DarkMatter project consortium met in Groningen for productive scientific exchange
Groningen, Netherlands – April 8, 2025 — The DarkMatter Project held its third in-person consortium meeting in Groningen, hosted by UMCG / UMCG Research. The Horizon Europe-funded team spent the […]
Excellence in Research: Highlights from the Bolyai János Research Fellowship
As part of the event showcasing groundbreaking findings supported by the Bolyai János Research Fellowship, Máté Manczinger delivered a presentation titled „The Role of Immunological Similarity in Pathogen Immune Evasion.” […]
Six-Month Meeting for DarkMatter Project in Kiel
We recently concluded a productive six-month review meeting of the DarkMatter EU Horizon project in Kiel. The gathering featured a series of outstanding presentations and engaging discussions that significantly advanced […]
Team building canoeing adventure
We recently enjoyed a thrilling canoeing trip down the Maros River from Makó to Szeged. The weather cooperated beautifully, providing us with perfect conditions for our journey. The river’s swift […]
The distinction between self and non-self entities by the immune system is more complex than it may initially appear
Essentially, the immune system’s primary function is to differentiate between our own harmless molecules and potentially harmful foreign ones. This distinction is largely influenced by the degree of similarity a […]
New innovative lab
We are thrilled to announce the completion of our new laboratory, meticulously designed and equipped with the latest and most cutting-edge IT tools available. This state-of-the-art facility represents a significant […]
BRC Researchers participate in a Horizon Europe consortium unraveling the interplay between infectious diseases and noncommunicable diseases
The Systems Immunology Research Group at HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged led by Máté Manczinger is participating in a HORIZON-HEALTH-2023-DISEASE-03 project named ID-DarkMatter-NCD. The consortium is coordinated by Thomas Vogl […]
The Systems Immunology Research Group is proud to be a part of the EU Horizon Health consortium „ID-DarkMatter-NCD.”
We are delighted to announce that our research group is a member of an exceptional team, led by Thomas Vogl and composed of experts in immunology, genomics, and data science. […]Two group members have won the János Bolyai Research Fellowship in 2023
This year, Balázs Koncz has won the János Bolyai Research Fellowship with a research proposal related to immunological blind spots. Máté Manczinger has also won the fellowship in the „repeating” […]
Three new members in the group
We are happy to welcome three new members who recently joined the group: Alexandra, Bogi and Balázs. We are looking forward to working with you!
NTA summer school 2023
Our research group was lucky to mentor two high school students, Hanna and Dávid between the 10th and 14th of July within the framework of NTA summer school. They joined […]
Computational biology for high school students – experiences from the coast of the Red Sea
Computational biology is becoming increasingly important in both research and clinical decision-making. However, this field may not be commonly introduced to students until their first semester of university. In fact, […]
Synergy of HLA class I and II shapes the timing of antitumor immune response – our new preprint on biorXiv
Our recent preprint is now online.
Our project will be funded by the “OTKA” young researchers’ excellence programme
We are happy to announce that our research project „Evolution and self-similarity of viral epitopes” has won the OTKA grant. What does the short- and long-term evolution of viral epitopes […]
New Member in the team
Dávid Kókai has joined to the Systems Immunology Research group as a postdoctoral researcher. Feel free to read his introduction under the „Members” page. Welcome Dávid, have fun in the […]
We have joined the HCEMM
We started @ HCEMM on the 1st of July. HCEMM Kft. was incorporated by the Biological Research Center Szeged (BRC), the Semmelweis University in Budapest and the University of Szeged. […]
PhD student positions are available
We are seeking Ph.D. students to join the Systems Immunology Research Group, within the Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit of the BRC. You will study antitumor immunity and peptide immunogenicity using large datasets and modern data analysis methods.
Balázs Koncz has defended his PhD thesis
On 31st January, 2022, Balázs Koncz has defended his PhD thesis.
We have moved to the BRC
From 1st January 2022, the Systems Biology Research Group is located in the BRC, Szeged, Hungary.
New paper is out in PNAS
Our novel paper is published on 10th September in PNAS. See infographics and abstract in the Publication section.
Our newest publication is out at Nature Cancer
Check it under the Publications page or on the publishers’ site!