Efstathia Karachaliou

Pierre-Yves Musso

General information

PhD student

SuPeR (Sugars - Perception and Receptors)

 efikarachaliou@gmail.com

 Idhal : efstathia-karachaliou

Job

PhD student

  • Master Degree in "Isolation, Development, Production and Analysis of Bioactive Natural Products", Pharmacy School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Activities

Research theme

Registered Pharmacist, with a Bachelor and Master Degree in Pharmacy School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Currently a PhD candidate in Pharmacy School at University of Burgundy with a focus on saponins as modulators of taste receptors.

Master program "Isolation, Development, Production and Evaluation of Bioactive Natural Products" at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with a focus on semisynthesis of Olea europaea metabolites as improved antiviral agents. 

Bachelor ERASMUS+ thesis on phytochemical profile of Boronella koniamboensis at University Paris Cité.

Scholarly and research interests are in the areas of pharmacognosy and natural products chemistry, with a special interest in the semisynthesis and isolation of secondary metabolites by employing various techniques in terms of spectroscopy and chromatography.

Responsabilities

Currently a member of the Scientific and Communication Committee for the Forum of Young Researchers (UBFC, 2024) as well as Student Representative of FORTHEM Alliance. Secretary for the Representative Council of Students at the Athens School of Pharmacy (2018-2019).

Key words
Natural products, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, saponins, sweet-taste receptors, chromatography, analytical chemistry, NMR spectroscopy

Important publications

  • Kritsanida M, Graziani M, Karachaliou E, Litaudon M, Beniddir MA, Grougnet R(2019). Investigation of the phytochemical profiles of Boronella spp (Rutaceae) using molecular networking. Planta Medica, 85(18),1463-1464. DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3399835

SuPeR (Sugars - Perception and Receptors)