Curriculum Vitae
| 03/2017 | Ph.D. in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; Thesis: "Altered large-scale network functional connectivity in Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder during remission: Evidence for neurobiological risk factors for recurrent Depression" |
| Since 10/2016 | Postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology (Prof. Dr. Michèle Wessa), University of Mainz |
| 04/2012 - 12/2013 | Researcher (PhD student) in the Department of Experimental Psychology and Imaging, Clinic of Psychiatry, Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg PhD thesis: "Altered large-scale network functional connectivity in Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder during remission: Evidence for neurobiological risk factors for recurrent Depression" Supervisor: Michèle Wessa |
| 08/2011 - 12/2011 | Master’s Thesis Research: “Differential roles of dorsal and ventral medial prefrontal cortex in cognitive emotion regulation: A meta-analysis of fMRI studies” Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Hamburg-Eppendorf University Supervisor: Dr. Raffael Kalisch |
| 12/2010 - 12/2011 | Nine-month internship Research topic: “Neural correlates of impaired processing of non-conscious fear signals in patients with selective lesion in basolateral amygdala” Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University Supervisor: Dr. Jack van Honk |
| 04/2010 – 11/2010 | Six-month internship Research topic: “The role of working memory and attentional control on fear conditioning and contingency awareness” Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University Supervisor: Dr. Johanna Baas |
| 09/2008 - 07/2009 | Diploma thesis research “The effects of cannabinoids in cell” Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Supervisor: Dr. Dimitra Mangoura |
| 10/2007 - 05/2008 | Undergraduate Research Student Research topic: “The impact of early life experiences on memory retrieval under stress in rats” Athens University, Athens, Greece, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Fotini Stylianopoulou |
Awards and Grants
| 06/2015 | Young investigators’ award for best poster received from 12th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry |
| 2004 - 2008 | Asimakopoulos Scholarship for excellent students |
Publications
Lois G., Gerchen M.F., Kirsch P., Kanske P., Schönfelder S., Wessa M. (in press). Large-scale network functional interactions during distraction and reappraisal in remitted MDD and BD patients. Bipolar Disorders
Lois G., Kirsch P., Plichta M.M., Sandner M., Wessa M. (in prep.). Experimental and methodological factors affecting test-retest reliability of amygdala BOLD responses.
Lois G., Wessa M. (2016). Dissociation of healthy and remitted depressed ruminators on Default Mode Network connectivity. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci.
Wessa M., Lois G. (2015) Brain Functional Effects of Psychopharmacological Treatment in MDD: A Focus on Neural Circuitry of Affective Processing. Cur. Neuropharmacology
Lois G., Linke J., & Wessa M. (2014). Altered functional connectivity between emotional and cognitive resting state networks in euthymic bipolar I disorder patients. [Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't]. PLoS One, 9(10), e107829. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107829
Asimaki O., Leondaritis G., Lois G., Sakellaridis N., & Mangoura D. (2011). Cannabinoid 1 receptor-dependent transactivation of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 emanates from lipid rafts and amplifies extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 activation in embryonic cortical neurons. [Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't]. J Neurochem, 116(5), 866-873. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.07030.x
Research Interests
- Functional and structural connectivity in patients with bipolar disorder