CURRICULUM VITAE Ι. ΙΙ. Personal Details Name: Emmanouil (Manolis) Surname: Fousteris Date of Birth: 16th May 1975 Home Address: Roikou 2, 26442, Patras, Greece Phone: +302610969391 e-mail: manolisf@upatras.gr Education Diploma in Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece, July 2000. M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece, November 2002. Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece, March 2005. III. Professional Experience 03 - 2006 06 – 2007 Part-time Lecturer in Organic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry courses, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. Current Position Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. IV. Research Experience 01 - 1999 06 – 2000 Bachelor’s Thesis: «Improvement of synthetic methodologies for the synthesis of nitrogen mustards alkylating agents» CURRICULUM VITAE Research Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Dr S. Nikolaropoulos Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. 11 - 2000 12 - 2002 Master Thesis: «S Synthesis and biological evaluation of steroidal esters of 4-Methyl-3-bis(2chloroethyl)amino benzoic acid (4-Me-CABA) Research Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Dr S. Nikolaropoulos Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. 09 - 2000 09 - 2002 Research Grant «Κ. Κaratheodori (No 2564), University of Patras, Greece. «Development of New Anticancer Agents: Synthesis, conformational analysis (2D3D QSAR) and biological evaluation of chlorambucil’s steroidal esters and derivatives of it» Research Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Dr G. Pairas Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. 11 - 2002 09 - 2005 Research Grant «Κ. Κaratheodori (No 3013), University of Patras, Greece. «Development of New Anticancer Agents: The role of the B steroidal ring in antileukemic activity: Synthesis, conformational analysis (2D-3D QSAR) and biological evaluation of chlorambucil’s steroidal esters and derivatives of it» Research Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Dr S. Nikolaropoulos Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. 12 - 2002 06 - 2004 PhD Thesis entitled: «Synthesis of novel pyrrolocarbazole analogs of aromatic skeleton of indolocarbazole natural products as potential inhibitors of cell cycle enzymes» Research Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Dr S. Nikolaropoulos Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. 10 - 2005 01-2006 Postdoctoral researcher in CNRS - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Unité Mixte de Recherche No 6519-Réactions Sélectives et Applications, “Catalyse” Group. 2 CURRICULUM VITAE Research Supervisor: Dr Jacques Muzart, Research Director Reims, France 02 - 2006 11-2007 Postdoctoral researcher in Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. Research Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Dr S. Nikolaropoulos Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. 11 - 2007 01-2009 Postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Mineralogy, University of Leipzig, Germany. Research Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Athanassios Giannis Referee in International Scientific Journals 1. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.) IF=2.478 2. Anti-Cancer Drugs (Anti-Cancer Drug) IF=1.907 V. Research Grants 09 - 2000 09 – 2002 Research Grant «Κ. Κaratheodori (No 2564), University of Patras, Greece. «Development of New Anticancer Agents: Synthesis, conformational analysis (2D3D QSAR) and biological evaluation of chlorambucil’s steroidal esters and derivatives of it» Research Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Dr G. Pairas Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. Postgraduate Fellowship 3 CURRICULUM VITAE 11 - 2002 09 – 2005 Research Grant «Κ. Κaratheodori (No 3013), University of Patras, Greece. «Development of New Anticancer Agents: The role of the B steroidal ring in antileukemic activity: Synthesis, conformational analysis (2D-3D QSAR) and biological evaluation of chlorambucil’s steroidal esters and derivatives of it» Research Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Dr S. Nikolaropoulos Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. Postgraduate Fellowship 10 - 2006 12- 2007 Pythagoras II, Ministry of Education «New tetrahydroindole derivatives: Synthesis, biological evaluation and structure activity-relationship studies in the cardiovascular system» Research Coordinator: Assistant Prof. Dr S. Nikolaropoulos Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. Postdoctoral Fellowship 10 - 2008 12 – 2008 Marie Curie Actions, European Union-University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Σύμβαση Νo MRTN-CT-2004-512348, «Understanding the dynamics of cell division», «Structuring the ERA» Research Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Athanassios Giannis Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Germany Postdoctoral Fellowship 12 - 2008 2010 DESMI 2008, Republic of Cyprus and the European Regional Development Fund “Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation on Cardiovascular System of New Selective Inhibitors of Soluble Guanyl Cyclase”, Duration time: 2008-2010, Research Coordinator: Associate Prof. Panayotis Koutentis Research Scientist 4 CURRICULUM VITAE 2010 2012 Research Grant «Κ. Κaratheodori (C.109), University of Patras, Greece. «Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Pyrrolo- Indolo-azepinone Derivatives as Potential Inhibitors of the Cyclin Dependent Kinase 1 (CDK1). Research Coordinator: M. Fousteris VI. Teaching Experience 11 - 2000 09 – 2004 Teaching-assistant in the tutorial courses of Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. 11 - 2000 09 – 2004 Teaching-assistant in the practical courses of Medicinal Chemistry and Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. 01 - 2002 06 - 2003 Teaching-assistant in the practical courses of Genaral Chemistry, Department of Material Sciences, University of Patras, Greece. 02 - 2006 11 – 2007 Assistant supervisor of MSc and PhD Theses, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. 03 - 2006 06 – 2007 Part-time Lecturer in Organic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry courses, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. 01 - 2009 today Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry and Synthetic Organic Chemistry courses, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece. 5 CURRICULUM VITAE VII. Teaching Activities Undergraduate Courses (Undergraduate Studies, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras) 1. Co-instructor of the course “Synthetic Organic Chemistry”, Second Year of Studies 20092. Co-instructor of the course “Medicinal Chemistry Ι”, Third Year of Studies 20093. Practical course “Synthetic Organic Chemistry ”, Second Year of Studies 20094. Practical course “Medicinal Chemistry I”, Second Year of Studies 20095. Practical course “Medicinal Chemistry IV”, Fourth Year of Studies 2009- Postgraduate Courses (Postgraduate Studies, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras) 1. Co-instructor of the course (ΦΜ-Β02) “Organic Chemistry: Protective GroupsCombinatorial Chemistry ” 20092. Co-instructor of the course (ΦΜ-Β07) “Drug Design” 2009- VIII. Fellowships and Prizes 1. Postgraduated Fellow of the Research Grant «Κ. Κaratheodori, No 2564» University of Patras, Greece, 1/9/2000-30/09/2002 2. Postgraduated Fellow of the Programm “Interreg II, Greece-Italy” University of Patras, Greece, 1/3/2001-30/4/2001 Universita degli Studi di Lecce, Italy, 1/6/2001-30/6/2001 6 CURRICULUM VITAE 3. Award for the first academic year of postgratuated studies from the National Foundation of Fellowships (IKY) National Foundation of Fellowships, Greece, 2001 4. Postgraduated Fellow of the Research Grant «Κ. Κaratheodori, No 3013» University of Patras, Greece, 1/11/2002-30/09/2004 IX. Membership Hellenic Society of Medicinal Chemistry European Federation of Medicinal Chemistry X. Specific Skills Languages English (First Certificate in English, University of Cambridge) French (Intermediate knowledge) 7 CURRICULUM VITAE XI. Publications 1. Manolis A. Fousteris, Anna I. Koutsourea, Evagelia S. Arsenou, Athanasios Papageorgiou, Dionisis Mourelatos and Sotiris S. Nikolaropoulos: Antileukemic and Cytogenetic Effects of Modified and non-Modified Esteric Steroidal Derivatives of 4-Methyl-3-bis(2-chloroethyl)amino benzoic acid (4-Me-CABA) Anticancer Research, 22, 2293-2300 (2002). 2. Venetia Karayianni, Athanasios Papageorgiou, Eleftheria Mioglou, Zafeiroula Iakovidou, Dionysios Mourelatos, Manolis Fousteris, Anna Koutsourea, Evaggelia Arsenou and Sotiris Nikolaropoulos: 7-Keto hybrid steroidal esters of nitrogen mustard: cytogenetic and antineoplastic effects Anticancer Drugs, 13, 637-643 (2002). 3. Evaggelia S. Arsenou, Anna I. Koutsourea, Manolis A. Fousteris and Sotiris S. Nikolaropoulos: Optimization of the allylic oxidation in the synthesis of 7-keto-Δ5-steroidal substrates Steroids, 68, 407-414 (2003). 4. Venetia Karayanni, Eleftheria Mioglou, Zafeiroula Iakovidou, Dionisis Mourelatos, Manolis Fousteris, Anna Koutsourea, Evaggelia Arsenou and Sotiris Nikolaropoulos: A new approach for evaluating in vivo anti leukemic activity using the SCE assay: An application of three newly synthesised anti-tumour steroidal esters Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Enviromental Mutagenesis, 535(1), 79-86 (2003). 5. Anna I. Koutsourea, Evaggelia S. Arsenou, Manolis A. Fousteris and Sotiris S. Nikolaropoulos: Synthetic approaches for the synthesis of a cytostatic steroidal B-D bilactam Steroids, 68, 659-666 (2003). 6. E.S. Arsenou, M.A. Fousteris, A.I. Koutsourea and S.S. Nikolaropoulos: 7-Keto-.Δ5-Steroids: Key-Molecules Owning Particular Biological and Chemical Interest Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 3(6), 557-567 (2003). 7. Manolis A. Fousteris, Anna I. Koutsourea, Evaggelia S. Arsenou, Leondios Leondiadis, 8 CURRICULUM VITAE Sotiris S. Nikolaropoulos and Ioannis K. Stamos: Pyrrolocarbazole analogs of aromatic skeleton of indolocarbazole natural products Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 41, 349-353 (2004). 8. Evaggelia S. Arsenou, Manolis A. Fousteris, Anna I. Koutsourea, Athanasios Papageorgiou, Venetia Karayianni, Eleftheria Mioglou, Zafiria Iakovidou, Dionysios Mourelatos and Sotiris S. Nikolaropoulos: The allylic 7-ketone at the steroidal skeleton is crucial for the antileukemic potency of chlorambucil’s active metabolite steroidal esters Anticancer Drugs, 15, 983-990 (2004). 9. Agnes Kapou, Manolis A. Fousteris, Sotiris S. Nikolaropoulos, Maria Zervou, Simona G. Grdadolnikc, Panagiotis Zoumpoulakis, Ioanna Kyrikou, Thomas Mavromoustakos: 2D NMR and conformational analysis of a prototype anti-tumour steroidal ester Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 38(3), 428-434 (2005). 10. Athanasios Papageorgiou, Anna I. Koutsourea, Evagelia S. Arsenou, Manolis A. Fousteris, Dionysios Mourelatos and Sotiris S. Nikolaropoulos: Srtucture-antileukemic activity relationship study of B and D-ring modified and non-modified steroidal esters of chlorambucil’s active metabolite Anticancer Drugs, 16, 1075-1082, (2005). 11. Manolis A. Fousteris, Anna I. Koutsourea, Sotiris S.Nikolaropoulos, Abdelkhalek Riahi, Jacques Muzart: Improved chromium-catalyzed allylic oxidation of Δ5-steroids with t-butyl hydroperoxide Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 250, 70-74 (2006). 12. Manolis A. Fousteris, Anna I. Koutsourea, Evaggelia S. Arsenou, Athanasios Papageorgiou, Dionysios Mourelatos, Sotiris S.Nikolaropoulos: Structure-anti-leukemic activity relationship study of B- and D-ring modified and nonmodified steroidal esters of chlorambucil Anti-Cancer Drugs, 17, 511-519 (2006). 13. Manolis Fousteris, Carole Chevrin, Jean Le Bras and Jacques Muzart: Water-promoted iodocyclisation of 2-allylphenols Green Chemistry, 8, 1–3, 2006. 9 CURRICULUM VITAE 14. M.A. Fousteris, A.I. Koutsourea, E.S. Arsenou, C. Spyridonidou, D. Mourelatos and S.S. Nikolaropoulos: Rational design, synthesis and in vitro evaluation of three new alkylating steroidal esters Medicinal Chemistry, 2, 569-576, 2006. 15. M. A.Fousteris, A.Papageorgiou, E. S. Arsenou, A. I. Koutsourea, E. Karaberis, D.Mourelatos, D. O. Onyango, S. S. Nikolaropoulos: Antileukemic and Cytogenetic Activity by Triple Administration of Three Modified Steroidal Derivatives of Nitrogen Mustards. Chemotherapy, 53, 118-126, 2007. 16. M. A.Fousteris, A.Papageorgiou, E. S. Arsenou, A. I. Koutsourea, D.Mourelatos, S. S. Nikolaropoulos: Structure-antileukemic activity relationship study of B- and D-ring modified and nonmodified steroidal esters of 4-methyl-3-N,N-bis(2-chloroethyl)amino benzoic acid: a comparative study. Anti-Cancer Drugs, 18, 997-1004, 2007. 17. Manolis A. Fousteris, Athanasios Papakyriakou, Anna Koutsourea, Maria Manioudaki, Evgenia Lampropoulou, Evangelia Papadimitriou, Georgios A.Spyroulias, Sotiris S Nikolaropoulos: Pyrrolo[2,3-a]carbazoles as Potential Cyclin Dependent Kinase 1 (CDK1) Inhibitors. Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Binding Mode through Docking Simulations. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 51, 1048-1052, 2008. 18. Anna I. Koutsourea, Manolis A. Fousteris, Evagelia S. Arsenou, Athanasios Papageorgiou, George N. Pairas, Sotiris S. Nikolaropoulos. Rational design, synthesis, and in vivo evaluation of the antileukemic activity of six new alkylating steroidal esters. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry,,16, 5207-5215, 2008. 19. Anna I. Koutsourea, Manolis A. Fousteris, Evagelia S. Arsenou, Athanasios Papageorgiou, George N. Pairas, Sotiris S. Nikolaropoulos: Synthesis, in vivo antileukemic evaluation and comparative study of novel 5α-7-keto steroidal esters of chlorambucil and its metabolite In vivo, 22, 345-352, 2008 10 CURRICULUM VITAE 20. Katerina Spyridonidou, Manolis Fousteris, Marazioti Antonia, Athanasia Chatzianastasiou, Andreas Papapetropoulos, Sotiris Nikolaropoulos: Tricyclic indole and dihydroindole derivatives as new inhibitors of soluble guanylate cyclase Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 19, 4810-4813, 2009. 21. I. Karapidaki, A. Papageorgiou, , G. Geromichalos, M. Fousteris, I. Papaconstadinou, G. Pairas, A. Koutsourea, D. Mourelatos, S. Nikolaropoulos, T. Lialiaris: Cytogenetic and antineoplastic effects of modified steroidal alkylators Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers, 14, 93-97, 2010. 22. F. Churruca, M. Fousteris, Y. Ishikawa, M. Von Wantoch Rekowski, C. Hounsou, T. Surrey, A. Giannis: A novel approach to indoloditerpenes by nazarov photocyclization: Synthesis and biological investigations of terpendole E analogues Organic Letters 12, 2096-2099, 2010. 23. M. A. Fousteris, U. Schubert, D. Roell, J. Roediger, N. Bailis, S. S. Nikolaropoulos, A. Baniahmad, A. Giannis: 20-Aminosteroids as a novel class of selective and complete androgen receptor antagonists and inhibitors of prostate cancer cell growth Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 18, 6960-6969, 2010. 11 CURRICULUM VITAE XII. Publications in National Conferences 1. 6th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, 28-29 May 1999 “Potential antileukemic agents: an improved method of synthesis of a steroidal b-d bilactam in order to be used as biological carrier of nitrogen mustards” A. Ι. Koutsourea, M. Α. Fousteris, E. S. Arsenou, G. N. Pairas and S. S. Nikolaropoulos. 2. 9th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Athens, 14-15 January 2000 “The role of 7-keto steroidal group in the antitumor activity and toxicity of steroidal esters with four different alkylating agents ” M. Fousteris, Ε. Αrsenou, Α. Κoutsourea, G. Pairas and S. Nikolaropoulos 3. 9th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Athens, 14-15 January 2000 “Synthesis and antitumor activity of steroidal esters of 4-Methyl-3-bis(2-chloroethyl)amino benzoic acid (4-Me-CABA)” Α. Κoutsourea, M. Fousteris, Ε. Αrsenou, , G. Pairas and S. Nikolaropoulos 4. 9th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Athens, 14-15 January 2000 “Optimization of the allylic oxidation -Δ5-steroids for the synthesis of steroidal B-ring lactams” Ε. Αrsenou, Α. Κoutsourea, M. Fousteris, G. Pairas and S. Nikolaropoulos 5. 7th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, 18-20 May 2001 “Pyrrolocarbazole analogs of aromatic skeleton of indolocarbazole natural products” Fousteris M., Koutsourea A., Arsenou E., Stamos I.and Nikolaropoulos S. 6. 7th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki,, 18-20 May 2001 “A new class of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) derivatives and their preliminary evaluation” Arsenou E., Lagonicacos N., Fousteris M., Koutsourea A., Papageorgiou A. and Nikolaropoulos S. 7th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki,, 18-20 May 2001 “Acyl chlorides reactivity toward amides in order to protect the hindered nitrogen atom of the amidic group at steroidal D-lactams” Koutsourea A., Fousteris M., Diplas A., Arsenou E., Pairas G. and Nikolaropoulos S. 7. 10. 10th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Athens, 25-26 January 2002 12 CURRICULUM VITAE “A new route to the synthesis of the 3β-hydroxy-7α,17α-diaza-B,D-dihomo-5-androsten-7,17dione” Α. Ι. Koutsourea, Ε. S. Arsenou, Μ. Α. Fousteris and S. S. Nikolaropoulos. 11. 10th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Athens, 25-26 January 2002 “In vivo and in vitro evaluation of the antitumor activity after the coadministration of two nitrogen mustards homo-aza steroidal esters” Ε. S. Arsenou, Μ. Α. Fousteris, D. Mourelatos, A. Papageorgiou and S. S Nikolaropoulos. 12. 10th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Athens, 25-26 January 2002 “Allylic oxidation of Δ5-steroids under phase transfer catalysis conditions” Α. Ι. Koutsourea, Ε. S. Arsenou, Μ. Α. Fousteris and S. S Nikolaropoulos 13. 10th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Athens, 25-26 January 2002 “Synthesis of pyrrolocarbazole analogs of the aromatic skeleton of indolocarbazole natural products using the Polyphosphoric Acid Trimethylsilyl Ester (PPSE) reagent” Μ. Α. Fousteris, Ε. S. Arsenou, Α. Ι. Koutsourea, I. K. Stamos and S. S. Nikolaropoulos. 14. 24th National Congress of the Hellenic Biological Sciences Association Eretria, Evoia, 23-26 May 2002 “Cytogenetic activity of simple and oxidized steroidal esteric derivatives of nitrogen mustards. A comparative study” Karagianni V., Arsenou E., Iakovidou Z., Fousteris M., Mioglou E., Koutsourea A., Diplas A., Nikolaropoulos S and Mourelatos D. 15. 24th National Congress of the Hellenic Biological Sciences Association Eretria, Evoia, 23-26 May 2002 “Antileukemic activity of an oxidized steroidal esteric derivative of 4-Methyl-3-N,N-bis(2chloroethyl)amino benzoic acid ” Karagianni V., Arsenou E., Iakovidou Z., Koutsourea A., Mioglou E., Fousteris M., Lagonicacos N., Mourelatos D., and Nikolaropoulos S. 16. 24th National Congress of the Hellenic Biological Sciences Association Eretria, Evoia, 23-26 May 2002 “Structure-activity relationship study of B-homo-aza-steroidal esters of alkylating agents” Arsenou E., Karagianni V., Koutsourea A., Mioglou E., Fousteris M., Iakovidou Z., Koleti F., Nikolaropoulos S and Mourelatos D. 17. 8th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, Greece, 18-20 April 2003 “Development of a modified method for the effective allylic oxidation of Δ5-steroids” E. S. Arsenou, A. I. Koutsourea, M. A. Fousteris, A. Diplas and S. S. Nikolaropoulos. 13 CURRICULUM VITAE 18. 8th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, Greece, 18-20 April 2003 “Preparation of a pyrroloazepine skeleton as precursor for the synthesis of novel pyrrolocarbazole analogs” M. A. Fousteris, A. I. Koutsourea, E. A. Arsenou, I. K. Stamos ans S. S. Nikolaropoulos. 19. 8th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, Greece, 18-20 Απριλίου 2003 “New synthetic procedures for the preparation of a cytostatic B,D-bilactam” A. I. Koutsourea, E. S. Arsenou, M. A. Fousteris, P. A. Papadimitriou, K. K. Spyridonidou and S. S. Nikolaropoulos. 20. 8th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, Greece,18-20 Απριλίου 2003 “In vivo and in vitro studies of the antileukemic activity of three modified steroidal derivatives of nitrogen mustards after combined administration” A. I. Koutsourea, M. A. Fousteris, E. S. Arsenou, P. A. Papadimitriou, A. Papageorgiou, D. Mourelatos, V. Karayanni and S. S. Nikolaropoulos. 21. 11th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Patras, 23-24 January 2004 “Combined administration of three modified esteric steroidal derivatives of nitrogen mustards and evaluation of the antileukemic and cytostatic activity ” A. Koutsourea, E. Arsenou, M. Fousteris, K. Spyridonidou and S. Nikolaropoulos. 22. 11th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Patras, 23-24 January 2004 “Synthesis of a new pyrrolo[3,2-b]carbazoloquinone skeleton via Pd catalyzed oxidative cyclization” M. Fousteris, E. Arsenou, A. Koutsourea, I. Stamos and S. Nikolaropoulos. 23. 11th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Patras, 23-24 January 2004 “Effect of a retinoic acid analogue on cancer cells proliferation and angiogenesis” Xountala M., Arsenou E., Nikolaropoulos S., Xatziapostolou M.., Fousteris M. and Papadimitriou E. 24. 11th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Patras, 23-24 January 2004 “Effects of pyrrolocarbazole analogs of the aromatic skeleton of indolocarbazole natural products on glioblastoma multiform cell-lines proliferation” Manioudaki M., Fousteris M., Papadimitriou E. And Nikolaropoulos S. 25. 26th Scientific Congress, Hellenic Association of Biological Sciences Volos, 27-30 May 2004 14 CURRICULUM VITAE “Antileukemic and cytogenetic activity of a new modified nitrogen mustard steroidal ester: A comparative study” Mioglou E., Mourelatos D., Iakwvidou Z., Karapidaki E., Fousteris M., Koutsourea A., Arsenou E., Spyridwnidou A. and S. Nikolaropoulos. 26. 5th Conference Medicinal Chemisty: Drug Discovery and Design Patras, Greece, 11-13 March 2004 “Pyrolocarbazole derivatives of the indolocarbazole framework of natural products and their anti-proliferative action against glioblastoma multiform cell lines” Manioudaki M, Fousteris M, Papadimitriou E, Nikolaropoulos S. 27. 9th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, Greece, 20 and 21 May 2005 “On the protection of 2-carboxyethyl- pyrrole and 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindole derivatives” Fousteris Manolis, Onyango O. David, Koutsourea Anna, Arsenou Evagelia, Spyridonidou Katerina and Nikolaropoulos Sotiris. 28. 9th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, Greece, 20 and 21 May 2005 “Preparation of functionalized 2-carboxyethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindole derivatives as key intermediates to the synthesis of modified pyrrolo[2,3-a]carbazole derivatives” Fousteris Manolis, Onyango O. David, Koutsourea Anna, Arsenou Evagelia, Spyridonidou Katerina and Nikolaropoulos Sotiris. 29. 9th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, Greece, 20 and 21 May 2005 “The effect of B ring modification on the toxicity of D-lactamic steroidal esters of chlorambucil and its analogues. A comparative study.” Koutsourea Anna, Arsenou Evagelia, Onyango O. David, Fousteris Manolis, Lagonicacos Nikos, Spyridonidou Katerina, Papageorgiou Athanasios and Nikolaropoulos Sotiris. 30. 9th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, Greece, 20 and 21 May 2005 “Comparative study of the in vivo antineoplastic activity of B-ring lactamic androsten esters of chlorambucil and its analogs” Koutsourea Anna, Arsenou Evagelia, Onyango O. David, Fousteris Manolis, Lagonicacos Nikos, Spyridonidou Katerina, Papageorgiou Athanasios and Nikolaropoulos Sotiris. 35. 9th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, Greece, 20 and 21 May 2005 “Antileukemic and cytogenetic effects by 7-oxidized steroidal mesters of nitrogen mustards” Mourelatos D., Iakovidou Z., Mioglou E., Karapidaki E., Koutsourea A., Fousteris M., Arsenou E. and Nikolaropoulos S. 36. 12th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Patras, 27-28 January 2006 15 CURRICULUM VITAE “Study of interaction a new inhibitor with the active site of the enzyme CDK2, through docking simulation” Vlaxopoulos Georgios, Fousteris Manolis, Spyroulias Georgios, Nikolaropoulos Sotiris. 37. 12th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Patras, 27-28 January 2006 “Syntheis of new pyrroloazepinoindole skleton with potential inhibitory activity against protein kinases” Koutsandrea Eythimia, Fousteris M., Stamos I., Papagerorgopoulou A., Koutsourea A., Nikolaropoulos S., 38. 12th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Patras, 27-28 January 2006 “Rational design, synthesis and antileukemic activity of six new alkylating steroidal esters” Α.Ι. Koustsourea, Μ.Α. Fousteris, Ε.S. Arsenou, Α. Papagergiou, S.S. Nikolaropoulos. 39. 12th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Patras, 27-28 January 2006 “Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of the antileukemic activity of new steroidal esters of Nacetyl melphalan” K. Spyridonidou, Manolis Fousteris, Anna Koutsourea, Dionisis Mourelatos, Eleni Dima, Sotiris Nikolaropoulos. 40. 12th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Patras, 27-28 January 2006 “Design and Synthesis of modified pyrrolo[2,3-a]carbazole analogs.” David O.Onyango, Stella Kokoli, Fotini Selasidi, Manolis Fousteris, Anna Koutsourea and Sotiris Nikolaropoulos. 41. 12th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Patras, 27-28 January 2006 “Synthesis of new pyrroloazepinoindoles as structural analogs of known CDK inhibitors” Manolis Fousteris, Stella Kokoli, Ioannis Stamos, David O.Onyango, Efthymia Koutsandrea, Anna Koutsourea and Sotiris Nikolaropoulos. 42. 7th Conference Medicinal Chemisty: Drug Discovery and Design Patras, Greece, 8-11 March 2006 “Synthesis of new pyrroloazepinoindole skeleton analogs with potential protein kinase inhibitory activity” Efthymia Koutsandrea, Manolis Fousteris, Stella Kokoli, David O.Onyango, Ioannis Stamos, Anna Koutsourea and Sotiris Nikolaropoulos. 43. 7th Conference Medicinal Chemisty: Drug Discovery and Design Patras, Greece, 8-11 March 2006 “Synthesis of new pyrroloazepinoindole analogs,with potential CDK inhibitory activity” 16 CURRICULUM VITAE Stella Kokoli, Manolis Fousteris, Efthymia Koutsandrea, Andromaxi Papageorgopoulou, Ioannis Stamos, Anna Koutsourea and Sotiris Nikolaropoulos. 44. 5th Hellenic Forum on Bioactive Peptides Patras, Greece, 14-16 May 2006 “Study of interaction of ethyl 9-chloro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-a]carbazole-2-carboxylate with the active site of CDK2 and CDK1, through docking simulation.” Georgios F. Vlachopoulos, Manolis Fousteris, Georgios A. Spyroulias and S. Nikolaropoulos. 45. 10th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, Greece, 25 and 26 May 2007 “The role of the presence of Δ5-7-keto conjugated steroidal system on the antileukemic potency of nitrogen mustard steroidal esters” Koutsourea Anna, Spyridonidou Katerina, Fousteris Manolis, Dima Eleni, Evagelia Arsenou, Papageorgiou Athanasios and Nikolaropoulos Sotiris. 46. 10th Conference in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, Greece, 25 and 26 May 2007 “Novel pyrrolo[2,3-a]carbazole analogs as potential inhibitors of CDKs” Fotini Selasidi, Manolis Fousteris, Michalis Batistatos, Stathis Spyropoulos, Katerina Spyridonidou, Anna Koutsourea and Sotiris Nikolaropoulos. 47. 27th ESMEC-Urbino School of Medicinal Chemistry Urbino, Italy, 1-6 July 2007 “Design and synthesis of modified Pyrrolo[2,3-α]carbazole analogs” Manolis Fousteris, Katerina Spyridonidou, Anna Koutsourea and Sotiris Nikolaropoulos. 48. 13th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Athens, 14-15 March, 2008 “Molecular targeting of protein kinases: Design and synthesis of pyrroloazepinoindole analogs” Koutsandrea E., Fousteris M., Syridonidou K., Koutsourea A., Nikolaropoulos S. 49. 13th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Athens, 14-15 March, 2008 “Design and synthesis of modified pyrrolo[2,3-a]carbazole analogs” Spiropoulos E., Fousteris Μ., Spyridonidou K., Nikolaropoulos S. 50. 14th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, 23-25 April, 2010 “New Tricyclic Indole and Dihydroindole Derivatives as Potential Inhibitors of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase” Aikaterini Anatoliti, Panoraia Choli, Vasiliki Politi, Manolis Fousteris, Andreas Papapetropoulos and Sotiris Nikolaropoulos. 17 CURRICULUM VITAE 51. 52. 14th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, 23-25 April, 2010 “Exploring the CDK1 Inhibitory Potency of the Pyrrolo[2,3-a]carbazole Skeleton” Efstathios Spyropoulos, Andreas Montzolis, Athanasia Chatzianastasiou, Anna Koutsourea, Athanasios Papakyriakou, Manolis Fousteris, Georgios Spyroulias Andreas Papapetropoulos and Sotiris Nikolaropoulos. . 14th Hellenic Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Thessaloniki, 23-25 April, 2010 “Third generation of antileukemic compounds: History, evaluation and future perspectives” S. Nikolaropoulos, M. Fousteris, G. Pairas, C. Kamoutsis, E. Arsenou, A. Koutsourea, A. Kapou and I. Papakonstantinou. XIII. Publications in International Conferences 1. EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH (EACR) XVI-2000 ANNUAL MEETING Athos-Halkidiki-Hellas, 30 May-3 June 2000 “Potential Antitumor Agents: Esters of two 7-keto steroidal D-Lactams with two different aromatic nitrogen mustards”. A. Papageorgiou, L. Boutis, E. Chrysogelou, D. Mourelatos, E. Arsenou, M. Fousteris and S. Nikolaropoulos. 2. 23rd Annual meeting. European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer Pharmacology and Molecular Mechanisms PAMM Copenhagen, Denmark, January 23-26, 2002 “Newly synthesized steroidal alkylating derivatives as promising antitumour drugs for clinical trials?” V. Karagianni, Ε. Mioglou, Ζ. Iakovidou, D. Mourelatos, Μ. Fousteris, Α. Koutsourea, Ε. Arsenou and S. Nikolaropoulos. 3. 7th International Symposium on Predictive Oncology and Intervention Strategies Nice, France, Februarry 7-10, 2004 “Anti-proliferative activity of pyrrolocarbazole analogues of the indolocarbazole skeleton of natural products against glioblastoma multiform cell lines” M A Fousteris, M E.Manioudaki, E. P. Papadimitriou, S. S. Nikolaropoulos. 4. 95th American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Orlando,Florida, USA, March 27-31, 2004 “Antileukemic activity of two newly synthesized steroidal derivatives of chlorambucil and its active metabolite” Sotiris S. Nikolaropoulos, Anastasios L. Boutis, Evaggelia S. Arsenou, Anna I. Koutsourea, 18 CURRICULUM VITAE Manolis A. Fousteris, Dionisis Mourelatos, Venetia Karayianni, Athanasios Papageorgiou Lazaros Boutis. 5. 7th International Conference of Anticancer Research Corfu, October 25-30, 2004 “Cytogenetic effects of 7-oxidized steroidal esters of nitrogen mustards” D. Mourelatos, E. Mioglou, Z. Iakovidou, A. Koutsourea, M. Fousteris, E. Arsenou and S. Nikolaropoulos. 6. Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics, Int. Ed., 18, 52-54, 2004 “SCEs and PRIs as indicators of structure-biological activity relationship of newly synthesized steroidal esters” D. Mourelatos, Z. Iakovidou, E. Mioglou, E. Karapidaki, A. Koutsourea, E. Arsenou, M. Fousteris, S.Nikolaropoulos 7. 5th International Conference on Organic Chemistry for Young Scientists (InterYCOS 2009) Saint-Petersburg, Russia June 22-25, 2009 “Towards The Total Synthesis of Terpendole E” Churruca Fatima, Ishikawa Yuichi, Fousteris M., Giannis Athanassios. 8. 18th European Symposium on Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships Rhodes, Greece, September 19-24, 2010 “Optimization of pyrrolo[2,3-a]carbazoles as CDK1 inhibitors. Synthesis, Kinase Inhibitory Activity, and Binding Mode Through Docking Simulations” Efstathios Spyropoulos, Andreas Montzolis, Athanasia Chatzianastasiou, Athanasios Papakyriakou, Manolis Fousteris, Georgios Spyroulias, Andreas Papapetropoulos and Sotiris Nikolaropoulos. 19