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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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University of Michigan Space Institute

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Paper on a mathematical model that captures calcium dynamics in a C. elegans sensory neuron is now accepted!

Posted on July 20, 2018 (June 28, 2021) by egourgou

Our paper titled “A mathematical and computational model of the calcium dynamics in C. elegans ASH sensory neuron” (Ehsan Mirzakhalili, Bogdan Epureanu, Eleni Gourgou) is now accepted for publication in PLOS ONE!

Update: Our paper is now available online: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0201302

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 Eleni receives K01 NIH Career Development Award!Eleni’s career award featured at Mechanical Engineering Dept website 

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