Dr. Dóra Szakonyi

Postdoctoral Scientist Manager LeafData.Org ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9189-629X

After completing the Knowtator Project Dr Dóra Szarkonyi has initiated the Leafdata.Org Project to create searchable cloud based database for public access with an extended library.

Since 2014 Dr Dóra Szarkonyi has worked as a Postdoctoral Scientist for:
Plant Molecular Biology group, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal

Supervisor: Dr. Paula Duque

Project: Dissecting sugar and energy signaling pathways in Arabidopsis: The regulatory connections between the plant-specific SR45 splicing factor and the conserved SnRK1.1 protein kinase


Previous Positions

  • Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Department of Plant Systems Biology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

    Supervisor: Dr. Pierre Hilson/Prof. Dirk Inzé
    Project: Annotation of primary literature using Knowtator
    Arabidopsis GROwth Network integrating OMICS technologies (AGRON-OMICS) European Commission 6th Framework Programme project (Grant number LSHG-CT-2006-037704)
  • Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

    Supervisor: Dr. Mary Byrne
    Project: Characterization of genetic enhancers of asymmetric leaves 1
  • Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany

    Supervisor: Prof. Csaba Koncz
    Project: Genetic dissection of regulatory domains and signaling interactions of PRL1 WD-protein in Arabidopsis
  • Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany

    Supervisor: Prof. Csaba Koncz
    Project: Genetic dissection of regulatory domains and signaling interactions of PRL1 WD-protein in Arabidopsis

Education

  • University of Cologne and Department of Plant Developmental Biology

    Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany

  • University of Szeged and Institute of Plant Biology

    Institute of Biology, Faculty of Science, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary


Publications

10. Carvalho RF, Szakonyi D, Simpson CG, Barbosa IC, Brown JW, Baena-González E, Duque P. (2016) The Arabidopsis SR45 Splicing Factor, a Negative Regulator of Sugar Signaling, Modulates SNF1-Related Protein Kinase 1 Stability. Plant Cell. Aug;28(8):1910-25

9. Szakonyi D. (2016) LEAFDATA: a literature-curated database for Arabidopsis leaf development. Plant Methods. 2016 Feb 15;12:15.

8. Szakonyi D, Van Landeghem S, Baerenfaller K, Baeyens L, Blomme J, Casanova-Sáez R, De Bodt S, Esteve-Bruna D, Fiorani F, Gonzalez N, Grønlund J, Immink RGH, Jover-Gil S, Kuwabara A, Muñoz-Nortes T, van Dijk ADJ, Wilson-Sánchez D, Buchanan-Wollaston V, Angenent GC, Van de Peer Y, Inzé D, Micol JL, Gruissem W, Walsh S, and Hilson P The KnownLeaf Literature Curation System Captures Knowledge about Arabidopsis Leaf Growth and Development and Facilitates Integrated Data Mining. CURRENT PLANT BIOLOGY

7. Ji H, Wang S, Li K, Szakonyi D, Koncz C, Li X. (2014) PRL1 modulates root stem cell niche activity and meristem size through WOX5 and PLTs in Arabidopsis. Plant J. Nov 29. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12733.

6. Zsogon A, Szakonyi D, Shi X, Byrne ME. (2014) Ribosomal Protein RPL27a Promotes Female Gametophyte Development in a Dose-Dependent Manner. PLANT PHYSIOL. 165(3):1133-1143. DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.241778.

5. Koncz C, Dejong F, Villacorta N, Szakonyi D, Koncz Z (2012) The spliceosome-activating complex: molecular mechanisms underlying the function of a pleiotropic regulator. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE. 3:9. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00009.

4. Szakonyi D, Byrne ME. (2011) Involvement of ribosomal protein RPL27a in meristem activity and organ development. PLANT SIGNAL BEHAV. 6(5):712-4.

3. Szakonyi D, Byrne ME. (2011) Ribosomal protein L27a is required for growth and patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT J. 65(2):269-81. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04422.x.

2. Szakonyi D, Moschopoulos A, Byrne ME. (2010) Perspectives on leaf dorsoventral polarity. J PLANT RES. 123(3):281-90. DOI: 10.1007/s10265-010-0336-3.

1. Dorjgotov D, Szucs A, Otvos K, Szakonyi D, Kelemen Z, Lendvai A, Ponya Z, Barnabas B, Brown S, Dudits D, Feher A. (2003) Specific features of RHO GTPase-dependent signaling in plants. CELL BIOL INT. 27(3):191-2. DOI: 10.1016/S1065-6995(02)00335-9.


Book Chapters

Szakonyi, D and Berendzen, KW (2013) "The Consensus RNA Polymerase II Core Promoter and Beyond" The Analysis of Regulatory DNA: Current Developments, Knowledge and Applications Uncovering Gene Regulation, Editor-in-Chief: Berendzen, KW., Bentham Science eBooks, ISBN: 978-1-60805-711-5, pp. 39 - 70.