Personal

• Place and date of birth: Budapest, 29th June, 1993.
• E-mail: istvan.taisz [at] gmail.com
  

Education

• 2012 - : Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Molecular Bionics - Module of Quantitave modeling
• 2011 - : Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine - Medicine
• 2005 - 2011: ELTE Apáczai Csere János High School

Research Experience

• 2015 - : Dynamic network model of the C.elegans’ connectome - PI: Péter Csermely Prof., Dep. of Medical Chemistry
• 2013 - : The role of benzaldehyde in the cellular and behavioural stress response of C.elegans - PI: Csaba Sőti MD PhD, Dep. of Medical Chemistry
• 2011-2013: Describing the role of the hsf-2 gene in the heat shock response of C.elegans - PI: Csaba Sőti MD PhD, Dep. of Medical Chemistry

Professional Experience

• 2015 - 2015: Medical Assistant at Dr. Rose Private Hospital
• 2015 July: Surgery trainee at Central Hospital Lisbon
• 2014 - : University event organiser at Instruktorok Öntevékeny Csoport Ltd.
• 2013 - : Assistant teacher in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology

Awards

• 2013: Semmelweis University, Biochemistry competition, 3rd place
• 2013: Semmelweis Undergraduate Researcher’s Conference, oral presentation, Section of Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cell Physiology, 2nd place
• 2012: Semmelweis University, Biochemistry competition, 1st place
• 2011: National Competition in Biology for High School students – finalist

Professional Skills

• Behavioural and stress tolerance assays with C. elegans
• Molecular biology assays (RT-qPCR, Western Blot)
• Fluorescent microscopy
• Data mining

Poster Presentations

• The role of chemosensory stimuli in the cellular stress response of the Caenorhabditis elegans - Hungarian Molecular Life Sciences 2015
• A novel paralog of heat sock factor-1 in C. elegans - Berlin C. elegans Meeting 2014