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

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.
Guenther K, Nischang V, Cseresnyés Z, Thomas T, Sheta D, Abboud Z, Heinekamp T, Werner M, Kniemeyer O, Beilhack A, Figge MT, Brakhage A, Werz O#, Jordan P# (2024) Aspergillus fumigatus-derived gliotoxin impacts innate immune cell activation through modulating lipid mediator production in macrophages. Immunology [Epub ahead of print]
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.
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.
Gerst R*, Cseresnyés Z*, Figge MT# (2023) JIPipe: Visual batch processing for ImageJ. Nat Methods 20(2), 168-169.
Goldmann M*, Schmidt F*, Cseresnyés Z, Orasch T, Jahreis S, Hartung S, Figge MT, von Lilienfeld-Toal M, Heinekamp T, Brakhage AA# (2023) The lipid raft-associated protein stomatin is required for accumulation of dectin-1 in the phagosomal membrane and for full activity of macrophages against Aspergillus fumigatus. mSphere 8(1), e00523-22.
González K*, Gangapurwala G*, Alex J*, Vollrath A, Cseresnyés Z, Weber C, Czaplewska JA, Hoeppener S, Svensson CM, Orasch T, Heinekamp T, Guerrero-Sánchez C, Figge MT, Schubert US, Brakhage AA (2023) Targeting of phagolysosomes containing conidia of the human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus with polymeric particles. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 107(2-3), 819-834.
Jia LJ, Rafiq M, Radosa L, Hortschansky P, Cunha C, Cseresnyés Z, Krüger T, Schmidt F, Heinekamp T, Straßburger M, Loeffler B, Doenst T, Lacerda JF, Campos A, Figge MT, Carvalho A, Kniemeyer O, Brakhage AA# (2023) Aspergillus fumigatus hijacks human p11 to redirect fungal-containing phagosomes to non-degradative pathway. Cell Host Microbe 31(3), 373-388.e10.