IMBB Comparative Genomics LabProtein family · Transcriptional regulation · Nervous system evolution + Biological data analysis

We combine comparative genomics, phylogenomics and single-cell transcriptomics to understand how molecular and cellular complexity — especially of the nervous system — emerges and evolves.

CGLab is based at IMBB-FORTH, Heraklion, Crete — part of the Evolution, Development & Cell Biology division.

Research

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People

Alexandros Pittis
Alexandros Pittis
Group Leader
Nervous system evolution, eukaryotic cellular transitions, gene family evolution, single-cell transcriptomics
Yiannis Pyrris
Yiannis Pyrris
PhD Student
Protein evolution, synapse origins, membrane transport, cell biology
Iordana Zirdeli
Iordana Zirdeli
PhD student
Olfactory receptor evolution, protein–ligand interactions, phylogenomics, machine learning
Kostis Paterakis
Kostis Paterakis
MSc Student
Comparative genomics, phylogenomics, ancestry inference, macrosynteny
Athena Marouga
Athena Marouga
MSc Student
Comparative genomics, bioinformatics, biotechnology
Eva Delidaki
Eva Delidaki
MSc Student
Comparative genomics, molecular evolution
Melina Doudali
Melina Doudali
Undergraduate
Membrane transporter evolution, comparative genomics, single-cell transcriptomics
Asterios Tsiftsis
Asterios Tsiftsis
Undergraduate
Comparative genomics, molecular evolution

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Lab Timeline

Group Leader Postdoc PhD MSc Undergraduate

Alumni

Amalia Kapsetaki (MSc Student, 2024–2026) → now Bioinformatician in Pavlopoulos Lab at IMBB-FORTH

Interns

Léa Pépi University in Bordeaux, ENSTBB Biotechnology Engineering, Bordeaux, France
Stella Tsiourva University of Crete, Department of Chemistry, Heraklion Crete
Konstantinos Fragkioudakis University of Thessaly, Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics
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We are always open to discuss with motivated people at all career stages who share an interest in computational and evolutionary biology.

If interested contact Alexandros Pittis with a short CV and your interests.

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Publications

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Teaching

Data analysis is an essential part of modern biological research. We coordinate the institute-wide IMBB Data Analysis Course — a hands-on introduction to Python, data analysis, and computational biology for wet-lab researchers — and participate in graduate programs at the University of Crete.

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IMBB Data Analysis Course

Contact

Alexandros Pittis

Group Leader · IMBB-FORTH
alexandros.pittis@gmail.com
alexandros.pittis@imbb.forth.gr
+30 2810 391024

Main Building, FORTH · Floor -2, Room Δ030
N. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton
70013 Heraklion, Crete

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