SzSA YearBook 2016/17

SZENT-GYÖRGYI STUDENTS
SÁNDOR MÁRKI
Szeged Scientists Academy, 4 th year
University of Szeged,
Faculty of Medicine, 4 th year
E: marki.sandor2@gmail.com
T: +36 70/677-3305
DATE OF BIRTH:
1995
SZENT-GYÖRGYI PUPIL:
no
SZENT-GYÖRGYI MENTOR:
Dr. Márta Széll
JUNIOR MENTOR:
Dr. Anikó Göblös
SPECIALTY:
genetics
SECONDARY SCHOOL:
Horváth Mihály Secondary
School, Szenetes
NAME OF TEACHER:
Mónika Kátai
IMPORTANCE, AIMS AND POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF RESEARCH
Currently, we examine the predisposing mutations that are related to Parkinson’s
disease. This disease is one of the most frequent neurodegenerative disease
which we cannot cure yet. We are trying to identify nucleotide-differences of
long non-coding RNSs which could be related to this disease. We examine genes
which show different expression pattern in neurodegenerative diseases. The importance
of the technique is that these could be targeted molecular targets to
an already existing or to be discovered gene-therapy proceedings. One of the
polymorphisms of the BC200-gene has shown significant difference between
the Parkinson’s disease and the control group. Later we plan to do the functional
analysis of this polymorphism.
AIMS DURING HIS CAREER
I would like to know more about the genetics of neurological diseases. By understanding
the pathomechanisms of these neurodegenerative diseases and the
improvement of the gene therapy we could finally cure these diseases. Apart
from that, I am interested in the cognitive and affective operation of the human
brain and I would like to understand it more deeply.
HONORS AND PRIZES
• 2016 Fall Annual TDK Conference, 3 rd place, Special prize of the Clinical
Neurogenetics Association
PUBLICATIONS
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LANGUAGES:
English/intermediate
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