Physiology and Developmental Biology Group - Group leader - Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology
Physiology and Developmental Biology Group - Group leader
Physiology and Developmental Biology Group - Group leader
Last modified: 11. July 2022
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Name: Zoltan Havelda |
Scientific carrier
Group leader MATE GBI (2021-present)
Head of NAIK MBK Plant Biotechnology Department (2011 – 2020)
Group leader, Plant Development Biology group (2011-present)
Group leader, Plant Virology Group (2008 – 2011)
Senior scientist, MBK (2001-2008)
EMBO Fellowship, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK (1999-2001)
PhD, Biology, University of Szent-István, Gödöllő, (1998)
Associate researcher, MBK, (1991-1999)
M.Sc. –Horticultural Engineer, University of Horticultural Sciences, Budapest (1991)
Research field
Investigation of the role and molecular mechanism of RNA interference in model and economically important crop plants. Utilization of genome editing for basic and applied sciences predominantly in barley and other monocot crops.
Teaching
Plant regulatory small RNAs (PEDIGKNK77), MSc-BSc supervising, Laboratorial practice
Selected publications
Controlled RISC loading efficiency of miR168 defined by miRNA duplex structure adjusts ARGONAUTE1 homeostasis.
Dalmadi, Ágnes; Miloro, Fabio; Balint, Jeannette; Varallyay, Eva; Havelda, Zoltan*, Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 Accepted for publication
Genome-Wide Identification of RNA Silencing-Related Genes and Their Expressional Analysis in Response to Heat Stress in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).
Hamar É, Szaker HM, Kis A, Dalmadi Á, Miloro F, Szittya G, Taller J, Gyula P, Csorba T, Havelda Z*. Biomolecules. 2020 Jun 18;10(6):929. doi: 10.3390/biom10060929.
AGO-unbound cytosolic pool of mature miRNAs in plant cells reveals a novel regulatory step at AGO1 loading.
Dalmadi Á, Gyula P, Bálint J, Szittya G, Havelda Z*. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019 Oct 10;47(18):9803-9817. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz690.
Creating highly efficient resistance against wheat dwarf virus in barley by employing CRISPR/Cas9 system.
Kis A, Hamar É, Tholt G, Bán R, Havelda Z*. Plant Biotechnol J. 2019 Jun;17(6):1004-1006. doi: 10.1111/pbi.13077.
Expansion of Capsicum annuum fruit is linked to dynamic tissue-specific differential expression of miRNA and siRNA profiles.
Taller D, Bálint J, Gyula P, Nagy T, Barta E, Baksa I, Szittya G, Taller J, Havelda Z*. PLoS One. 2018 Jul 25;13(7):e0200207. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200207
Polycistronic artificial miRNA-mediated resistance to Wheat dwarf virus in barley is highly efficient at low temperature.
Kis A, Tholt G, Ivanics M, Várallyay É, Jenes B, Havelda Z. * Mol Plant Pathol. 2016 Apr;17(3):427-37. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12291.
Independent parallel functions of p19 plant viral suppressor of RNA silencing required for effective suppressor activity.
Várallyay É, Oláh E, Havelda Z. * Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Jan;42(1):599-608. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt846.
Unrelated viral suppressors of RNA silencing mediate the control of ARGONAUTE1 level.
Várallyay E, Havelda Z. * Mol Plant Pathol. 2013 Aug;14(6):567-75. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12029.
Plant virus-mediated induction of miR168 is associated with repression of ARGONAUTE1 accumulation.
Várallyay E, Válóczi A, Agyi A, Burgyán J, Havelda Z*. EMBO J. 2010 Oct 20;29(20):3507-19. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2010.215.
MicroRNA detection by northern blotting using locked nucleic acid probes.
Várallyay E, Burgyán J, Havelda Z. * Nat Protoc. 2008;3(2):190-6. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2007.528.