Maria Viskadourou

Maria Viskadourou
Postdoctoral Research and Clinical Fellow, Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Background and research interests:

Maria earned her medical degree from Athens Medical School in 2021. During her medical studies, Maria studied biological aging in the model organism of Drosophila melanogaster, demonstrating cognitive and motor decline in a longitudinal study.  After her graduation, she joined the Cardiology Department at Johns Hopkins University SOM, where she focused on cardiovascular genetics. From GWAS studies to phenotype, she demonstrated the impact of a novel gene, REST, in coronary artery disease. She has recently joined the Newby Lab, where her work focuses on designing prime editing techniques for treating dilated cardiomyopathies. During her postdoctoral fellowship, Maria was awarded The W. Leigh Thompson Excellence in Research Award for her research findings on coronary artery disease.

 

 

 

 

Publications: 

  1. Functional characterization of GWAS findings highlights the protective role of REST against atherosclerosis 
    Viskadourou et al (2024) AHA/ASA Journals
  2. The Genetic Determinants and Genomic Consequences of Non-Leukemogenic Somatic Point Mutations | medRxiv
    Viskadourou et al (2024) Nature Genetics
  3. CD36-regulates-factor-VIII-secretion-from-liver
    Viskadourou et al (2024) Blood Advances
  4. Biological aging of two innate behaviors of Drosophila melanogaster: Escape climbing versus courtship learning and memory
    Viskadourou et al (2024) Journals of Gerontology
  5. The-transcriptional-landscape-of-human-liver endothelial cells
    Viskadourou et al (2023) Blood Advances