I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry in 2009 and my Master’s Degree in Chemistry (Pharmaceutical Chemistry Module) in 2011 at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. I obtained my PhD in Bioorganic Chemistry in 2018 at Eötvös Loránd University in the MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry under the supervision of Dr. Szilvia Bősze. During my studies, I have broadened my research experience in several foreign institutions (Germany, Czech Republic, Peru, Japan). My PhD work involved the synthesis and biological evaluation of antimycobacterial agents and drug-peptide conjugates for targeted drug delivery. After my PhD I worked on the development of drug-peptide conjugates against glioblastoma in the same group.
I have joined the BioNanoSurf group (INMA – CSIC/UNIZAR, Zaragoza, Spain) in July 2019 as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow (MSCA-IF ID: 842652, TBNANO) under the supervision of Dr. Jesús Martínez de la Fuente. The aim of the TBNANO project is the development of targeted intracellular delivery of antitubercular agents by functionalized nanocapsules. I continued this research line in the same group in the frame of the MSCA-IF – ERC extension by CSIC. This work was extended with the further development of the nanoparticles aiming to target granulomas in TB and to overcome other highly emerging bacterial infections and biofilm formation. I am currently working in the same group as a postdoctoral researcher in the frame of the EU H2020-funded, international Phoenix project, where my work focuses on the characterization of ligand functionalized liposomes and other nanostructures. I am also participating in a project studying the interaction between nanoparticles and biological barrier models.
Postdoctoral researcher at Bionanosurf group
Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Universidad de Zaragoza
Edificio I+D+i - Campus Río Ebro
C/ Mariano Esquillor s/n 50018 Zaragoza (Spain)
E-mail:
zsuzsabaranyai AT unizar.es
zsuzsa.baranyai AT csic.es
baranyaizsuzs AT gmail.com
Web:
http://zsuzsabaranyai.com
http://bionanosurf.unizar.es/zsuzsa-baranyai
https://inma.unizar-csic.es/investigadores/baranyai-zsuzsa-eva
http://peptid.chem.elte.hu/baranyai_eng.html
2006-2009 BSc in Chemistry (Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary)
2009-2011 MSc in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Module (ELTE, Budapest, Hungary)
2011-2017 PhD in Chemistry (summa cum laude), Synthetic Chemistry,
Materials Science and Biomolecular Chemistry Program
(MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Budapest, Hungary)
2005-2006 University of Debrecen, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (Debrecen, Hungary),
participant of the Conference Series for Students (TUDOK) as a secondary school student
supervisor: Dr. Gábor Lente
project: Photochemical reaction of cerium(III) ion
2007-2011 MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Science Conference for Students member,
thesis projects
supervisors: Dr. Szilvia Bősze, Dr. Kata Horváti
BSc thesis: Selective targeting of antitubercular drugs to infected macrophages using peptide conjugates
(2009)
Science Conference for Students thesis: Synthesis and functional characterization of peptide conjugates
that inhibit the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2009)
MSc thesis: Synthesis and functional characterization of compounds that inhibit the growth of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2011)
2011-2017 MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, PhD student, doctoral candidate
supervisor: Dr. Szilvia Bősze
PhD thesis: Synthesis and biological evaluation of antimycobacterial agents and conjugates (2017)
2017- 2019 MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, assistant research fellow
supervisor: Dr. Szilvia Bősze
projects: Antimycobacterial drug-peptide conjugates; Drug-peptide conjugates against glioblastoma in the
frame of the New National Excellence Program Fellowship (ÚNKP-17-3) and National Competitiveness and
Excellence Programme (NVKP_16-1-2016-0036)
2019-to date Bionanosurf Group, Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon (INMA), Spanish
National Research Council (CSIC), University of Zaragoza, Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow
supervisor: Dr. Jesús Martínez de la Fuente
project: Targeted intracellular delivery of antitubercular agents by functionalized nanocapsules
(MSCA-IF ID: 842652, TBNANO, 01.07.2019-30.06.2021)
2010 (3 months) University of Konstanz, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and
Biopolymer Structure Analysis (Konstanz, Germany)
Erasmus Practical Placement Fellowship
hosting scientist: Dr. Marilena Manea
project: Synthesis and biochemical characterization of anticancer drug-peptide bioconjugates
2011 (1 month) Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Inorganic and Organic
Chemistry (Hradec Králové, Czech Republic)
Fellowship of Pázmány-Eötvös Foundation for Natural Sciences and Informatics
hosting scientist: Prof. Jarmila Vinšová
project: Synthesis of salicylanilide derivatives as antimicrobial compounds
2013 (1 month) Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Inorganic and Organic
Chemistry (Hradec Králové, Czech Republic)
Campus Hungary Short Term Study Program Fellowship
hosting scientist: Prof. Jarmila Vinšová
project: Synthesis of antimicrobial compounds that can be conjugated to peptides
2014 (5 weeks) Peruvian National Institute of Health, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology
(Lima, Peru)
Campus Hungary Short Term Study Program Fellowship
hosting scientist: Dr. Heinner Guio
project: Development of peptide based synthetic antigens for the in vitro specific detection of latent
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
2017 (10 days) Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research, Division of Biochemistry,
Biofunctional Design Chemistry (Kyoto, Japan)
Japanese-Hungarian Intergovernmental program (TÉT_12_JP-1- 2014-0023)
main investigator: Dr. Zoltán Bánóczi (MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry)
hosting scientist: Prof. Shiroh Futaki
project: Evaluation of cell-penetrating peptides using confocal microscopy
2009, 2010 Bolyai Master’s Fellowship
2009 Science Conference for Students in Chemistry at Eötvös Loránd University, 3rd prize
2010 2nd Biology and Chemistry College Conference, Biochemistry Section, 1st prize
2010 Students in Research, Poster Section Special Award
2010, 2011 Excellent Student of the Faculty Award, Eötvös Loránd University
2010 Erasmus Practical Placement Fellowship
2010 Hungarian National Scholarship
2011 Thesis Award, Hungarian Chemical Society
2012, 2014 Campus Hungary Short Term Study Program Fellowship
2014 Gedeon Richter Centenary Foundation Fellowship
2014 Travel grant for the 33rd European Peptide Symposium, Sofia, Bulgaria, 31.08.2014-05.09.2014
2015 Microtrade Kft. Young Researchers Competition, 1st prize
2017 New National Excellence Program Fellowship (ÚNKP-17-3)
2017 Albert Szent-Györgyi Young Investigator Award of The New York Hungarian Scientific Society
(application video: https://youtu.be/WmbHifcGPFM)
2018 MedInProt Mentor Pupil Program (Protein Science Research Synergy Program)
2018 Travel grant for the RiminiPeptides2018 conference, Rimini, Italy, 16.06.2018-18.06.2018.
2018 Publication Award of the Kisfaludy Lajos Foundation (1st prize for the paper Baranyai, Zs. et al,
Eur. J. Med. Chem., 2017, 133, 152-173.)
2019 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF ID: 842652, TBNANO)
2021 CSIC extension of projects MSCA IF-ERC
• Hungarian (native language)
• English intermediate language exam (2005)
• German intermediate language exam (2006)
• Spanish intermediate language exam (2017)
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