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Eleni Gourgou

Eleni Gourgou

Associate Research Scientist, PhD

Mechanical Engineering Dept

~Associate Director for Space Biology, UM Space Institute ~Adjunct Lecturer, ArtsEngine, College of Engineering

egourgou@umich.edu

(734) 936-2306

3540 G. G. Brown

Research Interests

Neurobiology of memory and learning; Behavioral neurogenetics; Use of controlled microenvironments to interrogate the nervous system of small model organisms; Computational and mathematical models of non-linear biological systems; Technology (3D printing, microfluidics, nanoparticles) and engineering (machine learning, data analytics) applications on neuroscience; Multi-scale dynamics of biological systems, emphasis on neurons and neuronal circuits; Neuronal physiology and calcium dynamics; Cell physiology, signal transduction and stress.

Recent News

  • Eleni will give a talk at the North Carolina State University!
  • Eleni will give an invited talk at the 3rd Latin American C. elegans Meeting!
  • Eleni at Skyline High School, Ann Arbor
  • Our work at the SICB 2023 Conference
  • New Pathfinder Grant from UM Space Institute
  • Our work at the 2022 CeNeuro conference

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Geriatric and Palliative Medicine

University of Michigan Space Institute

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International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS) 2018

Posted on June 21, 2018 (June 28, 2021) by egourgou

Amin will be presenting our paper (A. Ghadami, E. Gourgou, B. Epureanu), entitled “Rate of Recovery from Perturbations Reflects Future Stability of Natural Populations” (selected oral presentation) at the 9th International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS) 2018, at Cambridge, MA in July.

Paper on bistability of microbial populations accepted!

Posted on May 25, 2018 (June 28, 2021) by egourgou

Our paper “Rate of recovery from perturbations as a means to forecast future stability of living systems” (Amin Ghadami, Eleni Gourgou, Bogdan Epureanu) was accepted for publication in Scientific Reports! For a summary of the project, see here.

Update: the paper is now available online https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-27573-0

CeNeuro 2018

Posted on May 24, 2018 (June 28, 2021) by egourgou

The C. elegans neuroscience topic meeting will be taking place in Madison, Wisconsin, June 25-June 28, 2018.

Eleni will give a talk (selected oral presentation), entitled “C. elegans learning and decision making in T-shaped mazes“, presenting work in collaboration with Allen Hsu (abstract here). The talk will be hosted in the Behavior

Next year’s Midwest C. elegans Meeting

Posted on May 12, 2018 (June 28, 2021) by egourgou

Eleni and Scott Leiser are co-organizing next year’s 7th Annual Midwest C. elegans meeting, to be held on April 20, 2019. The meeting will be hosted for the first time at the University of Michigan. Hannah Seidel will be in charge of the poster session. We are very excited! Stay tuned!

Annual Geriatrics/Biogerontology Research Symposium

Posted on May 4, 2018 (June 28, 2021) by egourgou

On May 8th, 2018, the University of Michigan Geriatrics Center Research Symposium is taking place at the Biomedical Sciences Research Building (BSRB). Eleni is presenting a poster on C. elegans learning and decision making, featuring work in collaboration with the Hsu lab.

2018 UROP Annual Spring Symposium

Posted on April 24, 2018 (June 28, 2021) by egourgou

On April 18, Steel and Hijiri presented their posters at the 2018 UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program–UoM) Annual Spring Symposium, at the Michigan Union. Congrats, Steel and Hijiri! (Steel’s Poster here, and Hijiri’s Poster here).

Eleni was a poster judge at the Symposium.

Workshop for Women in Mathematical Biology

Posted on April 17, 2018 (June 28, 2021) by egourgou

In May 29-31, 2018, Eleni will be attending the Workshop for Women in Mathematical Biology, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Eleni earned a travel award to attend the workshop, and she will be presenting a poster, on building a mathematical model for the calcium Continue Reading »

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