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Ioannis Zerdes

Ioannis Zerdes

Postdoctoral Researcher
Visiting address: Visionsgatan 4, 17164 SOLNA
Postal address: K7 Onkologi-Patologi, K7 Forskning Foukakis, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I am a Clinical Fellow in Medical Oncology at Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Karolinska University Hospital and a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Oncology-Pathology, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (Assoc. Prof. Theodoros Foukakis research group), supported by a combined appointment (clinical postdoctoral fellowship) from Stockholm Region.
    I graduated from Medical School, University of Ioannina in Greece (MD, 2015) and defended my PhD thesis in breast cancer at the Department of Oncology-Pathology, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (2020).
    I am serving as Chair of the Young Investigators Steering Committee in the European European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Breast Cancer Group and I am also junior member of ESMO, ASCO and AACR.

Research

  • Translational cancer research, immuno-oncology, biomarker development with focus on tumor-immune microenvironment in breast cancer using a variety of multi-omics methods in the context of both clinical trials and retrospective cohorts.

Teaching

  • Principal supervisor for 2 master degree/undergraduate students and co-supervisor of 4 PhD students
    Invited lecturer in the following courses at KI:
    A. PhD courses
    - National research school in clinical and translational cancer research (NatiOn)
    - Introduction in Oncology and Tumor Biology
    - Clinical Oncology for the preclinical cancer researcher
    - Tumor Microenvironment
    B. Undergraduate courses (oncology-related courses for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ students)

Articles

  • Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2025;220:115333
    Lehmann J; Dragan T; Rammant E; de Ligt KM; Lai-Kwon J; Lidington E; Bultijnck R; Dejaco D; Taylor KJ; Colombo E; Madariaga A; Nicolay JP; Zerdes I; Bosisio F; Gaspert T; Brandao M; Correia D; Marquina G; Pellerino A; Fontes-Sousa M; Grisay G; Siebenhuener A; Silva T; Cammarota A; Szturz P
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2025;156(8):1621-1633
    Kouvaraki M; Zerdes I; Sifakis EG; Sarafidis M; Matikas A; Tzoras E; Kjallquist U; Stathopoulou K; Lovrot J; Alkodsi A; Hartman J; Sotiriou C; Richard F; Hatschek T; Herold N; Bergh J; Rassidakis GZ; Foukakis T
  • Article: NPJ BREAST CANCER. 2025;11(1):23
    Zerdes I; Matikas A; Mezheyeuski A; Manikis G; Acs B; Johansson H; Boyaci C; Boman C; Poncet C; Ignatiadis M; Bai Y; Rimm DL; Cameron D; Bonnefoi H; Bergh J; Macgrogan G; Foukakis T
  • Article: JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. 2025;117(6):1117-1124
    Zerdes I; Filis P; Fountoukidis G; El-Naggar AI; Kalofonou F; D'Alessio A; Pouptsis A; Foukakis T; Pentheroudakis G; Ahlgren J; Smith D; Valachis A
  • Article: LUNG CANCER. 2025;199:108065
    Zerdes I; Kamali C; Johannsdottir B; Blasi M; Assmann C; Kazdal D; Stenzinger A; Skribek M; Ekman S; Christopoulos P; Tsakonas G
  • Article: IEEE JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATICS. 2024;28(9):5312-5322
    Tsiknakis N; Manikis G; Tzoras E; Salgkamis D; Vidal JM; Wang K; Zaridis D; Sifakis E; Zerdes I; Bergh J; Hartman J; Acs B; Marias K; Foukakis T
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2024;14(1):18275
    Salgkamis D; Sifakis EG; Agartz S; Wirta V; Hartman J; Bergh J; Foukakis T; Matikas A; Zerdes I
  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):3837
    Wang K; Zerdes I; Johansson HJ; Sarhan D; Sun Y; Kanellis DC; Sifakis EG; Mezheyeuski A; Liu X; Loman N; Hedenfalk I; Bergh J; Bartek J; Hatschek T; Lehtio J; Matikas A; Foukakis T
  • Article: BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2024;204(2):299-308
    Zhu Y; Zerdes I; Matikas A; Cruz IR; Bergqvist M; Elinder E; Bosch A; Lindman H; Einbeigi Z; Andersson A; Carlsson L; Dreifaldt AC; Isaksson-Friman E; Hellstrom M; Johansson H; Wang K; Bergh JCS; Hatschek T; Foukakis T
  • Article: ESMO OPEN. 2023;8(6):102069
    Zerdes I; Kamali C; Koulouris A; Elsayed M; Schnorbach J; Christopoulos P; Tsakonas G
  • Article: ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. 2023;2023:1-4
    Tsiknakis N; Tzoras E; Zerdes I; Manikis GC; Acs B; Hartman J; Hatschek T; Foukakis T; Marias K
  • Article: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2023;29(3):532-540
    Matikas A; Johansson H; Gryback P; Bjohle J; Acs B; Boyaci C; Lekberg T; Fredholm H; Elinder E; Margolin S; Isaksson-Friman E; Bosch A; Lindman H; Adra J; Andersson A; Agartz S; Hellstrom M; Zerdes I; Hartman J; Bergh J; Hatschek T; Foukakis T
  • Article: NPJ BREAST CANCER. 2021;7(1):144
    Zerdes I; Simonetti M; Matikas A; Harbers L; Acs B; Boyaci C; Zhang N; Salgkamis D; Agartz S; Moreno-Ruiz P; Bai Y; Rimm DL; Hartman J; Mezheyeuski A; Bergh J; Crosetto N; Foukakis T
  • Article: CANCERS. 2021;13(18):4655
    Zerdes I; Karafousia V; Mezheyeuski A; Stogiannitsi M; Kuiper R; Ruiz PM; Rassidakis G; Bergh J; Hatschek T; Foukakis T; Matikas A
  • Article: JAMA ONCOLOGY. 2021;7(9):1360-1367
    Hatschek T; Foukakis T; Bjohle J; Lekberg T; Fredholm H; Elinder E; Bosch A; Pekar G; Lindman H; Schiza A; Einbeigi Z; Adra J; Andersson A; Carlsson L; Dreifaldt AC; Isaksson-Friman E; Agartz S; Azavedo E; Gryback P; Hellstrom M; Johansson H; Maes C; Zerdes I; Hartman J; Brandberg Y; Bergh J
  • Article: ESMO OPEN. 2021;6(2):100076
    Matikas A; Wang K; Lagoudaki E; Acs B; Zerdes I; Hartman J; Azavedo E; Bjohle J; Carlsson L; Einbeigi Z; Hedenfalk I; Hellstrom M; Lekberg T; Loman N; Saracco A; von Wachenfeldt A; Rotstein S; Bergqvist M; Bergh J; Hatschek T; Foukakis T
  • Article: ESMO OPEN. 2020;5(6):e001032
    Matikas A; Zerdes I; Lovrot J; Sifakis E; Richard F; Sotiriou C; Rassidakis G; Bergh J; Valachis A; Foukakis T
  • Article: MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY. 2020;14(5):951-963
    Zerdes I; Sifakis EG; Matikas A; Chretien S; Tobin NP; Hartman J; Rassidakis GZ; Bergh J; Foukakis T
  • Article: CELL DEATH & DISEASE. 2020;11(1):69
    Gonzalez-Rodriguez P; Engskog-Vlachos P; Zhang H; Murgoci A-N; Zerdes I; Joseph B
  • Article: CANCERS. 2019;11(10):E1479-1479
    Zerdes I; Wallerius M; Sifakis EG; Wallmann T; Betts S; Bartish M; Tsesmetzis N; Tobin NP; Coucoravas C; Bergh J; Rassidakis GZ; Rolny C; Foukakis T
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Employments

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, K7 Department of Oncology-Pathology, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2020-

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Oncology-Pathology, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2020
  • MD (Medical Degree), Medical School, University of Ioannina, 2015

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