Galinos Fanourakis

Assistant Professor

Department of Oral Biology

 

Contact details

Phone: (+30) 210-746-1323
Email: gfanourak[at]dent.uoa[dot]gr

Mailing Address:
2 Thivon Str, 115 27 Athens, Greece

Profiles and publications

   

Education / Qualifications

• 2000: Graduate Degree in Biology (BSc), Department of Biology, School of Sciences, NKUA
• 2007: Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), School of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, NKUA
• 2013: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), School of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, NKUA

Academic and professional positions held

• 2024: Research associate, Department of Orthodontics and Department of Oral Pathology and Hospital Dentistry, School of Dentistry, NKUA
• 2021 – 2023: Lecturer, Biomedical Sciences, School of Health, Metropolitan College (Marousi), Athens, Greece
• 2019 – 2023: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, NKUA
• 2013 – 2017: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, NKUA
• 2008 – 2011: Visiting researcher, Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, NKUA
• 2002: Visiting researcher, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Awards and Honours

• 2019 – 2021: State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), Support for Postdoctoral researchers, School of Dentistry, NKUA
• 2013 – 2014: Captain Fanourakis Foundation Scholarship, Postdoctoral program, School of Dentistry, NKUA

Books

• Genetics – Basic Principles, D. Peter Snustad, Michael J. Simmons, Tziolas Publications - Scientific translation editing: Vastardis Heleni, Fanourakis Galinos, Hatzis Pantelis, Verykokakis Mihalis

Selected publications in scientific journal

• Chatzopoulou E, Fanourakis G, Papanikolaou N, Chatzistamou I, Dereka X, Vastardis H. Exploring the presence of the GPR126 single nucleotide polymorphism (rs536714306) in periodontal patients of European ancestry. BMC Res Notes. 2025 Aug 22;18(1):370. doi: 10.1186/s13104-025-07443-5.
• Fanourakis G, Kyrodimos E, Papanikolaou V, Chrysovergis A, Kafiri G, Papanikolaou N, Verykokakis M, Tosios K, Vastardis H. APOBEC3B Is Co-Expressed with PKCα/NF-κB in Oral and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Feb 3;13(3):569. doi:10.3390/diagnostics13030569.
• Papagiannis A, Fanourakis G, Mitsea A, Karayianni K, Vastardis H, Sifakakis I. Orthodontic Treatment of a Patient with Dentin Dysplasia Type I and Bilateral Maxillary Canine Impaction: Case Presentation and a Family-Based Genetic Analysis. Children (Basel). 2021 Jun 18;8(6):519. doi: 10.3390/children8060519.
•  Fanourakis G, Saetta AA, Lazaris AC, Miaouli M, Voutsinas GE, Patsouris E, Tseleni-Balafouta S. Resistance to Fas-mediated apoptosis does not correlate to structural alterations or expression changes of the death receptor in papillary thyroid carcinomas. Pathobiology. 2018;85(5-6):304-310. doi: 10.1159/000492358.
• Kalogirou EM, Piperi EP, Tosios KI, Tsiambas E, Fanourakis G, Sklavounou A. Ductal cells of minor salivary glands in Sjögren's syndrome express LINE-1 ORF2p and APOBEC3B. J Oral Pathol Med. 2018 Feb;47(2):179-185. doi: 10.1111/jop.12656.
• Fanourakis G, Tosios K, Papanikolaou N, Chatzistamou I, Xydous M, Tseleni-Balafouta S, Sklavounou A, Voutsinas GE, Vastardis H. Evidence for APOBEC3B mRNA and protein expression in oral squamous cell carcinomas. Exp Mol Pathol. 2016 Dec;101(3):314-319. doi: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2016.11.001.
• Iakovou M, Chrysomali E, Piperi E, Fanourakis G, Sklavounou A, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Tseleni-Balafouta S. A comparative study of bone remodeling molecules expression in different types of jaw ameloblastoma. J Oral Pathol Med. 2015 Aug;44(7):543-51.
• Mouzakiti E, Pepelassi E, Fanourakis G, Markopoulou C, Tseleni-Balafouta S, Vrotsos I. Expression of MMPs and TIMP-1 in smoker and nonsmoker chronic periodontitis patients before and after periodontal treatment. J Periodontal Res. 2012 Aug;47(4):532-42.
• Mouzakiti E, Pepelassi E, Fanourakis G, Markopoulou C, Tseleni-Balafouta S, Vrotsos I. The effect of smoking on the mRNA expression of MMPs and TIMP-1 in untreated chronic periodontitis patients: a cross-sectional study. J Periodontal Res. 2011 Oct;46(5):576-83.
• Fanourakis G, Lazaris AC, Krithinakis S, Tosios KI, Sklavounou A, Tseleni-Balafouta S. Expression of receptor activator of NF-κB ligand and osteoprotegerin in peripheral giant cell granulomas of the jaws. J Oral Pathol Med. 2010 Oct;39(9):687-9.

Areas of scientific interest

• Molecular biology and genetics of oral cancer
• Genetics of orthodontic disorders
• Oral microbiome metagenomics