Work experience

Erika Liktor-Busa Phd, PharmD

WORK EXPERIENCE

2016- postdoctoral fellow, University of Arizona, Department of Pathology

2014-2015: assistant lecturer, Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Szeged

2010-2012: postdoctoral fellow, University of Arizona, Department of Pharmacology

2010: assistant lecturer, Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Szeged

2008-2010: research assistant, Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Szeged

EDUCATION

2008: PhD. degree of University of Szeged (summa cum laude)

2005-2008: Doctoral School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of University of Szeged,

Department of Pharmacognosy

2005: University of Szeged, Faculty of Pharmacy

Graduated as a pharmacist (excellent diploma)

AWARDS

2010: Zsigmond Foundation for Diabetes, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2009: Anoli Award, Hungarian Pharmaceutical Society

2006: Award of the Pharmacia Foundation, Hungarian Chamber of Pharmacists

FIELD OF INTERESTS

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  Isolation, purification and structure determination of naturally occuring plant-derived compounds
  
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  Pharmacological characterization of natural, semi-synthetic and synthetic molecules
  
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  Identification of specific molecular targets of these substances
  
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  Investigation of their mechanism of action at subcellular level
  
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  Special area of interest: central nervous system disorders (chronic pain), infectious diseases
  

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES




Language: English (advanced level), German (basic level)

Computing: Microsoft Office, GraphPad Prism, Image J software

Laboratory experiences:

Chemistry-related skills:

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  Isolation, purification and structure determination of bioactive compounds from plant materials
  
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  preparative and analytical chromatographic techniques (TLC, HPLC, RPC, preparative column chromatography)
  
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  basic bench/wet chemistry techniques
  

Pharmacology, molecular biology and microbiology-related skills:

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  radioligand receptor binding techniques (saturation, competition binding assays and cAMP functional binding assays)
  
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  microbiology – maintenance of bacterial culture, protein production and purification from bacterial cells, susceptibility test, MIC determination, checkerboard method
  
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  general eukaryotic cell culture and primer neuronal cell culture maintenance and transfection
  
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  Western-blot, immunoprecipitation and immunohistochemistry
  
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  ELISA
  
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  DNA/RNA extraction and purification
  
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  PCR and RT-PCR
  

Teaching experiences:

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  2012: Lili Szabo (graduated, co-supervised with Dr. Eva Varga, University of Arizona, Dept. of Pharmacol.)
  
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  2011: Jeremy Driscoll (graduated, co-supervised with Dr. Eva Varga, University of Arizona, Dept. of Pharmacol.)
  
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  2011: Adam Senograczki (graduated, University of Szeged, Dept. of Pharmacog.)
  

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. 
   Kalász H., Liktor-Busa E., Janicsák G., Báthori M.:
   

Role of preparative rotation planar chromatography in the isolation of ecdysteroids. J. Liquid. Chrom. R.T. 2006, 29, 2095-2109.

2. 
   Liktor-Busa E., Simon A., Tóth G., Fekete G., Kele Z., Báthori M.:
   

Ecdysteroids from Serratula wolffii Roots. J. Nat. Prod. 2007, 70, 884-886.

3. 
   Simon A., Tóth G., Liktor-Busa E., Kele Z., Takács M., Gergely A., Báthori M.:
   

Three new steroids from the roots of Serratula wolffii. Steroids. 2007, 72, 751-755.

4. 
   Liktor-Busa E., Simon A., Tóth G., Báthori M.:
   

The first two ecdysteroids containing a furan ring from Serratula wolffii. Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 1738-1740.

5. 
   Simon A., Liktor-Busa E., Tóth G., Kele Z., Groska J., Báthori M.:
   

Additional minor phytoecdysteroids of Serratula wolffii. Helv. Chim. Acta. 2008, 91, 1640-1645.

6. 
   Hunyadi A., Veres K., Liktor-Busa E., Báthori M.:
   Glycosidically bound volatile constituents of the leaves of Morus alba L. – a new approach concerning the antidiabetic activity of the drug. Planta Med. 2008, 74, 1117.
   

7. Takács M., Simon A., Liktor-Busa E., Báthori M., Zsila F., Bikádi Z., Horváth P., Veress G., Gergely A., Tóth G.:

Structure and stereochemistry of novel ecdysteroids from the roots of Serratula wolfii. Magn. Reson. Chem. 2010, 48, 386-391.

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   Hunyadi A., Liktor-Busa E., Balogh A., Hsieh T., Zupko I., Hohmann J.:
   

Investigation of the antidiabetic activity of Morus alba leaf extract in vitro and in vivo. Planta Med. 2010, 76, 1217.

9. Vardanyan R., Kumirov V., Nichol G., Davis P., Liktor-Busa E., Rankin D., Varga E., Vanderah T., Porreca F., Lai, J.:

Synthesis and biological evaluation of new opioid agonist and neurokinin-1 anatgonist bivalent ligands. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2011, 19, 6135-6142.

10. Kirmizibekmez H., Hilal B., Liktor-Busa E., Zana A., Yesilada E., Hohmann J.:

Chemical constituents of Salvia dichroantha. Biochem. System. Ecol. 2012, 42, 18-20.

11. Hunyadi A., Liktor-Busa E., Márki Á.,Martins A., Jedlinszki N., Hsieh T.J., Báthori M., Hohmann J., Zupkó I.:

Metabolic Effects of Mulberry Leaves: Exploring Potential Benefits in Type 2 Diabetes and Hyperuricemia. Evid. Based Complement. Alternat. Med. 2013, 2013, 948627.

12. Palici IF., Liktor-Busa E., Zupko I., Touzard B., Chaieb M., Urban E., Hohmann J.

Study of in vitro antimicrobial and antiproliferative activities of selected Saharan plants. Acta Biol. Hung. 2015, 66, 385-394.

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