Competencies

Our core competencies represent the specialized expertise that defines RT-Europe’s leadership in science and technology. By continuously investing in these scientific pillars, we sustain our role as a hub for innovation, tackling the most complex global health challenges. Through cutting-edge research and strategic collaboration with industry and academia, we maintain a vibrant environment that attracts world-class talent.

Our research centers on three primary areas:

Extracellular Vesicles: We focus on the application of extracellular vesicles in both diagnostic and therapeutic technologies.

Immunology & Microbiology: We specialize in infectious diseases, pathogen-host interactions, infectious challenge models, and the development of advanced vaccine technologies.

Inflammation: We address acute and chronic inflammatory conditions along with healthy aging through the development of innovative medical devices, diagnostics, and therapeutics.

Innovative Research and Development

RT-Europe Research Center has the capacity to support novel vaccine and diagnostic assay development for both humans and animals.

Vaccine Development: RT-Europe Research Center’s has extensive experience to support the registration of vaccines, and our team has completed challenge VICH clinical studies for the registration of vaccines. RT-Europe in collaboration with biotech partners has participated in the research of platform technologies of novel mucosal vaccines. RT-Europe Research Center has extensive experience with mycoplasmas, herpes viruses, influenza viruses, oncogenic viruses and single stranded RNA viruses (PRRSV).

Our team has participated in the development of a protype vaccine against an oncogenic virus.

Diagnostics Development: RT-Europe Research team has developed highly sensitive 4 color PCR testing for the detection of any PRRSV virus, including the highly pathogenic strain.  Our team also developed more efficient, fast RNA isolation method and other research tools.

RT-Europe Research Center has developed several international collaborations in infectious diseases and vaccines.

Inflammation: RT-Europe team has participated in the development of innovative medical device to supplement cancer treatment.  Our team has been invited to collaborate with international biotech partners to develop and test medical devices that addresses chronic inflammation.

Extracellular Vesicles: Our team started to work with extracellular vesicles in 2008 as part of our research project on EBV. This work was extended to develop novel tools for the isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles. Currently our team is working on liquid biopsy diagnostic assays and extracellular vesicles based therapies.

Multidisciplinary teamwork and expertise

The unique facilities and the expertise of the RT-Europe’s multidisciplinary research teams are attracting top quality national and international researchers and students, and increasing opportunities for collaborative, basic and translational research. Our scientific expertise includes molecular biology, virology, bacteriology, immunology, bioinformatics, systems biology, chemistry, pathology, veterinary and human medicine, engineering, computer science and software engineering.

Teams:

 Dr. Katalin Vityi – Managing Director

Basic Science:

Ferenc Bánáti, Ph.D. – Laboratory Director – Principal Investigator

Zoltán Kerényi, Ph.D. – Senior Scientist

István Gyurján, Ph.D. – Senior Scientist

Johannes Sollner, Ph.D. – Senior Scientist

Shailendra Kumar, Ph.D. – Senior Scientist

Miklos Szathmary -Research Fellow

Katalin Toth – Laboratory Assistant

Krisztina Batta-Bodics – Laboratory Assistant

Translational Science

Zsuzsanna Szathmáry, M.D., Ph.D. Director – Principal Investigator

Prof. Robert Langer, M.D., Ph.D. FACS – Clinical Advisot

Prof. Béla Dénes, DVM, Ph.D.

Prof. Julius Rajcsanyi, M.D. Ph.D. – Emeritus

Ildiko Csiki, M.D., Ph.D. – Clinical Advisor

Katalin Toth – Clinical Assistant

Krisztina Batta-Bodics – Clinical Assistant

Engineering

Zsolt Szatmári – Team Leader – Engineering & Computer Science

David Jaenisch – Computer Science – Software Engineer

Zsófia Szathmary, BSc student – Biomanufacturing Engineering

Broad research and testing capabilities

RT-Europe research laboratory is equipped with the newest scientific equipment to support our projects. In addition, RT-Europe has cleanroom facilities and has access through our biotech partner to clean black-and white animal testing facilities capable of supporting small and large animal studies to support RT-Europe’s multidisciplinary research teams and increasing opportunities for collaborative, basic and translational research.

RT-Europe Research Center offers the international scientific community access to one of the world’s few human and animal health research facilities capable of working with both livestock and companion animal models.