Zsóka Csorba

Biotechnology student at Eötvös Loránd University

The team assembled for the competition, thanks to her. Zsóka steered the team’s work in the right direction and encouraged the members. She doesn't like to be bored and spends her free moments hiking or painting.

#teamleader #wetlableader #mammaliancells #invitrotesting #humanpractices #communication #troubleshooting

Laura Dénes

Biotechnology student at Eötvös Loránd University

She directed the DNA work from the first transformation to the last cell transfer. Laura did the lion's share of plasmid and DNA-related planning and problem-solving, thinking about new solutions day and night. In her time outside the lab, she likes gardening and cycling.

#wetlableader #DNA #humanpractices #transformation #plasmid #sciencecommunication #troubleshooting

Ágnes Golarits

Biotechnology student at Budapest University of Technology and Economics

She was the primary troubleshooter of the DNA part since under her hands always grew some colonies. Ágnes kept our lab notebook up to date at the cost of great efforts. She spends a lot of time in community service with children, so she also worked in the Education part of Human Practices.

#wetlabmember #DNA #humanpractices #notebook #plasmid #modeling #troubleshooting

Fanni Englert

Biotechnology student at Eötvös Loránd University

She brought light to our daily laboratory work by building the LED panels that the team used to carry out experiments and measurements. In addition, Fanni organized the production of our team video. In her free time, she likes baking, gardening, and hiking.

#hardware #sciencecommunication #blueLEDs #troubleshooting #wetlabmember

Nikolett Emődi

Biotechnology student at Budapest University of Technology and Economics

She created our logo and spoiled the team with great graphic designs, from stickers to our wiki page. Niki spent many sleepless nights programming our wiki page while searching for solutions to implement increasingly complex ideas on it. She likes bullet journaling and horseback riding in her free time.

#WikiWizard #graphicdesigner #wetlabmember #DNA #plasmid #sciencecommunication

Laura Király

Biochemical engineer student at Budapest University of Technology and Economics

She wrote and evaluated the questionnaire, one of the most relevant parts of our Human Practice, and was also involved in our Collaborations. In addition, Laura maintained the mammalian cell lines and designed most of the experiments. Out of the lab, she likes to be creative, like painting.

#wetlabmember #mammaliancells #humanpractices #collaboration

Adrienn Biró

Biochemical engineer student at Budapest University of Technology and Economics

She took part in the DNA work, from designing the plasmid constructions to the end of the wet lab work through many redesigns. Adrienn was happy to help everyone, so she participated in many different tasks during the competition. In her spare time, she likes to go canoeing.

#wetlabmember #DNA #sciencecommunication

Dóra Kapui

Biochemical engineer student at Budapest University of Technology and Economics

She participated in the wet lab work, the generation of plasmid constructs, and the characterization of protein expression. Dóra was also responsible for producing educational materials for children, which we presented at several events. In her free time, she likes to read and hike.

#wetlabmember #DNA #sciencecommunication

Márton Péter Nyiri

Biotechnology student at Eötvös Loránd University

He carried the collaboration part on his back, contacted other teams, collected ideas for various collaborations, and found a mentor team who helped us with the first steps. In addition to the collaboration tasks, he played the main role in modeling which is a gold medal criterion. Márton also helped our team with wet and dry lab tasks. In his free time, he likes to learn new things and likes good stories.

#collaborations #communication #modeling

Tasks
Sponsorship	✔		✔
Outreach	✔	✔	✔	✔					✔
Collaboration	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔				✔
Education		✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
Communication		✔	✔	✔
Photos			✔				✔
Promotion Video			✔
Hardware			✔	✔
Wet Lab	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Safety	✔				✔
Modeling	✔					✔			✔
Parts Design	✔	✔				✔	✔	✔
Human Practices	✔	✔			✔	✔
Implementation	✔				✔				✔
Entrepreneurship	✔				✔			✔
Wiki			✔	✔
Graphic Design			✔	✔

We are grateful to Bálint Adamis for the photos of the team and for bringing the team together.

Dr. Imre Kacskovics

Sponsor and Mentor

He is the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Head of the Department of Immunology at Eötvös Loránd University. He started his academic career at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Budapest and has been working at ELTE for more than 15 years. Outside the academy, he has also achieved success in his profession as the CEO of ImmunoGenes Ltd.

Dr. László Nyitray

Principal Investigator

He is the Head of the Department of Biochemistry at Eötvös Loránd University. He started his undergraduate studies at ELTE and built his career by staying at his home institution, becoming an iconic figure in the university and the profession.

Dr. Borbála Tihanyi

Mentor

She is a research fellow at the Department of Biochemistry at Eötvös Loránd University. Her quiet but hard work was inspirational to the team, and we could always rely on her help. She was our instructor during DNA experiments.

Dr. Boglárka Schilling-Tóth

Mentor

She is a research fellow at the Department of Immunology at Eötvös Loránd University. In 2019, she joined the colleagues of ELTE, where, in addition to her research work, her educational management activities in the Biotechnology M.Sc. program are essential to ensure its quality. She was our instructor during mammalian cell experiments.

Tamás Englert

Mentor

Head of Chief Department of Informatics at Zala County Government Office. As he studied at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, he was happy to advise our team on hardware development, where he combined his electrical engineering and IT skills.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their advice and support throughout the competition.

ELTE for being one of the main sponsors of the team.
The long-established Eötvös Loránd University is one of the most prestigious universities in Hungary. In 1635, Péter Pázmány, Archbishop of Esztergom, founded the university in the town of Nagyszombat, which consisted of the faculties of the humanities and theology. In 2021, the current structure of the university was established when the ninth faculty of ELTE was created. Our faculty, the Faculty of Science, has enjoyed great success, as shown by the fact that the university is ranked 287th in the Quacquarelli Symonds 2022 subject rankings in the natural sciences. We would like to express our appreciation to Dr. Imre Kacskovics, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Head of the Department of Immunology at Eötvös Loránd University, and CEO of ImmunoGenes Ltd., for supporting the team to start the competition.

Gedeon Richter Plc. for being the primary financial sponsor of the team.

Gedeon Richter Plc. is a Hungarian-based specialized multinational pharmaceutical company with a presence in 50 countries. More than 120 years old, Richter has more than 200 product lines, including originator, generic, biosimilar, and licensed products. The company's main profile is in biotechnology, alongside gynecological products. We would like to express our special thanks for the support to Dr. Erik Bogsch Jr., Director of the Biotechnology Business Unit, and Dr. Zoltán Urbányi, Head of the Biotechnology Research Department.

Barbara Di Ventura, the creator of the BLADE light-inducible system, for her advice.
Kinga Nyíri from ELKH for supporting our team with her advice during the cell and cloning work.
Krisztina Németh from ELKH for helping in cell work.
Anita Alexa from ELKH for supporting us in cloning.
Dr. Attila Brunyanszki and Vascular for providing laboratory space for troubleshooting.
Dr. David T Riglar for taking the time to give us an interview, thus enriching our knowledge of the difficulties of bacterial therapeutic systems.
Team DTU_Denmark for mentoring us through all the challenges of the iGEM competition.
SnapGene for their support in facilitating the DNA work.
IDT for providing DNA synthesis for the team.
BioRender for helping us to present our project clearly and visually through their graphics.
Dr. Emma Láng for welcoming our participation in the Researchers' Night.
Stella Sebestyén, Head of the Financial Office at ELTE TTK, and her colleagues for their for her perseverance and cooperation with Boglárka Schilling-Tóth in managing the complex administrative tasks of the team.
Árpád Homonnai and ELTE International Travel Services employees for helping the team to organize the trip to Paris.
Bálint Adamis for photos of the team.
Ferenc Béke for his cameraman and editing work on the promotion video.
Márton Kiss for the drone footage used in the promotional video.
Magdolna Vida for enabling our promotional video to be available in sign language.
István Dénes, his translation for Serbian, Croatian, Russian, and Arabic subtitles of the promotional video.
Dávid Šiška for translating the Slovak and Spanish subtitles of the promotional video.
Sára Deák for making our mascot.
Dr. Kinga Molnár for providing the team with segments for the researchers' night.
Klára Dénes, Sándor, and Maja Emődi for working in their spare time to make all our stands for the Researchers' Night possible.
Gellért Sipos for sharing his experience and advice on our hardware development.
Dr. András Micsonai for his help in preparing and checking parts of the modeling.
Dr. Árpád Patai for helping us with the implementation of our project.
Dr. Balázs Vajna from the Department of Microbiology of Eötvös Loránd University and Bernadett Khayer (Ph.D.) from the National Public Health Centre for helping our team with the equipment needed for the final experiments.
Dr. Márton Bojtár from “Lendület” Chemical Biology Research Group of the Research Center for Natural Sciences for listening to our idea about hardware and sharing his experience to help us.
Mariann Vladar, head teacher of class 10 B of the László Németh High School, for the opportunity to give a unique lesson to high school students about biotechnology and GMOs.