Andras Janos Dinnyes

Homepage: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andras-dinnyes-a5960926


Present and Previous Positions

• 2008 - present  Full Professor, Head, Molecular Animal Biotechnology Laboratory, Szt. Istvan University, Gödöllö, Hungary

• 2005 - present CEO, Founder, BioTalentum Ltd, Gödöllő, SME on agricultural and medical biotechnology, stem cell technologies

• 2010 - 2016 Full Professor (0.2 FTE) Department of Animal Health, Veterinary Sciences Faculty, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

• 2008 - 2009 F.C. Donders Chair Professor, Veterinary Sciences Faculty, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

• 2002 - 2008 Scientific Advisor, Team leader, Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Genetic Reprogramming Team, Gödöllö, Hungary

• 2000 - 2001 Nuclear Transfer Team Leader, Dept. Gene Expression and Development, Roslin Institute, Roslin, UK

• 1997 - 1999 Visiting Research Scientist, Dep. of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

• 1994 - 1997 Research Fellow; Head of the Embryology Laboratory, Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Hungary

• 1993 - 1994 PHARE-ACCORD Post-doctoral Fellow, Veterinary Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

• 1991 - 1992 Fulbright Fellow, Dep. of Animal Health, National Zoo, Smithsonian Inst., Washington D.C., USA

Fields of Scholarship

• Genetic reprogramming by nuclear transfer cloning in animals

• Genetic reprogramming by induced pluripotent stem cell technology

• Pluripotent stem cell technology platform for medical models, toxicology and regenerative medicine

• Neurodegenerative diseases in vitro modelling (Alzheimers disease)

• Diabetes treatment by regenerative medicine

• In vitro embryo production and developmental origin of adulthood diseases in mammalians

• Cryobiology of mammalian gametes and embryos

Honours and Awards

• 2015 “Sandor Kallai” award of the Hungarian Laboratory Animal Science Association

• 2013 “Denis Gabor” Innovation Award, Hungary

• 2004 Marie Curie Excellence Team Grant (ERC starting grant equivalent in EU FP6)

• 2003 Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellowship in Biomedical Science in Central Europe (No. 070246)

• 1989 „Pro Scientia” Gold Medal by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and National Student Scientific Circles

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