EVOTRANS Timetable
Project selected for funding
on 7/10/11The project was selected for funding: http://www.edulll.gr/?p=14138
Technical Bulletin submitted
on 8/3/12Submission of the initial Technical Bulletin for the project
Positions for 4 collaborators open
on 15/3/12Call for recruitment of 4 new collaborators, two postdocs for project actions 2.1 and 1.2 and two PhD students for project actions 1.1+1.3 and 2.2 (application deadline, March 28). http://www.rc.uoi.gr/Files/anatheseisErgou.htm
Research on YgfU published
on 23/3/12Original research on the properties of YgfU (project action 1.1) was accepted for publication in JBC. PMID 22437829
Successful applicants selected for 4 collaborator positions
on 14/5/12Maria Botou (project actions 1.1 and 1.3), Ekaterini Kalliampakou (project action 1.2), Christos Gournas (project action 2.1), Aimilia Krypotou (project action 2.2). http://www.rc.uoi.gr/Files/apotelesmata.htm
Official incorporation of the project to EDULLL (27/4/2012)
on 21/6/12Research on FcyB published
on 14/9/12Original research on the structure-function analysis of FcyB (project action 2.2) was accepted for publication in JBC. PMID 22969088
Positions for 2 new collaborators open
on 9/10/12Call for recruitment of 2 collaborators, one postdoc for project actions 4.1+4.2 and one technician for project action 1.4 (application deadline: October 23, 2012). http://www.rc.uoi.gr/Files/anatheseisErgou.htm
Successful applicants selected for 2 new collaborator positions
on 2/11/12Anargyros Doukas (project action 1.4), Eugenia Karabika (project actions 4.1 and 4.2) http://www.rc.uoi.gr/Files/apotelesmata.htm
Positions for 2 additional collaborators open
on 6/12/12Call for recruitment of 2 collaborators, one postdoc for project action 3.1 and one PhD student for project action 3.2 (application deadline Dec. 18, 2012); http://www.rc.uoi.gr/Files/anatheseisErgou.htm
Open Call for supply of consumables
on 6/12/12Consumables (Plastic ware, General-use chemicals, Radiochemicals, Molecular Biology reagents/kits, Protein Purification and Analysis reagents) to be supplied by the optimal-tender companies for initial parts of project actions 1 and 2; http://www.rc.uoi.gr/Files/diagonismoi.htm
Successful applicants for 2 new collaborator positions
on 16/1/13Efthymios Gabriel (project action 3.2), Dimitra Benaki (project action 3.1). http://www.rc.uoi.gr/Files/apotelesmata.htm
Optimal-tender suppliers for consumables of 6/12/12 open call
on 13/2/13Official documentation: 7/2/2013 - ΒΕΥΥ469Β7Η-ΟΚΥ; http://sites.diavgeia.gov.gr/uoi/find/ypogid:5641
Open Call for supply of consumables (22/4/2013)
on 29/4/13Consumables (Plastic ware, General-use chemicals, Radiochemicals, Molecular Biology reagents/kits, Cellular Biology, Immunochemistry, Microscopy consumables, Protein Expression kits, Protein Purification and Analysis reagents) to be supplied by the optimal-tender companies for project actions 1, 2, and 4.1; http://www.rc.uoi.gr/Files/diagonismoi.htm
Optimal-tender suppliers for consumables of 22/4/13 open call
on 2/7/13Official documentation: 12/6/2013 - ΒΕΖΦ469B7H-ΠΩ5; http://static.diavgeia.gov.gr/doc/
Research on PurP and YjcD published
on 12/11/13Original research on the functional identification of four new NCS2 homologs and structure-function analysis of PurP and YjcD (project action 1.1) was accepted for publication in JBC. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24214977
First Progress Meeting on EVOTRANS (Hell. Inst. Pasteur)
on 11/12/13The first Scientific Meeting on the progress of EVOTRANS, with participation of all contributing research teams, was held on December 6, 2013 (Hell. Inst. Pasteur, Athens). Research progress of each project action in relation to the expected deliverables was typified and problems relevant to the optimal integration of the projects were discussed.
Research on PrnB published
on 15/1/15Original research on the structure-function analysis of PrnB (project action 2.1) was accepted for publication in JBC. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25572393
Research on Fur/NCS1 published
on 28/2/15Original research on the evolution and diversification of substrate specificities in NCS1/Fur transporters (project action 2.2) was accepted for publication in Mol. Microbiol. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25712422
Second Progress Meeting on EVOTRANS (University of Ioannina)
on 22/7/15The second Scientific Meeting on the progress of EVOTRANS, with participation of all contributing research teams, was held on March 14, 2015 (University of Ioannina, Ioannina). Research progress of each project action was discussed in the context of the general progress of the EVOTRANS project and perspectives arising from the current progress involving ongoing and emerging collaborations between the members of the contributing research teams were also discussed.
Open Call for Supply of Consumables (17/7/2015)
on 23/7/15Consumables (Molecular and Cellular Biology Reagents, Radiolabelled substrates, Deuterated Solvents, NMR/Chromatography Purification Solvents, General Use Laboratory Chemicals) to be supplied by the optimal-tender companies for remainders of project actions 1.3, 2.3, 3.2, and 4.2; http://www.rc.uoi.gr/Files/diagonismoi.htm
Research on RutG published
on 26/3/18Novel insight on specificity of uracil transporters form the analysis of the pyrimidine/purine transporter RutG of Escherichia coli and three related bacterial homologs (work package 1 of EVOTRANS project). Accepted for publication in Mol. Microbiol. on February 12, 2018. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29437264
Research on SmLL9 published
on 30/4/20Functional identification of a set of purine transporters uniquely present in Sinorhizobium meliloti among rhizobia and insight on the specificity determinants of the xanthine/uric acid transporter SmLL9 (SmXUacT) (EVOTRANS project, work package 1). Accepted for publication in Mol. Microbiol. on March 17, 2020. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32198949
Research on rSNBT1 published
on 30/4/20Heterologous expression of the mammalian sodium-nucleobase transporter rSNBT1 in the system of Leishmanina tarentolae (EVOTRANS project, work package 1). Accepted for publication in BBA Biomembranes on July 2, 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31283918