!!Erzsébet Ligeti - Curriculum Vitae
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Name: Erzsébet Ligeti\\
Citizenship: Hungarian\\
Institution: Department of Physiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest\\ \\
__Degrees:__ \\
*1974: M.D. "summa cum laude" at the Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest
*1981: "Candidate of Medical Sciences" (= Ph.D. in physiology)
*1990: "Doctor of Medical Sciences" (= habilitation)
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__Positions:__
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*1974-1980: Research Fellow in the Experimental Research Department of
             Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest
*1980-1989: Assistant Professor in the Physiology Department of
             Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest
*1989-1993: Associate Professor in the same Department
*1993-    : Full Professor of Physiology in the same Department
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__Teaching activity:__
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*1974- : in charge of lab-courses in physiology for 2nd year medical students
*1981- : lecture courses in physiology for medical students\\
**instructing medical and Ph.D. students to obtain their degrees\\
**participant in medical students' oral exams\\
*1993-:  leading teacher in the Ph.D. program on Cellular and Molecular Physiology
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__PhD students:__
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Dr. Katalin Suszták (1997)\\
Dr. Jutta Wölfl (1997)\\
Dr. Krisztina Káldi (1998)\\
Dr. Miklós Geiszt (1998)\\
Dr. Katalin Szászi (1999)\\
Dr. Attila Mócsai (1999)\\
Dr. Botond Bánfi (2002)\\
Dr. Gergely Molnár (2002)
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__Visiting positions:__
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*1981: 3 months in the Neurochemical Laboratory of the University of Dundee
        (head: David G. Nicholls), working on ion transport in synaptosomes
*1983-84: Visiting Scintist for 15 months in the Biochemical Laboratory of the Nuclear Center in 
         Grenoble (head: Pierre V. Vignais), working on mitochondrial phosphate transport
*1987: Visiting Scintist for 3 months in the same lab in Grenoble working on neutrophil granulocytes
*1988: Visiting Scintist for 6 months in Grenoble working on the NADPH oxidase of granulocytes
*1991: Humboldt-fellow for 11 months in the Pharmacology Department of the University of           Heidelberg (head: K.H.Jakobs), working on G-proteins of granulocytes
*1994: Visiting Scientist for 3 months in the Boston Biomedical Research Institute (Dr. Hartmut             Wohlrab), working on mutagenesis of the mitochondrial phosphate transport protein
*1998: Humboldt fellow for 3 months in the Biochemistry Center of Heidelberg University
*2001: Visiting Scientist in the Cancer Center of MGH/Harvard, Boston, USA
*2002: Visiting Scientist in the Cancer Center of MGH/Harvard, Boston, USA
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__General Research Interests:__ 
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ion transport processes across biological membranes\\
regulation of the biological functions of granulocytes\\
physiological functions of small GTPases\\	
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__Specific topics studied:__
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mitochondrial cation transport\\
mitochondrial phosphate transport protein\\
relation of ion transport and transmitter release in synaptosomes\\
regulation of the NADPH oxidase of neutrophil granulocytes\\
role of GTP binding proteins in neutrophil functions\\
coupling of the NADPH oxidase and H+-transport in granulocytes\\
regulation of GTPase activating proteins\\
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__Courses organized__
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*1989: FEBS Advanced (laboratory) Course on "Biochemistry of Membrane Transport", Budapest
*1993: FEBS Advanced (lecture) Course on "Biochemistry of Membrane Transport", Hungary
*1995: ICRO Advanced (laboratory) Course on "Biochemistry of Membrane Transport"
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__Research collaborations:__
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*1996-98: K.H. Krause, University of Geneva, supported by Swiss Nationalfond 
*1997-99: D. Roos, CLB Amsterdam, supported by NWO-OTKA 
*2000-2002: M.C. Dagher, CENG Grenoble, Hungarian-French Research Agreement
*2001-2002: J.S.Settleman, Harvard University, Hungarian-American Joint Fund
*2002-2004: M.J.Rabiet, CENG Grenoble, Hungarian-French Research Agreement
*2002-2003: J.S.Settleman, Harvard University, Hungarian-American Joint Fund
*2004-2006: J.S.Settleman, Harvard University, Fogarty International Research Collaboration Award 
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__Awards: __
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*1996: Academic Prize from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for research on  phagocytes
*1997: Széchenyi Professors' Award	  
*2002: Ipolyi Arnold Award
*2003: member of the Academia Europaea
*2003: Szentágothai János Award
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__Languages:__ fluent in English, German, French