Personal information
Last name/First name / CRISTINA POPESCU
Address / Banat Univeristy of Agricultural Sciences, Timisoara, Romania, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics CEEX II
Telephone(s) / Principal/Primary:
0040256277479 / Móvi/Cell:
0040761795859
Fax / 0040256424973
e-mail address /
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 (,
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
PhD / 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
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 / 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. 2nd 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)
Date: 2009.02.18dr. Cristina Popescu