Dr Eirini Karamichali

Dr Eirini Karamichali is a postdoctoral researcher at the Molecular Virology Laboratory, HPI, Athens. She is a Biologist by training, specialising in molecular biology. She was born in Samos, Greece and obtained my first degree in Biology (100/110) at University of Camerino, Italy in 2004. Then, she returned back to Greece and continued with her M.Sc in University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy/Molecular Virology HPI in Molecular Biology. Then, she proceeded with her Ph.D at the University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy /Molecular Virology HPI in Molecular Biology where she studied the role of HCV NS5A and PKR in the regulation of HCV IRES-dependent translation. Since 2014 she has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Molecular Virology laboratory, Hellenic Pasteur Institute. She has extended experience in molecular and cell biology and significant research work in molecular virology of RNA viruses and more specifically in HCV. Her research work is focused on the study of cellular and metabolic pathways involved in HCV infection. Currently her research is dedicated to the role of exosomes in HCV viral life cycle and their contribution to persistent infection. Her major scientific goal is to investigate the exploitation of cellular mechanisms by the virus in order to escape the adaptive immune response.