Curriculum vitae

Main Research Areas
  • Intravital 2-photon microscopy of the immune system
  • Software development for automated and advanced image analysis and model-based simulations
  • Image-based Systems Biology
Professional Career
since 2016 Research associate, imaging and image analysis specialist at the Hans Knoell Institute, Jena
2016-2016 Microscopy and imaging specialist at the Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum (DRFZ) and the Beuth Hochschule, Berlin
2012-2016 Microscopy and imaging specialist in the JIMI (Joint Intravital Microscopy and Imaging) project at the Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Max Delbrück Center (Berlin) and at the Hans Knoell Institute, Jena
2010-2012 Research associate and Co-manager of the Confocal and 2-Photon Microscopy Core Facility at Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin
2007-2010 Imaging Facility manager in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge (GB)
1994-2007 Research associate and confocal imaging specialist in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Maryland Baltimore (USA)
1991-1994 Research associate in the Department of Physiology at the School of Medicine at Debrecen University (HU)
1985-1991 Research associate in the Department of Solid State Physics at Debrecen University (HU)

Publications

Gerst R, Cseresnyés Z, Figge MT# (2025) Intuitive Abläufe für die automatisierte Bildanalyse. JIPipe als quelloffene Softwarelösung für FAIRe Bildanalyse. Online-Publikation bei Wiley Analytical Science
Jia LJ#, Bernal FA, Soehnlein J, Sonnberger J, Heineking I, Rafiq M, Cseresnyes Z, Kage F, Schmidt F, Zaher R, Hortschansky P, Chaudhary S, Gong X, Schirawski J, Figge MT, Hube B, Brakhage AA# (2025) Convergent evolution of a fungal effector enabling phagosome membrane penetration. bioRxiv [Preprint]
Abou-Kandil A*, Tröger-Görler S*, Pschibul A*, Krüger T, Rosin M, Schmidt F, Akbarimoghaddam P, Sarkar A, Cseresnyés Z, Shadkchan Y, Heinekamp T, Gräler MH, Barber AE, Walther G, Figge MT, Brakhage AA, Osherov N#, Kniemeyer O# (2024) The proteomic response of Aspergillus fumigatus to Amphotericin B (AmB) reveals the involvement of the RTA-like protein RtaA in AmB resistance. microLife 6, uqae024.
Gardey E, Cseresnyés Z, Sobotta FH, Eberhardt J, Haziri D, Grunert PC, Kuchenbrod MT, Gruschwitz FV, Hoeppener S, Schumann M, Gaßler N, Figge MT, Stallmach A#, Brendel JC# (2024) Selective uptake into inflamed human intestinal tissue and immune cell targeting by wormlike polymer micelles. Small 20(21), 2470162.
Günther K, Nischang V, Cseresnyés Z, Krüger T, Sheta D, Abboud Z, Heinekamp T, Werner M, Kniemeyer O, Beilhack A, Figge MT, Brakhage AA, Werz O#, Jordan PM# (2024) Aspergillus fumigatus-derived gliotoxin impacts innate immune cell activation through modulating lipid mediator production in macrophages. Immunology 173(4), 748-767.
Jojić K*, Gherlone F*, Cseresnyés Z, Bissell AU, Hoefgen S, Hoffmann S, Huang Y, Janevska S, Figge MT, Valiante V (2024) The spatial organization of sphingofungin biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus and its cross-interaction with sphingolipid metabolism. mBio 15(3), e0019524.
Visser C, Rivieccio F, Krüger T, Schmidt F, Cseresnyés Z, Rohde M, Figge MT, Kniemeyer O, Blango MG*, Brakhage AA* (2024) Tracking the uptake of labelled host-derived extracellular vesicles by the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. microLife 5, uqae022.
Behrendt F, Pretzel D, Cseresnyés Z, Kleinsteuber M, Wloka T, Radosa L, Figge MT, Gottschaldt M, Brakhage AA, Schubert US# (2023) Hydrophilic cryogels as potential 3D cell culture materials: Synthesis and characterization of 2-(methacrylamido) glucopyranose-based polymer scaffolds. J Polym Sci 61(23), 3039-3054.
Behrendt F*, Cseresnyés Z*, Gerst R, Gottschaldt M, Figge MT#, Schubert US# (2023) Evaluation of reproducible cryogel preparation based on automated image analysis using deep learning. J Biomed Mater Res A 111(11), 1734-1749.
Foo WL, Cseresnyés Z, Rössel C, Teng Y, Ramoji A, Chi M, Hauswald W, Huschke S, Hoeppener S, Popp J, Schacher FH, Sierka M, Figge MT, Press AT#, Bauer M# (2023) Tuning the corona-core ratio of polyplex micelles for selective oligonucleotide delivery to hepatocytes or hepatic immune cells. Biomaterials 294, 122016.