Department of Immunology and Biotechnology
Clinical Center, University of Pécs
H-7643 Pécs, Szigeti út 12, Hungary
Professional memberships (Past & Present)
American Association for the Advancement of Science, European Society for Neurochemistry, Magyar Biokémiai Egyesület, International Society for Stem Cell Research, Society for Neuro-Oncology, Society for Neuroscience
Academic editor
PLoS ONE
Education and degrees
Postgraduate training
Structural flexibility of IgG molecule, hydrogen-deuterium exchange and infrared spectroscopy. Mentor: Prof. Péter Závodszky
Research in multiple sclerosis, effect of immunization with neural antigens on neurotransmitter levels in brain, cell-cell and cell-antigen interactions, effect of vitamin D derivatives, cell adherence assay for purification of antigen-specific lymphocytes and hybridoma cells. Mentors: Prof. György Pálffy, Prof. József Tigyi
Research in multiple sclerosis, cellular and molecular mechanisms of demyelination, role of T lymphocytes and macrophages. Mentor: Prof. Alan N. Davison
Biochemical approach for revealing methylated cellular proteins, RNA-binding proteins involved in RNA splicing, aging and damage of proteins in cells, repair by L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase. Mentor: Prof. Dana W. Aswad
Neurobiology of learning and memory in the olfactory system, role of programmed cell death during brain development, olfactory deprivation, induction of neuronal death in the developing brain. Laboratory head: Prof. Michael Leon
Teaching ‘Molecular Cell Biology’ to medical students. Department head: Prof. József Szeberényi
Neurobiology of epilepsy, seizure-induced cell death, effect of salicylic acid (aspirin metabolite) on the hippocampus of rats undergoing seizures. Mentor: Dr. Adam N. Mamelak, MD, Laboratory heads: Prof. Erin M. Schuman, Prof. Scott E. Fraser
Neuronal cell death during early postnatal brain development, pathology of spinal cord injury, role of inflammation and complement system. Laboratory heads: Prof. Michael Leon, Dr. Aileen J. Anderson
Stem cell-based delivery of therapeutic genes and antibodies to tumors, clinical trial using neural stem cells for targeted delivery of therapeutic genes to brain tumors; Quality Control Supervisor. Biology of gliomas, tumor-host interactions, tumor hypoxia, uPAR, histone-modifying enzymes (JMJD3, UTX demethylases) in cancer, pseudosenescence of cancer cells, iron nanoparticle labeling of NSC. Laboratory head: Dr. Karen S. Aboody
Research interests: tumor immunology, autoimmunity, microbiota and immune system interactions, epigenetic regulation of the immune system. Department head: Prof. Péter Németh
Najbauer J, Danks MK, Schmidt NO, Kim SU, Aboody KS. Neural stem cell-mediated therapy of primary and metastatic solid tumors. In: Progress in Gene Therapy, Autologous and Cancer Stem Cell Gene Therapy (Bertolotti R, Ozawa K, eds): World Scientific: Singapore, Chapter 13, pp. 335-372, 2008.
Place and date of birth: Draž, Croatia; May 2, 1957
Family status: married, children: Noémi Mária (1981), Lóránt (1984), Eszter Éva (1992)