Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

1. Wu, S. M. H. Sadati, K. Rhode, and C. Bergeles, “Vision-Based Autonomous Steering of a Miniature Eversion Growing Robot,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 8(11): 7841–8 (2023).

2. Charou D., Rogdakis T., Latorrata A., Valcarcel M., Papadogiannis V., Athanasiou C., Tsengenes A., Papadopoulou M.A., Lypitkas D., Lavigne M.D., Katsila T., Wade R.C., Cader M.Z., Calogeropoulou C., Gravanis A., Charalampopoulos I. Comprehensive characterization of the neurogenic and neuroprotective action of a novel TrkB agonist using mouse and human stem cell models of Alzheimer’s disease. Stem Cell Research & Therapy 15:200 (2024).

3. Kokkali M, Karali K, Thanou E, Papadopoulou MA, Zota I, Tsimpolis A, Efstathopoulos P, Calogeropoulou T, Li KW, Sidiropoulou K, Gravanis A, Charalampopoulos I. Multimodal beneficial effects of BNN27, a Nerve Growth Factor synthetic mimetic, in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Mol Psychiatry30(6): 2265-83 (2024).

4. Zota I, Chanoumidou K, Gravanis AG & Charalampopoulos I. Stimulating Myelin Restoration with BDNF: A Promising Therapeutic Approach for Alzheimer's disease. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 18:1422130 (2024).

5. D.K. Iakovidis, P. Vartholomeos, A. Le Gall, M. Cianchetti, O. Ozioko, R. Dahiya, E. Mazomenos, F. Vasconcelos, D. Stoyanov, J. Philpott, T. Erdem, G. Cummins, G. Ciuti, C.A. Seneci, C. Bergeles, M. Kim, S. Pané, B.J. Nelson, I. Poulakakis, O. Simatos, P. Polygerinos, P. Toupas, D. Giakoumis, D. Tzovaras, Z. Su, W. Sheng, A.S. Panayides, E.G. Christoforou, C.S. Pattichis, “Medical & Healthcare Robotics: A Roadmap for Enhanced Precision, Safety, and Efficacy,” Measurement Science and Technology 36: 103001 (2025).

6. G. Triantafyllou, P. Kalozoumis, G. Dimas, and D.K. Iakovidis, DeepFEA: Deep Learning for Prediction of Transient Finite Element Analysis Solutions, Expert Systems with Applications 269: 126343 (2025).

7. Al Harthy, S. et al. Phase-change alloys enable localized reversible stiffening and actuation in steerable eversion tip-growing robots. Adv. Intell. Syst. (2025).

8. Al-Harthy, S. et al. Tip-Growing Robots: Design, Theory, Application. IEEE Trans. Robotics 41: 5511–5532 (2025).

9. Saldarriaga, P. Kalozoumis, P. Vartholomeos, C. Seneci, K. Rhode, and C. Bergeles, “Pre-curved everting robots with embedded steering intelligence fabricated by CO2 laser welding,” Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2026, doi: 10.1002/aisy.202501468.

10. Papadopoulou MA, Chanoumidou K, Peteinareli M, Tsaglioti E, Michalaki K, Lavigne MD, Charalampopoulos I. p75 neurotrophin receptor shapes the dynamics of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther. 18(1):68 (2026). doi: 10.1186/s13195-026-01989-7.

11. K Georgelou, E Saridaki, CP Apostolidou, X Mallios, A Papagiannaki, K Karali, A Mitraki, D Karagogeos, I Charalampopoulos, A Gravanis, M Savvaki, DS Tzeranis. Delivery of Microneurotrophin BNN27 via Collagen Glycosaminoglycan Scaffold - FmocFF Hydrogel Grafts Promotes Neuroprotection after Optic Nerve Injury. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: 114(1):e70013 (2026). 

12. O Santos-Lopes, D S Tzeranis, V Vavourakis. In silico Quantification of the Stiffness Perceived by Cells inside Porous Collagen-Based Scaffolds. Materials and Design 115412 (2026).

13.Chanoumidou K, Zota I, Papadopoulou MA, Konstantinou C, Tsimpolis A, Tsagliotis E, Tziortziou M, Ntarntani K, Grünewald A, Lavigne MD, Gravanis A, Charalampopoulos I. Targeting p75NTR activity alleviates the neurotoxic effect of high glucose on iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons. Stem Cell Res Ther. 17(1):161 (2026). doi: 10.1186/s13287-026-04965-y.

14. Stasinakis AN & Vartholomeos P. “An Optical Coupling-Based Method for Catheter Shape Sensing Using Multicore Optical Fiber”, IEEE Sensors, accepted.

15. Triantafyllou G, Kalozoumis P & Iakovidis DK. DeepFEAv2: A mesh-agnostic deep learning-based surrogate model for transient FEA simulations, Expert Systems with Applications, under review

Publications in peer-reviewed conference proceedings

1.Bergeles, C.,Tzeranis, D., Vartholomeos, P., Gremse, F. & Charalampopoulos I. A Minimally-Invasive Soft-Robot-Assisted Deep-Brain Therapeutics Delivery System for Neurological Disorders: Concept and Architecture. Workshop Proceedings, IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation (2023).

2. Vartholomeos, Z. Wu, SMH. Sadati, and C. Bergeles, “Lumped parameter dynamic model of an eversion growing robot: analysis, simulation and experimental validation,” in IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation, pp. 1–7 (2024).

3. Saldarriaga, C. A. Seneci, SMH. Sadati, Z. Wu, K. Rhode, and C. Bergeles, “CO2 laser welding of low-density polyethylene for soft linear eversion robot fabrication,” in IEEE Int. Conf. Automation Science and Engineering, in IEEE Int. Conf. Automation Science and Engineering., pp. 1–7 (2024).

4. Al-Harthy, S. A., Sadati, S. M. H., Wu, Z., Seneci, C. A. & Bergeles, C. Variable stiffness soft eversion growing robot via temperature control of low-melting point alloy pressurised medium. IEEE International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR) (2024).

5.Dimas, P.G. Kalozoumis, P. Vartholomeos, D. K. Iakovidis, “ArachNet: Interpretable Sub-Arachnoid Space Segmentation using an Additive Convolutional Neural Network,” in Proc. International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), (2024).

6.Dimas, P.G. Kalozoumis, P. Vartholomeos, D. K. Iakovidis, “Image-Based Path-Planning for Navigation of Soft-Growing Robots in the Spinal Sub-Arachnoid Space,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference of Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), pp. 1688-1693, (2024)

7. K Louka, A Papagiannaki, D Tzeranis, T Krasia-Christoforou. Methods of Compound Drug Delivery via Porous Collagen Scaffolds. 8th  Conf. on Electrospinning, Electrospin 2024, Krakow, Poland, (2024).

8. Santos-Lopes, DS Tzeranis, V Vavourakis. In Silico Quantification of The Stiffness Perceived by Cells Grown Inside Microporous Scaffolds, 30^th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, ESB2025, Zurich, Switzerland, (2025).

9. K Louka, A Papagiannaki, D Tzeranis, T Krasia-Christoforou. Methods of Compound Drug Delivery via Porous Collagen Scaffolds. 8^th European Symposium on Electrohydrodynamic Atomization and Electrospinning 2025, ESEE2025, Nicosia, Cyprus, (2025).

10. K Louka, A Papagiannaki, D Tzeranis, T Krasia-Christoforou. Methods of Compound Drug Delivery via Porous Collagen Scaffolds, 18th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes, FEMS EUROMAT 2025, Granada, Spain, September (2025).

11. Wu et al., “Vine4Spine: a steerable tip-growing robot with contact force estimation for navigation in the spinal subarachnoid space,” in IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems, in IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems. pp. 1–8. (2025).

12. Cholopoulou, D.E. Diamantis, D.K. Iakovidis, “Multi-ResolutionFeature Fusion U-Net for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Segmentation,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Strasburg, France (2025).

13. A Papagiannaki, A Michailidou, A Tsimpolis, I Charalampopoulos, DS Tzeranis. “A shear flow fluidic assay for evaluating the attachment strength of scaffold implants on cell monolayers”, Annual Conference of the European Society of Biomaterials, ESB2025, Turin, Italy, (2025).

14. Wu et al., “Vine-inspired robots for navigation in the spinal subarachnoid space: a pilot human tissue study,” in New Technologies for Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery, pp. 1–2. (2025).

15. Wu, SMH. Sadati, P. Kalozoumis, P. Vartholomeos, and C. Bergeles, “A Vine-Inspired Eversion Growing Twisting-String Actuator in Thin-Walled Structures: Modelling and Characterisation,” in IEEE Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 1–6. (2026).

16. Dimas, P. Kalozoumis, D. Iakovidis, P. Vartholomeos, “Image-Based Navigation of Soft-Growing Robots in the Spinal Sub-Arachnoid Space”, Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (HSMR) (2026).

Invited Talks

1. C. Bergeles. Miniaturised, sensorised, tip-growing robots for intraluminal interventions, University of Utah

2. Charalampopoulos. Harnessing human iPSC models of neurodegeneration to exploit neurotrophin potential of novel pharmacological agents. 7^thAnnual Meeting of the Hellenic Society of Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, May 2024.

3. Bergeles. Everting Robots for Intraluminal Interventions (Hamlyn Symposium), June 2024

4. Tzeranis. Biomaterials and Soft Robotics for Regenerative Medicine. 8^th Congress of the Hellenic Society of Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine (60 in-person participants), May 2025.

5. Charalampopoulos. Pharmacological exploitation of neurotrophins and their receptors against neurodegeneration: from the bench to the clinic. 4^th Annual meeting of the Proteocure COST Action, June 2025.

6. Bergeles. Tip-Growing Robots for Intraluminal Navigation (Int. Conf. Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 2025 - 80 in-person participants), December 2025.

7. Vartholomeos, Plenary Talk: “Soft-robotics in minimally invasive surgery: Key Advancements & Future Directions”, at the 1st Summer School in Robotics and AI is organized by the HERON – Hellenic Robotics Center of Excellence (CoE), through the Robotics Institute of Athena Research Center and in collaboration with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 2026.