{"id":520,"date":"2013-04-19T21:41:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T19:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/semmelweis-egyetem.hu\/orvosi-vegytan\/?page_id=520"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:55:30","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/molekularis-biologia\/en\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Teams in our Department and their fields of research<\/h2>\n<h4><b>Lipid metabolism<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Dr. Mikl\u00f3s Csala, Dr. \u00c9va Kereszturi<\/strong>, Dr. Farkas Sarnyai, Dr. Szabolcs Sipeki, Dr. P\u00e9ter Szel\u00e9nyi, Dr. Viola Tam\u00e1si, Dr. Veronika Z\u00e1mb\u00f3, Kinga Tibori, Vikt\u00f3ria Nov\u00e1kn\u00e9 Moln\u00e1r<\/p>\n<h5>Field of research<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Role of ER stress in lipotoxicity and lipoapoptosis<\/li>\n<li>Metabolism and effects of trans fatty acids<\/li>\n<li>Physiological and pathological functions of novel Ncb5or enzyme<\/li>\n<li>Human stearyl-CoA desaturase enzymes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"keretes w-100\">\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\n<p>06-1-459-1500\/60115; 60116<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><b>In vitro biology<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Dr. Tam\u00e1s M\u00e9sz\u00e1ros<\/strong>, Dr. Szilvia Krisztina Nagy, Anna Gyurkovics, Dr. Brigitta K\u00e1llai, Dr. Krisztina Percze, \u00c1kos Harkai, Dr. Zsuzsanna Szeitner, Alexandra Tar<\/p>\n<h5>Field of research<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Protein synthesis by in vitro translation<\/li>\n<li>Functional studies on proteins<\/li>\n<li>Production of aptamers for diagnostic and therapeutic applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"keretes w-100\">\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\n<p>06-1-459-1500\/60109; 60128; 60125<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Endoplasmic reticulum, cell cycle, apoptosis, autophagy<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Dr. Be\u00e1ta Liz\u00e1k, Dr. Orsolya Kapuy, Dr. Norbert Gy\u00f6ngy\u00f6si<\/strong>, Dr. Laura Simon-Szab\u00f3, Dr. Ibolya Stiller, Marianna Dr. Holczer, Margita M\u00e1rton, B\u00e9l\u00e1n\u00e9 Sz\u00e9n\u00e1si, Eszter K\u00e1lm\u00e1n, Bence Hajd\u00fa, Zsolt Nagy, Patrik Szek\u00e9r<\/p>\n<h5>Field of research<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Redox homeostasis of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)<\/li>\n<li>Ascorbate and glutathione transporters in the ER<\/li>\n<li>ER redox and survival or death decision mechanisms<\/li>\n<li>Role of low molecular weight electron carriers in oxidative folding<\/li>\n<li>ER redox and ERAD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"keretes w-100\">\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erredox.sote.hu\/\">erredox.sote.hu<\/a><br \/>\n06-1-266-2615<br \/>\n06-1-459-1500\/60114; 60117<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Networks, stress and aging<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Dr. P\u00e9ter Csermely, Dr. Csaba S\u0151ti<\/strong>, Dr. Minh Tu Nguyen, Dr. Mil\u00e1n Somogyv\u00e1ri, Dr. P\u00e9ter Mendik, Dr. B\u00e1nk Fenyves, Dr. Borb\u00e1la Kov\u00e1cs, D\u00e1vid Keresztes, Zsolt Vassy, G\u00e1bor Hajd\u00fa, D\u00e1vid Deritei, Zsolt Nagy, Kl\u00e1ra Schulc, Don\u00e1t Buszlai, Beatrix Gill\u00e1nyi<\/p>\n<h5>Field of research<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Structure and dynamics of molecular networks and their use in drug design<\/li>\n<li>Molecular mechanisms of stress, aging and chaperone function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"keretes w-100\">\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkgroup.hu\/\">www.linkgroup.hu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stressgroup.semmelweis-univ.hu\/\">stressgroup.semmelweis-univ.hu<\/a><br \/>\n06-1-459-1500\/60129; 60130<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><b>Molecular genetics<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Dr. Zsolt R\u00f3nai, Dr. Csaba Barta<\/strong>, Dr. Gergely Keszler, Dr. R\u00e9ka Kov\u00e1cs-Nagy, Dr. Andrea Szab\u00f3-Vereczkei, Dr. Zsuzsanna Moln\u00e1r, Dr. Zs\u00f3fia B\u00e1nlaki, Helga N\u00e9meth, Andrea Alexandra Belik\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5>Field of research<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Molecular and phenotypic effects of genetic polymorphisms<\/li>\n<li>Psychogenetics \u2013 Genetic background of Tourette Syndrome, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), addictions (drug abuse, smoking, alcohol, gambling, etc.), OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), depression, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Functional effect of genetic variation on gene expression<\/li>\n<li>Functional studies on microRNAs<\/li>\n<li>Epigenetic studies<\/li>\n<li>Genetic background of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and its association with depression<\/li>\n<li>Genetics of normal human behavioral variation (personality, cognitive function in the young and elderly)<\/li>\n<li>Genetic factors influencing animal models, such as social behavior of different dog breeds and domestication of wolves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"keretes w-100\">\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\n<p>06-1-459-1500\/60132; 60135; 60136; 60138<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong><b>Tumor biology<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Dr. Mikl\u00f3s Csala<\/strong>, Dr. Attila Varga, Dr. Bianka Gurbi<\/p>\n<h5>Field of research<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Analysis of tumor signaling pathways<\/li>\n<li>Identification of prognostic and predictive biomarkers<\/li>\n<li>Investigation of drug resistance mechanisms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"keretes w-100\">\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\n<p>06-1-459-1500\/60105; 60126<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><b>Arginin metabolism<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Dr. Andr\u00e1s Hrab\u00e1k, <\/strong>Dr. Zolt\u00e1n Kukor<\/p>\n<h5>Field of research<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Role of NO synthesis and arginase in inflammation<\/li>\n<li>Studies on placental NO synthase activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"keretes w-100\">\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\n<p>06-1-459-1500\/60161; 60181<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong>Epigenetics in Health and Disease<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Dr. Tam\u00e1s Ar\u00e1nyi, Dr. Zs\u00f3fia Nemoda<\/strong>, Dr. M\u00e1ria Ashaber, Dr. D\u00e1niel T\u00f3th, Dr. N\u00f3ra Angyal<\/p>\n<h5>Field of research<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Analysis of pathophysiologic role of DNA methyltransferases and TeT dioxygenases<\/li>\n<li>Studying environmental epigenetics with DNA methylation measurements<\/li>\n<li>The (epi)genetic regulation of ectopic calcification<\/li>\n<li>SAnalyzing gene-environment interactions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"keretes w-100\">\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\n<p>06-1-459-1500\/60134; 60158<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><b>Rare metabolic diseases<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Dr. Tam\u00e1s Kardon<\/strong>, Dr. G\u00e1bor B\u0151gel, Dr. Csilla Emese N\u00e9meth, Dr. Bal\u00e1zs Legeza, Dr. Zsigmond L\u00e9deczi, Klaudia N\u00e9meth, M\u00f3nika Meszi\u00e1r<\/p>\n<h5>Field of research<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Studies on the pathomechanism of metabolic diseases causing chronic neutropenia<\/li>\n<li>Investigation of rare hereditary diseases using CRISPR\/Cas9 genome editing technique<\/li>\n<li>Role of altered intracellular signaling pathways in heritable disorders of the connective tissue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"keretes w-100\">\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\n<p>06-1-459-1500\/60142; 60143<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teams in our Department and their fields of research Lipid metabolism Dr. Mikl\u00f3s Csala, Dr. \u00c9va Kereszturi, Dr. Farkas Sarnyai, Dr. Szabolcs Sipeki, Dr. P\u00e9ter Szel\u00e9nyi, Dr. Viola Tam\u00e1si, Dr. Veronika Z\u00e1mb\u00f3, Kinga Tibori, Vikt\u00f3ria Nov\u00e1kn\u00e9 Moln\u00e1r Field of research Role of ER stress in lipotoxicity and lipoapoptosis Metabolism and effects of trans fatty acids &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/molekularis-biologia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/molekularis-biologia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/molekularis-biologia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/molekularis-biologia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/molekularis-biologia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/molekularis-biologia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8954,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/molekularis-biologia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/520\/revisions\/8954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/molekularis-biologia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/molekularis-biologia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/molekularis-biologia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}