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personal data approved: 2024. VII. 02.
Personal data
Péter Várnai
name Péter Várnai
name of institution
Semmelweis University, Budapest
Doctoral Council of the University
doctoral school
SE Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine
Council of the Doctoral School
the share of work in the different doctoral schools. SE Doctoral School of University Semmelweis 99%
SE DSMM-SE Council of the Doctoral School 1%
accreditation statement submitted to: Semmelweis University, Budapest
Contact details
E-mail address peter.varnaieok.sote.hu
phone number +36 1 459-15000/60439
Academic title
scientific degree, title Ph.D.
year degree was obtained 1997
discipline to which degree belongs theoretical medicine
institution granting the degree Semmelweis University
scientific degree, title DSc
year degree was obtained 2011
discipline to which degree belongs theoretical medicine
institution granting the degree HAS
Employment
1990 - Semmelweis University, Budapest
university professor or researcher
Thesis topic supervisor
number of doctoral students supervised until now 5
number of students who fulfilled course requirements 5
students who obtained their degrees:
Gergő Gulyás PhD 2018  DSMM-SE
József Tóth PhD 2016  DSMM-SE
József Tóth PhD 2016  DSMM-SE
Dániel Tóth PhD 2014  DSMM-SE
(50%) Gábor Turu PhD 2010  
(50%) László Szidonya PhD 2008  
completed course requirement:
Rita Matuska (PhD) 2018/08  DSMM-SE
  Thesis topic proposals
Research
research area Our goal to develop new molecular methods to follow and modify various inositol lipids in live cells, which allows us to investigate the function of these lipids.
research field in which current research is conducted theoretical medicine
Publications
2024

 Tóth D.J., Tóth J.T., Damouni A., Hunyady L., Várnai P.: Effect of hormone-induced plasma membrane phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate depletion on receptor endocytosis suggests the importance of local regulation in phosphoinositide signaling, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 14: (1) 291
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 1
language: English
URL 
2023

 Nichtová Zuzana, Fernandez-Sanz Celia, De La Fuente Sergio, Yuan Yuexing, Hurst Stephen, Lanvermann Sebastian, Tsai Hui-Ying, Weaver David, Baggett Ariele, Thompson Christopher, Bouchet-Marquis Cedric, Várnai Péter, Seifert Erin L., Dorn Gerald W., Sheu Shey-Shing, Csordás György: Enhanced Mitochondria-SR Tethering Triggers Adaptive Cardiac Muscle Remodeling, CIRCULATION RESEARCH 132: (11) pp. e171-e187.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 6
language: English
URL 
2022

 Katona Máté, Bartók Ádám, Nichtova Zuzana, Csordás György, Berezhnaya Elena, Weaver David, Ghosh Arijita, Várnai Péter, Yule David I., Hajnóczky György: Capture at the ER-mitochondrial contacts licenses IP3 receptors to stimulate local Ca2+ transfer and oxidative metabolism, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 13: (1) 6779
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 29
language: English
URL 
2021

 Booth D.M., Várnai P., Joseph S.K., Hajnóczky G.: Oxidative bursts of single mitochondria mediate retrograde signaling toward the ER, MOLECULAR CELL 81: (18) pp. 3866-3876.e2.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 36
language: English
URL 
2021

 Ulengin-Talkish Idil, Parson Matthew A. H., Jenkins Meredith L., Roy Jagoree, Shih Alexis Z. L., St-Denis Nicole, Gulyas Gergo, Balla Tamas, Gingras Anne-Claude, Várnai Péter, Conibear Elizabeth, Burke John E., Cyert Martha S.: Palmitoylation targets the calcineurin phosphatase to the phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase complex at the plasma membrane, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 12: (1) 6064
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 9
language: English
URL 
2007

 Varnai P, Toth B, Toth DJ, Hunyady L, Balla T: Visualization and manipulation of plasma membrane-endoplasmic reticulum contact sites indicates the presence of additional molecular components within the STIM1-Orai1 complex, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 282: (40) pp. 29678-29690.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 208
language: English
URL 
2006

 Varnai P, Thyagarajan B, Rohacs T, Balla T: Rapidly inducible changes in phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate levels influence multiple regulatory functions of the lipid in intact living cells., JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY 175: (3) pp. 377-382.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 238
language: English
URL 
2005

 Varnai P, Bondeva T, Tamas P, Toth B, Buday L, Hunyady L, Balla T: Selective cellular effects of overexpressed pleckstrin-homology domains that recognize PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 suggest their interaction with protein binding partners., JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE 118: (20) pp. 4879-4888.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 141
language: English
URL 
1999

 Varnai P, Rother KI, Balla T: Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent membrane association of the Bruton's tyrosine kinase pleckstrin homology domain visualized in single living cells., JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 274: (16) pp. 10983-10989.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 255
language: English
URL 
1998

 Varnai P, Balla T: Visualization of phosphoinositides that bind pleckstrin homology domains: calcium- and agonist-induced dynamic changes and relationship to myo-[3H]inositol-labeled phosphoinositide pools., JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY 143: (2) pp. 501-510.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 636
language: English
URL 
Number of independent citations to these publications:1559 
Scientometric data
list of publications and citations
number of scientific publications that meet accreditation criteria:
130
number of scientific publications:
131
monographs and professional books:
0
monographs/books in which chapters/sections were contributed:
0 
scientific publications published abroad that meet the accreditation criteria:
119
publications not in Hungarian, published in Hungary, meeting the accreditation criteria:
9
number of independent citations to scientific publications and creative works:
9051

 
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