Bioinformatics research group

Our research group is exploring the application of bioinformatics, machine learning and network theoretical methods developed in recent years in the field of drug discovery. Rapidly expanding pharmaceutical databases made it possible to complement lengthy and costly experiments with in silico methods to aid drug development, interaction or side effect detection. In parallel, datasets from high-throughput molecular biology studies are being analysed with the aim of uncovering mediators central to the pathomechanism of cardiovascular disease.

• Unbiased, omics-based network theoretic interactome analysis for drug target identification in cardiovascular diseases
• Pharmacovigilance and drug safety method development
• Implementation and development of methods for various problems in bioinformatics

Group Leader: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD

Project Assistant: Ariel Czakó, MSc

PhD Students:

• Olivér Balogh, MSc
• Bettina Benczik, MSc
• Szandra Marton, MD
• Mátyás Pétervári, PharmD
• Eszter Puhl, PharmD
• Barnabás Váradi, MD

Bioinformatics:

• Zoltán Bereczki, MSc
• Márton Makai, PharmD
• Zsolt Papp, PharmD
• Máté Váczy-Földi, MSc
• István Szepesi-Nagy, MSc

TDK Students:

• Ábel Katona (SE ÁOK)
• Áron Csernák (SE ÁOK)
• David-Márk Nagy (SE ÁOK)
• Lóránt Sagát (SE ÁOK)
• Marina Zsarnai (SE ÁOK)
• Rebeka Hostyinszki (SE ÁOK)
• Rita Németh (ELTE TTK)
• Viktória Weigl-Kovács (SE ÁOK)
• Virág Antal (ELTE TTK)

Achievements of undergraduate researchers:

• Barnabás Váradi and Zenkl Viktória
  National Students’ Scientific Association (OTDK) conference, 2023
  Medicine and Health section, Cardiology section – Participation
  Advisor: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD, Zoltán Varga, MD, PhD
• Barnabás Váradi and Zenkl Viktória
  Semmelweis University Students’ Scientific Association (TDK) conference, 2022
  Cardiology section – 1st prize, OTDK candidate
  Advisor: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD, Zoltán Varga, MD, PhD
• Tian Huimin (Cindy Tian) and Barnabás Váradi
  National Students’ Scientific Association (OTDK) conference, 2021
  Medicine and Health section, Pharmacology section – special prize
  Advisor: Gábor Brenner, MD, PhD, Bence Ágg, MD, PhD
• Bernadett Ruskó and Roland Stengl
  National Students’ Scientific Association (OTDK) conference, 2021
  participant
  Advisor: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD, Zoltán Szabolcs, MD, PhD, Med.Habil
• Tian Huimin (Cindy Tian) and Barnabás Váradi
  Semmelweis University Students’ Scientific Association (TDK) conference, 2021
  Cardiology section – 1st prize, OTDK candidate
  Advisor: Gábor Brenner, MD, PhD, Bence Ágg, MD, PhD
• Márton Makai and Barnabás Váradi
  Semmelweis University Students’ Scientific Association (TDK) conference, 2021
  Bioinformatics section – 3rd prize
  Advisor: Mátyás Pétervári, PharmD, Bence Ágg, MD, PhD
• Bernadett Ruskó
  Semmelweis University Students’ Scientific Association (TDK) conference, 2020
  2nd prize, OTDK candidate
  Advisor: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD, Zoltán Szabolcs, MD, PhD, Med.Habil
• Viktória Kovács and Balázs Petrovich
  Semmelweis University Students’ Scientific Association (TDK) conference, 2020
  3rd prize
  Advisor: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD, Peter Ferdinandy, MD, DSc
• Balázs Petrovich
  National Students’ Scientific Association (OTDK) conference, 2019
  Medicine and Health section, Genetics section – 2nd prize
  Advisor: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD, Peter Ferdinandy, MD, DSc
• Andrea Császár
  National Students’ Scientific Association (OTDK) conference, 2019
  Medicine and Health section, Bioinformatics section – participant
  Advisor: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD, Peter Ferdinandy, MD, DSc
• Balázs Petrovich and Beáta Kéméndi
  Semmelweis University Students’ Scientific Association (TDK) conference, 2019
  Biophysics section – 1st prize and OTDK candidate
  Advisor: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD, Peter Ferdinandy, MD, DSc
• Andrea Császár
  Semmelweis University Students’ Scientific Association (TDK) conference, 2019
  Bioinformatics section – 1st prize and OTDK candidate
  Advisor: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD, Péter Csermely, MD, DSc
• Balázs Petrovich
  Semmelweis University Students’ Scientific Association (TDK) conference, 2018
  Genetics section, Molecular Biology section – 1st prize
  Advisor: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD, Peter Ferdinandy, MD, DSc
• Balázs Petrovich – XXIII. Korányi Frigyes Scientific Forum, Budapest, Hungary, 2018 – 1st prize
  Advisor: Bence Ágg, MD, PhD, Peter Ferdinandy, MD, DSc