Open positions

PhD

PhD positions are open in the topics of OTKA FK 134343 project and OTKA PD 134284 projects.
Title: Antifungal proteins - Investigation of antifungal mechanism and biological role for new therapeutic approaches
Title: Biofungicide and bioactivator potential of novel defensin-like proteins from Solanum lycopersicum L.
The project descriptions are here.

For further details, please contact the principal investigator (László Galgóczy, galgoczi@bio.u-szeged.hu)

To check the actual thesis topic proposals, please visit the website of the Hungarian Doctoral Council and the PhD Topics menu.

To check the actual scholarship possibilities for foreign students, please visit the website of the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme.

MSc and BSc diploma thesis worker

BSc and MSc diploma thesis work opportunities are open for university students.

For further details, and actual topics, please, contact the group leader (László Galgóczy, galgoczi@bio.u-szeged.hu)

Closed PhD, MSc and BSc theses in the topic of antifungal proteins in the past 5 years

PhD theses:

Liliána Tóth (2018; University of Szeged): Isolation and characterization of Neosartorya fischeri antifungal protein 2 (NFAP2) (in Hungarian)

MSc theses:

Kata Makula (2021; Budapest University of Technology and Economics): Production and investigation of Neosartorya (Aspergillus) fischeri antifungal protein 2 (NFAP2)-based antimicrobial chimeric proteins (in Hungarian)

Tamás Ördög (2020; University of Szeged): Combinatorial application of Neosartorya fischeri antifungal proteins and their peptide derivatives in plant and crop protection (in Hungarian)

Hargita Ficze (2019; University of Szeged): Potential applications of Neosartorya fischeri antifungal protein and its peptide derivatives in the agriculture (in Hungarian)

Mohamad Anas Al Bouni (2019; University of Szeged): Potential role and interaction partners of NFAP in the native producer, Neosartorya fischeri NRRL 181 (in English)

Roberta Tóth (2017; University of Szeged): Heterologous expression of Neosartorya fischeri antifungal protein 2 and its gamma-core improved variant in Penicillium chrysogenum (in Hungarian)

BSc theses:

Hilda Vass (2021; University of Szeged): Antifungal activity of peptide derivatives designed on the γ-core region of Solanum lycopersicum L.-derived defensins (in Hungarian)

Petra Királdi (2021; University of Szeged): Investigation of Candida albicans strains evolved resistance to γ-core peptide derivative of Neosartorya (Aspergillus) fischeri antifungal protein 2 (in Hungarian)

Adorján Benya (2021; University of Szeged): The possibility of NFAP2 resistance development in Candida albicans (in Hungarian)

Rebeka Papp (2021; University of Szeged): Expression of Solanum lycopersicum L.-derived novel defensins in Penicillium chrysogenum (in Hungarian)

Szonja Belecz (2020; University of Szeged): Functional mapping of Aspergillus giganteus antifungal protein (AFP) (in Hungarian)

Kornél Zoltán Nedeczky (2018; University of Szeged) Anti-yeast effect of peptides designed according to the Neosartorya fischeri antifungal protein 2 (NFAP2) γ-core motif (in Hungarian)