Dr Maté Biro

Fields of research: Biophysics, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cellular Immunology, Image Processing, Cancer Cell Biology

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Phone: +61293858020
Email: m.biro@unsw.edu.au

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Dr Maté Biro received his PhD with summa cum laude at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany.

Dr. Biro has previously worked at the Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology in Sydney, in the Imaging Informatics division at the Bioinformatics Institute of A*STAR in Singapore, at the MIT BioImaging Center in Cambridge, MA, USA and in the Belle collaboration at the KEK: High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation in Tsukuba, Japan.

As an EMBL Australia Group Leader he will expand his exciting studies on the way actomyosin complexes control cell shape, homeostasis and migration in cancer and immune function, focusing on the elucidation of biomechanical interaction within and between cells.

Dr. Biro is spearheading the use of complex in vitro and in vivo models for studying the cell-intrinsic actin cytoskeleton cues and dynamics that govern the invasive migration of tumour cells, the tissue scanning of T cells and their cytotoxic interaction with tumour cells. Using a multidisciplinary approach encompassing cell biology, biophysics, bioimage informatics and advanced light microscopy, he aims to unravel fundamental actin-based processes and develop new methodologies for basic cell biological research. Dr. Biro's research relies heavily on advanced microscopy and the development of image analysis platforms capable of automatically detecting and analysing the kinetics of actomyosin, cell movement and protrusions.

Dr. Biro's group is primarily concerned with the cell biology and mechanics of the actin cytoskeleton, and how immune cells (T cells) locate and kill cancer cells.

Main research topics are:

Mechanobiology of immune cell-tumour cell interactions
Single cell and population-wide immune cell migration dynamics
Advanced imaging and image analysis
Computational modelling and simulations

The group uses high-speed imaging to watch how cells move throughout complex 3-dimensional environments and also uses single molecule microscopes to observe the dynamics of actomyosin, a major and the force-generating component of the cytoskeleton.

When he is not involved with research Dr. Biro enjoys flying all things powered or unpowered and discovering the marvels of the underwater world whilst diving. He is also always happy to discuss his research and other passions over a beer...

University role:

EMBL Australia Group Leader

Research

Socio-economic Objective (SEO) tags:

Expanding Knowledge

Publications related to this Person

Book Chapters

Biro M; Maître JL, 2015, 'Dual pipette aspiration: Aunique tool for studying intercellular adhesion', in Methods in Cell Biology, pp. 255 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.mcb.2014.10.007

Journal articles

Lamm N; Masamsetti P; Read M; Biro M; Cesare A, 2018, 'ATR and mTOR regulate F-actin to alter nuclear architecture and repair replication stress', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/451708

Moran I; Nguyen A; Khoo WH; Butt D; Bourne K; Young C; Hermes JR; Biro M; Gracie G; Ma CS, 2018, 'Memory B cells are reactivated in subcapsular proliferative foci of lymph nodes', Nature Communications, vol. 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05772-7

Pageon SV; Govendir MA; Kempe D; Biro M, 2018, 'Mechanoimmunology: Molecular-scale forces govern immune cell functions', Molecular Biology of the Cell, vol. 29, pp. 1919 - 1926, http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E18-02-0120

Zenker J; White MD; Gasnier M; Alvarez YD; Lim HYG; Bissiere S; Biro M; Plachta N, 2018, 'Expanding Actin Rings Zipper the Mouse Embryo for Blastocyst Formation', Cell, vol. 173, pp. 776 - 791.e17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.035

Marshal AD; Bailey CG; Champ K; Vellozzi M; O'Young P; Metierre C; Feng Y; Thoeng A; Richards AM; Schmitz U, 2017, 'CTCF genetic alterations in endometrial carcinoma are pro-tumorigenic', Oncogene, vol. 36, pp. 4100 - 4110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/onc.2017.25

Sedzinski J; Hannezo E; Tu F; Biro M; Wallingford JB, 2017, 'Correction: RhoA regulates actin network dynamics during apical surface emergence in multiciliated epithelial cells [J. Cell Sci. 130, (420-428)]', Journal of Cell Science, vol. 130, pp. 1017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.202234

Sedzinski J; Hannezo E; Tu F; Biro M; Wallingford JB, 2017, 'RhoA regulates actin network dynamics during apical surface emergence in multiciliated epithelial cells', Journal of Cell Science, vol. 130, pp. 420 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.194704

Newman P; Galenano-Ninõ JL; Graney P; Razal JM; Minett AI; Ribas J; Ovalle-Robles R; Biro M; Zreiqat H, 2016, 'Relationship between nanotopographical alignment and stem cell fate with live imaging and shape analysis', Scientific Reports, vol. 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37909

Tay SS; Carol H; Biro M, 2016, 'TriKEs and BiKEs join CARs on the cancer immunotherapy highway', Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, vol. 12, pp. 2790 - 2796, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2016.1198455

Galeano Niño JL; Kwan RYQ; Weninger W; Biro M, 2016, 'Antigen-specific T cells fully conserve antitumour function following cryopreservation', Immunology and Cell Biology, vol. 94, pp. 411 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/icb.2015.105

Sedzinski J; Hannezo E; Tu F; Biro M; Wallingford JB, 2016, 'Emergence of an Apical Epithelial Cell Surface In Vivo', Developmental Cell, vol. 36, pp. 24 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2015.12.013

Tong PL; Roediger B; Kolesnikoff N; Biro M; Tay SS; Jain R; Shaw LE; Grimbaldeston MA; Weninger W, 2015, 'The skin immune atlas: Three-dimensional analysis of cutaneous leukocyte subsets by multiphoton microscopy', Journal of Investigative Dermatology, vol. 135, pp. 84 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jid.2014.289

Newman P; Lu Z; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Church TL; Biro M; Davies B; King A; Mackenzie K; Minett AI; Zreiqat H, 2015, 'Porous and strong three-dimensional carbon nanotube coated ceramic scaffolds for tissue engineering', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 3, pp. 8337 - 8347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5tb01052g

Weninger W; Biro M; Jain R, 2014, 'Leukocyte migration in the interstitial space of non-lymphoid organs', Nature Reviews Immunology, vol. 14, pp. 232 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nri3641

Munoz MA; Biro M; Weninger W, 2014, 'T cell migration in intact lymph nodes in vivo', Current Opinion in Cell Biology, vol. 30, pp. 17 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceb.2014.05.002

Bovellan M; Romeo Y; Biro M; Boden A; Chugh P; Yonis A; Vaghela M; Fritzsche M; Moulding D; Thorogate R, 2014, 'Cellular control of cortical actin nucleation', Current Biology, vol. 24, pp. 1628 - 1635, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.069

Biro M; Munoz MA; Weninger W, 2014, 'Targeting Rho-GTPases in immune cell migration and inflammation', British Journal of Pharmacology, vol. 171, pp. 5491 - 5506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.12658

Biro M; Romeo Y; Kroschwald S; Bovellan M; Boden A; Tcherkezian J; Roux PP; Charras G; Paluch EK, 2013, 'Cell cortex composition and homeostasis resolved by integrating proteomics and quantitative imaging', Cytoskeleton, vol. 70, pp. 741 - 754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cm.21142

Sedzinski J; Biro M; Oswald A; Tinevez JY; Salbreux G; Paluch E, 2011, 'Polar actomyosin contractility destabilizes the position of the cytokinetic furrow', Nature, vol. 476, pp. 462 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10286

Puah WC; Cheok LP; Biro M; Ng WT; Wasser M, 2011, 'TLM-converter: Reorganization of long time-lapse microscopy datasets for downstream image analysis', BioTechniques, vol. 51, pp. 49 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/000113704

Biro M; Kroschwald S; Paluch E, 2010, 'Analysis of De Novo Cell Cortex Assembly in Blebs as a Novel Assay for Probing Cortical Dynamics and Regulation', BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 98, pp. 159A - 159A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.853

Conference Papers

Tong PL; Roediger B; Kolesnikoff N; Tay SS; Biro M; Shaw L; Jain R; Grimbaldeston M; Weninger W, 2014, 'The immune atlas of the skin: A topographical three-dimensional study using multiphoton microscopy and multi-parameter flow cytometry', in AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 20 - 21, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000335981400070&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Sedzinski J; Biro M; Oswald A; Tinevez J-Y; Salbreux G; Paluch E, 2011, 'Polar actin cortex mechanics and cell shape stability during cytokinesis', in EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, SPRINGER, Budapest, HUNGARY, pp. 213 - 213, presented at 8th EBSA European Biophysics Congress, Budapest, HUNGARY, 23 - 27 August 2011, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000293637300601&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Sedzinski J; Biro M; Salbreux G; Paluch E, 2011, 'Polar acto-myosin contractility and cleavage furrow stability during cytokinesis', in MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL, AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY, Denver, CO, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Cell-Biology (ASCB), Denver, CO, 03 - 07 December 2011, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000305505500093&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Sedzinski J; Biro M; Oswald A; Tinevez J-Y; Salbreux G; Paluch E, 2011, 'Mechanism of the actin cortex and shape stability during cytokinesis', in MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL, AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY, Denver, CO, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Cell-Biology (ASCB), Denver, CO, 03 - 07 December 2011, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000305505502499&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Datasets

Weninger W; Biro M, 2015, Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Actin depletion initiates events leading to granule secretion at the immunological synapse., F1000 Research Ltd, http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/f.725506810.793507006

Weninger W; Biro M; Jain R, 2014, Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Generation of compartmentalized pressure by a nuclear piston governs cell motility in a 3D matrix., F1000 Research Ltd, http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/f.718547671.793499677