Nektaria Pastellas.

Nektaria Pastellas

Director, marketing and engagement
The Transmitter

Nektaria Pastellas leads The Transmitter’s strategic efforts to engage neuroscientists with The Transmitter’s content, across all marketing channels. Before joining The Transmitter, Nektaria was an associate director of audience development at Medscape/WebMD.

Education

  • M.B.A., Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago
  • B.A. in business administration, Athens University of Economics and Business

Explore more from The Transmitter

Federal funding cuts imperil next generation of autism researchers

As the International Society for Autism Research’s annual meeting begins, its next president reflects on a brewing crisis.

By Brian Boyd
30 April 2025 | 5 min read
Memory astrocytes.

Null and Noteworthy: Reanalysis contradicts report of immune memory in astrocytes

The analysis, which has not yet been peer reviewed, attributes the finding to misidentified immune cells instead.

By Laura Dattaro
30 April 2025 | 5 min read
Research image of neural progenitor cells.

Documenting decades of autism prevalence; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 28 April.

By Jill Adams
29 April 2025 | 1 min read