Antonia Karanikolou

Antonia completed her undergraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at the Technological Institute of Thessaloniki in Greece. She obtained an MSc in Human Nutrition with Specialisation in Clinical Nutrition at the University of Glasgow in 2013. She received funding to expand her MSc project work at the University of Glasgow. During her internship, she gained valuable experience in Molecular Biology techniques. In September 2015, Antonia started her PhD at the University of Brighton and is investigating gene expression profiling of training and blood doping.

Email address: A.Karanikolou@brighton.ac.uk

Qualification: PhD

Timeframe: Full-time/three years

Antonia-Karanikolou

Thesis title

Omics biomarkers of training and doping

My research

A genome is defined as the entire collection of genetic information encoded by a particular organism. By semantic association, the words transcriptome, proteome and metabolome refer to all transcripts, proteins and metabolites expressed by a genome at a specific time and collectively encompass the 'omics-cascade'. Recently, genome-wide association studies have provided us with a unique opportunity to explore the whole genome in an unbiased manner in the search for sequence variants associated with traits of interest. Moreover, gene expression profiling can yield unbiased transcript signatures and molecular targets that could constitute candidates for subsequent genomic and genetic studies (Bouchard, 2015). This thesis aims to apply a whole transcriptome approach to better understand the underlying biological mechanisms of individual training response and blood doping.

Supervisors

Professor Yannis Pitsiladis

Dr Guan Wang

Dr Nir Eynon (Victoria University, Australia)