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48
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6754
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4306
National Ranking
338

Overview

Beata Ujvari is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia. Their research spans several overlapping fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Their scholarly output includes significant contributions to cancer research, genetics, ecology, and public health related to environmental and occupational factors.

The scientist's main fields of study cover:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, Ujvari works extensively in subfields such as genetics, ecology, molecular biology, cancer research, and public health with an emphasis on environmental and occupational health topics.

Research topics explored by Ujvari include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Veterinary Oncology Research
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Their recent publications reflect a focus on cancer biology and its ecological implications, including:

  • "Cancer risk across mammals" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Identifying key questions in the ecology and evolution of cancer" (2020), published in Evolutionary Applications
  • "Linking pollution and cancer in aquatic environments: A review" (2021), published in Environment International
  • "The evolution and ecology of benign tumors" (2021), published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer
  • "Odors and cancer: Current status and future directions" (2021), also published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer

Ujvari publishes frequently in several scientific journals, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • iScience
  • Evolution Medicine and Public Health

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers, most notably with:

  • Frédéric Thomas
  • Antoine M. Dujon
  • Rodrigo Hamede
  • Justine Boutry
  • Benjamín Roche

These collaborations contribute to a multidisciplinary approach spanning ecology, evolutionary biology, cancer research, and environmental health. Ujvari's work collectively addresses complex interactions between cancer dynamics, environmental stressors, and evolutionary processes across multiple species.

Best Publications

  • Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards.

    Mats Olsson;Thomas Madsen;Jessica Nordby;Erik Wapstra

  • Sexual dimorphism in lizard body shape: the roles of sexual selection and fecundity selection.

    Mats Olsson;Mats Olsson;Richard Shine;Erik Wapstra;Beata Ujvari;Beata Ujvari

  • High prevalence of Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) infection in water pythons (Liasis fuscus) from tropical Australia.

    Beata Ujvari;Beata Ujvari;Thomas Madsen;Thomas Madsen;Mats Olsson;Mats Olsson

  • Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Markers in Conservation Biology

    Beata Ujvari;Katherine Belov

  • Widespread convergence in toxin resistance by predictable molecular evolution

    Beata Ujvari;Beata Ujvari;Nicholas R. Casewell;Kartik Sunagar;Kevin Arbuckle

  • Novel genes continue to enhance population growth in adders (Vipera berus)

    Thomas Madsen;Thomas Madsen;Beata Ujvari;Beata Ujvari;Mats Olsson

  • Mitochondrial DNA recombination in a free-ranging Australian lizard.

    Beata Ujvari;Mark Dowton;Thomas Madsen

  • Rain, rats and pythons: Climate-driven population dynamics of predators and prey in tropical Australia

    Thomas Madsen;Thomas Madsen;Thomas Madsen;Beata Ujvari;Richard Shine;Mats Olsson

  • MHC class I variation associates with parasite resistance and longevity in tropical pythons

    Thomas Madsen;Thomas Madsen;Beata Ujvari

  • Low genetic diversity threatens imminent extinction for the Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis)

    Beáta Újvári;Beáta Újvári;Thomas Madsen;Thomas Madsen;Tatiana Kotenko;Mats Olsson

  • Cancer Prevalence and Etiology in Wild and Captive Animals

    Thomas R Madsen;Audrey Arnal;Marion Vittecoq;Florence Bernex

  • Oncogenesis as a Selective Force: Adaptive Evolution in the Face of a Transmissible Cancer.

    Tracey Russell;Thomas R Madsen;Frederic Thomas;Nynke Raven

  • Identifying key questions in the ecology and evolution of cancer.

    Antoine M. Dujon;Antoine M. Dujon;Athena Aktipis;Catherine Alix-Panabières;Sarah R. Amend

  • Linking pollution and cancer in aquatic environments: A review

    Ciara Baines;Adelaide Lerebours;Frederic Thomas;Jerome Fort

  • Age, parasites, and condition affect humoral immune response in tropical pythons

    Beata Ujvari;Thomas Madsen

  • Active migration is associated with specific and consistent changes to gut microbiota in Calidris shorebirds.

    Alice Risely;David W. Waite;Beata Ujvari;Bethany J. Hoye;Bethany J. Hoye

  • Old pythons stay fit; effects of haematozoan infections on life history traits of a large tropical predator.

    Thomas R Madsen;Thomas R Madsen;Thomas R Madsen;Beata Ujvari;Mats M Olsson

  • Human activities might influence oncogenic processes in wild animal populations.

    Mathieu Giraudeau;Tuul Sepp;Tuul Sepp;Beata Ujvari;Paul W. Ewald

  • Short telomeres in hatchling snakes: erythrocyte telomere dynamics and longevity in tropical pythons

    Beata Ujvari;Beata Ujvari;Thomas Madsen;Thomas Madsen;Thomas Madsen

  • ISOLATION BREEDS NAIVETY: ISLAND LIVING ROBS AUSTRALIAN VARANID LIZARDS OF TOAD‐TOXIN IMMUNITY VIA FOUR‐BASE‐PAIR MUTATION

    Beata Ujvari;Hee-chang Mun;Arthur D. Conigrave;Alessandra Bray

  • In hot pursuit: fluctuating mating system and sexual selection in sand lizards.

    Mats M Olsson;Mats M Olsson;Erik Erik Wapstra;Erik Erik Wapstra;Tonia S Schwartz;Thomas R Madsen

  • The evolutionary ecology of transmissible cancers

    Beata Ujvari;Robert A. Gatenby;Frédéric Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Madsen
Thomas Madsen Deakin University
Frédéric Thomas
Frédéric Thomas University of Montpellier
Mats Olsson
Mats Olsson University of Gothenburg
Mathieu Giraudeau
Mathieu Giraudeau University of La Rochelle
François Renaud
François Renaud University of Montpellier
Katherine Belov
Katherine Belov University of Sydney
Erik Wapstra
Erik Wapstra University of Tasmania
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
Robert A. Gatenby
Robert A. Gatenby Moffitt Cancer Center
Anthony T. Papenfuss
Anthony T. Papenfuss Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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