Eva Kondorosi

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Eva Kondorosi

Eva Kondorosi (born March 22, 1948 in Budapest , Hungary ) is a biologist with Hungarian and French citizenship.

Life

Eva Kondorosi completed her master's degree in biology in 1971 and in 1973 she obtained her doctorate in genetics and biochemistry at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. From 1973 it was part of the Research Center for Biology of the Hungarian Academies of Sciences in Szeged . Between 1973 and 1986 she completed stays abroad at the Universities of Sussex , Harvard and Cornell and at the Max Planck Institute for Breeding Research in Cologne . In 1989 she settled in France where she started working at the Center national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) . There Kondorosi was Research Director at the Institut des Sciences du Végétal in Gif-sur-Yvette .

In 1995 she obtained French citizenship . It played an important role in the scientific cooperation between Hungary and France. During her stay in France, she kept in close contact with her research laboratory in Szeged. This made possible the cooperation between the institute in Gif-sur-Yvette and the laboratory in Szeged. Between 2007 and 2012, the two institutions were linked through the establishment of the BAYGEN Institute. This is now part of the Research Center for Biology of the Hungarian Academies of Sciences. Kondorosi currently heads the Laboratory for Symbiosis and Functional Genomics there.

research

Eva Kondorosi researches the development of plant cells and their molecular protective mechanisms. With her research, she has made a significant contribution to understanding the symbiosis between plants and bacteria .

She examined legume plants ( legumes ) that enter into a nodule symbiosis with certain soil bacteria ( rhizobia ). The bacteria bind nitrogen that the plants need to grow. The plants manipulate the bacteria in such a way that they grow into enlarged bactereroids and change their cell membrane . Kondorosi found that antimicrobial peptides play an important role in this process. The plants that produce these peptides control the bacteria and make them their helpers.

These findings about nitrogen fixation were not only of great importance for basic research , but also make an important contribution to food security. It also made it possible to reduce the dependence on artificial fertilizers , which are an important source of greenhouse gases .

In 2018 she was awarded the Balzan Prize for Chemical Ecology for the following reasons : "For her important contributions to chemical ecology thanks to her groundbreaking research on the molecular biology of the symbiosis between legumes and nitrogen-fixing bacteria, the identification of nodulation genes and other nodal factors , the induction of nodulation genes by flavonoids, as well as the cell cycle regulation and differentiation of the bacteria during the development of the symbiosis. "

Memberships (selection)

Eva Kondorosi is a member of the following organizations:

Awards (selection)

Publications (selection)

  • Zhang S, Kondorosi E, and Kereszt A. An anthocyanin marker for direct visualization of plant transformation and its use to study nitrogen-fixing nodule development. J Plant Res. 2019; 132 (5): 695-703.
  • Kereszt A, Mergaert P, Montiel J, Endre G and Koronosi E. Impact of plant peptides on symbiotic nodule development and functioning. Front Plant Sci. 2018 Jul 17; 9: 1026.
  • Montiel J, Downie JA, Farkas A, Bihari P, Herczeg R, Balint B, Mergaert P and Kereszt A, Koronosi E. Morphotype of bacteroids in different legumes correlates with the number and type of symbiotic NCR peptides. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2017 May 9; 114 (19): 5041-5046.
  • Nagymihály M, Veluchamy A, Györgypal Z, Ariel F, Jégu T, Benhamed M, Szücs A, Kereszt A, Mergaert P and Koronosi E. Ploidy-dependent changes in the epigenome of symbiotic cells correlate with specific patterns of gene expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2017 Apr 25; 114 (17): 4543-4548.
  • Wang Q, Yang S, Liu J, Terecskei K, Abraham E, Gombar A, Domonkos A, Szücs A, Körmöczi P, Wang T, Fodor L, Mao L, Fei Z, Koronosi E, Kalo P, Kereszt A and Zhu H Host-secreted antimicrobial peptide enforces symbiotic selectivity in Medicago truncatula. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2017 Jun 27; 114 (26): 6854-6859.
  • Horvath B, Domonkos A, Kereszt A, Szücs A, Abraham E, Ayaydin F, Boka K, Chen Y, Murray JD, Udvardi MK, Koronosi E and Kalo P. Loss of the nodule-specific cysteine ​​rich peptide, NCR169, abolishes symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the Medicago truncatula dnf7 mutant. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2015 Dec 8; 112 (49): 15232-15237.
  • Dürgo H, Klement E, Hunyadi-Gulyas E, Szücs A, Kereszt A, Medzihradszky K and Koronosi E. Identification of nodule-specific cysteine-rich plant peptides in endosymbiotic bacteria. Proteomics. 2015 Jul; 15 (13): 2291-2295.
  • Maróti G, Downie JA, and Koronosi E. Plant cysteine-rich peptides that inhibit pathogen growth and control rhizobial differentiation in legume nodules. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2015 Aug; 26: 57-63.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bio-bibliography (English). Accessed July 30, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d Eva KONDOROSI | Académie d'Agriculture de France. Accessed July 30, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c UNESCO: The Scientific Advisory Board of the United Nations Secretary-General. October 31, 2013, accessed July 30, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g members. Accessed July 30, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c Eva Kondorosi. Retrieved July 30, 2020 (it-it).
  6. ↑ Katja: Find a Member. Retrieved July 30, 2020 (UK English).
  7. ↑ Eva Kondorosi. Accessed July 30, 2020 .
  8. ^ Magyar Tudomány • 2010 09 • Kondorosi Éva. Accessed July 30, 2020 .
  9. ↑ IS MPMI. Retrieved July 30, 2020 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Kondorosi, Eva
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian-French biologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest , Hungary