Education

Ph.D in Biology, University of Szeged, Hungary

Current Position

Postdoctoral researcher, Umeå University, Sweden

Publications

1. Cheregi, O., Wagner, R. and Funk, C. (2016). Insights into the Cyanobacterial Deg/HtrA Proteases. Front Plant Sci 7: 694.
2. Cheregi, O. and Funk, C. (2015). Regulation of the scp Genes in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803--What is New? Molecules 20(8): 14621-14637.
3. Cheregi, O., Kotabova, E., Prasil, O., Schroder, W. P., Kana, R. and Funk, C. (2015). Presence of state transitions in the cryptophyte alga Guillardia theta. J Exp Bot 66(20): 6461-6470.
4. Cheregi, O., Miranda, H., Grobner, G. and Funk, C. (2015). Inactivation of the Deg protease family in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 has impact on the outer cell layers. J Photochem Photobiol B 152(Pt B): 383-394.
5. Mahler, N., Cheregi, O., Funk, C., Netotea, S. and Hvidsten, T. R. (2014). Synergy: a web resource for exploring gene regulation in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. PLoS One 9(11): e113496.
6. Miranda, H., Cheregi, O., Netotea, S., Hvidsten, T. R., Moritz, T. and Funk, C. (2013). Co-expression analysis, proteomic and metabolomic study on the impact of a Deg/HtrA protease triple mutant in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 exposed to temperature and high light stress. J Proteomics 78: 294-311.
7. Cheregi, O., Vermaas, W. and Funk, C. (2012). The search for new chlorophyll-binding proteins in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J Biotechnol 162(1): 124-133.
8. Wu, H., Abasova, L., Cheregi, O., Deak, Z., Gao, K. and Vass, I. (2011). D1 protein turnover is involved in protection of Photosystem II against UV-B induced damage in the cyanobacterium Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis. J Photochem Photobiol B 104(1-2): 320-325.
9. Balogi, Z., Cheregi, O., Giese, K. C., Juhasz, K., Vierling, E., Vass, I., Vigh, L., Horvath, I. (2008). A mutant small heat shock protein with increased thylakoid association provides and elevated resistance against UV-B damage in Synechocystis 6803. J Biol Chem 283(34): 22983-22991.
10. Kos, P. B., Deak, Z., Cheregi, O. and Vass, I. (2008). Differential regulation of psbA and psbD gene expression, and the role of the different D1 protein copies in the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1. Biochim Biophys Acta 1777(1): 74-83.
11. Sicora, C. I., Brown, C. M., Cheregi, O., Vass, I. and Campbell, D. A. (2008). The psbA gene family responds differentially to light and UVB stress in Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421, a deeply divergent cyanobacterium. Biochim Biophys Acta 1777(2): 130-139.
12. Vass, I., Cser, K. and Cheregi, O. (2007). Molecular mechanisms of light stress of photosynthesis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1113: 114-122.
13. Cheregi, O., Sicora, C., Kos, P. B., Barker, M., Nixon, P. J. and Vass, I. (2007). The role of the FtsH and Deg proteases in the repair of UV-B radiation-damaged Photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. Biochim Biophys Acta 1767(6): 820-828.
14. Cadoret, J. C., Rousseau, B., Perewoska, I., Sicora, C., Cheregi, O., Vass, I. and Houmard, J. (2005). Cyclic nucleotides, the photosynthetic apparatus and response to a UV-B stress in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J Biol Chem 280(40): 33935-33944.
15. Keul, A. L.,Cheregi, O. and Deliu, C. (2004). Characterization of the in vitro organogenesis of apricot. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 26(3): 278-287.