Bálint Kintses Receives Szent-Györgyi Talent Award for Antibiotic Resistance Research
Apr 22, 2024
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The Szent-Györgyi Talent Award celebrates outstanding scientific contributions. This year, Bálint Kintses, leader of the Translational Microbiology Laboratory at the BRC was honored for his innovative work on antibiotic resistance, published in Nature Microbiology.
Kintses and his team developed a new method, DEEPMINE, to better understand how antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) spread in microbial communities. Unlike traditional methods, DEEPMINE can test the functionality of ARGs in clinically relevant pathogens in a high throughput manner, providing crucial insights into resistance dynamics. Their research revealed that even new antibiotics are vulnerable to resistance, highlighting the ongoing need for innovation in combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
The Szent-Györgyi Talents Award ceremony is held annually at the Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Talented Students. In honoring Kintses' contributions, the award recognizes not only his individual achievements but also the collective endeavor of the scientific community in Szeged and beyond to address pressing global challenges.
HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged 
