HCEMM-BRC Translational Microbiology Research Group

Group Leader

Bálint Kintses PhD

Group Leader

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Family name, First name: Bálint Kintses
Researcher unique identifier(s):

ORCID: 0000-0003-0844-0310

Google Scholar: gax-6nEAAAAJ

Nationality: Hungarian

EDUCATION

2009 PhD, Faculty of Biochemistry/Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary/Supervisor: Andras Malnasi-Csizmadia
2005 MSc in Biology/Department of Biochemistry/Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary
CURRENT POSITION
2016 – 2019 Group Leader
Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit/Institute of Biochemistry/
Biological Research Centre, Szeged (BRC),Hungary
2016 – 2019 Junior Group Leader
H-CEMM / Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2016 – 2019 Senior Research Associate Csaba Pál laboratory, Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit/Institute of Biochemistry/ Biological Research Centre (BRC),Hungary

2013 – 2016 Postdoctoral Scientist, Csaba Pál laboratory, Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit/Institute of Biochemistry/ Biological Research Centre (BRC),Hungary

2009 – 2012 Postdoctoral Scientist (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow) Department of Biochemistry/University of Cambridge, UK

2005 – 2008 PhD student Department of Biochemistry/Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary

FELLOWSHIPS

2020 – 2021: New National Excellence Programme Bolyai+ Research Scholarship, Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Hungary

2020 – 2023: Young Scientist Grant NKFIH_FK20, National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Hungary

2020 – 2023: Bolyai János Research Fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2018 – 2019 New National Excellence Program Bolyai Plus Research Fellowship, BRC, Hungary

2016 – 2019 Bolyai János Research Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, BRC, Hungary

2013 – 2015 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship, BRC, Hungary

2009 – 2012 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship/Department of Biochemistry/ University of Cambridge, UK

2005 – 2008 PhD State Fellowship, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungar

AWARDS

2020 Bolyai Plaquette, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Postdoctoral Scientist (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow) Department of Biochemistry/University of Cambridge, UK
PhD student
Department of Biochemistry/Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary
New National Excellence Program Bolyai Plus Research Fellowship, BRC, Hungary Bolyai János Research Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, BRC, Hungary
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship, BRC, Hungary
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship/Department of Biochemistry/ University of Cambridge, UK
PhD State Fellowship, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungar
2016 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Academic Young Investigator Award
2010 Best Poster Award, Novel Enzymes Conference, Exeter, UK
2007 Young Scientist Award, IV. International Conference on Molecular Recognition

ONGOING GRANTS

Project title: Exploring the risk of horizontal gene transfer between the human microbiome and pathogenic bacteria
Funding source: National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH), Hungary
Project title: Aiding the Development of Precision Anti-virulence Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Funding source: H-CEMM / Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine / European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 739593

SCIENTOMETRY

Number of publications: 20
Number of D1 publications: 20
Number of first and last authored publications: 8
Number of D1 first and last authored publications: 8 Number of citations: 600 (Web of Science), 991 (Google Scholar) Hirsch index: 11 (Web of Science), 14 (Google Scholar)
Number of Book chapters: 2 Other relevant indicators:
Many of my papers were published in high ranked journal such as: Nature Microbiology (2), Nature Structural and Molecular Biology (2), PNAS (4), Nature Communications (1, 2 manuscripts are currently under review), Current Opinion in Biotechnology (1), Current Opinion in Chemical Biology (1), EMBO Journal (1).

PATENTS

Nyerges A, Pal C, Csorgo B, Kintses B Mutagenizing Intracellular Nucleic Acids PCT/EP2017/082574,

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2018 – Lecturer/Bioinformatics of OMICS approaches PhD course – University of Szeged/ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/ Hungary
2005 – 2008 Assistant Lecturer/ Biochemistry Practical Course/Eotvos University/Department of Biochemistry, Hungary

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2018 – PhD Student Advisor, University of Szeged/PhD school of Biology/Hungary

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Phylogenetic barriers to horizontal transfer of antimicrobial peptide resistance genes in the human gut microbiome.

Gordon Research conference, 2019

Phylogenetic barriers to horizontal transfer of antimicrobial peptide resistance genes in the human gut microbiome.
Sixth International Symposium on Antimicrobial Peptides, 2018, Poitiers, France

Forecasting Evolutionary Adaptation by Mapping the Innovative Potential of Underground Metabolism. Annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2015, Vienna, Austria

Directed enzyme evolution: to put through highly or not? II ChemProEng Meeting, 2011, Cambridge, UK

Communication between the actin binding site and the relay region of myosin: the molecular mechanism of actin activation.
XXXVII European Muscle Conference 2008, Oxford, UK

Reversible movement of switch 1 loop of myosin determines actin interaction. 
 IV. International Conference on Molecular Recognition 2007, Pecs, Hungary

Reversible movement of switch 1 loop of myosin determines actin interaction. 7. 
 Young Scientist Forum 2007, Vienna, Austria

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