Dr. Marton Doleschall graduated as a biology and chemistry teacher from the Faculty of Science, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary (ELTE) in 2002, and he defended his PhD thesis at the Doctoral School of Veterinary Science, Szent István University (SzIU), Godollo, Hungary in 2007. He began to do research as an undergraduate student on plant molecular genetics in the Department of Genetics, ELTE, in 1999. He dealt with the transcriptional regulation of the bovine immune system in the Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Science, SzIU from 2002 to 2006. He won an EU COST Action grant to study molecular biology methods in the Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland in 2005. He carried out research on the transcriptional regulation of human genes involved in thyroxine activation in the Endocrine-Neurobiology Research Group, Experimental Medicine Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, Hungary from 2006 to 2007.
He worked in the Research Laboratory of the 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary from 2008 to 2013, where he conducted research on RCCX copy number variation and the steroid 21-hydroxylase gene (CYP21A2). He continued his research related to RCCX copy number variation and CYP21A2 with a clinical focus on congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to CYP21A2 in the Molecular Medicine Research Group, HAS-Semmelweis University. He was also a researcher in the Department of Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom in 2014, looking for the causative genes of endocrine diseases using bioinformatics and statistical genetic methods on whole genome datasets. He returned to the Molecular Medicine Research Group, HAS-Semmelweis University, where he continues his work on the topics of RCCX copy number variation, CYP21A2 and CAH. He also takes part in clinical studies as a scientific advisor, including a project on chromogranins and diabetes. He is familiar with both advanced molecular biology methods, such as real-time quantitative PCR and next-generation sequencing, and bioinformatic analysis of genetic and genomic data. He gained significant experiences in the statistical analysis of clinical studies. He had got research scholarships from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Janos Bolyai Research Scholarship) from 2017 to 2020 and the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (UNKP-19-4 New National Excellence Program) from 2019 to 2020. He is the review editor of the peer-reviewed Frontiers in Genetics journal.
He began his teaching career as a biology and chemistry private teacher in 1998 during his undergraduate studies. He has been working as a private teacher ever since in addition to his academic activities. He taught chemistry in Moricz Zsigmond High School, Budapest, Hungary in the 1999-2000 school year. He took veterinary physiology practices in the Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Science, SzIE from 2003 to 2006. He founded the Budapesti Realtanoda (Science School of Budapest) in 2015, which organizes now one of the most popular biology preparation courses for high school graduation in Hungary. The chemisty preparation courses of Budapesti Realtanoda also prepare prospective medical students for their graduate exams. He gives undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Hungarian and English, such as Bioinformatics for biologists of Faculty of Science, ELTE or “Genetics and Genomics of Endocrine Tumors” for PhD students of Semmelweis University. He was also a guest lecturer in the Faculty of Special Education, ELTE. He is an undergraduate and postgraduate supervisor, and a member of the Doctoral School of Clinical Medicine, Semmelweis University. He has also supervised undergraduate students in ELTE, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary (BME) and Pazmány Peter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary. His students have won prizes several times at Student Scientific Association Conferences (TDK).
Former students:
dr. Emese Ripszam
- MD student, Semmelweis University 2022
- The Scientific Students’ Associations Conference of Semmelweis University 2022 – 2nd prize
- Semmelweis University Rector’s Grant 2021 – 2nd prize
Szonja Bianka Kiss
- bioengineer MSc student, BME 2022
- bioengineer BSc student, BME 2020
- The National Scientific Students’ Associations Conference 2021 – 1st prize
- The Scientific Students’ Associations Conference of Semmelweis University 2020 – 2nd prize
Petra Hargitai
- bioengineer BSc student, BME, 2021
dr. Zoltan Herold
- PhD student, Semmelweis University, 2021 (together with Prof. Dr. Aniko Somogyi)
Alexandra Maria Csabi
- molecular bionics engineer BSc student, Pazmány Peter Catholic University 2020
Edit Eniko Martin
- bioengineer BSc student, BME 2020
dr. Reka Vadler
- MD, Semmelweis University 2018
- The Scientific Students’ Associations Conference of Semmelweis University 2017 – 1st prize
dr. Dorottya Szentivanyi
- MD, Semmelweis University 2014 (together with Prof. Dr. Zoltan Prohaszka)
- The Scientific Students’ Associations Conference of Semmelweis University 2012 – 2nd prize
Julianna Anna Szabo
- biologist MSc, ELTE 2012
- The Scientific Students’ Associations Conference of Semmelweis University 2012 – 1st prize
Krisztina Szalai
- biologist MSc, ELTE 2005 (together with Prof. Dr. Imre Kacskovics)