ProfessorZoltanTakats

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

Professor of Analytical Chemistry

Contact

+44 (0)20 7594 2760z.takats

Location

Sir Alexander Fleming BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

Summary

Professor Takats has obtained his PhD from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. He has worked as a post-doctoral research associate at Purdue University, Indiana, USA. After returning to Hungary, he served as Director of Cell Screen Research Centre and also as Head of Newborn Screening and Metabolic Diagnostic Laboratory at Semmelweis University, Budapest.

Professor Takats was awarded the Starting Grant by the European Research Council in 2008 and he subsequently, became a Junior Research Group Leader at Justus Liebig University, Gießen, Germany. He moved to the United Kingdom in 2012 and currently works as a Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Imperial College London.

Professor Takats has pursued pioneering research in mass spectrometry and he is one of the founders of the field of ‘Ambient Mass Spectrometry’. He is the primary inventor of six mass spectrometric ionization techniques and author of 78 peer reviewed publications. He was the recipient of the prestigious Mattauch-Herzog Award of the German Mass Spectrometry Society and the Hungarian Star Award for Outstanding Innovators. He is the founder of Prosolia Inc, Medimass Ltd and Massprom Ltd, all companies pursuing analytical and medical device development.

Publications

Journals

Kreuzaler P, Inglese P, Ghanate A, et al.Kreuzaler P, Inglese P, Ghanate A, Gjelaj E, Wu V, Panina Y, Mendez-Lucas A, MacLachlan C, Patani N, Hubert CB, Huang H, Greenidge G, Rueda OM, Taylor AJ, Karali E, Kazanc E, Spicer A, Dexter A, Lin W, Thompson D, Silva Dos Santos M, Calvani E, Legrave N, Ellis JK, Greenwood W, Green M, Nye E, Still E, CRUK Rosetta Grand Challenge Consortium, Barry S, Goodwin RJA, Bruna A, Caldas C, MacRae J, de Carvalho LPS, Poulogiannis G, McMahon G, Takats Z, Bunch J, Yuneva M close, 2023, Vitamin B5 supports MYC oncogenic metabolism and tumor progression in breast cancer., Nat Metab, Vol:5, Pages:1870-1886

Kowalka AM, Alexiadou K, Cuenco J, et al.Kowalka AM, Alexiadou K, Cuenco J, Clarke REE, Minnion J, Williams ELL, Bech P, Purkayastha S, Ahmed ARR, Takats Z, Whitwell HJJ, Romero MG, Bloom SRR, Camuzeaux S, Lewis MRR, Khoo B, Tan TM-M close, 2023, The postprandial secretion of peptide YY<sub>1-36</sub> and <sub>3-36</sub> in obesity is differentially increased after gastric bypass versus sleeve gastrectomy, Clinical Endocrinology, Vol:99, ISSN:0300-0664, Pages:272-284

Voorde JV, Steven RT, Najumudeen AK, et al.Voorde JV, Steven RT, Najumudeen AK, Ford CA, Dexter A, Gonzalez-Fernandez A, Nikula CJ, Xiang Y, Ford L, Stavrakaki SM, Gilroy K, Zeiger LB, Pennel K, Hatthakarnkul P, Elia EA, Nasif A, Murta T, Manoli E, Mason S, Gillespie M, Lannagan TRM, Vlahov N, Ridgway RA, Nixon C, Raven A, Mills M, Athineos D, Kanellos G, Nourse C, Gay DM, Hughes M, Burton A, Yan B, Sellers K, Wu V, De Ridder K, Shokry E, Uribe AH, Clark W, Clark G, Kirschner K, Thienpont B, Li VSW, Maddocks ODK, Barry ST, Goodwin RJA, Kinross J, Edwards J, Yuneva MO, Sumpton D, Takats Z, Campbell AD, Bunch J, Sansom OJ close, 2023, Metabolic profiling stratifies colorectal cancer and reveals adenosylhomocysteinase as a therapeutic target, Nature Metabolism, Vol:5, Pages:1303-+

Higginson JA, Breik O, Thompson AH, et al.Higginson JA, Breik O, Thompson AH, Ashrafian H, Hardman JC, Takats Z, Paleri V, Dhanda J close, 2023, Diagnostic accuracy of intraoperative margin assessment techniques in surgery for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis, Oral Oncology, Vol:142, ISSN:1368-8375, Pages:1-13

Green FM, Castellani ME, Jia Y, et al.Green FM, Castellani ME, Jia Y, Eyres A, Smith N, Thompson S, Blenkinsopp P, Burt M, Vallance C, Bunch J, Takats Z, Brouard M close, 2023, Development of High Throughput Microscope Mode Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Imaging, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Vol:34, ISSN:1044-0305, Pages:1272-1282

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