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Dr. Anastasia Sacharidou

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Biological Sciences

(940) 369-7282

Email: Anastasia.Sacharidou@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2010
    Major: Physiology

Professional Memberships

  • American Diabetes Association. (September 2017 - Present).
  • American Heart Association. (September 2007 - Present).
  • North American Vascular Biology Organization. (2007 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Other (Webinar), Post-transcriptional pathways defining endothelial behavior and inflammatory responses in chronic vasculopathy, NAVBO. online,United States of America. (December 4, 2025).
  • Seminar, Early Career Faculty Research Funding Series - Developing effective specific aims and concept papers, UNT - Research & Development. online,United States of America. (December 2, 2025).
  • Workshop, Clarivate- Research of the Future, Clarivate. online,United States of America. (November 10, 2025).
  • Other (Webinar), Vascular Epigenetics, NAVBO. online,United States of America. (November 6, 2025).
  • Workshop, Early Career Faculty Funding Series: proposal development and funding tools, UNT - Research & Development. online,United States of America. (November 4, 2025).
  • Seminar, Research BREAKS: Understanding Research Security, UNT - Research and Development office. online,United States of America. (October 30, 2025).
  • Other (Workshop), Understanding Business and Finances Within Research: What I wish I kne early in my Career, American Heart Association. Online,United States of America. (October 6, 2025).
  • Other (Webinar), 5 secrets to a super Productive Summer, NCFDD - FSP. online,United States of America. (September 23, 2025).
  • Conference Attendance, Integrate Endothelial and Vascular Signaling in Metabolic Regulation (InFocus mini-symposium), NAVBO. online,United States of America. (August 14, 2025).
  • Workshop, Strategies to Build an Academic Scientific Career in the US, NAVBO. Online,United States of America. (August 12, 2025).
  • Conference Attendance, Dissecting Endothelial Dynamics in Vascular Development, Remodeling, and Disease (InFocus mini-symposium), NAVBO. online,United States of America. (July 31, 2025).
  • Other (Symposium), Emerging Players in Atherosclerosis, NAVBO. Online,United States of America. (July 22, 2025).
  • Tutorial, Pew Scholars and Pew-Stewart programs: 2025 information session, Pew Scholars Program. online,United States of America. (July 14, 2025).
  • Conference Attendance, GPCRs and RTKs in Vascular Health and Disease (InFocus mini-symposium), NAVBO. online,United States of America. (June 12, 2025).
  • Workshop, AHA Research Funding Opportunities, American Heart Association. online,United States of America. (April 10, 2025).
  • Workshop, Strategizing proposal development - NIH workshop series (UNTHS), UNTHS. online,United States of America. (March 17, 2025).
  • Other (Webinar - Career Development), NIH 103: Non-science documents, NIH. Online,United States of America. (January 21, 2025).
  • Workshop, NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15): What you need to know, NIH. online,United States of America. (January 6, 2025).
  • Other (Faculty development program), NCFDD Faculty Success Program, self. United States of America. (October 2024).
  • Seminar, BioFrontier - Biology Seminar series (in person LSC-a117), Dept of Biological Sciences, UNT-Denton. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 23, 2024).
  • Continuing Education Program, ACUE Teaching Certification (Online course), UNT - VPRI's office. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 2024).
  • Seminar, Earl P. Benditt Award Lecture Dr. Asrar Malik (online), NAVBO. United States of America. (January 14, 2025 - January 14, 2025).
  • Workshop, Fall Faculty Grantsmanship Workshop (in-person), UNT - Denton. Denton,TX,United States of America. (December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024).
  • Workshop, PVD - How to write a competitive abstract (online), American Heart Association. United States of America. (December 4, 2024 - December 4, 2024).
  • Workshop, NSF BIO/IOS Postdoc to PI webinar (online), NSF (BIO and IOS). United States of America. (November 20, 2024 - November 20, 2024).
  • Other (Mini-symposium), CENG-COS Jr. Faculty Meeting day 2 (in person at SRB), UNT-Denton (VPRI office). Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 19, 2024 - November 19, 2024).
  • Other (Mini-symposium), CENG-COS Jr. Faculty Meeting Day 1 - (in-person at Discovery Park), UNT-Denton (VPRI office). Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 13, 2024 - November 13, 2024).
  • Workshop, Career Developmnet Forum: NIH Study Sections (online career development workshop), NAVBO. United States of America. (November 12, 2024 - November 12, 2024).
  • Other (Mini-symposium), October COS Jr. Research Faculty (in person), UNT - Denton (VPRI office). Daneton,TX,United States of America. (October 28, 2024 - October 28, 2024).
  • Workshop, October Research Café Crafting Effective Specific Aims for NIH Grants (online workshop), HSC-UNT. United States of America. (October 23, 2024 - October 23, 2024).
  • Workshop, IRB Human Subjects Research (online), UNT-Denton. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 25, 2024 - September 25, 2024).
  • Seminar, Surrounding Tissues on Vessel Function ( online mini-symposium organized by NAVBO), NAVBO. United States of America. (September 12, 2024 - September 12, 2024).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • BIOL 4110 - Endocrinology, 1 course.
  • BIOL 4300 - Histology, 2 courses.
  • BIOL 4900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • BIOL 5110 - Endocrinology., 1 course.
  • BIOL 5910 - Special Problems, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, "Determining transcriptome dysregulation in PCOS," Biological Sciences. (September 2025).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, "Bioinformatics and Computational Analysis (BIMO)," Biological Sciences. (February 26, 2025).
  • Supervised Research, "Defining stroke induced epigenomic programs in BBB endothelium," Biological Sciences. (January 2025).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, "Regulation of Von Willebrand Factor (VWF) Levels," Biological Sciences. (December 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Investigating genes affecting membrane trafficking proteins, using zebrafish as a model organism," Biological Sciences. (November 2024).
  • Supervised Research, "Endothelial Cell Genes Contributing to the Development of Thrombosis," Biological Sciences. (November 2024).
  • Postdoctoral Research Supervision, "Identify novel regulatory proteins involved in thrombosis," Biological Sciences. (August 2024).

Awards and Honors

  • ATVB Junior Investigator Award for Women, ATVB/PVD. (May 6, 2016).
  • Outstanding poster presentation, NAVBO/ Developmental Vascular Biology. (2010).
  • Outstanding Poster Presentation, NAVBO/ Integrin Signaling in Physiology and Disease. (2010).
  • Outstanding Abstract and Poster Presentation, University of Missouri/ Dept of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology. (2009).
  • Outstanding Poster Presentation, NAVBO/ Developmental Vascular Biology. (2008).
  • Outstanding Abstract and Poster Presentation, Texas A&M University/ Texas A&M Agricultural Conference. (2006).
  • Outstanding Clinical Research Associate, Pfizer Hellas/ Dept of Neurosciences. (2001).
  • Outstanding Clinical Research Associate, EUAGELISMOS Hospital/ Dept of Cardiovascular Diseases. (2000).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Koh, W., Sacharidou, A., Fisher, K.E., Davis, G.E. (2008). Cdc42/alpha2beta1 integrin/membrane type‐1 metalloproteinase complexes regulate endothelial lumen formation in 3D collagen matrices. Other. 22 (S1) 1. Rockville, Maryland, Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.49.7
  • Davis, G.E., Stratman, A.N., Koh, W., Sacharidou, A., Davis, M.J. (2008). Control of microvascular tube assembly by endothelial cell‐pericyte interactions. Other. 22 (S1) 1. Rockville, Maryland, Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.383.1
  • Davis, G.E., Koh, W., Sacharidou, A., Fisher, K.E. (2007). Role of extracellular matrix in vascular morphogenesis. Other. 21 (5) 1. Rockville, Maryland, Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.21.5.a82-b

    • Atherosclerosis Thrombosis Vascular Biology

  • Calvier, L., Xian, X., Lee, R.G., Sacharidou, A., Mineo, C., Shaul, P.W., Kounnas, M.Z., Tsai, S., Herz, J. (2021). Reelin Depletion Protects Against Atherosclerosis by Decreasing Vascular Adhesion of Leukocytes. No. 41 (4) 1309-1318. Philadephia, Pennsylvania, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/ATVBAHA.121.316000?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org

    • Book Chapter

  • Stratman, A.N., Kim, D.J., Sacharidou, A., Speichinger, K.R., Davis, G.E. (2012). Methodologic Approaches to Investigate Vascular Tube Morphogenesis and Maturation Events in 3D Extracellular Matrices In Vitro and In Vivo. The Textbook of Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis: Methods and Applications. (978-94-007-4580-3 (print) and 978-94-007-4581-0 (online)) 101-126. Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4581-0_6
  • Davis, G.E., Stratman, A.N., Sacharidou, A. (2011). Molecular Control of Vascular Tube Morphogenesis and Stabilization: Regulation by Extracellular Matrix, Matrix Metalloproteinases, and Endothelial Cell–Pericyte Interactions. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. (978-1-4419-7834-9 (print) and 978-1-4419-7835-6 (online)) 17-47. New York, New York, Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7835-6_2
  • Koh, W., Stratman, A.N., Sacharidou, A., Davis, G.E. (2008). Chapter 5 In Vitro Three Dimensional Collagen Matrix Models of Endothelial Lumen Formation During Vasculogenesis and Angiogenesis. Methods in Enzymology. 443 (ISSN 0076-6879) 83-101. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0076-6879(08)02005-3

    • Critical Review

  • Papaetis, G.S., Picolos, M.K., Sacharidou, A. (2025). Pioglitazone with SGLT2 inhibitors or GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: could the combinations of an old friend with new players yield better outcomes?. Other. 10 (1) 1-15. Poznan, Termedia Publishing House. https://doi.org/10.5114/amsad/202298
  • Papaetis, G.S., Sacharidou, A., Michaelides, I.C., Mikellidis, K.C., Karvounaris, S.A. (2025). Insulin Resistance, Hyperinsulinemia and Atherosclerosis: Insights into Pathophysiological Aspects and Future Therapeutic Prospects. Other. No. 21 (1) 19. Dubai, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.2174/011573403x314035241006185109
  • Sacharidou, A., Shaul, P.W., Mineo, C. (2018). New Insights in the Pathophysiology of Antiphospholipid Syndrome. Other. No. 44 (5) 475-482. New York, NY, Thieme Medical Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1597286
  • Sacharidou, A., Stratman, A.N., Davis, G.E. (2012). Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Vascular Lumen Formation in Three-Dimensional Extracellular Matrices. Other. No. 195 (1-2) 122-143. Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, S. Karger AG. https://doi.org/10.1159/000331410
  • Davis, G.E., Stratman, A.N., Sacharidou, A., Koh, W. (2011). Molecular Basis for Endothelial Lumen Formation and Tubulogenesis During Vasculogenesis and Angiogenic Sprouting. no. 288 (n/a) 101-165. Amsterdam, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-386041-5.00003-0

    • Journal Article

  • Sacharidou, A., Chambliss, K.L., Peng, J., Tanigaki, K., Islam, M.N., Sirsi, S., Lemoff, A., Hoyt, K., Mineo, C., Shaul, P.W. (2025). Apolipoprotein E receptor 2 in endothelium promote glucose tolerance by mediating insulin delivery to skeletal muscle. Other. No. 101 (102238) 9. Munich, Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2025.102238
  • Sacharidou, A., Chambliss, K., Peng, J., Barrera, J., Tanigaki, K., Luby-Phelps, K., Özdemir, İ., Khan, S., Sirsi, S.R., Kim, S.H., Katzenellenbogen, B.S., Katzenellenbogen, J.A., Kanchwala, M., Sathe, A.A., Lemoff, A., Xing, C., Hoyt, K., Mineo, C., Shaul, P.W. (2023). Endothelial ERα promotes glucose tolerance by enhancing endothelial insulin transport to skeletal muscle. Nature Communications. No. 14 (1) 15. New York, New York (NY), Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40562-w
  • Yu, L., Xu, L., Chu, H., Peng, J., Sacharidou, A., Hsieh, H., Weinstock, A., Khan, S., Ma, L., Durán, J.G., McDonald, J., Nelson, E.R., Park, S., McDonnell, D.P., Moore, K.J., Huang, L.J., Fisher, E.A., Mineo, C., Huang, L., Shaul, P.W. (2023). Macrophage-to-endothelial cell crosstalk by the cholesterol metabolite 27HC promotes atherosclerosis in male mice. Nature Communications. No. 14 (1) 17. Ney York, NY, Nature Portofolio (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39586-z
  • Sacharidou, A., Chu, H., Nguyen, A., Li, C., Chambliss, K.L., Salmon, J.E., Shen, Y., Lo, J., Leone, G.W., Herz, J., Hui, D.Y., Marciano, D.K., Abrahams, V.M., Natale, B.V., Montalbano, A.P., Xiao, X., Xu, L., Natale, D.R., Shaul, P.W., Mineo, C. (2021). Protein Phosphatase 2A Activation Via ApoER2 in Trophoblasts Drives Preeclampsia in a Mouse Model of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome. Circulation Research. No. 129 (7) 735-750. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. https://doi.org/10.1161/circresaha.120.318941
  • Calvier, L., Manouchehri, N., Sacharidou, A., Mineo, C., Shaul, P.W., Hui, D.Y., Kounnas, M.Z., Stüve, O., Herz, J. (2021). Apolipoprotein E receptor 2 deficiency decreases endothelial adhesion of monocytes and protects against autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Other. No. 6 (62) 15. Washington, DC, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.abd0931
  • Calvier, L., Xian, X., Lee, R.G., Sacharidou, A., Mineo, C., Shaul, P.W., Kounnas, M.Z., Tsai, S., Herz, J. (2021). Reelin Depletion Protects Against Atherosclerosis by Decreasing Vascular Adhesion of Leukocytes. Other. 41 (4) 1309-1318. Baltimore, Maryland, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Wolters Kluwer Health). https://doi.org/10.1161/atvbaha.121.316000
  • Calvier, L., Demuth, G., Manoucherhri, N., Wong, C., Sacharidou, A., Mineo, C., Shaul, P.W., Monson, N.L., Kounnas, M.Z., Stuve, O., Herz, J. (2020). Reelin Depletion protects against autoimmune encephalomyelitis by decreasing vascular adhesion of leukocytes. Other. No. 12 (556) 22. Washington, DC, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aay7675
  • Peng, J., Vongpatanasin, W., Sacharidou, A., Kifer, D., Yuhanna, I.S., Banerjee, S., Tanigaki, K., Polasek, O., Chu, H., Sundgren, N.C., Rohatgi, A., Chambliss, K.L., Lauc, G., Mineo, C., Shaul, P.W. (2019). Supplementation With the Sialic Acid Precursor N-Acetyl-D-Mannosamine Breaks the Link Between Obesity and Hypertension. Circulation. No. 140 (24) 2005-2018. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.119.043490
  • Sacharidou, A., Chambliss, K.L., Ulrich, V., Salmon, J.E., Shen, Y., Herz, J., Hui, D.Y., Terada, L.S., Shaul, P.W., Mineo, C. (2018). Antiphospholipid antibodies induce thrombosis by PP2A activation via apoER2-Dab2-SHC1 complex formation in endothelium (Plenary Paper). Blood. No. 131 (19) 2097-2110. Washington, DC, American Society of Hematology. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2017-11-814681
  • Tanigaki, K., Sacharidou, A., Peng, J., Chambliss, K.L., Yuhanna, I.S., Ghosh, D., Ahmed, M., Szalai, A.J., Vongpatanasin, W., Mattrey, R.F., Chen, Q., Azadi, P., Lingvay, I., Botto, M., Holland, W.L., Kohler, J.J., Sirsi, S.R., Hoyt, K., Shaul, P.W., Mineo, C. (2017). Hyposialylated IgG activates endothelial IgG receptor FcγRIIB to promote obesity-induced insulin resistance. Other. No. 128 (1) 309-322. Ann Arbor, Michigan, American Society for Clinical Investigation. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci89333
  • Tanigaki, K., Chambliss, K.L., Yuhanna, I.S., Sacharidou, A., Ahmed, M., Atochin, D.N., Huang, P.L., Shaul, P.W., Mineo, C. (2016). Endothelial Fcγ Receptor IIB Activation Blunts Insulin Delivery to Skeletal Muscle to Cause Insulin Resistance in Mice. Other. no. 65 (7) 1996-2005. Alexandria, Virginia, American Diabetes Association. https://doi.org/10.2337/db15-1605
  • Mineo, C., Lanier, L., Jung, E., Sengupta, S., Ulrich, V., Sacharidou, A., Tarango, C., Osunbunmi, O., Shen, Y., Salmon, J.E., Brekken, R.A., Huang, X., Thorpe, P.E., Shaul, P.W., Zenclussen, A.C. (2016). Identification of a Monoclonal Antibody That Attenuates Antiphospholipid Syndrome-Related Pregnancy Complications and Thrombosis. PLOS One. No. 11 (7) e0158757. San Francisco, CA, Public Library of Science (PLoS). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158757
  • Ulrich, V., Gelber, S.E., Vukelic, M., Sacharidou, A., Herz, J., Urbanus, R.T., de Groot, P.G., Natale, D.R., Harihara, A., Redecha, P., Abrahams, V.M., Shaul, P.W., Salmon, J.E., Mineo, C. (2016). ApoE Receptor 2 Mediation of Trophoblast Dysfunction and Pregnancy Complications Induced by Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Mice. Other. No. 68 (3) 730-739. Malden, MA, Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.39453
  • Lee, E.E., Ma, J., Sacharidou, A., Mi, W., Salato, V.K., Nguyen, N., Jiang, Y., Pascual, J.M., North, P.E., Shaul, P.W., Mettlen, M., Wang, R.C. (2015). A Protein Kinase C Phosphorylation Motif in GLUT1 Affects Glucose Transport and is Mutated in GLUT1 Deficiency Syndrome. Molecular Cell. No. 58 (5) 845-853. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2015.04.015
  • Lee, W.R., Sacharidou, A., Behling-Kelly, E., Oltmann, S.C., Zhu, W., Ahmed, M., Gerard, R.D., Hui, D.Y., Abe, J., Shaul, P.W., Mineo, C., Zernecke, A. (2015). PDZK1 Prevents Neointima Formation via Suppression of Breakpoint Cluster Region Kinase in Vascular Smooth Muscle. PLOS One. 10 (4) 16. San Francisco, California, Public Library of Science (PLoS). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124494
  • Yuan, L., Le Bras, A., Sacharidou, A., Itagaki, K., Zhan, Y., Kondo, M., Carman, C.V., Davis, G.E., Aird, W.C., Oettgen, P. (2012). ETS-related Gene (ERG) Controls Endothelial Cell Permeability via Transcriptional Regulation of the Claudin 5 (CLDN5) Gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry. No. 287 (9) 6582-6591. Rockville, Maryland, Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m111.300236
  • Yuan, L., Sacharidou, A., Stratman, A.N., Le Bras, A., Zwiers, P.J., Spokes, K., Bhasin, M., Shih, S., Nagy, J.A., Molema, G., Aird, W.C., Davis, G.E., Oettgen, P. (2011). RhoJ is an endothelial cell-restricted Rho GTPase that mediates vascular morphogenesis and is regulated by the transcription factor ERG. Blood. no. 118 (4) 1145-1153. Washington, DC, American Society of Hematology. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2010-10-315275
  • Chan, A.C., Drakos, S.G., Ruiz, O.E., Smith, A.C., Gibson, C.C., Ling, J., Passi, S.F., Stratman, A.N., Sacharidou, A., Revelo, M.P., Grossmann, A.H., Diakos, N.A., Davis, G.E., Metzstein, M.M., Whitehead, K.J., Li, D.Y. (2011). Mutations in 2 distinct genetic pathways result in cerebral cavernous malformations in mice. Other. No. 121 (5) 1871-1881. Ann Arbor, Michigan, American Society for Clinical Investigation. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci44393
  • Xu, K., Sacharidou, A., Fu, S., Chong, D.C., Skaug, B., Chen, Z.J., Davis, G.E., Cleaver, O. (2011). Blood Vessel Tubulogenesis Requires Rasip1 Regulation of GTPase Signaling. Developmental Cell. No. 20 (4) 526-539. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2011.02.010
  • Sacharidou, A., Koh, W., Stratman, A.N., Mayo, A.M., Fisher, K.E., Davis, G.E. (2010). Endothelial lumen signaling complexes control 3D matrix–specific tubulogenesis through interdependent Cdc42- and MT1-MMP–mediated events. Blood. No. 115 (25) 5259-5269. Washington, District of Columbia (DC), American Society of Hematology. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2009-11-252692
  • Fisher, K.E., Sacharidou, A., Stratman, A.N., Mayo, A.M., Fisher, S.B., Mahan, R.D., Davis, M.J., Davis, G.E. (2009). MT1-MMP- and Cdc42-dependent signaling co-regulate cell invasion and tunnel formation in 3D collagen matrices. Journal of Cell Science. No. 122 (24) 4558-4569. Cambridge, United Kingdom, The Company of Biologists. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.050724
  • Stratman, A.N., Saunders, W.B., Sacharidou, A., Koh, W., Fisher, K.E., Zawieja, D.C., Davis, M.J., Davis, G.E. (2009). Endothelial cell lumen and vascular guidance tunnel formation requires MT1-MMP–dependent proteolysis in 3-dimensional collagen matrices. Blood. No. 114 (2) 237-247. Washington, DC, American Society of Hematology. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2008-12-196451
  • Koh, W., Sachidanandam, K., Stratman, A.N., Sacharidou, A., Mayo, A.M., Murphy, E.A., Cheresh, D.A., Davis, G.E. (2009). Formation of endothelial lumens requires a coordinated PKCϵ-, Src-, Pak- and Raf-kinase-dependent signaling cascade downstream of Cdc42 activation. Journal of Cell Science. No. 122 (11) 1812-1822. Cambridge, The Company of Biologists. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.045799
  • Koh, W., Sacharidou, A., Fisher, K.E., Davis, G.E. (2007). Coordinated regulation by Cdc42, integrin alpha2beta1, and membrane type‐1 metalloproteinase‐dependant signaling of capillary tube formation in 3D collagen matrices. Other. 21 (5) 1. Rockville, Maryland, Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.21.5.a14-b
  • Halbig, K., Sacharidou, A., De Nova-Ocampo, M., Cruz-Reyes, J. (2006). Preferential interaction of a 25 kDa protein with an A6 pre-mRNA substrate for RNA editing in Trypanosoma brucei. International Journal for Parasitology. 36 (12) 1295-1304. Oxford, Oxfordshire, Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.05.011
  • RASIDAKIS, A., ORPHANIDOU, D., KALOMENIDIS, J., PAPAMICHALIS, G., TOUMBIS, M., LAMBADLOS, J., Sacharidou, A., PAPASTAMATIOU, H., JORDANOGLOU, J. (1998). Expression of mdm-2 Protein in Neoplastic, Preneoplastic, and Normal Bronchial Mucosa Specimens: Comparative Study with p53 Expression. Other. No. 17 (4) 339-345. New Rochelle, New York, Mary Ann Liebert Inc. https://doi.org/10.1089/hyb.1998.17.339

Presentations Given

    Poster

  • Sacharidou, A. (Author & Presenter), UNT Research Day 2025, Breakpoint Cluster Region Protein is a Novel Akt Kinase that Mediates HDL Action in Endothelium, UNT, UNT Denton, United States of America. (2025).
  • Sacharidou, A. (Other), Galletti, P. (Author & Presenter), Rouhani, S. (Author), Papaetis, G. (Author), UNT Research Day 2025, Endothelial Basis of Thrombotic Diathesis in Rheumatoid Arthritis, UNT, UNT Denton, United States of America. (2025).

Media Contributions

    Other

  • "What drivers research in Dr. Sacharidou's Lab," (September 2025).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Physiology and Neurobiology Division. (December 2024 - Present).
  • Member, Faculty Innovation Network (FIN)/ Division of Research and Innovation. (November 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee member (Assistant Professor of Computational Biology). (November 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee (Assistant Professor of Biology -Cancer Biologist). (October 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division/ Dept of Biological Sciences. (September 2024 - Present).

Professional Service

  • Member, NCFDD (National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity). (October 2024 - Present).
  • Member, NAVBO/ Early-Stage Investigators Group. (September 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Atherosclerosis journal. (January 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Molecular Medicine journal. (January 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Lean-In (while a junior faculty at UTSW). Dallas DFW, TX. (2022 - Present).

Consulting

  • Academic, UNT- ELTR Capstone -App Development, UNT - Denton, United States of America. (October 2025).