A publication titled „Malignant astrocyte swelling and impaired glutamate clearance drive the expansion of injurious spreading depolarization foci” submitted by our colleague Dr. Rita Frank to the 2022 call for the Stephen W. Kuffler Publication Prize has been awarded. The awards ceremony will take place in the main building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences this fall. Congratulations for the achievement!
Our Scientific Study Group Students volunteered at the care center for Ukrainian refugees on the Hungarian-Ukrainian border. Sarah Samardzic and Sarah Danica Berger, 5th year medical students, as University of Szeged medical team representatives, took care of the Ukrainian refugees from 11 to 15 March 2022. All our appreciation for their self-sacrificing work.
Prof. András Dinnyés gave an interview to Heti TV programme on the development of regenerative medicine, recently transplanted humanized pig heart and the perspectives of stem-cell based tissue regeneration therapies for diabetes, spinal cord injury macular blindness and other diseases. For watching this interview, click HERE.
The HCEMM-USZ StemCell Research Group (leaded by Prof. András Dinnyés) is looking for highly motivated laboratory technician. Our growing research team is doing translational research of human induced pluripotent stem cells in the frame of HCEMM (Hungarian Centre for Excellence in Molecular Medicine), that is founded by EU and supported by EMBL. Based on this partnership, there are opportunities for participating on educational programs and international cooperations. For more information, click here!
An application titled „Acute astrocyte swelling enhances ischemic lesion progression” submitted by our colleague Dr. Rita Frank to the 2021 Science Patronage Call of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary has been awarded. With the financial support, Rita will participate in the “Glia in Health & Disease” conference which will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, U.S.A. Congratulations for the achievement!
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