Lab members
Zoltán Kovács – postdoctoral fellow
Péter Ecsédi – postdoctoral fellow
Bálint Jezsó – research fellow
János Pálinkás – PhD student
Eszter Házy – lab manager
Ákos Nyitrai – MSc project student
Dávid Érfalvy – MSc project student
Júlia Szittyai – MSc project student
Benedek Kiss – BSc project student
Krisztina Csipkay – BSc project student
Lab alumni
Mihály Kovács
Professor, Head of Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Education, degrees
M.Sc. (Biology, ELTE, 1998)
Ph.D. (Structural Biochemistry, ELTE, 2002)
Postdoctoral training (National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA), 2002-2005)
Habilitation (Biology, ELTE, 2008)
D.Sc. (Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), 2012)
Fellowships
EMBO Fellowship (Max-Planck-Inst. for Medical Research, Heidelberg, 1998)
Hungarian State Eötvös Fellowship (Univ. of Leicester, 2000)
EMBO Fellowship (Univ. of Leicester, 2001)
NIH Visiting Fellowship (NIH, 2002-2005)
Bolyai Fellowship (ELTE-MTA, 2006-2009, 2010-2013)
Prizes
Student Excellence Award (ELTE, 1998)
Lenfant Biomedical Fellowship Award (NIH, 2004-2005)
Fellows Award for Outstanding Research (NIH, 2004)
Fellows Award for Research Excellence (NIH, 2004)
Sigma-Aldrich Award, 1st Prize (Sigma-Aldrich Hungary, 2008)
Talentum Prize (MTA, 2009)
Ignaz L. Lieben Prize (Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2011)
Faculty of 1000 Evaluation (2012)
Orloff Science Award (NIH, 2013)
NHLBI Director’s Award (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, USA, 2013)
Bolyai Certificate (MTA, 2014)
Academy Award (MTA, 2017)
Teaching
BSc level: Biochemistry and molecular biology
MSc level: Biochemistry and molecular biology, Recombinant DNA techniques, Protein science, Motor proteins
PhD level: Transient enzyme kinetics, Fluorescence spectroscopy
Public service
Past
Member, Fellows Advisory Committee (NHLBI, 2003-2005)
Member, Board of Supervisors (Hungarian Biochemical Society, 2011-2014)
Co-chair, Motility Subgroup (BPS, USA, 2012)
Vice Chair, Student Scientific Research Council in Biology (ELTE, 2012-2019)
Board Member, National Research, Development and Innovation Office (2013-2020)
Member, National Student Scientific Research Council of Hungary, Biology section (2014-2019)
Member, Scientific Committee for Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2015-2021)
Secretary General (Hungarian Biochemical Society, 2016-2020)
Representative, General Assemby of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2016-2022)
Review Panel Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Research, Development and Innovation Office (2021-2023)
Member, Doctoral Council in Biology (ELTE, 2016-)
Member, Faculty Quality Control and Strategic Committee (ELTE, 2016-)
Program Leader, Structural Biochemistry Doctoral Program (ELTE, 2016-)
Member, Board of Trustees, Bolyai Fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2016-)
Head of Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE, 2019-)
Vice President, Hungarian Biochemical Society (2021-)
Chair, Scientific Committee for Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2024-)