Elpida Statoulla
Who is Elpida?
Elpida is a postdoc in the FunGen lab since January 2026.
She defended her PhD in 2025, where she developed 2D and 3D human iPSC-derived models to study mTOR signalling in health and disease, with a focus on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD).
She joined the FunGen lab as part of the MINDFUL (MIcroglia directed NeuroDegeneration FUeled by Lipid metabolism) project, where she is developing human-iPSC derived 3D models to explore how lipid metabolism shape microglia-neurons interactions and contributes to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Multiple sclerosis (MS). She is also a member of the Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials lab (Prof. Ruslan Dmitriev), where she uses advanced imaging techniques to analyse these models.
Elpida is particularly interested in understanding the gene regulatory networks and molecular mechanisms that underlie both neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders using 3D brain models.
In her spare time, she loves hanging out with friends, playing board games, and traveling
The people powering FunGen Lab
Our team consists of a young and enthusiastic team of researchers who strive to advance the field in understanding the genetic causes of neurodevelopmental disorders.
