Associate Professor, Pharmacology
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
Oregon State University
301 Pharmacy Building
Corvallis, OR 97331-3507
Phone: 541-737-2179 or 541-737-8317
chrissa.kioussi@oregonstate.edu
University of Athens, Athens, Greece, B.S. Biology, 1987
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece, M.S. Biochemistry, 1987
Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece, Ph.D. Molecular Cell Biology, 1992
Max-Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany, Postdoctoral Fellow Molecular Genetics, 1992-1995
Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, Postdoctoral Fellow Neurosciences, 1996
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Diego, 1996-2002 Assistant Professor (Project)
The precision in formation of a developing embryo is the result of an intricate mechanism of morphogenetic events, which bring cell populations together for interactions to form three dimensional structures. Complex cascades of signal transduction pathways coupling with an overlapping array of transcription factors constitute the basis for interpreting the transient morphogenetic code. Chrissa Kioussi focuses on the molecular mechanisms by which transcription factors, such as the homeobox genes, mediate cardiovascular and muscle development. Using mouse model systems she searches for a better understanding of congenital heart diseases, muscular dystrophies and human syndromes.
