Associate Scientist, Biochemical Genetics Department
The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics
Her main research interests are focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of inherited metabolic disorders with emphasis on lysosomal storage disorders. In particular, her work focusses on the functional characterization of acid ceramidase, an enzyme involves in the metabolism of ceramide, in epithelial and neuronal cell lines.
Dr. Anna Malekkou received her BSc degree in Chemistry from the University of Cyprus in 2002 and her PhD in Molecular Biology from the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus in 2011. Subsequent to completion of her undergraduate studies (BSc), she was employed as a Post-Graduate Researcher at the laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, at the University of Cyprus and she was also awarded a scholarship by the European Union to work as a Post-Graduate Researcher at the laboratory of Structural Molecular Biology of Prof. E. Mandelkow at the Max-Planck Institute, Hamburg of Germany. Since 2013 she is a post-doctoral fellow at the Biochemical Genetics Department at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics. She has a strong background in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology. She is currently working on the cellular pathology of lysosomal storage diseases with emphasis on neurodegeneration mechanisms.