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Family name, First name: Dr. Sensen, Christoph Wilhelm
MTM ID: n.a.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=HJh6LmcAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-9604-8962
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christoph-W-Sensen
Education/Degrees
04.1981 – 09.1983 Biology (Grundstudium) at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität (Mainz)
19.05.1983 Vordiplom (Biology) [Bachelor equivalent]
10.1983 – 07.1988 Biologie (Hauptstudium) at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität (Düsseldorf)
14.07.1988 Diplom (Biology) [Masters equivalent]. Title of Thesis: Molekulare Charakterisierung der plastidären DNA von Coscinodiscus granii. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. V. Kowallik.
10.1988 – 10.1992 PhD thesis work at the Universität zu Köln. Advisor: Prof. Dr. M. Melkonian.
since 04.1989 Stipendiat der Konrad- Adenauer- Stiftung e.V (currently Altstipendiat).
03.02.1994 Promotion (Dr. rer. nat.) [PhD equivalent. Title of thesis: Untersuchungen zur molekularen Phylogenie von Spermatozopsis similis Preisig et Melkonian, 1984 (Chlorophyceae). First Referee: Prof. Dr. M. Melkonian. Second Referee: Prof. Dr. J. Willenbrink.
Director General and Chief Executive Officer at HCEMM Kft. Szeged (since Dec. 01, 2020)
10.1992 – 11.1993 Visitor at the European Molecularbiological Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg
01.1994 – 12.1995 Assistant Research Officer at the Institute for Marine Biosciences in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (National Research Council of Canada)
01.1996 – 12.1998 Associate Research Officer at the Institute for Marine Biosciences (National Research Council of Canada)
01.1997 – 01.2001 Project Manager: Canadian Bioinformatics Resource (CBR-RBC)
05.1997 – 01.2001 continuing Research Officer at IMB/NRC
01.1999 – 01.2001 Senior Research Officer (SRO) at the Institute for Marine Biosciences (National Research Council of Canada)
16.07.1999 – 01.2001 Senior Research Officer (SRO) 50% and Manager (MG2) 50% at the Institute for Marine Biosciences (National Research Council of Canada)
02.2001 – 08.2014 tenured Full Professor at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
01.2005 – 12.2010 iCORE/Sun Microsystems Research Chair on Applied Bioinformatics
08.2005 – 01.2009 Centre Director: Centre for Advanced Technologies and University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine (16 high-throughput Core Facilities, including DNA Sequencing, Gene Chip Facility, Mass Spectrometry, Advanced Imaging Facilities and Animal Resources)
10.2013 – 11.2020 Chief Scientific Officer, CNA Diagnostics Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada
since 09.2014 Professor for Computational Biotechnology (Universitätsprofessor), Graz University of Technology, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, AG Computational Biotechnology
07.2015 – 12.2016 Head of Institute, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology
01.2017 – 11.2020 Head of Institute, Institute of Computational Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology
12.2020 – 09.2022 Universitätsprofessor, Graz University of Technology
06.1995 – 06.2002 CIAR associate (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) Evolutionary Biology Program
Currently none
DG&CEO of the HCEMM Program
International Society for Computational Biology (Lifetime Member)
06.1995 – 06.2002 CIAR associate (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) Evolutionary Biology Program
since 07.1997 Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry
1998 NRC Corporate Outstanding Achievement Award for the Outstanding Contribution to the Canadian Bioinformatics Resource Team
since 06.2002 Fellow der International Faculty, International Graduate School in Bioinformatics and Genome Research, Universität Bielefeld
Computerworld Honors Award 2003
07.2003 – 06.2014 Adjunct Professor at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Science
The Duke’s Choice Award for Coolest Java Applications and Products, awarded at the JavaOne 2003 Conference: Coolest Java 3D Application: University of Calgary’s Visualization CAVE
09.2014 – 10.2019 Adjunct Professor at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Family name, First name: Viktória Lázár
Researcher unique identifier(s):
ORCID: 0000-0002-9778-941X
Google Scholar: a7p4CvsAAAAJ
Nationality: Hungarian
2013: PhD, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
2005 – 2009: PhD student, Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, University of Debrecen, Hungary
2007-2010: BSc, Software engineering, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
2004 – 2005: Research fellow (6 months), King’s College London, Department of Life Sciences, London, UK
2000-2005: MSc, Molecular Biology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
2022 – present: HCEMM Junior Group Leader, HCEMM-BRC Pharmacodinamic Drug Interaction Research Group, Szeged, Hungary
2022 – present: Principal Investigator, Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
2021: Technion Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Roy Kishony, Department of Biology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
2017 – 2020: Human Frontier Science Program Fellow, Lab of Roy Kishony, Department of Biology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
2014 – 2016: Hungarian Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Csaba Pal, Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
2009 – 2013: Research assistant, Lab of Csaba Pal, Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
2022: ‘Lendület’ Research Grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2022: HCEMM Junior Group Leader Grant
2021: Postdoctoral fellowship of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Haifa, Israel
2017 – 2020: HFSP Long-term Postdoctoral Fellowship, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Haifa, Israel
2017: FEBS Long-term postdoctoral fellowship
2017: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence
2015: Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Young Investigator Award of the New York Hungarian Scientific Society
2014 – 2016: Postdoctoral fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Biological Research Centre, Hungary, Szeged
2017: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence
2015: Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Young Investigator Award of the New York Hungarian Scientific Society
2014: Young Investigator Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Project title: Differentially selective drug combinations
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
Project title: Unravelling microbiome-sparing antibiotic combinations
Funding source: ‘Lendület’ Momentum Grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Number of publications: 27
Number of D1 publications: 26
Number of first and last authored publications: 6
Number of D1 first and last authored publications: 6
Number of citations: 847 (Google Scholar)
Hirsch index: 19 (Google Scholar)
2014– 2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant – Systems Biology Course for MSc students, University of Szeged, Hungary
2004–2005 Graduate Teaching Assistant – Biochemistry Course for BSc students, Department of Life Sciences, King’s college, London, UK
2022 – MSc Student Advisor, University of Szeged/PhD school of Biology/Hungary
Rising Stars in Biomedicine symposium of the Broad Institute (Boston, US, 2019) Title: Antibiotic persistence in multidrug treatment
Young Microbiologist Symposium (Norwich, UK, 2019), Title: Antibiotic persistence in multidrug treatment
Seminar of the Michael Baym lab at the Harvard Medical School (Boston, US, 2019) Title: Antibiotic persistence in multidrug treatment
117th International Titisee Conference (Titisee, Germany 2018), Title: Antimicrobial peptides: are they promising weapon against antibiotic resistant bacteria?
26th ECCMID congress, (Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2016), Title: Collateral sensitivity and cross-resistance networks – potential clinical implications, Amsterdam
FEMS Microbiology Conference, (Leipzig, Germany, 2013 July 21-25), Title: Bacterial evolution of antibiotic hypersensitivity
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 739593. HCEMM supported by EU Programme: H2020-EU.4.a. – Teaming of excellent research institutions and low performing RDI regions. Project starting date was 1 April 2017.
