Kriton Kalantidis

Kriton Kalantidis holds a degree in Agricultural Science (Plant Biotechnology) from the University of Prague (Czech Republic) and a PhD from the University of Nottingham (Life Sciences Department). He currently serves as Professor of Plant Developmental Biology at the Department of Biology of the University of Crete, where he is also a Departmental Chair since 2022. He is also an associate faculty member at the IMBB/ FORTH. He has published more than 10 papers in Viroid research, chaired the organizing committee of the 2025 International Viroid conference and is a vice chair of the organizing committee of the same conference in 2025. He has secured competitive European and National Research Programs with a total funding of his research group >2,000,000€. His research interests focus on the function of plant organisms and in particular on the defence of plants against viruses and viroids.

List of representative bibliography

  1. Grypioti E, Richard H, Kryovrysanaki N, Jaubert M, Falciatore A, Verret F, Kalantidis K. 2024. Dicer-dependent heterochromatic small RNAs in the model diatom species Phaeodactylum tricornutum. New Phytol.  Jan;241(2):811-826. doi: 10.1111/nph.19429. Epub 2023 Dec 3.
  2. Tselika M, Belmezos N, Kallemi P, Andronis C, Chiumenti M, Navarro B, Lavigne M, Di Serio F, Kalantidis K, Katsarou K. 2023. PSTVd infection in Nicotiana benthamiana plants has a minor yet detectable effect on CG methylation. Front Plant Sci. 2023 Oct 31;14:1258023. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1258023. eCollection 2023.
  3. Bardani E, Kallemi P, Tselika M, Katsarou K, Kalantidis K.2023. Spotlight on Plant Bromodomain Proteins. Biology (Basel). 2023 Aug 2;12(8):1076. doi: 10.3390/biology12081076.
  4. Katsarou K, Adkar-Purushothama CR, Tassios E, Samiotaki M, Andronis C, Lisón P, Nikolaou C, Perreault JP, Kalantidis K. 2022. Revisiting the Non-Coding Nature of Pospiviroids. Cells. 2022 Jan 13;11(2):265. doi: 10.3390/cells11020265.
  5. Kryovrysanaki N, Alexiadis A, Grigoriadou AM, Katsarou K, Kalantidis K*; 2018. SERRATE, a miRNA biogenesis factor, affects viroid infection in Nicotiana benthamiana and Nicotiana tabacum. Virology, 29;528:164-175. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30599275
  6. Konstantina Katsarou, Eleni Mavrothalassiti, Wannes Dermauw, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Kriton Kalantidis.*2016.  Combined Activity of DCL2 and DCL3 is crucial in The Defense Against Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid. PLoS Pathog.  12(10):e1005936.
  7. Chaturvedi S., Kalantidis K., Rao ALN 2014. A Bromodomain Containing Host Protein Mediates the Nuclear Import of a Satellite RNA of Cucumber Mosaic Virus. JVI, 88:1890. Featured article (Spotlight).
  8. Dadami E., Boutla A., Vrettos N, Tzortzakaki S., Karakasilioti I, and Kalantidis K. *  2013. RNA silencing pathways may have a positive effect on Potato spindle tuber viroid infectivity in Nicotiana benthamiana. Mol. Plant 6:232-234.
  9. Tsagris EM, Martínez de Alba AE, Gozmanova M, Kalantidis K. 2008 Viroids. Cell Microbiol. 2008 Nov;10(11):2168-79. Epub 2008 Sep 1. Review.
  10. Kalantidis K #, Denti M., Tzortzakaki S., Marinou E., Tabler M., and Tsagris M#. 2007. Viroid binding protein 1 is necessary for the infection of potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). JVI, 81 (23): 12872-880.

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Relevant Research/Industry Projects

“NextGen BioPest” (H-Europe)
“Innovative Plant Protection”, National Flagship Initiative