Cell Biology of Genome Maintenance
Positions held
- Since 2015: Group Leader, Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz
- 2013-2014: Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA
- 2008-2013: Postdoc, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA
Education
- 2008: PhD in Molecular Biology and Cytogenetics, Medical School, University of Patras
- 2005: MSc in Applications in Medical Sciences, Medical School, University of Patras
- 2002: Diploma in Biology, University of Patras
Recent publications by Vassilis Roukos
Gothe HJ, Minneker V, Roukos V. (2018). Dynamics of Double-Strand Breaks: Implications for the Formation of Chromosome Translocations (2018) Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 1044:27-38
Zirkel A, Nikolic M, Sofiadis K, Mallm JP, Brackley CA, Gothe H, Drechsel O, Becker C, Altmüller J, Josipovic N, Georgomanolis T, Brant L, Franzen J, Koker M, Gusmao EG, Costa IG, Ullrich RT, Wagner W, Roukos V, Nürnberg P, Marenduzzo D, Rippe K, Papantonis A (2018). HMGB2 Loss upon Senescence Entry Disrupts Genomic Organization and Induces CTCF Clustering across Cell Types. Mol Cell, 70(4), 730-744
Dörsam B, Seiwert N, Foersch S, Stroh S, Nagel G, Begaliew D, Diehl E, Kraus A, McKeague M, Minneker V, Roukos V, Reißig S, Waisman A, Moehler M, Stier A, Mangerich A, Dantzer F, Kaina B, Fahrer J. (2018) PARP-1 protects against colorectal tumor induction, but promotes inflammation-driven colorectal tumor progression.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Apr 24;115 (17): 4061-4070
Roukos V. Actin proteins assemble to protect the genome (2018). Nature, 559 (7712): 35-37
Piccino R, Cipinska M and Roukos V (2017). Studies of the DNA damage response by using the Lac operator/repressor (LacO/LacR) tethering system.Methods Cell Biol, 1599: 263-275