Angelos Oikonomopoulos

Creative, highly motivated, and experienced scientist with more than 12 years of expertise in cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, biomarker translational studies, and assay development. Published >25 peer-reviewed articles. Extensive experience in the application of novel technologies such as patient-derived iPSCs, biomarkers, genomic tools, gene-editing technologies, and HTS modalities towards target identification and validation. Excellent interpersonal communication, project management, and problem-solving skills. Strong ability to adapt to fast-paced dynamic matrix environments. Proven track record of collaborating with interdisciplinary teams and managing multiple projects. Passionate for translational research, the discovery of novel targets and therapeutic candidates in CVD. Seeking new opportunities to utilize skills and experience to benefit an organization and patients.

• Scientist Development Grant-AHA (2017-2020)
• Award for 3rd best poster presentation at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (2011)
• Northeast affiliates Pre-doctoral Fellowship-AHA (2007-2009)

• Wnt signaling exerts an antiproliferative effect on adult cardiac progenitor cells through IGFBP3, Oikonomopoulos A, Sereti KI, … Moon RT, Force T, Liao R, Circulation Research, Vol. 109, 1363, 2011
• ATP-binding cassette G-subfamily transporter 2 regulates cell cycle progression and asymmetric division in mouse cardiac side population progenitor cells, Sereti KI, Oikonomopoulos A, … Qiu Y, Liao R, Circulation Research, Vol. 112, 27, 2013
• Precision Medicine in Cardiac Channelopathy: Integrating Genome Editing and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Decipher Variant of Unknown Significance, Garg P, Oikonomopoulos A, … Sanguinetti CM., Wu CJ, JAAC, Vol. 72, 62, 2008
• Modeling Human Diseases with Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: From 2D to 3D and beyond, Liu C, Oikonomopoulos A, Sayed N, Wu CJ, Development, Vol. 145, dev156166, 2018
• Pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes as a platform for cell therapy applications: Recent progress and obstacles for clinical translation, Oikonomopoulos A, Kitani T, Wu CJ, Molecular Therapy, Vol. 26, 1624, 2018
• The effects of the left ventricular unloading on cardiomyocyte regeneration, Unno K, Oikonomopoulos A, Yanfei Y, … Sosnovik ED, Liao R, JMCC, Vol. 133, 174, 2019
• Molecular Signatures of Beneficial Class Effects of Statins on Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes, Tian L
• Liu C, … Sayed N, Wu JC, Circulation, Vol. 141, 1208, 2020
• Anti-TNF antibodies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: do we finally know how it works?, Oikonomopoulos A, van Deen WK, Hommes WD, Curr Drug Targets, Vol. 14, 1421, 2013
• Optimization of human mesenchymal stem cell manufacturing: the effects of animal/xeno-free media, Oikonomopoulos A#, van Deen KW, … Ziman A, Hommes WD, Nature Scientific Reports, Vol. 5, 16570, 2015, #Corresponding author
• Identification of Circulating MicroRNA Signatures in Crohn’s Disease by using the Nanostring nCounter Technology, Oikonomopoulos A, Polytarchou C, Joshi S, Hommes DW, Iliopoulos D, Inflamm Bowel Dis, Vol. 22, 2063, 2016

Coaching AYSO youth soccer for the last 5 years all levels up to U10.

Started playing online chess during the pandemic and organized a zoom chess class for Spring Valley Elementary school in Millbrae. 

Employment Authorization: U.S. Permanent resident

Peer reviewer activity: Circulation, American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (AJP-Heart), American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver (AJP-GI), Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CMGH)