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VALIDITY EXPIRED
personal data approved: 2021. XI. 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
2022

 Booth D.M., Várnai P., Joseph S.K., Hajnóczky G.: Fluorescence imaging detection of nanodomain redox signaling events at organellar contacts, STAR Protocols 3: (1) 101119
type of document: Journal paper/Article
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: 12
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: 3
language: English
URL 
2020

 Gulyás Gergő, Sohn Mira, Kim Yeun Ju, Várnai Péter, Balla Tamas: ORP3 phosphorylation regulates phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and Ca2+ dynamics at PM-ER contact sites., JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE 133: (6) jcs237388
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 16
language: English
URL 
2018

 Paillard M., Csordás G., Huang K.-T., Várnai P., Joseph S.K., Hajnóczky G.: MICU1 Interacts with the D-Ring of the MCU Pore to Control Its Ca2+ Flux and Sensitivity to Ru360, MOLECULAR CELL 72: (4) pp. 778-785.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 57
language: English
URL 
2017

 Gulyas G, Radvanszki G, Matuska R, Balla A, Hunyady L, Balla T, Varnai P: Plasma membrane phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and 4,5-bisphosphate determine the distribution and function of K-Ras4B but not H-Ras proteins., JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 292: (46) pp. 18862-18877.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 18
language: English
URL 
2016

 Tóth JT, Gulyás G, Tóth DJ, Balla A, Hammond GRV, Hunyady L, Balla T, Várnai P: BRET-monitoring of the dynamic changes of inositol lipid pools in living cells reveals a PKC-dependent PtdIns4P increase upon EGF and M3 receptor activation, BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS 1861: (3) pp. 177-187.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 19
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: 201
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: 224
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: 137
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: 608
language: English
URL 
Number of independent citations to these publications:1295 
Scientometric data
list of publications and citations
number of scientific publications that meet accreditation criteria:
129
number of scientific publications:
130
monographs and professional books:
0
monographs/books in which chapters/sections were contributed:
0 
scientific publications published abroad that meet the accreditation criteria:
118
publications not in Hungarian, published in Hungary, meeting the accreditation criteria:
9
number of independent citations to scientific publications and creative works:
8891

 
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