Personal data sheet
personal data approved: 2024. VI. 16.
Personal data
name Sándor Spisák
name of institution
doctoral school
ELTE Doctoral School of Biology (Supervisor)
SE Károly Rácz Doctoral School of Clinical Medicine (Academic staff member)
SE Doctoral School of University Semmelweis (Academic staff member)
the share of work in the different doctoral schools. SE Doctoral School of University Semmelweis 100%
accreditation statement submitted to: Semmelweis University, Budapest
Contact details
own web page
Academic title
scientific degree, title Ph.D.
year degree was obtained 2011
discipline to which degree belongs clinical medicine
institution granting the degree Semmelweis University
Employment
2022 - HUN-REN TTK
other (not specified) (kutatocsoport vezeto)
Thesis topic supervisor
number of doctoral students supervised until now 0
number of students who fulfilled course requirements 0
students who obtained their degrees:
present PhD students:
(50%) Csaba Kiss (PhD) (2026/08)  DSB-ELTE
  Thesis topic proposals
Research
research area Molecular Biology
research field in which current research is conducted clinical medicine
general health sciences
Publications
2023

Nassar A.H., Abou Alaiwi S., Baca S.C., Adib E., Corona R.I., Seo J.-H., Fonseca M.A.S., Spisak S., El Zarif T., Tisza V., Braun D.A., Du H., He M., Flaifel A., Alchoueiry M., Denize T., Matar S.G., Acosta A., Shukla S., Hou Y., Steinharter J., Bouchard G., Berchuck J.E., O’Connor E., Bell C., Nuzzo P.V., Mary Lee G.-S., Signoretti S., Hirsch M.S., Pomerantz M., Henske E., Gusev A., Lawrenson K., Choueiri T.K., Kwiatkowski D.J., Freedman M.L.: Epigenomic charting and functional annotation of risk loci in renal cell carcinoma, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 14: (1) 346
type of document:
number of independent citations: 8
language: English
URL 
2023

Spisak S., Tisza V., Nuzzo P.V., Seo J.-H., Pataki B., Ribli D., Sztupinszki Z., Bell C., Rohanizadegan M., Stillman D.R., Alaiwi S.A., Bartels A.B., Papp M., Shetty A., Abbasi F., Lin X., Lawrenson K., Gayther S.A., Pomerantz M., Baca S., Solymosi N., Csabai I., Szallasi Z., Gusev A., Freedman M.L.: A biallelic multiple nucleotide length polymorphism explains functional causality at 5p15.33 prostate cancer risk locus, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 14: (1) 5118
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 2
language: English
URL 
2022

Berchuck Jacob E., Baca Sylvan C., McClure Heather M., Korthauer Keegan, Tsai Harrison K., Nuzzo Pier Vitale, Kelleher Kaitlin M., He Monica, Steinharter John A., Zacharia Soumya, Spisak Sandor, Seo Ji-Heui, Conteduca Vincenza, Elemento Olivier, Auh Joonghoon, Sigouros Michael, Corey Eva, Hirsch Michelle S., Taplin Mary-Ellen, Choueiri Toni K., Pomerantz Mark M., Beltran Himisha, Freedman Matthew L.: Detecting Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Through Tissue-Informed Cell-Free DNA Methylation Analysis, CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH 28: (5) pp. 928-938.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 21
language: English
URL 
2022

Liang Xiaoyan, Duronio Gina N., Yang Yaying, Bala Pratyusha, Hebbar Prajna, Spisak Sandor, Sahgal Pranshu, Singh Harshabad, Zhang Yanxi, Xie Yingtian, Cejas Paloma, Long Henry W., Bass Adam J., Sethi Nilay S.: An Enhancer-Driven Stem Cell–Like Program Mediated by SOX9 Blocks Intestinal Differentiation in Colorectal Cancer, GASTROENTEROLOGY 162: (1) pp. 209-222.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 21
language: English
URL 
2022

Lu Xiaodong, Fong Ka-wing, Wang Fang, Gritsina Galina, Baca Sylvan C., Berchuck Jacob E., Ross Jenny, Corey Eva, Chandel Navdeep, Catalona William J., Yang Ximing, Freedman Matthew L., Zhao Jonathan C., Yu Jindan, Brea Lourdes T., Spisak Sandor, Morrissey CoIm: HOXB13 suppresses de novo lipogenesis through HDAC3-mediated epigenetic reprogramming in prostate cancer, NATURE GENETICS 54: (5) pp. 670-+.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 24
language: English
URL 
2021

Guo H., Wu Y., Nouri M., Spisak S., Russo J.W., Sowalsky A.G., Pomerantz M.M., Wei Z., Korthauer K., Seo J.-H., Wang L., Arai S., Freedman M.L., He H.H., Chen S., Balk S.P.: Androgen receptor and MYC equilibration centralizes on developmental super-enhancer, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 12: (1) 7308
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 28
language: English
URL 
2020

Nuzzo P.V., Berchuck J.E., Korthauer K., Spisak S., Nassar A.H., Abou Alaiwi S., Chakravarthy A., Shen S.Y., Bakouny Z., Boccardo F., Steinharter J., Bouchard G., Curran C.R., Pan W., Baca S.C., Seo J.-H., Lee G.-S.M., Michaelson M.D., Chang S.L., Waikar S.S., Sonpavde G., Irizarry R.A., Pomerantz M., De Carvalho D.D., Choueiri T.K., Freedman M.L.: Detection of renal cell carcinoma using plasma and urine cell-free DNA methylomes, NATURE MEDICINE 26: (7) pp. 1041-1043.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 144
language: English
URL 
2018

Takeda DY, Spisák S, Seo J-H, Bell C, O'Connor E, Korthauer K, Ribli Dezső, Csabai István, Solymosi N, Szállási Z, Stillman DR, Cejas P, Qiu X, Long HW, Tisza Viktória, Nuzzo PV, Rohanizadegan M, Pomerantz MM, Hahn WC, Freedman ML: A Somatically Acquired Enhancer of the Androgen Receptor Is a Noncoding Driver in Advanced Prostate Cancer, CELL 174: (2) pp. 422-432.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 192
language: English
URL 
2015

Spisák Sándor, Lawrenson Kate, Fu Yanfang, Csabai István, Cottman Rebecca T, Seo Ji-Heui, Haiman Christopher, Han Ying, Lenci Romina, Li Qiyuan, Tisza Viktória, Szállási Zoltán, Herbert Zachery T, Chabot Matthew, Pomerantz Mark, Solymosi Norbert, Gayther Simon A, Keith Joung J, Freedman Matthew L: CAUSEL: an epigenome- and genome-editing pipeline for establishing function of noncoding GWAS variants, NATURE MEDICINE 21: (11) pp. 1357-1363.
type of document:
number of independent citations: 69
language: English
URL 
2013

Wasserkort R, Kalmar A, Valcz G, Spisak S, Krispin M, Toth K, Tulassay Z, Sledziewski AZ, Molnar B: Aberrant septin 9 DNA methylation in colorectal cancer is restricted to a single CpG island, BMC CANCER 13: (1) 398
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 106
language: English
URL 
Number of independent citations to these publications:615 
Scientometric data
list of publications and citations
number of scientific publications that meet accreditation criteria (TV):
272
number of scientific publications (TV):
201
monographs and professional books (TV):
0
monographs/books in which chapters/sections were contributed:
1 
scientific publications published abroad that meet the accreditation criteria (TV):
162
publications not in Hungarian, published in Hungary, meeting the accreditation criteria (TV):
9
number of independent citations to scientific publications and creative works (TV):
2252