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Featured Publications

Metabolomics in pesticide research and development: review and future perspectives (2011)

Aliferis, K.A. and Chrysayi-Tokousbalides, M., 2011. Metabolomics in pesticide research and development: review and future perspectives. Metabolomics, 7(1), pp.35-53.

Metabolomics – A robust bioanalytical approach for the discovery of the modes-of-action of pesticides: A review (2011)

Aliferis, K.A. and Jabaji, S., 2011. Metabolomics–A robust bioanalytical approach for the discovery of the modes-of-action of pesticides: A review. Pesticide Biochemistry and physiology, 100(2), pp.105-117.

Multiple nucleobase transporters contribute to boscalid sensitivity in Aspergillus nidulans (2018)

Kalampokis, I.F., Kapetanakis, G.C., Aliferis, K.A. and Diallinas, G., 2018. Multiple nucleobase transporters contribute to boscalid sensitivity in Aspergillus nidulans. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 115, pp.52-63.

Untargeted metabolomics as a hypothesis-generation tool in plant protection product discovery: Highlighting the potential of trehalose and glycerol metabolism of fungal conidiospores as novel targets (2020)

I.F. Kalampokis, A. Erban, S. Amillis, G. Diallinas, J. Kopka, K.A. Aliferis, Metabolomics (In press)

Cannabinomics: Application of Metabolomics in Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) Research and Development (2020)

Aliferis, K.A. and Bernard-Perron, D., 2020. Cannabinomics: application of metabolomics in Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) research and development. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11.

Assessment of the effects of metribuzin, glyphosate, and their mixtures on the metabolism of the model plant Lemna minor L. applying metabolomics (2020)

Kostopoulou, S., Ntatsi, G., Arapis, G. and Aliferis, K.A., 2020. Assessment of the effects of metribuzin, glyphosate, and their mixtures on the metabolism of the model plant Lemna minor L. applying metabolomics. Chemosphere, 239, p.124582.

An integrated approach to improve plant protection against olive anthracnose caused by the Colletotrichum acutatum species complex (2020)

Kolainis, S., Koletti, A., Lykogianni, M., Karamanou, D., Gkizi, D., Tjamos, S.E., Paraskeuopoulos, A. and Aliferis, K.A., 2020. An integrated approach to improve plant protection against olive anthracnose caused by the Colletotrichum acutatum species complex. PloS one, 15(5), p.e0233916.

Metabolomics reveals differential mechanisms of toxicity of hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine)-derived nanoparticles to the soil-borne fungus Verticillium dahliae Kleb (2020)

Lykogianni, M., Papadopoulou, E.A., Sapalidis, A., Tsiourvas, D., Sideratou, Z. and Aliferis, K.A., 2020. Metabolomics reveals differential mechanisms of toxicity of hyperbranched poly (ethyleneimine)-derived nanoparticles to the soil-borne fungus Verticillium dahliae Kleb. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology.

Mining the effect of the neonicotinoids imidacloprid and clothianidin on the chemical homeostasis and energy equilibrium of primary mouse neural stem/progenitor cells using metabolomics (2020)

Fotopoulou, E., Lykogianni, M., Papadimitriou, E., Mavrikou, S., Machera, K., Kintzios, S., Thomaidou, D. and Aliferis, Κ.Α., 2020. Mining the effect of the neonicotinoids imidacloprid and clothianidin on the chemical homeostasis and energy equilibrium of primary mouse neural stem/progenitor cells using metabolomics. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, p.104617.

The yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) YCF1 vacuole transporter: Evidence on its implication into the yeast resistance to flusilazole as revealed by GC/EI/MS metabolomics (2020)

Karamanou, D.A. and Aliferis, K.A., 2020. The yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) YCF1 vacuole transporter: Evidence on its implication into the yeast resistance to flusilazole as revealed by GC/EI/MS metabolomics. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology.

Selected Publications

Implication of Fusarium graminearum primary metabolism in its resistance to benzimidazole fungicides as revealed by 1H NMR metabolomics

Implication of Fusarium graminearum primary metabolism in its resistance to benzimidazole fungicides as revealed by 1H NMR metabolomics

Lemna minor L. as a model organism for ecotoxicological studies performing 1H NMR fingerprinting (2009)

Aliferis, K.A., Materzok, S., Paziotou, G.N. and Chrysayi-Tokousbalides, M., 2009. Lemna minor L. as a model organism for ecotoxicological studies performing 1H NMR fingerprinting. Chemosphere, 76(7), pp.967-973.

Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) GC/EI/MS metabolomics dataset (2020)

Karamanou, D.A. and Aliferis, K.A., 2020. Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) GC/EI/MS metabolomics dataset. Data in brief, 29, p.105208.

Implication of Fusarium graminearum primary metabolism in its resistance to benzimidazole fungicides as revealed by 1H NMR metabolomics (2018)

Sevastos, A., Kalampokis, I.F., Panagiotopoulou, A., Pelecanou, M. and Aliferis, K.A., 2018. Implication of Fusarium graminearum primary metabolism in its resistance to benzimidazole fungicides as revealed by 1H NMR metabolomics. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 148, pp.50-61.

Book Chapters

Chapter 6-Metabolomics in plant protection product research and development: discovering the mode(s)-of-action and mechanisms of toxicity Elsevier (2020)

Aliferis, K.A., 2020. Metabolomics in plant protection product research and development: discovering the mode (s)-of-action and mechanisms of toxicity. In Environmental Metabolomics (pp. 163-194). Elsevier.

Chapter 5. Metabolomics in Aspergillus Research: Potential and Applications in Biotechnology, Industry, Medicine, and Crop Protection (2020)

Ioannis F. Kalampokis and Konstantinos A. Aliferis, Laboratory of Pesticide Science, Pesticide Metabolomics Group, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece)

Selected Conferences

Metabolomics: A Robust Bioanalytical Tool for the Dissection of Plant Metabolism and Prediction of Complex Traits, COST Action FA1306, Oreiras, Portugal, 2017

Metabolomics in Pesticide R&D: Probing Fungal Resistance Mechanisms to Benzimidazole Fungicides Performing 1H NMR Metabolomics, The 11th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, San Francisco, California, USA, 2015

Metabolomics: A Novel Bioanalytical Tool In Pesticide Research & Development, 10th International Congress of Plant Pathology, Beijing, China, 2012