Zifa Emily

Assistant Professor

Biology – Neurobiology

azifa-at-uth.gr | 2410-565288

BSc: Department of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

D.E.A: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Université PARIS VI, France

Doctoral Thesis: Neuropharmacology, Université PARIS VI – Pasteur Institute (Paris), France

Research Interests: Dysfunction of mitochondrial respiratory chain in patients with impaired neuromuscular function (children with psychomotor delay and neuromuscular dysfunction), neurodegenerative (Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson) and metabolic disorders (diabetes), and diseases with a strong maternal inheritance (asthma) by detecting mutations in mitochondrial genes (tRNAs, enzymes of respiratory chain) and controlling the biochemical function of the respiratory chain.

Create a bank of mitochondrial polymorphisms occurring in the normal population on the area of Thessaly.