We organised our first Students’ Presentation Session (SPS) in February. Altogether 9 of our students (BSc and MSc) gave oral presentations on their research topics. These topics were very variable: implementations of the CRISPR-CAS9 system in C. parapsilosis, immune responses of human keratinocytes and oral epithelial cells against commensalist and pathogenic Candida species, virulence and stress tolerance of azole evolved C. parapsilosis strains,  immune recognition of C. parapsilosis, overexpression mutants in C. parapsilosis and zinc uptake in C. parapsilosis and its relation to virulence.

The SPS was an excellent opportunity for our students to prepare for their thesis defence as all presentations were thoroughly and constructively discussed by the other lab members.

Here are some shots of our students:)

Katica Kocsis

Emese Halmos and Máté Csikós:

Márton Horváth:

Zsolt Tasi:

Gergő Drabbant:

Évi Veres:

Flóra Bohner:

Tamás Takács:

Csabi’s article has been published online the International Journal of Nanomedicine. Here is is the link it is fresh and warm, go ahead and read it:https://www.dovepress.com/biosynthesized-silver-and-gold-nanoparticles-are-potent-antimycotics-a-peer-reviewed-article-IJN 

Congratulations!

As part of the refurbishment of the Department of Microbiology (University of Szeged), we got a unique opportunity  to move into a larger laboratory room. We have recently finished settling in. Now we have much more space to work and also newly installed shelves, wardrobes and drawers too.  We are thankful to all who have made this possible: the head of the department, our PI and other colleagues.

Here are some photos:

Renike’s,Csabi’s, Flóra’s, Tibi’s and Gergő’s article (title: Investigation of Candida parapsilosis virulence regulatory factors during host-pathogen interaction) has been published online by Scientific Reports. It is available here: https://wwwhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-19453-4.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-19453-4.

Congratulations!

The lists of weekly labmeetings and labmanagers for this semester are now available as a pdf document in DOWNLOADS page of this website.

Renike’s and Csabi’s article (title: Investigation of Candida parapsilosis virulence regulatory factors during host-pathogen interaction) has been accepted for publication by Scientific Reports. Csabi’s article (title: Biosynthesized silver and gold nanoparticles are potent antimycotics against opportunistic pathogenic yeasts and dermatophytes) has also been accepted for publication by the International Journal of Nanomedicine.  Congratulations both of you!