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Banilas Giorgos, PhD

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Associate Professor

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Email

gban@uniwa.gr

Phone

+30 210 538 5533

Personal Web Site

http://users.teiath.gr/gban/

Office Address

Κ11

Courses

George Banilas is the Director of Plant Biology & Viticulture Sector and the Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Dept. of Wine, Vine and Beverage Sciences of UWA.

He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and a Doctorate Degree in Plant Physiology & Biotechnology from the University of Athens (UOA). As a post-doctoral researcher, he carried out research in plant and microbial biotechnology at the Dept. of Biology – UOA and the Dept. of Biotechnology – Agricultural University of Athens. He trained at Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Germany and the University of Calgary, Canada. His current research focuses on plant biology and biotechnology of the grapevine/wine system, with emphasis on grapevine responses to environmental challenges and the biotechnology of vine-associated microbes.

He has acted as a Project Leader or a participant in several European Union and National Research Programs (e.g., WildWine FP7-SME-2012-2, MyWINE Cooperation 2011, WestWine Regional Operational Programs West Greece). He has published scientific papers in international scientific journals and invited book chapters, in addition to presentations in international conferences. He has served as a guest Editor and reviewer in scientific Journals and research grant proposals.

 

 

Προπτυχιακά Μαθήματα:

  • Βιολογία Φυτών
  • Μορφολογία και Φυσιολογία Αμπέλου,
  • Μοριακή Βιολογία και Γενετική Αμπέλου.
  • Banilas G, Korkas E, Englezos V, Nisiotou A, and Hatzopoulos P (2012) Genome-wide analysis of the Heat Shock 90 gene family in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.), Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 18, 29-38.
  • Banilas G, Sgouros G, Nisiotou A (2016) Development of microsatellite markers for Lachancea thermotolerans typing and population structure of wine-associated isolates. Microbiological Research, 193:1-10.
  • Nisiotou A, Sgouros G, Mallouchos A, Nisiotis CS, Michaelidis C, Tassou C, and Banilas G (2018). The use of indigenous Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Starmerella bacillaris strains as a tool to create chemical complexity in local wines. Food Research International 111: 498-508.
  • Nisiotou A, Mallouchos A, Tassou C, and Banilas G (2019) Indigenous yeast interactions in dual-starter fermentations may improve the varietal expression of Moschofilero wine. Frontiers in microbiology 10, 1712.
  • Daras G, Rigas S, Alatzas A, Samiotaki M, Chatzopoulos D, Tsitsekian D, Papadaki V, Templalexis D, Banilas G, Athanasiadou AM, Kostourou V, Panayotou G, & Hatzopoulos P (2019) LEFKOTHEA Regulates Nuclear and Chloroplast mRNA Splicing in Plants. Developmental Cell, 767-779. e7.
  • Venios X, Korkas E, Nisiotou A, Banilas G (2020) Grapevine Responses to Heat Stress and Global Warming. Plants 9 (12), 1754.
  • List of peer-reviewed articles https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=UFqpXuwAAAAJ&hl=el