Applied Wild and Farm Animal Genomics Group - Group leader

Last modified: 12. October 2022

Name: Dr. Viktor Stéger Department: Department: Department of Genetics and Genomics Position: head of department Phone: +36-28/430-494 Fax: +36-28/430-494 Office: MATE GBI Gödöllő, Szent-Györgyi A. u. 4th, 2nd floor, 242 E-mail: Steger.Viktor@uni-mate.hu ORCID: 0000-0002-9972-8602 MTMT2  ODT

 

Scientific Career

• Head of Department, Team Leader, MATE, GBI, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Applied Wildlife and Farm Animal Genomics Group (2021-)
• Acting Deputy Director General, (NAIK, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, 2020-2021)
• Group leader, (NAIK, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, 2017-)
• Senior Research Fellow, (NAIK, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, 2016-)
• Research Fellow, (NAIK, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, 2011-)
• Research Assistant, (Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, 2006-)
• Radiation Protection Commissioner
• Hazardous waste handler
   
• Ph.D .: Doctoral School of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, TTK, Budapest (2011)
• M.Sc .: MSc. in Agricultural Engineering, Szent István University, Gödöllő, (2003 )

Research area

• Apicultural genomics and genetics
• Wild animal genomics and genetics research
• Pig genetics
• Rabbit genetics
   

Selected publications

Development of Wild Boar Species-Specific DNA Markers for a Potential Quality Control and Traceability Method in Meat Products.
Szemethy D, Mihalik B, Frank K, Nagy T, Újváry D, Kusza S, Szemethy L, Barta E, Stéger, V*
Food Anal. Methods. 2021, Nov; 14(1):18-27. doi.org/10.1007/s12161-020-01840-1

Population Genetic Structure of the Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in the Carpathian Basin.
Mihalik B, Frank K, Astuti PK, Szemethy D, Szendrei L, Szemethy L, Kusza S*, Stéger V*
Genes. 2020 Oct 14;11(10):1194 doi.org/10.3390/genes11101194

Mining the red deer genome (CerEla1.0) to develop X-and Y-chromosome-linked STR markers.
Frank K, Bana NÁ, Bleier N, Sugár L, Nagy J, Wilhelm J, Kálmán Z, Barta E, Orosz L, Horn P, Stéger V*
PLoS One. 2020 Nov 23;15(11):e0242506. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242506

The red deer Cervus elaphus genome CerEla1.0: sequencing, annotating, genes, and chromosomes.
Bana NÁ, Nyiri A, Nagy J, Frank K, Nagy T, Stéger V, Schiller M, Lakatos P, Sugár L, Horn P, Barta E, Orosz L*
Mol Genet Genomics. 2018 Jun;293(3):665-684. doi: 10.1007/s00438-017-1412-3.

The presence of Balkan and Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus) mitochondrial DNA lineages in the Carpathian Basin.
Frank K, Bleier N, Tóth B, Sugár L, Horn P, Barta E, Orosz L, Stéger V*
Mamm Biol. 2017 Apr 86(1): 48-55. doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.04.005

Genome sequencing and analysis of Mangalica, a fatty local pig of Hungary.
Molnár J, Nagy T, Stéger V, Tóth G, Marincs F, Barta E.
BMC Genomics. 2014 Sep 5;15(1):761. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-761. PMID:

The effect of LacI autoregulation on the performance of the lactose utilization system in Escherichia coli.
Semsey S, Jauffred L, Csiszovszki Z, Erdossy J, Stéger V, Hansen S, Krishna S.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Jul;41(13):6381-90. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt351.

Introgression and isolation contributed to the development of Hungarian Mangalica pigs from a particular European ancient bloodline.
Marincs F, Molnár J, Tóth G, Stéger V, Barta E.
Genet Sel Evol. 2013 Jul 1;45(1):22. doi: 10.1186/1297-9686-45-22.

Antler development and coupled osteoporosis in the skeleton of red deer Cervus elaphus: expression dynamics for regulatory and effector genes.
Stéger V, Molnár A, Borsy A, Gyurján I, Szabolcsi Z, Dancs G, Molnár J, Papp P, Nagy J, Puskás L, Barta E, Zomborszky Z, Horn P, Podani J, Semsey S, Lakatos P, Orosz L.
Mol Genet Genomics. 2010 Oct;284(4):273-87. doi: 10.1007/s00438-010-0565-0.

Gene expression dynamics in deer antler: mesenchymal differentiation toward chondrogenesis.
Gyurján I Jr, Molnár A, Borsy A, Stéger V, Hackler L Jr, Zomborszky Z, Papp P, Duda E, Deák F, Lakatos P, Puskás LG, Orosz L
Mol Genet Genomics. 2007 Mar;277(3):221-35. doi: 10.1007/s00438-006-0190-0.