Curriculum Vitae
Name: Zoltán Varecza
Place and date of birth: Nyíregyháza, 30. November, 1976
Address: Nyíregyháza, Nyírfa tér 3.
Telephone: 06-70-519-4563
Email: varecza@yahoo.com
Education:
2002-2004 University of Debrecen Ph.D. program in Biology (2 years)
2000-2002 University of California Berkeley, USA Comparative Biochemistry
(Ph.D. 2 years)
1995-2000 University of Debrecen Degree in
Molecular Biology / Microbiology and
Special
(Biology) Translator (English-Hungarian)
Certificate
of Advanced English
1991-1995 Krúdy
Gyula Grammar School Special
class of English-Informatics
Languages
Native:
Hungarian
Fluent: English (Advanced level)
Intermediate: German
Basic: Russian
Work experience:
2002-2005 College of Nyíregyháza Lecturer
2002-2005 University of Debrecen Ph.D. Student/lecturer
2001-2002 University of California, Berkeley, USA Ph.D.
Student Researcher
2000-2001 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Student
Research Assistant
1998 Medical
University of Debrecen Student
assistant
1997-1999 Agricultural Research Center of Gödöllõ Student
assistant
1996-1998 University for Agricultural Sciences, Gödöllõ Student
assistant
Teaching experience:
2002-2005 Histology, Anatomy, Molecular Biology, Medical microbiology,
Biochemistry, Chemistry,
Microbiology and Molecular biology
in English (Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Dept. of Zoology, College of
Nyíregyháza
2002-2005 Microbiology (University of Debrecen)
2002 Soil
microbiology (University of California Berkeley, USA)
2001 Protein
Expression Techniques (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
2000 Graduate Student Instructor at
the University of Debrecen:
Purification techniques, Chromatography,
Separation techniques
1998-2000 Enzimology (DE)
1997-2000 Microbiology Lab Leader (DE)
Scholarships, Awards:
2003 and 2004 Independent Research Grant (NYF
Committee for Science)
2001 Ph.D.
Scholarship University of California, Berkeley, USA
2000 Graduate
Student Research Assistant, LBNL, USA
2000 Ph.D. Scholarship University of
Debrecen
2000 Scientific
Research Grant from the Science
Foundation of Sz.Sz.Bereg County
1999-2000 Istvan
Hatvani Foundation’s Research Scholarship
1999-2000 Scholarship
for Instructors (University of Debrecen)
1999 Summer
Scholarship (University of Debrecen)
1997 Troopleader of the Hungarian Scout
Contingent to Great Britain
(European Union, WISH
Project)
Other experience:
2000-2002 Leader at the
San Francisco Scouts
1995-2000 Scout Leader,
Nyíregyháza
2000-2002 Tour Leader:Famous National
Parks of the United States of America (Yosemite, Zion, Bryce Canyon,
Canyonlands, Grand Canyon, Arches, Mesa Verde,
Yellowstone, USA)
San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Reno, Boise, Twin Falls
2000-2001 Organizer:
Non-profit ball (320 attendants ), Dinner (250 attendants), (San Francisco, San
Mateo, USA)
1998-2002 Interpreter on
official events (Hungary and USA)
1998-2002 Translator
(Hungary and USA)
Computer skills:
Office XP: Word, Excel,
Power Point, FrontPage, Adobe Photoshop 6.0, Adobe Illustrator,
VMD, Oligo Explorer, Oligo Analyzer, pDRAW on
PC and Macintosh computers
Activities and interests:
Soloist
and section leader of the Piccoli Archi (string) Orchestra
Host and member of the Choir of the
University of Debrecen (2 CDs)
Sports
Fanatic swimmer (swam several times across Lake Balaton
5.2km), basketball, volleyball, tennis,
IMPORTANT SKILLS:
Leadership: San
Francisco scouts
Teamwork: Co-author
of a 1 million dollar NSF Grant, (USA)
Organizing skills: Chief
organizer of a non-profit ball (San Francisco, USA)
Kommunication skills: Teaching
at Hungarian and American Universities
Marketing: Marketing
manager at UC Berkeley (USA)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Papers:
I. Pócsi, T. Emri, Z. Varecza, L. Sámi and T.
Pusztahelyi
Allosamidin inhibits the fragmentation and autolysis of Penicillium chrysogenum.
(2000) In: Advances in Chitin Science,
Vol. 4. Eds. Peter, M.G., Domard, A. and Muzzarelli, R.A.A. pp. 558-564.,
Sámi, L., Pusztahelyi, T., Emri, T.,
Varecza, Z., Grallert, Á.,
Karányi, Zs., Kiss, L. and Pócsi, I.
Autolysis and aging of Penicillium chrysogenum cultures under carbon starvation: Chitinase production and antifungal effect of allosamidin.
(2001) J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. ,
47, pp. 201-211 Impact factor: 0.512
Varecza Zoltán, Emri Tamás, Pusztahelyi Tünde, Balázsy Sándor, Rohr René and Pócsi
István
A novel aspect of NADPH
production in ageing Penicillium
chrysogenum
European Journal of Soil Biology (Submitted for publication)
Zoltán Varecza, Tamás Emri, Zsolt Molnár, Tünde Pusztahelyi and István
Pócsi
Yeast like cell formation and glutathione metabolism in Penicillium chrysogenum and Aspergillus nidulans
European Journal of Soil Biology (Submitted for publication)
Ágnes Gyetvai, Andrea Fekete, Zoltán
Varecza, Zsolt Herczeg, Béla Lenkey
The effect of lithium on the
planctonic and biofilm cells of Candida albicans
Mycology (Submitted
for publication)
Tamás Emri, Zsolt Molnár, Tünde Pusztahelyi, ZoltánVarecza and István Pócsi
The FluG-BrlA pathway
is involved in the regulation of autolsys in Aspergillus nidulans
Mycological Research (Submitted for publication)
Poster presentations:
Zoltán Varecza, Tamás Emri, Zsolt Molnár, Tünde Pusztahelyi and István Pócsi
Yeast like cell formation and gluthatione metabolism in Penicillium chrysogenum and Aspergillus nidulans
X. Fermentation Kollokvium, Keszthely (2004)
Zoltán Varecza,
Tamás Emri and István Pócsi
A new aspect of NADPH production in ageing Penicillium chrysogenum
15th International Congress of the
Hungarian Society for Microbiology, Keszthely (2004)
Emri Tamás, Pusztahelyi Tünde,
Molnár Zsolt, Varecza Zoltán
és Pócsi István
A FluG fehérje nélkülözhetetlen az Aspergillus
nidulans autolízisének iniciálásában
15th International Congress of the
Hungarian Society for Microbiology, Keszthely (2004)
Zoltán Varecza, István Nagy, Bing K. Jap
Cloning, expression and purification of the mysterious presenilin 1 in
yeast expression system
14th International Congress of the
Hungarian Society for Microbiology, Balatonfüred (2003)
Zoltán Varecza, Steven M. Yannone, Bing K. Jap and David J. Chen
Co-infection of Sf9 cells with baculovirus harbouring Ku70/80 and TRF1
14th International Congress of the
Hungarian Society for Microbiology, Balatonfüred (2003)
Zoltán Varecza, Steven M. Yannone, Bing K. Jap and David J. Chen
Optimization of the expression of Ku 70/80 protein in baculovirus
expression system
Department of Energy Collaboration
Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, (2001)
Pócsi I., Emri T., Sámi L., Varecza Z., Pusztahelyi T.,
Grallert Á., and Kiss L.
Effects of allosamidin on the fragmentation, autolysis and cryptic
growth of aging cultures of Penicillium
chrysogenum
15. Conference of the Hungarian
Chemotherapic Society, Hajdúszoboszló (2000).
Sámi, L., Emri, T., Varecza, Z., Pusztahelyi,
T., Pócsi, I.,
Fragmentation, autolysis and cryptic growth in ageing Penicillium chrysogenum cultures
17. Meeting Hungarian Society for
Microbiology, Keszthely (2000)
Sámi L., Varecza Z., Pusztahelyi T., Emri T., Pócsi I.
Morphological and physiological changes in aging cultures of Penicillium chrysogenum
First Joint Meeting of Hungarian Society for Microbiology and Slovenian
Society for Microbiology, Keszthely (2000)
Zoltán Varecza, Tamás Emri, Tünde Pusztahelyi and István Pócsi
Allosamidin inhibits the fragmentation and autolysis of hyphae in aging
cultures of Penicillium chrysogenum
First Hungarian Conference of
Mycology, Budapest (1999)