Garinis lab

Genome (In)stability and Mammalian Physiology

The Garinis lab will coordinate two ERA Chair programs

at IMBB-FORTH (ERA Chair: Prof. Manolis Pasparakis) and the University of Crete (ERA Chair: Prof. Bjoern Schumacher)!
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The Garinis Lab will coordinate "TRIAD"

an EU-funded "Pathways to Synergies" program aimed at enhancing synergism in telomere function research related to health and disease. More

A new paper from our lab in Nature Aging!
Niotis G, Arvanitaki ES, Theodorakis E, Schmalen A, Juretschke T, Argyros O, Tsolis KC, Bertsias G, Drakos E, Beli P, Garinis GA. DNA damage in macrophages drives immune autoreactivity via nuclear antigen presentation. Nat Aging. 2026 Feb;6(2):393-413. View publication
A new paper from our lab in Nature Communications!

A. Siametis, K. Stratigi, D. Giamaki, G. Chatzinikolaou, A. Akalestou-Clocher, E. Goulielmaki, B. Luke, B. Schumacher, G.A. Garinis. Transcription stress at telomeres leads to cytosolic DNA release and paracrine senescence, Nature Communications , 15 (2024) 4061. View publication