RESEARCH GROUP LEADER: Dr. Zsuzsanna Neogrády, CSc, associate professor, head of division
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RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS:
Associate professor: Dr. Zsuzsanna Neogrády, CSc
Senior lecturer: Dr. Gábor Mátis, PhD
Associate research fellow: Anna Kulcsár
PhD student: Dr. Janka Petrilla
Demonstrator: Kata Orbán
RESEARCH AREAS:
The research group conducts wide range of studies related to the physiological and pathological metabolism and its endocrine regulation in domestic animals. Epigenetic and metabolic effects of nutritional factors and feed additives on various tissues are of our special interest, with special emphasis on histone acetylation and the intracellular signaling pathways of insulin and glucagon. The detoxifying action of hepatic and intestinal drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzymes and their alterations are intensively studied in our research projects, comparing the enzyme activities of several domestic and wild animal species.
MEMBERSHIPS:
Hungarian Biochemical Society
World Poultry Science Association
LONG-TERM COLLABORATIONS:
Institute of Animal Science, University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany)
Department of Animal Sciences, Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia (Keszthely, Hungary)
Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, National Agricultural Research Center (Herceghalom, Hungary)
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Austria)
Palital Feed Additives (Velddriel, The Netherlands)
SERVICES:
Measurement of hepatic and intestinal cytochrome P450 enzyme activities in various species
Investigations on certain members of the insulin and glucagon signaling pathway by Western blotting (protein expression) and qRT-PCR (gene expression)
GRANTS:
| Funding source | Project title and topic | Amount (HUF) |
| National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Hungary (NRDIO) NN 114033 | Nutritional factors as regulatory molecules of hormonal signaling, metabolic health and inflammatory pathways in chicken | 19.920.000 |
