Maiuri;M Markaki;E Megalou

  • Heritable and inducible genetic interference by double-stranded RNA encoded by transgenes.

    Nektarios Tavernarakis;Shi Liang Wang;Maxim Dorovkov;Alexey Ryazanov

  • Autophagy mediates pharmacological lifespan extension by spermidine and resveratrol.

    Eugenia Morselli;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Oliver Kepp;Alfredo Criollo

  • Can autophagy promote longevity

    Frank Madeo;Nektarios Tavernarakis;Guido Kroemer

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Frank Madeo
Frank Madeo University of Graz
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Monica Driscoll
Monica Driscoll Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Maria Chiara Maiuri
Maria Chiara Maiuri Institut Gustave Roussy
Alfredo Criollo
Alfredo Criollo University of Chile
Oliver Kepp
Oliver Kepp Institut Gustave Roussy
Eugenia Morselli
Eugenia Morselli San Sebastián University
Francesco Cecconi
Francesco Cecconi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Didac Carmona-Gutierrez
Didac Carmona-Gutierrez University of Graz

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