Dr Danai Bagkou Dimakou BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD

Danai Dimakou

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
d.bagkou@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
Clinical Immunology Services
College of Medicine and Health
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Dr Bagkou Dimakou is a postdoctoral researcher with an interest in reproductive immunology. Her research focuses on the role of Natural Killer (NK) cells in recurrent pregnancy loss.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Immunology in Immunology and Immunotherapy, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 2022
  • MSc in Immunology in Immunology and Immunotherapy, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 2018
  • BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences, University of Essex, 2017

Biography

Dr Bagkou Dimakou qualified with a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences from the University of Essex in 2017 and went on to earn her MSc in Immunology in Immunology and Immunotherapy degree from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in 2018.

She completed her PhD in 2022, investigating peripheral immune responses in women with recurrent pregnancy loss, with the support of the Tommy’s charity.

She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Clinical Immunology Service. Her research interests are focussed around the immune mechanisms underlying pregnancy loss, as part of an ongoing collaboration with the Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research.

Teaching

Medicine and Surgery MBChB Year 2 - Tutor

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Bagkou Dimakou, D, Tamblyn, J, Lissauer, D & Richter, A 2025, '', Journal of reproductive immunology, vol. 169, 104522.

Syrimi, E, Khan, N, Murray, P, Willcox, C, Haigh, T, Willcox, B, Masand, N, Bowen, C, Dimakou, DB, Zuo, J, Barone, SM, Irish, JM, Kearns, P & Taylor, GS 2024, '', iScience.

Bagkou Dimakou, D, Tamblyn, J, Justin, C, Coomarasamy, A & Richter, A 2022, '', Journal of reproductive immunology, vol. 153, 103662, pp. 103662.

Khan, O, Gour, S, Lim Choi Keung, SN, Morris, N, Shields, R, Quenby, S, Dimakou, DB, Pickering, O, Tamblyn, J, Devall, A, Coomarasamy, A, Thornton, DK, Perry, A & Arvanitis, TN 2022, '', Studies in health technology and informatics, vol. 295, pp. 458-461.

Dimakou, DB, Lissauer, D, Tamblyn, J, Coomarasamy, A & Richter, A 2022, '', European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, pp. 17-29.

Liaskou, E, Patel, S, Webb, G, Bagkou Dimakou, D, Akiror, S, Krishna, M, Mells, GF, Jones, D, Bowman, S, Barone, F, Fisher, B & Hirschfield, G 2018, '', Journal of Autoimmunity, vol. 94, pp. 143-155.