SzSA YearBook 2018/19

SZENT-GYÖRGYI STUDENTS
BARNABÁS HEGEDŰS
Szeged Scientists Academy, 1 st year
University of Szeged,
Faculty of Medicine, 1 st year
YEAR OF BIRTH:
1995
FORMER
SZENT-GYÖRGYI
PUPIL:
yes
SZENT-GYÖRGYI
MENTOR:
Balázs Papp
SPECIALIZATION:
metabolomics,
computational biology
SECONDARY
SCHOOL:
Radnóti Miklós
Experimental Grammar
School, Szeged
NAME OF TEACHER:
IMPORTANCE, AIMS AND POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF RESEARCH
Studying the human metabolome is necessary for the future of medicine. By understanding
it, we can identify new biomarkers, find key molecules in the pathophysiology of diseases
and even understand the healthy human body better. As the mapping of the human
metabolome only started in the last couple of years we have not yet understood this
system in details. We do not know what polymorphisms the healthy human metabolome
shows on the population level. We do not know which metabolic alterations are eliminated
by natural selection. Furthermore, we do not know the relation of these to disease
conditions. In our project we compare pre-existing dataset from previous publications in
order to answer the questions above and to understand the mechanisms and evolution
of the human metabolome better.
AMBITIONS AND CAREER GOALS
I aim to study the fields of data science, statistics and computational biology further in order
to participate in international research projects which contribute to the development of
evidence based medicine.
HONORS AND PRIZES
• Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarship (2016)
• Scholarship of the Prime Minister of Hungary (2015)
• 25 th International Biology Olympiad, Indonesia: Bronze Medal (2014)
• Hungarian Biology Olympiad: 9 th place (2014)
• Hungarian Chemistry Olympiad: 16 th place (2014)
• Hungarian Biology Olympiad: 21 st place (2013)
Viktória Gál,
Sándor Bán
LANGUAGES:
English/advanced
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