Curriculum vitae
Athanasios-Nasir Shaukat, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
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Research experience
Sep 2023 – present
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jinwei Zhang Lab, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Structural studies of RNA–protein and RNA–RNA interactions, including ribonucleases and other RNA-binding proteins, using cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography.
2021 – 2023
Researcher, RIBOREGULON
RNA Biology Group, University of Patras · PI: Prof. Constantinos Stathopoulos
Riboswitches as regulators of microbial infection mechanisms and antibiotic resistance.
2020 – 2021
Researcher, RIBOMAP
RNA Biology Group, University of Patras · PI: Prof. Constantinos Stathopoulos
Mapping the role of the human RNase P ribonucleoprotein in transcription and translation regulation using genome-editing tools.
Nov 2017 – Jul 2023
Doctoral Researcher
RNA Biology Group, University of Patras
Human RNase Z (ELAC1, ELAC2) and RNase P: CRISPR-Cas9 knockouts, RNA-seq and CLIP-seq revealing ELAC1 as a processing enzyme for vault RNAs and other non-coding RNAs.
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Education
2017 – 2023
PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, University of Patras, Greece
Supervised by Prof. Constantinos Stathopoulos.
2015 – 2017
MSc, Biomedical Sciences
School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, University of Patras, Greece
Specialisation in Medical Biochemistry–Immunology.
2011 – 2015
BSc, Biology
Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece
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Skills
Structural biology
- Cryo-EM sample prep & grid optimisation
- Cryo-EM data collection & processing
- X-ray crystallography
- Structure determination
Biochemistry
- Recombinant protein expression
- Affinity chromatography
- In vitro transcription
- Enzyme kinetics
Molecular & cell biology
- Molecular cloning
- qRT-PCR
- RNA-seq / NGS analysis
- CRISPR-Cas9
- TALENs
- CRISPRi
- Cell culture & transfection
Immunology
- PBMC isolation
- CD3⁺ T-cell isolation & stimulation
- Western blotting
Other
- Radioisotope handling
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Honours
2026
Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE 2027)
National Institutes of Health · Office of Intramural Training & Education — Study Section: DNA Replication, Damage and Repair
2021
Oral Presentation Award
71st Conference of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2021
Travel Grant
71st Conference of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2019
Travel Grant
Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series — Genome Editing
2015 – 2019
Bodossaki Foundation Scholarship
Postgraduate studies
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Teaching
2022 – 2023
Instructor
Patras Public Experimental Vocational Training Institute
Biotechnology I · Parasitology · Fundamentals of the Microbiology Lab
2015 – 2022
Teaching Assistant
School of Medicine, University of Patras
Biochemistry I, II and III laboratory practicals for medical students
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Memberships
2023 – present
RNA Society
2017 – 2023
Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (HSBMB)
2017 – 2023
Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
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Languages
Native
Greek
Full professional proficiency
English
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Publications
13 journal articles and reviews and 1 preprint — see the full list.