Illustration for the cover of JCBFM

We are honored and proud that the Editors of the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism have chosen the second figure of the recent publication by Eszter Farkas and Christine Rose (doi: 10.1177/0271678X241289756) for the cover of the 2025 February issue. Congratulations to the Authors!

NKFIH "STARTING" research grant awarded
NKFIH "STARTING" research grant awarded

Our colleague Dr. Ákos Menyhárt has been awarded a grant for his proposal "Alzheimer-stroke continuum: the role of spreading depolarization" submitted to the 2024 call of the "STARTING" National Research Excellence Program of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary. The four-year research program offers the opportunity to conduct new and exciting translational research on the mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. Congratulations on the successful application!

The PhD defense of Anna Törteli
The PhD defense of Anna Törteli

Our colleague, Anna Törteli, former postgraduate student of the Regulation, measurement and analysis of life processes program of the Doctoral School of Theoretical Medicine has defended her PhD dissertation entitled Collateral is brain: Spreading depolarization causes reperfusion failure after acute ischemic stroke with summa cum laude. Her thesis supervisors were Dr. Ákos Menyhárt and Prof. Dr. Ferenc Bari. Congratulations on the promotion!

Research Essay Award
Research Essay Award

The Student Science Study Group Board of the Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School awarded 1st prize to Anna Zsigmond, a 6th-year medical student, for her research competition essay titled „Nimodipine is protective against spreading depolarization and neuronal tissue inflammation”. The work was supervised by Dr. Rita Frank and Prof. Eszter Farkas. Congratulations for the research essay award!

Illustration for the cover of JCBFM
Illustration for the cover of JCBFM

We are honored and proud that the Editors of the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism have chosen the third figure of
Anna Törteli's recent publication (JCBFM, 2024 Oct;44(10):1881-1887, doi: 10.1177/0271678X241270480) for the cover of the October issue. Congratulations to the Authors!

Students’ achievements at the Medical School’s 2024 Student Science Study Group Conference

The students of our Department participated with seven presentations at the 2024 Scientific Student Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences, which took place between 19-22 November 2024. We are very proud that four of the presentations were awarded prizes! The students won one first place, one second place, one third place and one special prize. For a detailed list of the winning presentations, click on the title. Congratulations to all the students and their tutors!

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Cellbio

Our courses in the BSc and MSc biology program are given at the Biology Institute of the Faculty of Science and Informatics. We also contribute to the medical education with elective courses, and teach biology in the pre-medical program at the Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School. Our required and elective courses are given in Hungarian and English. The study material focuses on topics in cell biology and molecular biology. We teach a foundation course in the postgraduate program and provide project supervision to several PhD students.

Three productive research groups pursue experimental projects in the field of stem cell research, neuroinflammatory processes, and the cellular pathomechanisms of acute cerebrovascular diseases. We conduct basic and translational research. Our research is integrated into dynamic national and international collaborative networks.

Our experienced staff members are dedicated to education and research. Our goal is to provide up-to-date teaching material and to build a firm basis in cell biology - a dynamically evolving field of science. We would like to promote an experimental, scientific approach to learning, and make research and academic careers attractive to students.

Eszter Farkas

Prof. Dr. Eszter Farkas
professor
department chair