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Overview

Miklós Bálint is affiliated with the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Germany. Their research contributions span several fields, primarily Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work frequently appears in publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have published 10 papers, and also includes contributions to eLife, Ecology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, and The Science of The Total Environment.

The scientist's research covers various subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Insect Science. Their main research topics encompass Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Genetic diversity and population structure, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Frequent co-authors working closely with them include A. H. SCHMIDT, Kathrin Theißinger, Ljudevit Luka Boštjančić, Juliane Romahn, and Markus Pfenninger.

The following are selected recently published papers by Miklós Bálint and colleagues:

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • How genomics can help biodiversity conservation, 2023, Trends in Genetics
  • The Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset for boosting fungal diversity research, 2021, Fungal Diversity
  • Better integration of chemical pollution research will further our understanding of biodiversity loss, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Best Publications

  • The impact of global climate change on genetic diversity within populations and species.

    Steffen U. Pauls;Carsten Nowak;Carsten Nowak;Miklós Bálint;Miklós Bálint;Markus Pfenninger

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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  • Illumina metabarcoding of a soil fungal community

    Philipp-André Schmidt;Miklós Bálint;Bastian Greshake;Cornelia Bandow

  • Cryptic biodiversity loss linked to global climate change

    M. Bálint;S. Domisch;C. H. M. Engelhardt;P. Haase

  • DNA metabarcoding-Need for robust experimental designs to draw sound ecological conclusions.

    Lucie Zinger;Aurélie Bonin;Inger G. Alsos;Miklós Bálint

  • Host Genotype Shapes the Foliar Fungal Microbiome of Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera)

    Miklós Bálint;Peter L Tiffin;Björn Hallström;Robert B. O'Hara

  • Environmental DNA Time Series in Ecology.

    Miklós Bálint;Markus Pfenninger;Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart;Pierre Taberlet

  • Millions of reads, thousands of taxa: microbial community structure and associations analyzed via marker genes

    Miklós Bálint;Mohammad Bahram;Mohammad Bahram;A. Murat Eren;A. Murat Eren;Karoline Faust

  • Comparison of ITS1 and ITS2 rDNA in 454 sequencing of hyperdiverse fungal communities

    Anna L. Bazzicalupo;Miklós Bálint;Imke Schmitt

  • Relocation, high‐latitude warming and host genetic identity shape the foliar fungal microbiome of poplars

    Miklõs Bálint;Lászlõ Bartha;Robert B. O'Hara;Matthew S. Olson;Matthew S. Olson

  • An Illumina metabarcoding pipeline for fungi

    Miklós Bálint;Philipp-André Schmidt;Rahul Sharma;Marco Thines

  • Meta-analysis of deep-sequenced fungal communities indicates limited taxon sharing between studies and the presence of biogeographic patterns.

    Anjuli Meiser;Miklós Bálint;Imke Schmitt

  • The Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset for boosting fungal diversity research

    Leho Tedersoo;Vladimir Mikryukov;Sten Anslan;Mohammad Bahram

  • Rapid vegetation response to Lateglacial and early Holocene climatic fluctuation in the South Carpathian Mountains (Romania)

    E.K. Magyari;G. Jakab;M. Bálint;Z. Kern

  • Patterns of population structure in two closely related, partially sympatric caddisflies in Eastern Europe: historic introgression, limited dispersal, and cryptic diversity1

    Steffen U. Pauls;Kathrin Theissinger;Lujza Ujvarosi;Miklos Balint

  • Accuracy, limitations and cost efficiency of eDNA-based community survey in tropical frogs.

    Miklós Bálint;Carsten Nowak;Orsolya Márton;Orsolya Márton;Steffen U. Pauls

  • Integrative taxonomy by molecular species delimitation: multi-locus data corroborate a new species of Balkan Drusinae micro-endemics.

    Simon Vitecek;Simon Vitecek;Mladen Kučinić;Ana Previšić;Ivana Živić

  • The Carpathians as a Major Diversity Hotspot in Europe

    Miklós Bálint;Lujza Ujvárosi;Kathrin Theissinger;Stephanie Lehrian

  • Glacial survival and post-glacial recolonization of an arctic–alpine freshwater insect (Arcynopteryx dichroa, Plecoptera, Perlodidae) in Europe

    Kathrin Theissinger;Miklós Bálint;Kevin A. Feldheim;Peter Haase

  • Misperceived invasion: the Lusitanian slug (Arion lusitanicus auct. non-Mabille or Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon 1855) is native to Central Europe.

    Markus Pfenninger;Alexander Weigand;Miklós Bálint;Annette Klussmann-Kolb

  • Integrating molecular tools into freshwater ecology: developments and opportunities

    Steffen U. Pauls;Maria Alp;Maria Alp;Miklós Bálint;Paola Bernabò

Frequent Co-Authors

Steffen U. Pauls
Steffen U. Pauls Senckenberg German Entomological Institute
Imke Schmitt
Imke Schmitt Goethe University Frankfurt
Wolfram Graf
Wolfram Graf BOKU University
Carsten Nowak
Carsten Nowak Senckenberg Nature Research Society
Markus Pfenninger
Markus Pfenninger Goethe University Frankfurt
Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
Peter Haase
Peter Haase University of Duisburg-Essen
Marco Thines
Marco Thines Goethe University Frankfurt
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Daniel Veres
Daniel Veres Romanian Academy

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