Team:Debrecen Hungary/Team

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About the team

Our team consists of members from different field of studies. We have four molecular biologist master students, a Biotechnology M.Sc. student and a biology bachelor student working in the wet lab. We also invited a high school student to join the team giving her a chance to try herself in the bond of a Lab at a University. We all think that it was fun and also beneficial to be together, learning from and supporting each other during the summer. We really got close to each other, and we're sure that we will keep in contact even after the Jamborees.

Team roaster

Instructors

• Bálint L. Bálint M.D. Ph.D.: He graduated at the Semmelweis University, Budapest in 1996. After direct work with patients, Bálint decided to immerse into science and joined Laszlo Nagy's laboratory in Debrecen in 2001 and got his Ph.D. in 2006 in the field of Molecular Biology. Since then he obtained experience in the embryonic stem cells and genome-wide chromatin studies. Bálint is the Laboratory Director of the "Clinical Genomic Centre" at the University of Debrecen, and also the Laboratory Head of UD-GenoMed Medical Genomic Technologies Ltd.
• Bence Dániel: Ph.D. student in the field of molecular biology at the University of Debrecen, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He started his scientific work three years ago, since then he dealed with iPS from fibroblasts followed by ligand testing on nuclear receptors and natural ligand finding project for PPARg nuclear receptor. Now he is running on...
• Endre Károly Kristóf M.D.: Ph.D. student in Apoptosis Research Group at University of Debrecen, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology after graduating general medicine. His research interest is to investigate the molecular regulation in the interaction between dying cells and phagocytes.
• Gábor Zahuczky Ph.D.: He was graduated as Chemist, English-Hungarian technical translator and also he has a Bsc. degree in business administration. He did his Ph.D. on molecular cloning and characterisation of retroviral proteases and human caspases at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in József Tőzsér's lab. Since 2003 he is an integral member of László Fésüs's research team in the same department. Currently he is working on the role of dexamethasone in the enhancement of phagocytosis in macrophages. He is the Managing Director of UD-GenoMed Medical Genomic Technologies Ltd.

Advisors

• Péter Brázda: Peter has graduated as a Biologist at the University of Debrecen. He became linked to László Nagy's group as an undergraduate student working on the characterisation of a new synthetic nuclear receptor ligand. Later he started working as a Ph.D. student in the same lab focusing on mobility using live cell confocal microscopy.
• Gergely Nagy: He has graduated as a Molecular Biologist at the University of Debrecen. He has been working at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as a Ph.D. student for 3 years, and now he is dealing with CD1 promoter and 5' transcriptome analysis.
• Katalin Sándor: She is a Ph.D. student at the University of Debrecen, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She is working at the Apoptosis Signalling Laboratory and dealing with the anti-inflammatory effects of apoptotic cells. As a second-year iGEMer she is happy to help the Team, this time as an advisor.

Students

• Tímea Beregi: She is a Molecular Biology Master student at the University of Debrecen. She is working at the Isntitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Nuclear Receptor Research Laboratory for two years. Her interests lie in microRNA (miRNA) and it's diverse effects on gene expression. She views synthetic biology as a part of her future, and hope to be a Ph.D. student next year.
• Éva Bernadett Bényei: She is studying at the Kossuth Lajos Secondary Teacher Training Grammar School of the University of Debrecen. She wishes to continue her studies in sciences in the future. She has learnt a lot during the time she spent with the iGEM team of Debrecen and she is sure, she will be able to use the knowledge gathered in cell-biology and biochemistry. Also she thinks that it was amazing to participate in the enthusiastic team work.
• Beáta Boros-Oláh: She is a third year biology bachelor student with molecular biology specialization at the University of Debrecen, Faculty of Science and Technology. She started her diploma work this year at the Clinical Genomics Centre. The main reason why she has joined to the team is to gain more experience of lab work. She was very grateful for the opportunity and felt very happy during the summer.
• Lilla Ozgyin: Molecular Biology Master student at University of Debrecen. She started her scientific work about two years ago at the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in the Nuclear Hormone Receptor Research Laboratory, and is working with Embrionic Stem Cell feeder cells. She is glad to take part in iGEM for the second time and interested in applying the knowledge gained from iGEM and Synthetic Biology in her future career.
• Petra Sepsi: Petra has just started her 2nd year as a Master student of Biotechnology at the University of Debrecen. She is working at the Department of Medical Microbiology. She has been examining the effects of Candida in murine models. Petra thinks that iGEM is the best opportunity to develop her talents.
• Ildikó Tándor: Molecular Biology Master student at University of Debrecen. She is studying the gene expression profiles in rheumatic diseases. She thinks, she has gained valuable experience in lab-work in this iGEM group.

Gallery

Bálint L. Bálint	Bence Dániel	Endre Károly Kristóf	Gábor Zahuczky	Péter Brázda
Gergely Nagy	Katalin Sándor	Tímea Beregi	Éva Bernadett Bényei	Beáta Boros-Oláh
Lilla Ozgyin	Petra Sepsi	Ildikó Tándor