Thesis supervisor: György Pálfi
co-supervisor: András Szekeres
Location of studies (in Hungarian): University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Biological Anthropology, 6726 Szeged, Közép fasor 52. Abbreviation of location of studies: SzTE
Description of the research topic:
In the last decades, our knowledge concerning the diseases and overall health history of human populations in certain past historical periods has significantly increased. It has become especially important to accurately decipher the changes of pathological processes and infecting agents, or possible host-pathogene coevolution, in order to contribute to the solution of contemporary public health issues. Illnessess caused by Mycobacteria have had major influence on the publich health of ancient populations too. Despite eradication attempts of the 20th century, these diseases nowadays cause higher and higher morbidity and mortality. For this reason all efforts must be taken to explore the paleoepidmeiology of Mycobacterial infections. Next to morphological methods, the paleopathological diagnostics of disease relies increasingly on paleogenetic and paleomicrobial techniques. This PhD research topic (pioneering in Hungary) is aimed at parallel macromorphological and paleomicrobial investigations of Mcyobacterial infections and diseases, optimizing and using separation techniques based on mass spectrometry, finding new cases, and interpreting them with an epidemiological approach.
Required language skills: English B2 Recommended language skills (in Hungarian): Hungarian, French, German Number of students who can be accepted: 2
Deadline for application: 2018-09-26
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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