Nikitovits-Tzanakaki Dragana
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Nikitovits-Tzanakaki Dragana
Professor of Histology - Embryology
Medical School, University of Crete, P.C. 71003 Heraklion, Crete
Dr. Dragana Nikitovic is a Professor of Histology-Embryology at the School of Medicine, University of Crete (UOC) in Heraklion, Greece. She has been the Head of the Department of Histology-Embryology since 2021.
Dr. Nikitovic obtained a BSc in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. She then pursued a half-time PhD diploma in the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, which she completed in 1998. She earned a Doctor of Medical Sciences (PhD) from the Medical School, UOC, in 2008. In 2018, she received the diploma of a European Recognized toxicologist (ERT).
Dr. Nikitovic’s research interests are diverse. She has expertise in matrix Biology, Tumor Biology, signal Transduction, Disease Markers, Molecular Targets, Inflammation, Biological Testing, and Cytotoxicity. Her research places a particular emphasis on the signaling of extracellular matrix components, including glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans, and their implications in tumorigenesis and inflammation.
1. Member of the Editorial Board for PlosONE (2014-present)
2. Member of Frontiers in Endocrinology editorial board from 5/2019 to the present.
3. Member of the editorial board of Cancers from 1/2019 to the present.
4. Member of the editorial board of the journal Biomolecules from 1/2020 until today.
5. Member of the editorial board of the journal Biomedicines from 1/2022 until today.
6. Member of the journal Proteoglycan Research editorial board from 1/2022 to the present.
7. Member of the editorial board of Molecular Biology Reports from 5/2022 to present.
