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Biology and Biochemistry
Hungary
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
18266
World Ranking
10602
National Ranking
10

Péter Várnai publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Péter Várnai sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 186 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Péter Várnai D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Péter Várnai sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Hungary Leader Award

Overview

Péter Várnai is affiliated with Semmelweis University in Hungary. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Within these broader categories, their work is concentrated on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Oncology, and Physiology.

The main research topics explored by Péter Várnai include:

  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • László Hunyady (11 joint publications)
  • András Dávid Tóth (7 joint publications)
  • András Balla (7 joint publications)
  • Gábor Turu (7 joint publications)
  • György Hajnóczky (5 joint publications)

Péter Várnai has published multiple research articles in prominent venues, with multiple contributions in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (3 publications)
  • Nature Communications (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2 publications)
  • The FASEB Journal (2 publications)

Notable recent papers authored by Péter Várnai include:

  • "Capture at the ER-mitochondrial contacts licenses IP3 receptors to stimulate local Ca2+ transfer and oxidative metabolism" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Oxidative bursts of single mitochondria mediate retrograde signaling toward the ER" (2021, Molecular Cell)
  • "ORP3 phosphorylation regulates phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and Ca2+ dynamics at plasma membrane-ER contact sites" (2020, Journal of Cell Science)
  • "Palmitoylation targets the calcineurin phosphatase to the phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase complex at the plasma membrane" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Enhanced Mitochondria-SR Tethering Triggers Adaptive Cardiac Muscle Remodeling" (2023, Circulation Research)

Best Publications

  • Structural and functional features and significance of the physical linkage between ER and mitochondria

    György Csordás;Christian Renken;Péter Várnai;Ludivine Walter

  • Chaperone-mediated coupling of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial Ca2+ channels.

    György Szabadkai;Katiuscia Bianchi;Péter Várnai;Diego De Stefani

  • Visualization of Phosphoinositides That Bind Pleckstrin Homology Domains: Calcium- and Agonist-induced Dynamic Changes and Relationship to Myo-[3H]inositol-labeled Phosphoinositide Pools

    Péter Várnai;Tamás Balla

  • Identification of renox, an NAD(P)H oxidase in kidney.

    Miklós Geiszt;Jeffrey B. Kopp;Péter Várnai;Thomas L. Leto

  • Imaging Interorganelle Contacts and Local Calcium Dynamics at the ER-Mitochondrial Interface

    György Csordás;Péter Várnai;Tünde Golenár;Swati Roy

  • Rapidly inducible changes in phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate levels influence multiple regulatory functions of the lipid in intact living cells

    Peter Varnai;Baskaran Thyagarajan;Tibor Rohacs;Tamas Balla

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-dependent Membrane Association of the Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase Pleckstrin Homology Domain Visualized in Single Living Cells

    Péter Várnai;Kristina I. Rother;Tamas Balla

  • A Plasma Membrane Pool of Phosphatidylinositol 4-Phosphate Is Generated by Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase Type-III Alpha. Studies with the PH Domains of the Oxysterol Binding Protein and FAPP1

    Andras Balla;Galina Tuymetova;Arnold Tsiomenko;Péter Várnai

  • Dual Regulation of TRPV1 by Phosphoinositides

    Viktor Lukacs;Baskaran Thyagarajan;Peter Varnai;Andras Balla

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the 136 Unique Tetranucleotide Sequences of DNA Oligonucleotides. II: Sequence Context Effects on the Dynamical Structures of the 10 Unique Dinucleotide Steps

    Surjit B. Dixit;David L. Beveridge;David A. Case;Thomas E. Cheatham

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the 136 Unique Tetranucleotide Sequences of DNA Oligonucleotides. I. Research Design and Results on d(CpG) Steps

    David L. Beveridge;Gabriela Barreiro;K. Suzie Byun;David A. Case

  • DNA and its counterions: a molecular dynamics study

    Péter Várnai;Krystyna Zakrzewska

  • Making sense of big data in health research: Towards an EU action plan

    Charles Auffray;Charles Auffray;Rudi Balling;Inês Barroso;László Bencze

  • Monitoring agonist-induced phospholipase C activation in live cells by fluorescence resonance energy transfer.

    Jose van der Wal;Ron Habets;Péter Várnai;Tamas Balla

  • Visualization and Manipulation of Plasma Membrane-Endoplasmic Reticulum Contact Sites Indicates the Presence of Additional Molecular Components within the STIM1-Orai1 Complex

    Péter Várnai;Balázs Tóth;Dániel J. Tóth;László Hunyady

  • Redox Nanodomains Are Induced by and Control Calcium Signaling at the ER-Mitochondrial Interface.

    David M. Booth;Balázs Enyedi;Miklós Geiszt;Péter Várnai

  • Active Arf6 Recruits ARNO/Cytohesin GEFs to the PM by Binding Their PH Domains

    Lee Ann Cohen;Akira Honda;Peter Varnai;Fraser D. Brown

  • A G-rich sequence within the c-kit oncogene promoter forms a parallel G-quadruplex having asymmetric G-tetrad dynamics

    Shang-Te Danny Hsu;Peter Varnai;Anthony Bugaut;Anthony P. Reszka

  • Activation of STIM1‐Orai1 involves an intramolecular switching mechanism

    Marek Krzysztof Korzeniowski;Isabel Martín Manjarrés;Peter Varnai;Tamas Balla

  • Visualization of phosphoinositides that bind pleckstrin homology domains

    Peter Varnai;Tamas Balla

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamas Balla
Tamas Balla National Institutes of Health
László Hunyady
László Hunyady Semmelweis University
György Hajnóczky
György Hajnóczky Thomas Jefferson University
Richard Lavery
Richard Lavery Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Christoph Bock
Christoph Bock Austrian Academy of Sciences
László Nyulászi
László Nyulászi Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Tim Hubbard
Tim Hubbard King's College London
Ivo Gut
Ivo Gut Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico
Paul Flicek
Paul Flicek The Jackson Laboratory
Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso University of Exeter

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György Hajnóczky

György Hajnóczky

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László Hunyady

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Publications: 37

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Jan B. Parys

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Publications: 35

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Carlotta Giorgi

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Publications: 34

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Gyorgy Szabadkai

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Publications: 34

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Jiří Šponer

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Modesto Orozco

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Paola Pizzo

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Publications: 33

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Bertil Hille

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Publications: 33

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