The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is set to support a Hungarian research

The research of a group of bioinformaticians from Szeged has caught the eye of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. The Hungarian scientists excelled in the field of cell analytics aided by artificial intelligence.

Heti Világgazdaság reports that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is aiding a group of bioinformaticians from Szeged, led by Péter Horváth. The group has developed a method in cell analytics that is unique in the world.

The aim is to perfect this method to the extent where cells can be analysed to such detailed that the smallest changes in a system can be detected. This way, scientists and medics can get a better understanding of cellular biology processes and pathological lesions.

The focus of the group are phenotypes, which are unique to every organism. Phenotypes carry information that is just as vitally important as our genetic codes: the changes in phenotypes are telling of a possible fault in an organism. To understand precisely these subtle and dynamic changes in phenotypes, hypersensitive microscopes and advanced processing systems are extremely helpful.

One of these softwares helpful in discovering new phenotypes among billions of cells was developed by Péter Horváth (Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged) and his team of scientists.

The microscope system developed by these scientists can cut around the cells that are to be examined precisely and take it out of the sample.

The achievements of the Hungarian scientists have drawn international attention. Frequently cited German researcher, Matthias Mann (director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry and professor at the University of Copenhagen) and one of the youngest leading scientists in the field of proteomics and cellular biology, Lundberg Emma (professor at the University of Stanford and at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology) both got interested in working with the team.