CWI Amsterdam | Research in mathematics and computer science

Full name: Andras Szabo
Formal name: A. Szabo
Function: Researcher

Email: A.Szabo@cwi.nl
Telephone +31(0)20 592 4077
Room: M231
Homepage: http://www.cwi.nl/~szabo
Research groups:
(MAC4) Life sciences

Research

I am a postdoc working on the evolutionary development of tumour growth. Using cell-based modelling, I am exploring the collective behaviour of heterogeneous cell aggregates emerging from the interaction of the individual cells. In my MSc thesis I presented a cell-based computational model for the spatial network formation of tissue cells. My PhD is on modelling vasculogenesis and collective cell behaviour with the cellular Potts model. During my PhD I worked in close collaboration with the Kansas University Medical Center on various experimental aspects of vasculo- and embryogenesis in the quail model.

Career

2011	Research associate, Eotvos University
2011 - 2013	Scientific staff member MAC4 - Life Sciences
2008 - 2011	Research associate, part-time, University of Kansas, Medical Center
2007 - 2011	PhD in Biophysics, Eotvos University; supervisor: Andras Czirok
2001 - 2006	MSc in Physics, Eotvos University; supervisor: Andras Czirok

Selected Academic Activities

2011 - 2012

MSc thesis co-advisor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - [VU] - Rabbers, I.

Selected Publications

A.K. Lagendijk, A. Szabó, R.M.H. Merks, J Bakkers. Hyaluronan: A critical regulator of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition during cardiac valve formation.. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2013.

A. Szabó, K. Varga, T. Garay, B. Hegedus, A. Czirok. Invasion from a cell aggregate—the roles of active cell motion and mechanical equilibrium. Physical Biology, 2012.

A Aleksandrova, A. Czirok, A. Szabó, M.B. Filla, M.J. Hossainc, P.F. Whelan, R.D. Lansford, B.J. Rongish. Convective tissue movements play a major role in avian endocardial morphogenesis. Developmental Biology, 2012.

All publications (link to repository)