Christos Noutsos

Position/Role

Associate Professor.

Department

Biological Sciences

School

School of Arts and Sciences

Division

Office of Student Affairs

Building

Woodlands 5

Room

141

Phone

(516)628-5612

E-mail

Christos Noutsos holds a Ph.D. in Plant Evolutionary Genomics and has a solid background in bioinformatics and computational biology. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor at SUNY Old Westbury. He earned his B.Sc. in Plant Production from the Technological Educational Institute in Greece, followed by an M.Sc. in Biotechnology with a specialization in Bioinformatics from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He completed his Ph.D. in Evolutionary Genomics at Wageningen University and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding in Cologne, Germany, with a thesis on the evolutionary fate of organelle DNA insertions in plant nuclear genomes. Dr. Noutsos's professional experience includes a postdoctoral position in computational biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and a postdoctoral associate role at the University of Chicago, where he focused on ecological and evolutionary genomics. His research interests are in biomarker identification, population genetics, and next-generation sequencing. His work is documented in numerous peer-reviewed publications Christos Noutsos holds a Ph.D. in Plant Evolutionary Genomics and has a solid background in bioinformatics and computational biology. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor at SUNY Old Westbury. He earned his B.Sc. in Plant Production from the Technological Educational Institute in Greece, followed by an M.Sc. in Biotechnology with a specialization in Bioinformatics from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He completed his Ph.D. in Evolutionary Genomics at Wageningen University and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding in Cologne, Germany, with a thesis on the evolutionary fate of organelle DNA insertions in plant nuclear genomes. Dr. Noutsos's professional experience includes a postdoctoral position in computational biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and a postdoctoral associate role at the University of Chicago, where he focused on ecological and evolutionary genomics. His research interests are in biomarker identification, population genetics, and next-generation sequencing. His work is documented in numerous peer-reviewed publications Christos Noutsos holds a Ph.D. in Plant Evolutionary Genomics and has a solid background in bioinformatics and computational biology. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor at SUNY Old Westbury. He earned his B.Sc. in Plant Production from the Technological Educational Institute in Greece, followed by an M.Sc. in Biotechnology with a specialization in Bioinformatics from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He completed his Ph.D. in Evolutionary Genomics at Wageningen University and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding in Cologne, Germany, with a thesis on the evolutionary fate of organelle DNA insertions in plant nuclear genomes. Dr. Noutsos's professional experience includes a postdoctoral position in computational biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and a postdoctoral associate role at the University of Chicago, where he focused on ecological and evolutionary genomics. His research interests are in biomarker identification, population genetics, and next-generation sequencing. His work is documented in numerous peer-reviewed publications

Courses Taught

Basic Biological Sciences I
Plant Biology
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Senior Seminar

Degrees

Ph.D., Evolutionary Genomics Wageningen University, The Netherlands Graduated: 2007 Thesis title: “Generation and evolutionary fate of insertions of organelle DNA in the nuclear genomes of flowering plants”. M.Sc., Biotechnology, Specialization: Bioinformatics Wageningen University, The Netherlands Graduated: 2003 Thesis title: “In silico optimization of transcript profiling (cDNA – AFLP) and the development of a dedicated database”. B.Sc., Plant Production Technological Educational Institute, Greece Graduated: 2001 Thesis title: “Utilization of in vitro techniques in improvement of sugarbeets (Beta vulgaris)

Research Interests

The long-term question is to understand the observed phenotype of a given genotype in a given environment.....

Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1ZwDDlgF755oip/bibliography/public/

Presentations

PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS ( 1oral presentations **Undergraduate students present, *graduate student)

How Diversity Shapes the Plant World workshop organizer, annual ASPB meeting Milwaukee Wisconsin 2025

Identifying insertions of mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA within nuclear genomes of 82 plants. Solomon Scheiner, Christos Noutsos. 2024 NE-ASPB annual meeting Cornell**

Role of TLP Factors in see germination of A.thalian, Z.mays and T.aestivum. Christos Noutsos 2023 Plant and Animal Genomics San Diego CA1

Galaxy based workflow for ChIP-seq Data Analysis Amr Ibrahim, Christos Noutsos. 2023 Student Research day, SUNY at Old Westbury1*

Evolution rates of actinobacteria viruses' genes in the DB cluster.Rania Raja, Katherine J. Kopchuk and Christos Noutsos. 2023 Student Research day, SUNY at Old Westbury1**

The Manual Annotation of Bacteriophage Ray The Fire Fly. Rania Raja, Katherine J. Kopchuk and Christos Noutsos. 2022. 55th Annual Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists Conference. SUNY at Old Westbury1**

Manually annotating of Raythefirefly Genome a DB cluster. 2021 Taylor Patrizzo and Christos Noutsos. SURC Online1**

From Organelles to nucleus: A study of norgDNA and their relationship to Pseudogenes in Plants. Yara Abdelsalam and Christos Noutsos. SURC 2020 Online. 1**

Studying the Adaptation of Bacteria Phages Iman Raja, Zachary Torns, Fernando Nieto and Christos Noutsos, NYC Regional SEA-PHAGES Symposium SUNY Old Westbury 20191**

Characterizing functional elements in norgDNA of plant species: Example in Arabidopsis thaliana. Andrew Kobren, Tahalia Lozano and Christos Noutsos. Student Research Day, SUNY at Old Westbury20191**

miRNAs as a potential biomarker in the detection of Early Stage Cancer, Konstantinidis A., Noutsos C., 2018 Student Research Day, SUNY at Old Westbury**

De novo discovery of small RNAs in maize seeds. Noutsos C., Tam O., Petsch K., Timmermans M. and Hammell M. Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants meeting, Austin, TX, 20161

Impacts of norgDNA on the Nuclear Genomes of 11 Oryza Species. Noutsos C., Stein J., Olson A., Wing A. R., Ware H. D. Plant Biology meeting, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), Minneapolis, MN, 20151

Organization of nuclear organelle DNA to 11 Oryza species and their conservation. Noutsos C., Stein J., Olson A., Wing A. R., Ware H. D. ASPB, Portland, OR, 2014

Transcriptome and metabolite changes in soybean seeds under water deficits. Valliyodan B., Noutsos C., Shi H., Joshi T., Farmer A., May G. D., Ware H. D., Xu D., Nguyen T. H. The 9th Annual National Center for Soybean Biotechnology (NCSB) Symposium. Columbia, MO, 2013

Poster presentations

(1 students presented)

Annotation of the TUB transcription factor gene family in Z.mays . Meja S., Karey Tello-Ruiz M., Fernandez-Marco C., Ware H.D. and Noutsos C. Plant Genome, Systems Biology and Engineering meeting. CSHL NY 20191

Mechanisms of Genome Expansion in Phages. Iman Raja, Fernando Nieto and Christos Noutsos1. 2019 11th Annual SEA PHAGES Symposium Janilia Lab VA1

Comparative Analysis of four Aquilegia species. Noutsos C. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XXVII , San Diego, CA, 20191

Genome Annotation of Actinobaterial AlainaMaine. Jenifer Ramon, Moghaben K. Kothari, Fernando Nieto Christos Noutsos and Robert Bednarczyk. NYC Regional SEA-PHAGES Symposium. SUNY Old Westbury 20191

Opie Viral Genome. Kevin White, Iman Raja and Christos Noutsos. NYC Regional SEA-PHAGES Symposium. SUNY Old Westbury 20191

Annotation of Bacteriophage Awesomesauce a F1 Cluster. Adwoa Jamila Lewis and Christos Noutsos. NYC Regional SEA-PHAGES Symposium. SUNY Old Westbury 20191

Effects of norgDNA to 34 plants genomes. Tahalia Loazano and Christos Noutsos North East ASPB Amherst 20181

Annotating Rahel’s Genome, a first encounter with Bioinformatics/\. Adbelsalam Y., …Nieto F., Noutsos C., … Thomas J., Yoseffi A., NYU Regional SEA-PHAGES Symposium, Mounta Saint Mary College NYPARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS ( 1oral presentations **Undergraduate students present, *graduate student)