Péter Horváth has been inducted into the prestigious scientific organisation in recognition of his development of an artificial intelligence-based microscopic system that aids tumour diagnosis.
Founded in 1988, Academia Europaea is a non-governmental organisation acting as an academy. Its objective is the advancement of excellence across the humanities, law, the economic, social, and political sciences, mathematics, medicine, and all branches of natural and technological sciences. The organisation of researchers also provides advice to governments and international institutions on scientific issues.
This year, the Academia Europaea Board elected Péter Horváth, Director of the Institute of Biochemistry at the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged (HUN-REN BRC), as a member for his internationally outstanding scientific achievements in the field of artificial intelligence-based single-cell image processing.
As highlighted on the HUN-REN BRC website, Péter Horváth and his research group have developed an innovative complex microscopic system by combining tools from biology and informatics. This system can make tumour diagnosis and developing personalised therapy more efficient. Their method, called Deep Visual Proteomics (DVP), uses artificial intelligence to identify cells with abnormal phenotypes (Computer-assisted microscopy isolation, CAMI) which are excised with a precision laser microdissection microscope.
In early 2023, the Single Cell Centre established by Péter Horváth and his team was inaugurated at HUN-REN BRC. It is the first facility in Hungary where single-cell extraction and analysis are fully automated, from the receipt of the sample to the final step of analysis.
To establish a fully automated method that requires no human intervention, continuous development and testing of the system are essential. In this context, the team recently published their latest results in Briefings in Bioinformatics.
Congratulations on being elected to Academia Europaea, reflecting the international recognition of Péter Horváth and his team’s research!
(Source: HUN-REN BRC)