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Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing,
Newswriting
Research
Market Research,
User Research,
Feasibility Study,
Gap Analysis,
Gray Literature Search,
Systematic Literature Review
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Statistical Analysis,
Data Visualization,
Big Data Analytics,
Data Processing
Product Development
Formulation,
Product Evaluation,
Concept Development
Work Experience
Assistant Professor
Lebanese American University
January 2019 - Present 
Associate Researcher
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
April 2014 - May 2019
PhD Candidate / Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
December 2009 - March 2014
Education
Chemistry PhD
Georg-August Universität Göttingen
January 2009 - January 2013
Certifications
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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Elias Akoury, Sally El Kantar, Bilal Nehmeh, Philippe Saad, Gabie Mitri, Celine Estephan, Mohamad Mroueh, Robin I. Taleb (2020). Derivatization and combination therapy of current COVID-19 therapeutic agents: a review of mechanistic pathways, adverse effects, and binding sites . Drug Discovery Today.
Elias Akoury, Guoli Ma, Segolene Demolin, Cornelia Brönner, Manuel Zocco, Alexandre Cirilo, Nives Ivic, Mario Halic(2019). Disordered region of H3K9 methyltransferase Clr4 binds the nucleosome and contributes to its activity . Nucleic Acids Research. Oxford University Press ({OUP})
Akoury, E., Mukrasch, M.D., Biernat, J., Tepper, K., Ozenne, V., Mandelkow, E., Blackledge, M., Zweckstetter, M.(2016). Remodeling of the conformational ensemble of the repeat domain of tau by an aggregation enhancer . Protein Science. 25. (5). p. 1010-1020.
Riechers, B., Maes, F., Akoury, E., Semin, B., Gruner, P., Baret, J.-C.(2016). Surfactant adsorption kinetics in microfluidics . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113. (41). p. 11465-11470.
Fontaine, S.N., Martin, M.D., Akoury, E., Assimon, V.A., Borysov, S., Nordhues, B.A., Sabbagh, J.J., Cockman, M., Gestwicki, J.E., Zweckstetter, M., et al.(2015). The active Hsc70/tau complex can be exploited to enhance tau turnover without damaging microtubule dynamics . Human Molecular Genetics. 24. (14). p. 3971-3981.
Karagöz, G.E., Duarte, A.M.S., Akoury, E., Ippel, H., Biernat, J., Morán Luengo, T., Radli, M., Didenko, T., Nordhues, B.A., Veprintsev, D.B., et al.(2014). Hsp90-tau complex reveals molecular basis for specificity in chaperone action . Cell. 156. (5). p. 963-974.
Akoury, E., Gajda, M., Pickhardt, M., Biernat, J., Soraya, P., Griesinger, C., Mandelkow, E., Zweckstetter, M.(2013). Inhibition of tau filament formation by conformational modulation . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135. (7). p. 2853-2862.
Jinwal, U.K., Akoury, E., Abisambra, J.F., O'Leary III, J.C., Thompson, A.D., Blair, L.J., Jin, Y., Bacon, J., Nordhues, B.A., Cockman, M., et al.(2013). Imbalance of Hsp70 family variants fosters tau accumulation . FASEB Journal. 27. (4). p. 1450-1459.
Akoury, E., Pickhardt, M., Gajda, M., Biernat, J., Mandelkow, E., Zweckstetter, M.(2013). Mechanistic basis of phenothiazine-driven inhibition of Tau aggregation . Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 52. (12). p. 3511-3515.
Daebel, V., Chinnathambi, S., Biernat, J., Schwalbe, M., Habenstein, B., Loquet, A., Akoury, E., Tepper, K., Müller, H., Baldus, M., et al.(2012). β-sheet core of tau paired helical filaments revealed by solid-state NMR . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134. (34). p. 13982-13989.
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