Peter Horvath
Principal Investigator at AI for HealthResearch Focus
Our group is dedicated to finding computational solutions to biological problems with an emphasis on understanding processes at a single cell level. Our research focuses on the intersection of biology, engineering and computer science, and combines wet-lab and light microscopy with image analysis and machine learning methods. Our technologies are used to reveal the molecular processes of single cells and to propose personalized therapies for cancers and other diseases.
Hirling, D., Tasnadi, E., Caicedo, J., Caroprese, MV., ..., Koos, K., Horvath, P. (2023). Segmentation metric misinterpretations in bioimage analysis. Nature Methods.
Mund, A., Coscia, F., Kriston, A., Hollandi, R., Kovacs, F., Brunner, A-D., Migh, E., Schweizer, L., Santos, A., Bzorek, M., Naimy, S., Rahbek-Gjerdrum, L. M., Dyring-Andersen, B., Bulkescher, J., Lukas, C., Eckert, M. A., Lengyel, E., Gnann, C., Lundberg, E., Horvath, P., Mann, M. (2022). Deep Visual Proteomics defines single-cell identity and heterogeneity. Nature Biotechnology.
Brasko C., Smith K., Molnar, Cs., Farago N., Hegedus L., Balind A., Balassa, T., Szkalisity, A., Sukosd F., Kocsis K., Balint B., Paavolainen, L., Enyedi M.Z., Nagy I., Puskas L.G., Haracska L., Tamas, G., Horvath, P. (2018). Intelligent image-based in situ single-cell isolation. Nature Communications.
Professional Background
PI – AI for Health, Helmholtz Munich, Germany
D.Sc. – Single-cell analysis
Director – Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
PI – Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
FIDIPRO – Finland Distinguished Professor Fellow, FIMM-EMBL, Helsinki, Finland
Docent, lecturer – ETH Zurich
Ph. D. – Digital image analysis, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France
M.Sc. – Software engineering, University of Szeged, Hungary
Honors and Awards
Szent-Györgyi Talentum Prize (2019)
Pfizer Research Award (2016, Banerjee etal. Science)
Bolyai plaquette (2018)
Selected and nominated by the HBS for the EBSA (European Biophysical Societies' Association) Young Investigators’ Medal and Prize (2015)
Bolyai Fellowship (2014)
CEEPUS - Central European Exchange Program (6 months, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria)
Marie Curie Fellowship (6 months PhD scholarship, Sophia Antipolis, France)
Networks and affiliations
- Single-cell Technologies Inc. – CEO
- FIMM-EMBL, Helsinki, Finland – Visiting Scientist
- Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary – Institute Director
- Human Cell Atlas
- Society of Biomolecular Imaging and Informatics – ex-Councilor
- EUCAI - President
- KEPAF - President