Photo Dr. Pantelis Bagos

pbagosbiol.uoa.gr

EDUCATION
2001-2005 : PhD in Bioinformatics , Department of Biology, University of Athens.
2001-2002 : Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) in Adults Learning. Hellenic Open University.
1999-2001 : MSc in Biostatistics, Department of Mathematics and Medical School of Athens, University of Athens.
1992-1997 : BSc in Biology, Department of Biology , University of Athens.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Stochastic Models of Protein and DNA sequences, Hidden Markov Models, Artificial Neural Networks and Hidden Neural Networks.

2. Prediction of Protein Structure and function, Transmembrane Protein Topology Prediction.

3. Biological databases.

4. Biostatistics and Applied Statistics, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Meta-analysis.

PUBLICATIONS Search in
Bagos, P.G., Karnaouri, A.C., Nikolopoulos, G.K., Hamodrakas, S.J. (2006) No evidence for association of CTLA-4 gene polymorphisms with the risk of developing Multiple Sclerosis: a meta-analysis. Multiple Sclerosis. In Press.

Bagos, P.G., Liakopoulos, Th.D. and Hamodrakas, S.J. (2006) Algorithms for incorporating prior topological information in HMMs: application to transmembrane proteins.BMC Bioinformatics , 7: 189. [Abstract] [PDF]

Petsalaki, E.I., Bagos, P.G., Litou, Z.I., Hamodrakas, S.J. (2006) PredSL: A Tool for the N-terminal Sequence-based Prediction of Protein Subcellular Localization. Geno. Prot. Bioinfo. 4(1): 48-55. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tsantes, A.E., Nikolopoulos, G.K., Bagos, P.G., Vaiopoulos, G., Travlou, A. (2006) Association between the platelet glycoprotein Ia C807T gene polymorphism and coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis.International Journal of Cardiology. In Press.

Nikolopoulos, G.K., Tsantes, A.E., Bagos, P.G., Travlou, A., Vaiopoulos, G. (2006) Integrin, alpha 2 gene C807T Polymorphism and Risk of Ischemic Stroke: a Meta-Analysis.Thrombosis Research. In Press.

Liappas, I., Piperi, C., Malitas, P.N., Tzavellas, E., Liappas, A.I., Boufidou, F., Kalofoutis, C.A., Bagos, P., Rabavilas, A., Kalofoutis, Á. (2006) Correlation of liver dysfunction biological markers to the mood status of alcohol -dependent individuals.The International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. In Press.

Liappas, I., Chatzipanagiotou, S., Nicolaou, C., Tzavellas, E., Bagos, P., Soldatos, C.R. (2006) Interrelation of Hepatic Function, Thyroid Activity and Mood Status of Alcohol-dependent Individuals.In Vivo. 20(2): 293-300.

Bagos, P.G., Nikolopoulos, G., Ioannidis, A.(2006) Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and the risk of multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis.Multiple Sclerosis. 12(4): 397-411.

Sgourakis NG, Bagos PG, Hamodrakas SJ. (2005) Prediction of the coupling specificity of GPCRs to four families of G-proteins using hidden Markov models and artificial neural networks. Bioinformatics, 21(22):4101-6. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sgourakis, N.G., Bagos, P.G., Papasaikas, P.K. and Hamodrakas, S.J. (2005) A method for the prediction of GPCRs coupling specificity to G-proteins using refined profile Hidden Markov Models. BMC Bioinformatics, 6:104. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tsirpanlis G, Bagos P, Ioannou D, Bleta A, Marinou I, Lagouranis A, Chatzipanagiotou S, Nicolaou C. Serum albumin: a late reacting negative acute phase protein in clinically evident inflammation in dialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2005, 20:658-659

Bagos, P.G., Liakopoulos, T.D., Promponas, V.J., Hamodrakas, S.J. (2005) Topology prediction of beta-barrel outer membrane proteins. Proc Indian Natl Sci AcadÂ71 (1): 19-41. [PDF]

Bagos, P.G., Liakopoulos, Th.D. and Hamodrakas, S.J. (2005) Evaluation of methods for predicting the topology of β-barrel outer membrane proteins and a consensus prediction method. BMC Bioinformatics, 6:7.

Elefsinioti, A.L., Bagos, P.G., Spyropoulos, I.C., Hamodrakas, S.J. (2004) A database for G proteins and their interaction with GPCRs. BMC Bioinformatics, 5(1): 208. [Abstract] [PDF]

Spyropoulos, I.C., Liakopoulos, T.D., Bagos, P.G. and Hamodrakas, S.J. (2004) TMRPres2D: high quality visual representation of transmembrane protein models. Bioinformatics, [Epub ahead of print] [Abstract] [PDF]

Papasaikas, P.K., Bagos, P.G., Litou, Z.I., Promponas V.J. and Hamodrakas, S.J. (2004) PRED-GPCR: GPCR recognition and family classification server. Nucleic Acids Res, 32, W380-382. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bagos, P.G., Liakopoulos, T.D., Spyropoulos, I.C. and Hamodrakas, S.J. (2004) PRED-TMBB: A web server for predicting the topology of β-barrel outer membrane proteins. Nucleic Acids Res, 32, W400-404. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bagos P.G., Liakopoulos T.D. and Hamodrakas, S.J. (2004) Maximum Likelihood and Conditional Maximum Likelihood learning algorithms for Hidden Markov Models with labeled data. Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering [In Press]

Bagos P.G., Liakopoulos T.D., Spyropoulos I.C. and Hamodrakas S.J. (2004) A Hidden Markov Model capable of predicting and discriminating β-barrel outer membrane proteins. BMC Bioinformatics, 2004, 5:29. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bagos, P.G., Liakopoulos, T.D., Hamodrakas, S.J. (2004) Finding beta-barrel outer membrane proteins with a markov chain model. WSEAS Transactions on Biology and Biomedicine, 2(1), 186-189. [PDF]

Bagos P.G., Liakopoulos Th.D. and Hamodrakas, S.J. (2004) Faster Gradient Descent Training of Hidden Markov Models, Using Individual Learning Rate Adaptation. Proceedings of ICGI 2004 Lecture Notes In Artificial Intelligence Vol. 3264, pp. 40-52. [PDF]

Papasaikas P.K., Bagos P.G., Litou Z.I, Hamodrakas S.J. (2003) A novel method for GPCR recognition and family classification from sequence alone using signatures derived from profile hidden Markov models. SAR QSAR Environ Res., 14, 413-20. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tsirpanlis G, Bagos P, Ioannou D, Bleta A, Marinou I, Lagouranis A, Chatzipanagiotou S, Nicolaou C. The variability and accurate assessment of microinflammation in haemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2004, 19(1):150-157.

Tsirpanlis G, Bagos P, Ioannou D, Bleta A, Marinou I, Lagouranis A, Chatzipanagiotou S, Nicolaou C. Exploring Inflammation in Hemodialysis patients: Persistent and Superimposed Inflammation - a longitudinal study. Kidney Blood Press Res, 2004, 27:63-70.

Tsirpanlis G, Chatzipanagiotou S, Ioannidis A, Ifanti K, Bagos P, Lagouranis A, Poulopoulou C, Nicolaou C. The effect of viable Chlamydia pneumoniae on serum cytokines and adhesion molecules in hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int Suppl. 2003, 84: S72-5.