Autoimmunity

Paraskevi Chaitra is a PhD student in Medical Genetics at Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine (CSMM). She is working on Proteomics and Genetics of Systemic Sclerosis.The proteomics part is carried out through the PRECISESADs project. Human skin biopsies were obtained from SSc patients voluntarily participating in the project by the collaborating clinicians. Samples are sent to CING where they are analyzed using mass spectrometry. The genetics part is carried out on Cypriot SSc patients and healthy volunteers, and the samples are analyzed using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and SNaPshot techniques. Her life goal is to undertake critical research and provide essential services to people who suffer from complex diseases such as systemic sclerosis. Through her PhD project, she aims to discover specifi c proteomic and genetic biomarkers to facilitate an early prognosis, diagnosis and therapeutic targeting of SSc.