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

Peruzzotti-Jametti L, Willis CM, Krzak G, et al.Peruzzotti-Jametti L, Willis CM, Krzak G, Hamel R, Pirvan L, Ionescu R-B, Reisz JA, Prag HA, Garcia-Segura ME, Wu V, Xiang Y, Barlas B, Casey AM, van den Bosch AMR, Nicaise AM, Roth L, Bates GR, Huang H, Prasad P, Vincent AE, Frezza C, Viscomi C, Balmus G, Takats Z, Marioni JC, D'Alessandro A, Murphy MP, Mohorianu I, Pluchino S close, 2024, Mitochondrial complex I activity in microglia sustains neuroinflammation., Nature, Vol:628, Pages:195-203

Dorado E, Doria ML, Nagelkerke A, et al.Dorado E, Doria ML, Nagelkerke A, McKenzie JS, Maneta-Stavrakaki S, Whittaker TE, Nicholson JK, Coombes RC, Stevens MM, Takats Z close, 2024, Extracellular vesicles as a promising source of lipid biomarkers for breast cancer detection in blood plasma., J Extracell Vesicles, Vol:13

Abdelaziz MEMK, Zhao J, Gil Rosa B, et al.Abdelaziz MEMK, Zhao J, Gil Rosa B, Lee H-T, Simon D, Vyas K, Li B, Koguna H, Li Y, Demircali AA, Uvet H, Gencoglan G, Akcay A, Elriedy M, Kinross J, Dasgupta R, Takats Z, Yeatman E, Yang G-Z, Temelkuran B close, 2024, Fiberbots: Robotic fibers for high-precision minimally invasive surgery, Science Advances, Vol:10, ISSN:2375-2548

Manoli E, Higginson J, Tolley N, et al.Manoli E, Higginson J, Tolley N, Darzi A, Kinross J, Temelkuran B, Takats Z close, 2024, Human robotic surgery with intraoperative tissue identification using rapid evaporation ionisation mass spectrometry, Scientific Reports, Vol:14, ISSN:2045-2322

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

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