Curriculum Vitae
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CRISTINA POPESCU
Banat Univeristy of Agricultural Sciences, Timisoara, Romania,
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics CEEX II
Principal/Primary:
0040256277479
Móvi/Cell:
0040761795859
0040256424973
pursega@yahoo.com
Nationalricoleity
Romanian
Date of birth
1975. July, 3rd
Gender
Female
Professional experience
Current Position
Past positions
ER Fellow, bine
Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian
Academy of Sciences
Starting date: 1st August 2005
Coordinator: Prof. dr. Imre Boros (http://www.brc.hu, http://biokemia.bio.uszeged.hu/)
Teaching Assistant
University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Horticulture, Department
of Plant Genetics, Timisoara, Romania, Aradului street 119
Period: 2002-2005
Specific experience
Plant cytogenetics, Drosophila genetics and cytogenetics, plant and mammalian tissue
cultures, molecular biology;
Methods: cytogenetics (mitotic and meiotic plant chromosome analysis, immuno-histochemisty
on Drosophila tissues, polytene and mitotic chromosomes and S2 cells, smush nuclei
preparation), growth, handling and transfection of HeLa and S2 cells, T-DNA insertion
mutagenesis in Arabidopsis, microinjection of Drosophila embryos, cloning procedures, ChIP
(chromatin immunoprecipitation from HeLa, S2 cells and Drososphila imaginal discs),
quantification of gene expression by qPCR, immunodetection of proteins.
I am competent with common Windows based software including word processor, graphical
and molecular biology programs (nucleic acid/protein sequence retrieval and analysis)
Academic background
Grade
Institution: University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Horticulture,
Genetic Engineering in Agriculture branch
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) :Oct. 1993 – Jun. 1998
Grade average: 9.03 on a scale of 10
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: Degree equivalent to Bachelor of
Science
Master
Institution: University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Horticulture,
Genetic Engineering in Agriculture branch
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year): Oct. 1998 – Jun 1999
Grade average: 9.83 on a scale of 10
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: Degree equivalent to Master of science
in Plant Biotechnology
Institution: University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Horticulture,
Genetic Engineering in Agriculture branch/ Biological Research Center,
Institute of Plant Biology, Szeged, Hungary
Date: December 2006
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding
Title of PhD thesis:
CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVATION TAGGING
APPROACH FOR TARGETTING GENES INVOLVED IN OSMOTIC
STRESS RESPONSE IN Arabidopsis thaliana
PhD
Other courses
1.International Training Course on Selected Topics of Modern
Biology
Institution: Biological Research Center,
Hungarian Academy of Science Szeged, Hungary
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year):
October 2003 - September 2004
2. Bioinformatics: Sequences and Genomes
Institution: Biological Research Center,
Hungarian Academy of Science Szeged, Hungary
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year):September 2004
3. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, training
Institution: IGBMC, Strasburg, France, Dr. Tora Laszlo Lab.
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year): March, 2006
Achievements and perspectives in biology: Genetically modified
organisms – summer school
Institution: University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Horticulture,
Genetic Engineering in Agriculture branch
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year):September 2002
Other
Characterization and Identifcation of Arabidopsis Mutants Affected in
Stress Responses
Agreement of collaboration between: University of Agricultural Sciences,
Faculty of Horticulture, Department of Genetics, Prof. dr. Gallia Butnaru and
Biological Research Center Hungarian Academy of Science, Institute of Plant
Biology, Arabidopsis Molecular Genetics Group, dr. Laszlo Szabados
Mother tongue
Romanian
Other languages
A = fluent, B = good, C =fair
1. English
2. Spanish
Language 1 Auditive understanding: A
Reading understanding: A
Writing skills: A
Spoken skills: A
Language 2 Auditive understanding: A
Reading understanding: A
Writing skills: B
Spoken skills: A
Please, detail your most
relevant papers
1. Ciurciu Anita, Tombacz Istvan, Popescu Cristina, Boros Imre (2009) Gal4
induces transcriptionally active puff in the absence of dSAGA and ATAC
specific chromatin acetylation in the Drosophila melanogaster polythene
chromosome Manuscript No. CHR-08-07-0053.R1, Chromosoma, In Press IF
4.2
2. Benjamin Grau‡ Cristina Popescu‡ Laura Torroja, Daniel Ortuno-Sahagun,
Imre Boros and Alberto Ferru´s (2008) Transcriptional Adaptor ADA3 of
Drosophila melanogaster Is Required for Histone Modification, Position Effect
Variegation, and Transcription Mol. Cell Biology, No.1 Vol.28, p.376–385 (‡ -for
equal contributions to the paper) IF (impact factor): 7.1
3. Csaba Papdi, Edith Abraham, Mary Prathiba Joseph, Cristina Popescu,
Csaba Koncz and Laszlo Szabados (2008) Functional Identification of
Arabidopsis Stress Regulatory Genes Using the Controlled cDNA
Overexpression System COS. Plant Phisiology. Vol.147, p528-542 IF (impact
factor): 6.1
4 Cristina Popescu, Szabados, L., 2005: A Novel Selection System For
Characterization And Identifcation Of Arabidopsis Mutants Affected In Stress
Responses. 8th International Symposium Interdisciplinary Regional Research
(Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia), Szeged, Hungary. III/2
5. Butnaru, G., Capalnasan, I., Sarac, I., Juca,M., Baciu, A., Cristina Popescu,
Sarbovan A., 2004:Chromomes- morphological and structural pecularities in
plants and animals Ed. Mirton, Timisoara ISBN 973-661-288-03.
Organization abilities and
skills
I am able to recognize and validate problems. I have the ability of independent,
critical thinking, and to develop theoretical concepts. I have knowledge of recent
advances within my field and in related areas. I understand relevant research
methodologies and techniques and their appropriate application within my
research field. Ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained through my
3 years work experience abroad
Technical abilities and skills I have willingness and ability to learn and acquire knowledge. I am flexible,
open-minded, self-disciplined and motivated. I am self-aware and able to
identify my own training needs. I show initiative, work independently and am
self-reliant
Your motivation for applying I would like to continue my career on a topic with higher expectancy for practical
application. Your project fulfills my future research interest as it is related to
human health care.
Membership of
professional bodies
Other
Date: 2009.02.18
Multidisciplinary Research Association of the West Zone of Romania (ACMV);
Romanian National Society of Cellular Biology (SNBC); EUCARPIA
Posters and Oral Presentations:
Butnaru, G., Popescu, C. 2002: Nanomaterials used for in vitro Allium sativum
and Allium obliqum resources preservation. Crimeea, Yalta, p. 57 (presentation)
Csaba Papdi, Edith Abrahanm, Cristina Popescu, Jian-Kang Zhu, Csaba
Koncz, Laszlo Szabados, 2006: Development of a novel genetic system to
identify positive stress factors in higher plants. Straub Days Szeged, Ungaria
Nov. 15-17 (presentation)
Popescu, C., Szabados, L., Butanaru, G., 2006: Exploitation of Luciferase
Gene Fusion System for Analysis Of Environmental Stress. 2 nd International
Congress of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology, Iasi, June 6-9 (poster)
Cristina Popescu, Benjamin Grau, Orbán Komonyi, Alberto Ferus, Imre M.
Boros, 2006: The role of Drosophila Ada3 transcriptional adaptor in histone
acetylation.12th Regional Drosphila Meeting, IMP, Viena, Austria Nov. 24-2th
(poster)
Komony O., Pankotai T., Ciurciu A., Popescu C., Tora L., Boros I., 2007:
Evidences for the involvement of ATAC specific components, Gcn5, Ada2a,
Ada3 in common gene regulatory pathways. EMBO Conference On Chromatin
and Epigenetics, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany, May 3-6 (poster)
dr. Cristina Popescu