Plant Immunolgy Group - Group Leader

Plant Immunology Group - Group leader

Last modified: 06. October 2022

Name: Dr. Károly Fátyol
Department: Dept. of Plant Biotechnology
Position: scientific advisor, group leader
Phone: +36-28/430-494
Office: MATE GBI Gödöllő, Szent-Györgyi A. st. 4., 2. floor, 213
E-mail: Fatyol.Karoly@uni-mate.hu

 

Scientific career

  • 2021-present: Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő
    Position: scientific advisor, group leader (Plant Immunology Group)
     
  • 2013-2021 Plant Immunology Group, NARIC - Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllő
    Position: senior research fellow, group leader (Plant Immunology Group)
     
  • 2011-2013 St Michaels's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
    Position: research fellow
     
  • 2009-2011 Membrane Biology Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
    Position: senior research fellow, project leader
     
  • 2007-2009 Institute of Enzymology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
    Position: research fellow
     
  • 2006-2007 Biological Research Center, Institute of Genetics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged
    Position: research fellow
     
  • 2004-2006 Deutches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
    Position: research fellow
     
  • 2001-2004 National Cancer Institute, NCI NIH, Bethesda, USA
    Position: research fellow
     
  • 1999-2001 Loma Linda University, California, USA
    Position: research fellow
     
  • 1998-1999 Stanford University, California, USA
    Position: postdoctoral fellow
     
  • 1992-1998 Biological Research Center, Institute of Genetics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged
    Position: scientific associate


Field of research

  • Plant antiviral RNA silencing
  • Genome editing


​​​​​​Selected publications (last 5 years 2017-2021)

  1. Wang Y, Gong Q, Wu Y, Huang F, Ismayil A, Zhang D, Li H, Gu H, Ludman M, Fátyol K, Qi Y, Yoshioka K, Hanley-Bowdoin L, Hong Y, Liu Y. A calmodulin- binding transcription factor links calcium signaling to antiviral RNAi defense in plants.
    CELL HOST MICROBE (2021) 29(9):1393-1406.e7. IF: 21.023
    doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.07.003
     
  2. Ludman M, Fátyol K*
    Targeted inactivation of the AGO1 homeologues of Nicotiana benthamiana reveals their distinct roles in development and antiviral defence
    NEW PHYTOLOGIST (2021) 229(3):1289–1297. IF: 10,151
    *levelező szerző
    doi: 10.1111/nph.16992
     
  3. Fátyol K*, Fekete AK, Ludman M
    Double-Stranded-RNA-Binding Protein 2 Participates in Antiviral Defense.
    JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY (2020) 94(11):e00017-20. IF: 5,103
    *levelező szerző
    doi: 10.1128/JVI.00017-20
     
  4. Ludman M, Fátyol K*
    The virological model plant, Nicotiana benthamiana expresses a single functional rdr6 homeolog.
    VIROLOGY (2019) 537: 143-148. IF: 3,315
    *levelező szerző
    doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2019.08.017
     
  5. Ludman M, Burgyán J, Fátyol K*
    CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Inactivation of Argonaute 2 Reveals its Differential Involvement in Antiviral Responses.
    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2017) 7(1):1010. IF: 4,259
    *levelező szerző
    doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01050-6


5 mostsignificant publications (entire career)

  1. Fátyol K*, Ludman M, Burgyán J
    Functional dissection of a plant Argonaute.
    NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH (2016) 44(3):1384-1397. IF: 10,162
    *levelező szerző
    doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv1371
     
  2. Yamashita M, Fátyol K, Jin CJ, Wang XC, Liu ZG, Zhang YE
    TRAF6 Mediates Smad-Independent Activation of JNK and p38 by TGF-β
    MOLECULAR CELL (2008) 31:(6) 918-924. IF: 12,903
    doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.09.002
     
  3. Arabi A, Wu SQ, Ridderstrale K, Bierhoff H, Shiue C, Fátyol K, Fahlen S, Hydbring P, Soderberg O, Grummt I, Larsson LG, Wright APH
    C-Myc associates with ribosomal DNA and activates RNA polymerase I transcription
    NATURE CELL BIOLOGY (2005) 7:(3) 303-310. IF: 19,717
    doi: 10.1038/ncb1225
     
  4. Fátyol K*, Szalay AA
    The p14(ARF) tumor suppressor protein facilitates nucleolar sequestration of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) and inhibits HIF-1-mediated transcription
    JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2001) 276:(30) 28421-28429.
    IF: 7,258
    *levelező szerző
    doi: 10.1074/jbc.M102847200
     
  5. Rossi FMV, Guicherit OM, Spicher A, Kringstein AM, Fátyol K, Blakely BT, Blau HM
    Tetracycline-regulatable factors with distinct dimerization domains allow reversible growth inhibition by p16
    NATURE GENETICS (1998) 20:(4) 389-393. IF: 40,361
    doi: 10.1038/3871