Plant Stress Biology Group - Group leader

Plant Stress Biology Group - Group leader

Last modified: 01. July 2024

Name: Tibor Csorba
Department: Department of Plant Biotechnology
Position: senior research fellow, group leader
Phone: +36-28/430-494 / 4154
Office: MATE GBI Gödöllő, Szent-Györgyi A. str. 4., I. floor, 105
E-mail: Csorba.Tibor.Levente@uni-mate.hu

Publons
ORCID
MTMT2
ODT


Academic carrier

  • Group leader (MATE University, Genetics and Biotechnology Institute, Department of Plant Biotechnology, Plant Stress Biology, 2018-) 
  • Senior research fellow (NARIC-Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllő, J Burgyan lab, 2016-2018)
  • Research fellow (NARIC-Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllő, J Burgyan lab, 2013-2016)
  • Research fellow (John Innes Center, C Dean lab, 2011-2013)
  • Research fellow (University of East Anglia, T Dalmay lab, 2009-2011)
  • Assistant research fellow (Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllő, J Burgyan lab 2003-2009)
  • PhD.: Classical and molecular genetics, ELTE, Budapest (2003-2009)
  • MSc.: Biology-chemistry, BBTE, Cluj-Napoca (1998-2002)


Research area

  • Investigation of the roles of a conserved non-coding RNA-family in the fertilization of Angiosperms (NKFIH 137722);
  • Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of heat stress response in Brassicaceae (NKFIHK129283).


Educational activity:

  • Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of heat stress response (optional subject)
  • The roles of long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of transcription and epigenetics (optional   subject)


Selected publications:

5 most significant publications 2017-2022 (5 years)

NODULIN HOMEOBOX is required for heterochromatin homeostasis in Arabidopsis.Karányi Z, Mosolygó-L Á, Feró O, Horváth A, Boros-Oláh B, Nagy É, Hetey S, Holb I, Szaker HM, Miskei M, Csorba✻ T, Székvölgyi✻ L. (2022) Nat Commun. 2022 Aug 27;13(1):5058. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32709-y.

Elongation factor TFIIS is essential for heat stress adaptation in plants.Szádeczky-Kardoss✻ I, Szaker✻ HM, Verma R, Darkó É, Pettkó-Szandtner A, Silhavy D, Csorba T. (2022) Nucleic Acids Res. 2022 Feb 28;50(4):1927-1950. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac020

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.

miR824/AGAMOUS-LIKE16 Module Integrates Recurring Environmental Heat Stress Changes to Fine-Tune Poststress Development.
Szaker HM, Darkó É, Medzihradszky A, Janda T, Liu HC, Charng YY, Csorba T*.
Front Plant Sci. 2019 Nov 25;10:1454. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01454.

The nonstop decay and the RNA silencing systems operate cooperatively in plants.
Szádeczky-Kardoss* I, Csorba* T, Auber A, Schamberger A, Nyikó T, Taller J, Orbán TI, Burgyán J, Silhavy D.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 May 18;46(9):4632-4648. doi: 10.1093/nar/gky279.

5 most significant publications during the academic carrier

Distinct Effects of p19 RNA Silencing Suppressor on Small RNA Mediated Pathways in Plants.
Kontra L, Csorba T*, Tavazza M, Lucioli A, Tavazza R, Moxon S, Tisza V, Medzihradszky A, Turina M, Burgyán J*.
PLoS Pathog. 2016 Oct 6;12(10):e1005935. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005935.

viral silencing suppressors: Tools forged to fine-tune host-pathogen coexistence.
Csorba T*, Kontra L, Burgyán J.
Virology. 2015 May;479-480:85-103. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.02.028.

Antisense COOLAIR mediates the coordinated switching of chromatin states at FLC during vernalization.
Csorba T, Questa JI, Sun Q, Dean C.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Nov 11;111(45):16160-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1419030111.

R-loop stabilization represses antisense transcription at the Arabidopsis FLC locus.
Sun Q, Csorba T, Skourti-Stathaki K, Proudfoot NJ, Dean C.
Science. 2013 May 3;340(6132):619-21. doi: 10.1126/science.1234848.

Polerovirus protein P0 prevents the assembly of small RNA-containing RISC complexes and leads to degradation of ARGONAUTE1.
Csorba T, Lózsa R, Hutvágner G, Burgyán J.
Plant J. 2010 May;62(3):463-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04163.x.

+ other significant works (book, chapter, educational material, patent, breed)

Regulation of High-Temperature Stress Response by Small RNAs. In: Miguel C., Dalmay T., Chaves I. (eds) Plant microRNAs.
Szaker H.M., Gyula P., Szittya G., Csorba T*. Concepts and Strategies in Plant Sciences. Springer, 2020 Cham, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35772-6

Gel mobility shift assays for RNA binding viral RNAi suppressors.,
Csorba T*, Burgyán J.:
Methods Mol Biol. 2011, 721:245-52. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-037-9_15.