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Employment (7)

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Biológiai Intézet: Budapest, HU

2020-07-01 to present | Associate Professor (Department of Genetics)
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Máté Varga

University College London: London, GB

2009-06-26 to present | Honorary Research Fellow (Department of Cell and Developmental Biology)
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Máté Varga

Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Budapest, HU

2015-08-01 to 2020-08-01 | Senior Research Fellow (MTA-SE Lendület Nephrogenetic Laboratory)
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Máté Varga

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Biológiai Intézet: Budapest, HU

2015-01-01 to 2020-06-30 | Assistant Professor (Department of Genetics)
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Máté Varga

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem: Budapest, HU

2011-05-01 to 2014-12-31 | Lecturer/PI (Department of Genetics)
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Máté Varga

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem: Budapest, HU

2009-07-01 to 2011-04-31 | Zoltán Magyary Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Department of Genetics)
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Máté Varga

University College London: London, London, GB

2006-06-25 to 2009-06-25 | Research Fellow (Department of Cell and Developmental Biology)
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Máté Varga

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA, US

2001-07-01 to 2006-05-15 | PhD (Department of Biology)
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Máté Varga

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem: Budapest, HU

1996-09-01 to 2001-06-25 | Combined BSc & MSc
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Máté Varga

Funding (6)

Confocal microscopy centre development

2016-07 to 2019-06 | Grant
Hungarian Government (Budapest, HU)
GRANT_NUMBER:

VEKOP-2.3.3-15-2016-00007

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Máté Varga

MedInProt Fellowship

2016-01 to 2016-06 | Salary award
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest, HU)
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Máté Varga

Optopharmacology: a new strategy for drug research

2015-12 to present | Grant
National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Budapest, HU)
GRANT_NUMBER:

VKSZ_14-1-2015-0052

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Máté Varga

MTA-SE Lendület Nephrogenetic Laboratory

2015-08 to present | Grant
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest, HU)
GRANT_NUMBER:

LP2015-11/2015 Lendulet Research Grant

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Máté Varga

n-Euro-ICT

2013-07 to 2015-11 | Grant
Hungarian Government (Budapest, HU)
GRANT_NUMBER:

KTIA_AIK-12-1-2013-0005

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Máté Varga

János Bolyai Fellowship

2012-09 to 2015-08 | Salary award
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest, HU)
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Máté Varga

Works (47)

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) snoRNAome

2025-02-14 | Other
Contributors: Renáta Hamar; Máté Varga
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Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) as a novel translational model for emotional and cognitive function

2024-09-10 | Preprint
Contributors: Zoltán K. Varga; Diána Pejtsik; Tímea Csorvás; Éva Mikics; Ádám Miklósi; Máté Varga
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The zebrafish (Danio rerio) snoRNAome

2024-07-26 | Preprint
Contributors: Renáta Hamar; Máté Varga
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The paradise fish, an advanced animal model for behavioral genetics and evolutionary developmental biology

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Nóra Szabó; Erika Fodor; Zoltán Varga; Anita Tarján‐Rácz; Kata Szabó; Ádám Miklósi; Máté Varga
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Silicon-Rhodamine Functionalized Evocalcet Probes Potently and Selectively Label Calcium Sensing Receptors <i>In Vitro</i>, <i>In Vivo</i>, and <i>Ex Vivo</i>

ACS Pharmacology &amp; Translational Science
2024-05-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2575-9108
Part of ISSN: 2575-9108
Contributors: Daniel Bátora; Jérôme P. Fischer; Reto M. Kaderli; Máté Varga; Martin Lochner; Jürg Gertsch
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Máté Varga

Silicon-rhodamine functionalized evocalcet probes (EvoSiR) potently and selectively label calcium sensing receptors (CaSR) in vitro, in vivo and ex vivo

2024-02-25 | Preprint
Contributors: Daniel Batora; Jerome P Fischer; Reto M Kaderli; Mate Varga; Martin Lochner; Jurg Gertsch
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Using Selective Enzymes to Measure Noncanonical DNA Building Blocks: dUTP, 5-Methyl-dCTP, and 5-Hydroxymethyl-dCTP

Biomolecules
2023-12-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Éva Viola Surányi; Viktória Perey-Simon; Rita Hirmondó; Tamás Trombitás; Latifa Kazzazy; Máté Varga; Beáta G. Vértessy; Judit Tóth
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Trehalose-Bearing Carriers to Target Impaired Autophagy and Protein Aggregation Diseases

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2023-11-29 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-2623
Part of ISSN: 1520-4804
Contributors: Ali Maruf; Malgorzata Milewska (Burek); Máté Varga; Ilona Wandzik
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Máté Varga

3D cell segregation geometry and dynamics are governed by tissue surface tension regulation

Communications Biology
2023-08-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Elod Méhes; Enys Mones; Máté Varga; Áron Zsigmond; Beáta Biri-Kovács; László Nyitray; Vanessa Barone; Gabriel Krens; Carl-Philipp Heisenberg; Tamás Vicsek
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The role of post-transcriptional modifications during development

Biologia Futura
2023-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Renáta Hamar; Máté Varga
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Gene expression changes during the evolution of the tetrapod limb

Biologia Futura
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Zsombor Varga; Máté Varga
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Trehalose-releasing nanogels: A step toward a trehalose delivery vehicle for autophagy stimulation

Biomaterials Advances
2022-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2772-9508
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Máté Varga

Bloom syndrome helicase contributes to germ line development and longevity in zebrafish

Cell Death & Disease
2022-04-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Tamás Annus; Dalma Müller; Bálint Jezsó; György Ullaga; Barnabás Németh; Gábor M. Harami; László Orbán; Mihály Kovács; Máté Varga
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The Structure-Derived Mechanism of Box H/ACA Pseudouridine Synthase Offers a Plausible Paradigm for Programmable RNA Editing

ACS Catalysis
2022-03-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
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Máté Varga

European first-year university students accept evolution but lack substantial knowledge about it: a standardized European cross-country assessment

Evolution: Education and Outreach
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1936-6426
Part of ISSN: 1936-6434
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Máté Varga

SignaLink3: a multi-layered resource to uncover tissue-specific signaling networks

Nucleic Acids Research
2021-10-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0305-1048
Part of ISSN: 1362-4962
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Máté Varga

Mutations linked to loss of cell cycle control can render cells responsive to local differentiation cues

microPublications Biology
2021-10-01 | Journal article
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Máté Varga

Subcellular Dissection of a Simple Neural Circuit: Functional Domains of the Mauthner-Cell During Habituation

Frontiers in Neural Circuits
2021-03-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1662-5110
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Máté Varga

Bloom syndrome helicase contributes to germ line development and longevity in zebrafish

2021-03-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Tamás Annus; Dalma Müller; Bálint Jezsó; György Ullaga; Gábor M. Harami; László Orbán; Mihály Kovács; Máté Varga
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Housing, Husbandry and Welfare of a “Classic” Fish Model, the Paradise Fish (Macropodus opercularis)

Animals
2021-03-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Anita Rácz; Gábor Adorján; Erika Fodor; Boglárka Sellyei; Mohammed Tolba; Ádám Miklósi; Máté Varga
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A New Zebrafish Model for Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum.

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
2021-03-09 | Journal article
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Máté Varga

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

Autophagy
2021-01-01 | Journal article
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Máté Varga

Pseudouridylation defect due to DKC1 and NOP10 mutations causes nephrotic syndrome with cataracts, hearing impairment, and enterocolitis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020-06-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Eszter Balogh; Jennifer C. Chandler; Máté Varga; Mona Tahoun; Dóra K. Menyhárd; Gusztáv Schay; Tomas Goncalves; Renáta Hamar; Regina Légrádi; Ákos Szekeres et al.
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Conserved Serotonergic Background of Experience-Dependent Behavioral Responsiveness in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

The Journal of Neuroscience
2020-06-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0270-6474
Part of ISSN: 1529-2401
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Máté Varga

Tissue-Specific Requirement for the GINS Complex During Zebrafish Development

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
2020-05-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-634X
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Máté Varga

No Correlation between Endo- and Exoskeletal Regenerative Capacities in Teleost Species

Fishes
2019-10-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2410-3888
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Máté Varga
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The Zebrafish as an Emerging Model to Study DNA Damage in Aging, Cancer and Other Diseases

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
2019-01-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-634X
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Máté Varga

The swimming plus-maze test: a novel high-throughput model for assessment of anxiety-related behaviour in larval and juvenile zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Scientific Reports
2018-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Máté Varga

The Doctor of Delayed Publications: The Remarkable Life of George Streisinger (1927–1984)

Zebrafish
2018-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1545-8547
Part of ISSN: 1557-8542
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Máté Varga

Zebrafish Models of Rare Hereditary Pediatric Diseases

Diseases
2018-05-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Máté Varga; Dorottya Ralbovszki; Eszter Balogh; Renáta Hamar; Magdolna Keszthelyi; Kálmán Tory
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Methods to Study Autophagy in Zebrafish

Methods in Enzymology
2017 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85007557415

Contributors: Fodor, E.; Sigmond, T.; Ari, E.; Lengyel, K.; Takács-Vellai, K.; Varga, M.; Vellai, T.
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A highly soluble, non-phototoxic, non-fluorescent blebbistatin derivative

Scientific Reports
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84973360038

Contributors: Várkuti, B.H.; Képiró, M.; Horváth, I.Á.; Végner, L.; Ráti, S.; Zsigmond, Á.; Hegyi, G.; Lenkei, Z.; Varga, M.; Málnási-Csizmadia, A.
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Máté Varga via Scopus - Elsevier

AUTEN-67, an autophagy-enhancing drug candidate with potent antiaging and neuroprotective effects

Autophagy
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84964489801

Contributors: Papp, D.; Kovács, T.; Billes, V.; Varga, M.; Tarnóci, A.; Hackler, L.; Puskás, L.G.; Liliom, H.; Tárnok, K.; Schlett, K. et al.
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Máté Varga via Scopus - Elsevier

SignaFish: A Zebrafish-Specific Signaling Pathway Resource.

2016-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Csályi K; Fazekas D; Kadlecsik T; Türei D; Gul L; Horváth B; Módos D; Demeter A; Pápai N; Lenti K et al.
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Máté Varga via Europe PubMed Central

Autophagy in zebrafish

2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84924414202

Contributors: Varga, M.; Fodor, E.; Vellai, T.
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Molecular Tattoo: Subcellular Confinement of Drug Effects

2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84927596265

Contributors: Képiró, M.; Várkuti, B.H.; Rauscher, A.A.; Kellermayer, M.S.Z.; Varga, M.; Málnási-Csizmadia, A.
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Máté Varga via Scopus - Elsevier

Autophagy is required for zebrafish caudal fin regeneration

2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84903362371

Contributors: Varga, M.; Sass, M.; Papp, D.; Takács-Vellai, K.; Kobolak, J.; Dinnyés, A.; Klionsky, D.J.; Vellai, T.
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Máté Varga via Scopus - Elsevier

Fejlődésbiológia II

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Máté Varga

Para-nitroblebbistatin, the non-cytotoxic and photostable myosin II inhibitor

2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84905384102

Contributors: Képiró, M.; Várkuti, B.H.; Végner, L.; Vörös, G.; Hegyi, G.; Varga, M.; Málnási-Csizmadia, A.
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Máté Varga via Scopus - Elsevier

Complex regulation of autophagy in cancer - Integrated approaches to discover the networks that hold a double-edged sword

2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84881096274

Contributors: Kubisch, J.; Türei, D.; Földvári-Nagy, L.; Dunai, Z.A.; Zsákai, L.; Varga, M.; Vellai, T.; Csermely, P.; Korcsmáros, T.
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Máté Varga via Scopus - Elsevier

Full Transcriptome Analysis of Early Dorsoventral Patterning in Zebrafish

2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84880835682

Contributors: Fodor, E.; Zsigmond, Á.; Horváth, B.; Molnár, J.; Nagy, I.; Tóth, G.; Wilson, S.W.; Varga, M.
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Máté Varga via Scopus - Elsevier

Continued growth and circuit building in the anamniote visual system

2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84856962348

Contributors: Cerveny, K.L.; Varga, M.; Wilson, S.W.
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NextGen speaks [8]

2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84867224775

Contributors: Varga, M.
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Correct anteroposterior patterning of the zebrafish neurectoderm in the absence of the early dorsal organizer

2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79955905678

Contributors: Varga, M.; Maegawa, S.; Weinberg, E.S.
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Chordin expression, mediated by Nodal and FGF signaling, is restricted by redundant function of two β-catenins in the zebrafish embryo

2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-34548522559

Contributors: Varga, M.; Maegawa, S.; Bellipanni, G.; Weinberg, E.S.
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Essential and opposing roles of zebrafish β-catenins in the formation of dorsal axial structures and neurectoderm

2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33646155329

Contributors: Bellipanni, G.; Varga, M.; Maegawa, S.; Imai, Y.; Kelly, C.; Myers, A.P.; Chu, F.; Talbot, W.S.; Weinberg, E.S.
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FGF signaling is required for β-catenin-mediated induction of the zebrafish organizer

2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33748800240

Contributors: Maegawa, S.; Varga, M.; Weinberg, E.S.
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Máté Varga via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (14 reviews for 12 publications/grants)

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Review activity for International journal of molecular sciences. (2)