Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Zsuzsa Sárkány
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Sárkány, Zsuzsa
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5E1C-24E7-A8E8
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9185-8210
Email addresses
- zsarkany@i3s.up.pt (Professional)
- zs.sarkany@gmail.com (Personal)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 926907489 (Personal)
- Telephone
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- 220408800 Ext.: 6160 (Professional)
Addresses
- Rua Alfredo Allen 208, Porto, Portugal, 4200-135 Porto, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
- RUA DOS BRASILEIROS, 94, 4455-071, LAVRA, Lavra-Matosinhos, Portugal (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemical Research Methods
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Hungarian (Mother tongue) | |||||
Portuguese | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2006/06/22
Concluded
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Structural Biochemistry (Doutoramento)
Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry, Budapest, Hungary, Hungary
"THE CATALYTIC MECHANISM OF RHINOVIRUS 2A AND POLIOVIRUS 3C PROTEASES" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Summa cum laude |
1999/09/07 - 2003/06/21
Concluded
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Structural Biochemistry (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry, Hungary
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Summa cum laude |
1990/09/03 - 1996/07/01
Concluded
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Biology - Chemistry (Mestrado integrado)
Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Budapest, Hungary, Hungary
"Investigation of the Unionid population from the river White Cris" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/04/01 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal | ||
2018/04/01 - 2019/03/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Portugal |
2017/05/01 - 2018/01 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Biochemical and Biophysical Technologies Platform, Portugal |
2016/05/01 - 2017/04/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Biomolecular Structure and Function Group, Portugal |
2011/05/01 - 2016/04/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Protein Crystallography Group, Portugal |
2007/05/01 - 2011/04/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Molecular Structure Group, Portugal |
1997/08/01 - 2003/04/30 | Researcher (Research) | Institute of Enzymology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, Hungary |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2003/05/01 - 2007/04/30 | Living in Portugal for family reasons, bringing up two sons born here. In the meantime, Ph.D. exams and thesis defense completed back in Budapest, Hungary. | Institute of Enzymology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, Hungary |
1996/08/01 - 1997/07/31 | Biology and chemistry teacher in high school | Verebély László High School, Budapest, Hungary, Hungary |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/01/01 - Current | Colloid aggregation activity of intrinsically disordered polypeptides that phase separate into neurotoxic condensates
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2019/01/01 - 2022/02 | Targeting diffusible oligomers of alpha-synuclein and ataxin-3: a drug repurposing opportunity for the treatment of neurodegenerative
diseases
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2018/03 - 2019/03 | Soluble oligomers of alpha-synuclein studied as possible drug targets for the treatment of Parkinson`s disease
FEUP-LEPABE-SINUCLEÍNA/NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000005
Post-doc Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016/05/01 - 2017/04/30 | Novel therapeutic tools for Machado-Joseph Disease: Lessons from molecular interactions
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000008
Post-doc Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2013/07/01 - 2015/06/30 | Biochemical and structural characterization of gene regulation by IscR, the Fe-S cluster biogenesis pathway regulator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2012 - 2015 | Ambiguity and virulence in a human pathogen
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2007 - 2009 | Plant TTL and Human RAGE: Any common features between the signaling pathways in plant development and human nerve regeneration?
PTDC/SAU-NEU/69123/2006
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2002/01/01 - 2003 | Structural basis of oligopeptidase regulation and catalysis: acylaminoacyl peptidase.
066099
PhD Student Fellow
Institute of Enzymology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, Hungary
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Wellcome Trust
Concluded
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1998 - 1999 | The mechanism of action of cysteine proteases: poliovirus 3C and rhinovirus 2A”
Hungarian National Research Fund Grant - OTKA T/9 T022808
Research Fellow
Institute of Enzymology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, Hungary
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Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2010/05/01 - 2016/04 | STRUCTURAL IMPACT OF CUG AMBIGUITY: STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEINS INVOLVED IN THE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
PATHWAY IN CANDIDA ALBICANS
SFRH/BPD/63465/2009
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Outputs
Publications
Conference abstract |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Preprint |
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Intellectual property
Provisional application for patent |
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Activities
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2022/02 - 2022/07/21 | Uncovering the Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation Behavior of Ataxin-3
Supervisor
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Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2011 - 2012/07/19 | "Cek1 e Ras1 de C. albicans: clonagem, expressão e purificação"
"C. albicans Cek1 and Ras1: cloning, expression and purification"
Co-supervisor of Vanessa Isabel Dias Ribeiro de Carvalho
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Biologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |