Dr Balazs Varga

(he/him/his)

University Position

Research Associate

Dr Balazs Varga is pleased to consider applications from prospective PhD students.

Interests

Research scientist working on understanding the development and physiology of the human brain and its dysfunction in disease conditions using cutting-edge bio-engineering, biotechnology, genetic tools and stem cell biology.

Key Publications

Signal requirement for cortical potential of transplantable human neuroepithelial stem cells.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29839-8
Journal: Nat Commun
E-pub date: 23 May 2022
Authors: BV Varga, M Faiz, H Pivonkova, G Khelifi, H Yang, S Gao, E Linderoth, M Zhen, RT Karadottir, SM Hussein, A Nagy

Publications

iPS-cell-derived microglia promote brain organoid maturation via cholesterol transfer.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06713-1
Journal: Nature
E-pub date: 1 Nov 2023
Authors: DS Park, T Kozaki, SK Tiwari, M Moreira, A Khalilnezhad, F Torta, N Olivié, CH Thiam, O Liani, A Silvin, WW Phoo, L Gao, A Triebl, WK Tham, L Gonçalves, WT Kong, S Raman, XM Zhang, G Dunsmore, CA Dutertre, S Lee, JM Ong, A Balachander, S Khalilnezhad, J Lum, K Duan, ZM Lim, L Tan, I Low, KH Utami, XY Yeo, S Di Tommaso, J-W Dupuy, B Varga, RT Karadottir, MC Madathummal, I Bonne, B Malleret, ZY Binte, N Wei Da, Y Tan, WJ Wong, J Zhang, J Chen, RM Sobota, SW Howland, LG Ng, F Saltel, D Castel, J Grill, V Minard, S Albani, JKY Chan, MS Thion, SY Jung, MR Wenk, MA Pouladi, C Pasqualini, V Angeli, ONF Cexus, F Ginhoux

Human astrocytes and microglia show augmented ingestion of synapses in Alzheimer’s disease via MFG-E8.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101175
Journal: Cell Rep Med
E-pub date: 19 Sep 2023
Authors: M Tzioras, MJD Daniels, C Davies, P Baxter, D King, S McKay, B Varga, K Popovic, M Hernandez, AJ Stevenson, J Barrington, E Drinkwater, J Borella, RK Holloway, J Tulloch, J Moss, C Latta, J Kandasamy, D Sokol, C Smith, VE Miron, RT Káradóttir, GE Hardingham, CM Henstridge, PM Brennan, BW McColl, TL Spires-Jones

Electrochemically induced in vitro focal hypoxia in human neurons.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.968341
Journal: Front Cell Dev Biol
E-pub date: 1 Aug 2022
Authors: JJY Wong, BV Varga, RT Káradóttir, EAH Hall

Periods of synchronized myelin changes shape brain function and plasticity.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-021-00917-2
Journal: Nat Neurosci
E-pub date: 1 Nov 2021
Authors: O de Faria, H Pivonkova, B Varga, S Timmler, KA Evans, RT Káradóttir

Synaptic Dysfunction in Human Neurons With Autism-Associated Deletions in PTCHD1-AS.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.07.014
Journal: Biol Psychiatry
E-pub date: 15 Jan 2020
Authors: PJ Ross, W-B Zhang, RSF Mok, K Zaslavsky, E Deneault, L D'Abate, DC Rodrigues, RKC Yuen, M Faheem, M Mufteev, A Piekna, W Wei, P Pasceri, RJ Landa, A Nagy, B Varga, MW Salter, SW Scherer, J Ellis