KATA HORVÁTI
Ph.D., research assistant professor
Mail address:
Department of Organic Chemistry, Eötvös L. University,
Budapest 112, Pf. 32. 1518
E-mail: khorvati at elte.hu
Tel: +36-1-372-2500/1736
Fax: +36-1-372-2620
Researcher unique identifiers:
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4092-6011
Scopus ID: 23993784600
Google Scholar ID: CWjtBogAAAAJ&hl
MTMT: 10003508
ResearchGate: Kata_Horvati
Date of birth:
24th January 1980
Publications:
My publications according to the Collection of the Hungarian Scientific Work (MTMT): link
Degree and qualification:
PhD in Chemistry (2009) Eötvös L. University, awarded with summa cum laude.
MSc (2004) in Chemistry, Specialisation in Pharmaceutical Chemistry - EötvösLoránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Science.
Positions and workplaces:
09/2019-to date: Premium Postdoctoral Research fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
06/2015-08/2019: Postdoctoral research associate, Bolyai János research fellow, MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry
10/2014-05/2015: part-time research associate, MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide
05/2011-09/2014: maternity leave
09/2009-04/2011: research associate, MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry
09/2007-08/2009: research assistant, Department of Organic Chemistry, ELTE
09/2004-08/2007: PhD fellow, PhD School, Faculty of Science, ELTE
Prizes and awards:
2020 Publication Award of the Kisfaludy Lajos Foundation (1st prize)
2019 Bolyai Award (for Bolyai fellowship holders, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
2017 Young Researcher Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2016 International Conference Grant for Young Investigators (by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
2015 Kajtár Márton prize (by the Kajtár Márton Foundation)
2015 Bolyai János Research Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2015-2018)
2015 Conference Participation Support Grant, Hungarian Initiatives Foundation, USA
2015 Travel award of the 24th American Peptide Symposium, Orlando, Florida, USA
2014 Travel award of the 33rd European Peptide Symposium, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 Publication Award of the Kisfaludy Lajos Foundation (for the paper: Bioconj Chem. 23(5): 900)
2011 Certificate of merit for supervising diploma thesis of Zsuzsa Baranyai, I. prize (by the Hungarian Chemical Society)
2010 Travel award of the 31st European Peptide Symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 Young Investigator Award - I. prize on the 9th International Symposium on Solid Phase Synthesis, Norwich, UK
2006 Centenary Foundation of Richter Gedeon - support of conference attendance (29th European Peptide Symposium, Gdansk, Poland)
2005 3rd place on the XXVI National Scientific Student Conference, Budapest, Hungary
2005 Travel award of the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany (Symposium on the 100th Anniversary of Robert Koch's Nobel Prize Award)
2004 Lecturer of the Eötvös-day, ELTE Scientific Student Conference, Budapest, Hungary
Research expeditions and courses
2016 FELASA "C" accredited course on Laboratory animal science and animal protection (SzentIstván University, Faculty of Veterinary Science)
2016 Course on "Statistical analysis of experimental results" organised by the Hungarian Chemical Society
2008 (1 month): Research stipend (Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa)
2006 (1 month) and 2004. (1 month): Research stipend (Department of Biopathology and Biomedical Methodologies, University of Palermo, Italy)
2006 (1 week) Course on Clinical cell analysis (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
2003-2004 (1 semester): Erasmus scholarship (Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Biopolymer Structure Analysis, University of Konstanz, Germany)
2004 (1 week) Course on Mass spectrometry (BME, Budapest, Hungary)
2004 (1 week) Course on Chromatography (BME, Budapest, Hungary)
Funding:
Research grants (as principal investigator):
2019-2023 H2020-MSCA-ITN (2019-2023) BactiVax – Anti-bacterial Innovative Training Network (4 years, 230 k €)
2019-2022 MTA Premium Postdoctoral Research program. (3 years, 110 k €).
2017-2020 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA PD_17 124077). Peptide-based antigen-carrier systems in the development of vaccine candidates. (3 years, 50.7 k €).
2016-2019 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 115431). Branched multi-epitope conjugates as molecular platform for subunit vaccine candidates. (3 years, 30 k €).
Research grants (as participant):
Protein Science and its Applications National Programme (HunProtEx, 2018-1.2.1-NKP-2018-00005) (2019-2023) (sub-project budget: 37.4 k €).
2021-2023 Complex epidemiological and clinical responses to meet the COVID-19 pandemic (EFOP-1.8.0-VEKOP- 17-2017-00001 / E) (2021-2023) (sub-project budget: 874 k €).
MedInProt Grant IV (2018) Introduction of multiplex microbead-assay to study cytokine profiles (2.7 k €).
MedInProt Grant IV (2018) SPECT/CT investigation of peptide-based drug delivery systems (3.2 k €).
MedInProt Grant III (2017) Role of administration route in the biodistribution of lipo-peptide drug carriers: MRI studies (2.7 k €).
MedInProt Grant II (2016) Monitoring of biodistribution of peptide-based drug delivery system by MRI (2.4 k €).
2013-2016 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 104275). Detection of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and host cell specific targeted delivery of potential antituberculotic compounds. (4 years, 92 k €).
2011-2012 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 84043). Immunological relevance of post-synthetic modifications of the proteome and of cell-derived membrane vesicles. (4 years, 216 k €).
2007-2012 National Office of Research and Technology (NKFP_07_1_TB_INTER). Development of new antituberculotics based on the analysis of the interactome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (5 years, 1713 k €).
2007-2011 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 68358). Immunodiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis using synthetic peptides and peptide-conjugates. (4 years, 38 k €).
2006-2010 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 61518). Identification, synthesis and functional characterisation of new, diagnostic epitopes in autoimmune diseases and of IgG Fc peptide chimeras binding to Fc receptor and triggering effector function. (5 years, 37 k €).
ic epitopes in autoimmune diseases and of IgG Fc peptide chimeras binding to Fc receptor and triggering effector function. (5 years, 37 k Euros).
Teaching, supervising and mentoring activities:
from 2009: Course on mass spectrometry for MSc students(in Hungarian and in English), ELTE.
2003 - to date: supervising and co-supervising BSc student (2) and MSc students (5) of whom the diplomathesis of ZsuzsaBaranyai was awarded by the Hungarian Chemical Society.
Supervising aspirants for the National Scientific Student Conference (4 students, 2nd (2007) and 3rd (2009) place on the competition).
Memberships of scientific societies:
2008- Hungarian Chemical Society - member
2009- Women in Science Society - member
2009- Hungarian Society for Immunology - member
2010- European Peptide Society - member
2014- Hungarian Biochemical Society - member
2014- European Respiratory Society, member
2014- Hungarian Society for Microbiology, member
Language knowledge:
English (intermediate level, 069631/2001)
German (basic level, 452333/2004)
Research expeditions and courses:
2016 FELASA “C” accredited course on Laboratory animal science and animal protection (Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science)
2016 Course on “Statistical analysis of experimental results” organised by the Hungarian Chemical Society
2008 (1 month): Research stipend (Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa)
2006 (1 month) and 2004. (1 month): Research stipend (Department of Biopathology and Biomedical Methodologies, University of Palermo, Italy)
2006 (1 week) Course on Clinical cell analysis (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
2003-2004 (1 semester): Erasmus scholarship (Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Biopolymer Structure Analysis, University of Konstanz, Germany)
2004 (1 week) Course on Mass spectrometry (BME, Budapest, Hungary)
2004 (1 week) Course on Chromatography (BME, Budapest, Hungary)
Maternity leave:
05/2011-09/2014; two children (born on 11 May 2011 and 5 May, 2013)
Scientometric data:
Number of publications in international peer-reviewed journals: 39
Sum of impact factors: 137.859
Number of independent citations: 378
Hirsch-index (according to Scopus): 14
Number of publication in Q1 journals: 31
Scopus ID: 23993784600
Google Scholar ID: CWjtBogAAAAJ&hl
MTMT: 10003508
ResearchGate: Kata_Horvati
MSc (2004) in Chemistry, Specialisation in Pharmaceutical Chemistry - EötvösLoránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Science.
06/2015-08/2019: Postdoctoral research associate, Bolyai János research fellow, MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry
10/2014-05/2015: part-time research associate, MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide
05/2011-09/2014: maternity leave
09/2009-04/2011: research associate, MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry
09/2007-08/2009: research assistant, Department of Organic Chemistry, ELTE
09/2004-08/2007: PhD fellow, PhD School, Faculty of Science, ELTE
2019 Bolyai Award (for Bolyai fellowship holders, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
2017 Young Researcher Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2016 International Conference Grant for Young Investigators (by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
2015 Kajtár Márton prize (by the Kajtár Márton Foundation)
2015 Bolyai János Research Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2015-2018)
2015 Conference Participation Support Grant, Hungarian Initiatives Foundation, USA
2015 Travel award of the 24th American Peptide Symposium, Orlando, Florida, USA
2014 Travel award of the 33rd European Peptide Symposium, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 Publication Award of the Kisfaludy Lajos Foundation (for the paper: Bioconj Chem. 23(5): 900)
2011 Certificate of merit for supervising diploma thesis of Zsuzsa Baranyai, I. prize (by the Hungarian Chemical Society)
2010 Travel award of the 31st European Peptide Symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 Young Investigator Award - I. prize on the 9th International Symposium on Solid Phase Synthesis, Norwich, UK
2006 Centenary Foundation of Richter Gedeon - support of conference attendance (29th European Peptide Symposium, Gdansk, Poland)
2005 3rd place on the XXVI National Scientific Student Conference, Budapest, Hungary
2005 Travel award of the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany (Symposium on the 100th Anniversary of Robert Koch's Nobel Prize Award)
2004 Lecturer of the Eötvös-day, ELTE Scientific Student Conference, Budapest, Hungary
2016 Course on "Statistical analysis of experimental results" organised by the Hungarian Chemical Society
2008 (1 month): Research stipend (Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa)
2006 (1 month) and 2004. (1 month): Research stipend (Department of Biopathology and Biomedical Methodologies, University of Palermo, Italy)
2006 (1 week) Course on Clinical cell analysis (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
2003-2004 (1 semester): Erasmus scholarship (Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Biopolymer Structure Analysis, University of Konstanz, Germany)
2004 (1 week) Course on Mass spectrometry (BME, Budapest, Hungary)
2004 (1 week) Course on Chromatography (BME, Budapest, Hungary)
2019-2023 H2020-MSCA-ITN (2019-2023) BactiVax – Anti-bacterial Innovative Training Network (4 years, 230 k €)
2019-2022 MTA Premium Postdoctoral Research program. (3 years, 110 k €).
2017-2020 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA PD_17 124077). Peptide-based antigen-carrier systems in the development of vaccine candidates. (3 years, 50.7 k €).
2016-2019 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 115431). Branched multi-epitope conjugates as molecular platform for subunit vaccine candidates. (3 years, 30 k €).
Research grants (as participant):
Protein Science and its Applications National Programme (HunProtEx, 2018-1.2.1-NKP-2018-00005) (2019-2023) (sub-project budget: 37.4 k €).
2021-2023 Complex epidemiological and clinical responses to meet the COVID-19 pandemic (EFOP-1.8.0-VEKOP- 17-2017-00001 / E) (2021-2023) (sub-project budget: 874 k €).
MedInProt Grant IV (2018) Introduction of multiplex microbead-assay to study cytokine profiles (2.7 k €).
MedInProt Grant IV (2018) SPECT/CT investigation of peptide-based drug delivery systems (3.2 k €).
MedInProt Grant III (2017) Role of administration route in the biodistribution of lipo-peptide drug carriers: MRI studies (2.7 k €).
MedInProt Grant II (2016) Monitoring of biodistribution of peptide-based drug delivery system by MRI (2.4 k €).
2013-2016 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 104275). Detection of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and host cell specific targeted delivery of potential antituberculotic compounds. (4 years, 92 k €).
2011-2012 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 84043). Immunological relevance of post-synthetic modifications of the proteome and of cell-derived membrane vesicles. (4 years, 216 k €).
2007-2012 National Office of Research and Technology (NKFP_07_1_TB_INTER). Development of new antituberculotics based on the analysis of the interactome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (5 years, 1713 k €).
2007-2011 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 68358). Immunodiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis using synthetic peptides and peptide-conjugates. (4 years, 38 k €).
2006-2010 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 61518). Identification, synthesis and functional characterisation of new, diagnostic epitopes in autoimmune diseases and of IgG Fc peptide chimeras binding to Fc receptor and triggering effector function. (5 years, 37 k €). ic epitopes in autoimmune diseases and of IgG Fc peptide chimeras binding to Fc receptor and triggering effector function. (5 years, 37 k Euros).
2003 - to date: supervising and co-supervising BSc student (2) and MSc students (5) of whom the diplomathesis of ZsuzsaBaranyai was awarded by the Hungarian Chemical Society.
Supervising aspirants for the National Scientific Student Conference (4 students, 2nd (2007) and 3rd (2009) place on the competition).
2009- Women in Science Society - member
2009- Hungarian Society for Immunology - member
2010- European Peptide Society - member
2014- Hungarian Biochemical Society - member
2014- European Respiratory Society, member
2014- Hungarian Society for Microbiology, member
German (basic level, 452333/2004)
2016 Course on “Statistical analysis of experimental results” organised by the Hungarian Chemical Society
2008 (1 month): Research stipend (Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa)
2006 (1 month) and 2004. (1 month): Research stipend (Department of Biopathology and Biomedical Methodologies, University of Palermo, Italy)
2006 (1 week) Course on Clinical cell analysis (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
2003-2004 (1 semester): Erasmus scholarship (Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Biopolymer Structure Analysis, University of Konstanz, Germany)
2004 (1 week) Course on Mass spectrometry (BME, Budapest, Hungary)
2004 (1 week) Course on Chromatography (BME, Budapest, Hungary)
Sum of impact factors: 137.859
Number of independent citations: 378
Hirsch-index (according to Scopus): 14
Number of publication in Q1 journals: 31
