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2026

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D-Index
68
Citations
14154
World Ranking
6655
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Imre Vass is affiliated with the Biological Research Centre in Hungary. Their research primarily covers areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work in agricultural and biological sciences. Their research extends into various subfields such as molecular biology, plant science, ecology, oceanography, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The principal topics of Imre Vass's work include photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, algal biology and biofuel production, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and coastal plant biology, mitochondrial function and pathology, and metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms.

Imre Vass has published in several frequent venues, including Physiologia Plantarum, Photosynthesis Research, PLoS ONE, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Agriculture.

Notable recent papers published by Imre Vass include:

  • Proline is a quencher of singlet oxygen and superoxide both in in vitro systems and isolated thylakoids, 2020, Physiologia Plantarum
  • Stabilization of Photosystem II by the PsbT protein impacts photodamage, repair and biogenesis, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • Chloramphenicol enhances Photosystem II photodamage in intact cells of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803, 2020, Photosynthesis Research
  • Singlet oxygen damages the function of Photosystem II in isolated thylakoids and in the green alga Chlorella sorokiniana, 2021, Photosynthesis Research
  • Drought and Saline Stress Tolerance Induced in Somatic Hybrids of Solanum chacoense and Potato Cultivars by Using Mismatch Repair Deficiency, 2021, Agriculture

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Imre Vass include Milán Szabó, Priyanka Pradeep Patil, Julian J. Eaton-Rye, Sandeesha Kodru, and Péter B. Kós.

In 2015, Imre Vass was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Reversible and irreversible intermediates during photoinhibition of photosystem II: stable reduced QA species promote chlorophyll triplet formation

    Imre Vass;Stenbjorn Styring;Torill Hundal;Antti Koivuniemi

  • A Soluble Carotenoid Protein Involved in Phycobilisome-Related Energy Dissipation in Cyanobacteria

    Adjélé Wilson;Ghada Ajlani;Jean-Marc Verbavatz;Imre Vass

  • Molecular mechanisms of photodamage in the Photosystem II complex.

    Imre Vass

  • pH-Dependent charge equilibria between tyrosine-D and the S states in photosystem II. Estimation of relative midpoint redox potentials

    Imre Vass;Stenbjoern Styring

  • A novel aldose/aldehyde reductase protects transgenic plants against lipid peroxidation under chemical and drought stresses.

    Attila Oberschall;Mária Deák;Katalin Török;László Sass

  • Plants ectopically expressing the iron-binding protein, ferritin, are tolerant to oxidative damage and pathogens.

    Mária Deák;Gábor V. Horváth;Sholpan Davletova;Katalin Török

  • Detection of singlet oxygen and superoxide with fluorescent sensors in leaves under stress by photoinhibition or UV radiation.

    Éva Hideg;Csengele Barta;Tamás Kálai;Imre Vass

  • Photoinhibition of Photosynthesis in Vivo Results in Singlet Oxygen Production Detection via Nitroxide-Induced Fluorescence Quenching in Broad Bean Leaves†

    Éva Hideg;Tamás Kálai;Kálmán Hideg;Imre Vass

  • UV-B induced free radical production in plant leaves and isolated thylakoid membranes

    Éva Hideg;Imre Vass

  • Janus-faced charge recombinations in photosystem II photoinhibition

    Imre Vass;Krisztian Cser

  • UV-B radiation-induced donor- and acceptor-side modifications of photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

    Imre Vass;Diana Kirilovsky;Anne-Lise Etienne

  • Singlet oxygen and free radical production during acceptor- and donor-side-induced photoinhibition: Studies with spin trapping EPR spectroscopy

    Éva Hideg;Cornelia Spetea;Imre Vass

  • 43 Adverse Effects of UV-B Light on the Structure and Function of the Photosynthetic Apparatus

    Imre Vass;Cosmin Sicora

  • Structure of donor side components in photosystem II predicted by computer modelling.

    Bengt Svensson;Imre Vass;Eila Cedergren;Stenbjörn Styring

  • Singlet oxygen production in thylakoid membranes during photoinhibition as detected by EPR spectroscopy.

    Éva Hideg;Cornelia Spetea;Imre Vass

  • Role of charge recombination processes in photodamage and photoprotection of the photosystem II complex

    Imre Vass

  • UV-B-induced inhibition of photosystem II electron transport studied by EPR and chlorophyll fluorescence. Impairment of donor and acceptor side components.

    Imre Vass;Laszló Sass;Cornelia Spetea;Alexandra Bakou

  • Charge accumulation and recombination in Photosystem II studied by thermoluminescence. I. Participation of the primary acceptor Q and secondary acceptor B in the generation of thermoluminescence of chloroplasts

    Sándor Demeter;Imre Vass

  • Radiative and non-radiative charge recombination pathways in Photosystem II studied by thermoluminescence and chlorophyll fluorescence in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803.

    Krisztián Cser;Imre Vass

  • Copper Toxicity Affects Photosystem II Electron Transport at the Secondary Quinone Acceptor, QB

    Narendranath Mohanty;Imre Vass;Sándor Demeter

  • Thermoluminescence from the photosynthetic apparatus

    Imre Vass;Govindjee

Frequent Co-Authors

Éva Hideg
Éva Hideg University of Pecs
Stenbjörn Styring
Stenbjörn Styring Uppsala University
Dénes Dudits
Dénes Dudits Biological Research Centre
Peter J. Nixon
Peter J. Nixon Imperial College London
James Barber
James Barber Imperial College London
Eva-Mari Aro
Eva-Mari Aro University of Turku
Yagut Allahverdiyeva
Yagut Allahverdiyeva University of Turku
Ferenc Nagy
Ferenc Nagy Institute of Plant Biology
Bertil Andersson
Bertil Andersson Linköping University
Anthony W. D. Larkum
Anthony W. D. Larkum University of Sydney

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