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SZENT-GYÖRGYI STUDENTS<br />
ANNA GEORGINA KOPASZ<br />
Szeged Scientists Academy, 1 st year<br />
University of Szeged,<br />
Faculty of Medicine, 1 st year<br />
E: annageorgina.k@gmail.com<br />
T: +36 30/728-4016<br />
DATE OF BIRTH:<br />
1998<br />
SZENT-GYÖRGYI PUPIL:<br />
yes<br />
SZENT-GYÖRGYI MENTOR:<br />
Dr. Tamás Csont<br />
SPECIALTY:<br />
experimental cardiology<br />
SECONDARY SCHOOL:<br />
Radnóti Miklós Experimental<br />
Grammar School, Szeged<br />
NAME OF TEACHER:<br />
Viktória Gál<br />
LANGUAGES:<br />
English/intermediate<br />
IMPORTANCE, AIMS AND POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF RESEARCH<br />
Cardiovascular diseases, especially acute myocardial infarction, are the leading<br />
causes of death in industrialized countries. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases<br />
the risk of acute myocardial infarction. Our research group investigates the<br />
morphological and functional consequences of CKD in the heart. Besides, we<br />
look at the cellular and molecular alterations in the heart in CKD (e.g. changes in<br />
gene and miRNA expression, or signaling). We also study how CKD affects acute<br />
myocardial infarction. Moreover, we examine the effect of CKD on the endogenous<br />
adaptive mechanisms of the heart leading to cardioprotection. We hope that<br />
we will be able to identify and modulate molecular mechanisms that are role<br />
players in the harmful cardiac effects of CKD.<br />
AIMS DURING HER CAREER<br />
My main aim is to investigate the molecular background of metabolic diseases. I<br />
would like to study the adaptive cardioprotective mechanisms of the heart such<br />
as ischaemic or chemical preconditioning. Moreover, I am interested in the connection<br />
between metabolic diseases and ischaemic preconditioning because<br />
several metabolic diseases have been shown to attenuate the cardioprotective<br />
effect of ischaemic preconditioning, however, in CKD ischaemic preconditioning<br />
remains cardioprotective.<br />
HONORS AND PRIZES<br />
• 16 th National Research Student Conference (TUDOK), Medical Sciences Section,<br />
First Prize<br />
• National High-School Competition in biology (OKTV) 7 th place (2015), <strong>17</strong> th place<br />
(<strong>2016</strong>)<br />
PUBLICATIONS<br />
16 th National Research Student Conference (TUDOK) abstract: Kopasz Anna<br />
Georgina, Az iszkémiás prekondícionálás csökkenti a kamrai aritmiákat, <strong>2016</strong><br />
TDK Conference, <strong>2016</strong>. Autumn, abstract: Kopasz Anna Georgina, Az iszkémiás<br />
prekondícionálás hatása a reperfúzió indukálta kamrai aritmiákra krónikus veseelégtelenségben,<br />
<strong>2016</strong>. Évi Őszi Tudományos Diákköri Konferenciája, ISBN<br />
978- 963-306-511-2<br />
105
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