Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine

SZTE VIRTUS 2026/1 Grant Award

SZTE VIRTUS 2026/1 Grant Award

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ákos Menyhárt, Associate professor at our Department has been awarded funding in the SZTE VIRTUS 2026/1 Grant Competition, based on the decision of the Governing Board of the Interdisciplinary Research, Development, and Innovation Center of Excellence. The funded proposal, titled “Rodent Whisker Pad Stimulator for the Investigation of Neurovascular Coupling and Drug Testing,” aims to develop novel devices and measurement procedures to support research on neurovascular coupling and pharmacological testing. Congratulations on receiving the grant!

Local Student Research Conference Spring Round

Local Student Research Conference Spring Round

The local spring rounds of the Student Research Conference were held on May 7, 2026, at the institutes of the Faculty of Science and Informatics (TTIK) at the University of Szeged. In the Biology - Physiology section, our department was represented by four BSc biology students: Eszter Gáspár, Balázs Nagy, Sára Pető, and Béla Resch. With their successful presentations, the students achieved one second prize and three third prozes, and all of them have advanced to next year’s national conference. We warmly congratulate the students and their supervisors!

MTA Call for Proposals to Support Researchers Raising Children

MTA Call for Proposals to Support Researchers Raising Children

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences has issued a call for proposals aimed at supporting the academic advancement of researchers raising children. Dr. Anita Annaházi, an assistant professor in our Department, submitted an application to support the publication of her scientific results. We are pleased to announce that her proposal was recommended for funding by the review panel and has been awarded a grant. We warmly congratulate her on this achievement!

National Brain Research program travel grant

National Brain Research program travel grant

With the support of the NAP3 travel grant, Dr. Rita Frank will undertake a laboratory visit at Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, USA) between May 16 and May 30, 2026, in the laboratory of Dr. Anusha Mishra. The purpose of the visit is to learn brain slice–based methods for investigating neurovascular coupling. As part of the visit, she will also attend the Neurology Research Day on May 21, which will provide an opportunity to build international collaborations and to learn about current research directions in the field.

ROMCON 2026

The Romhányi György College of the Medical Faculty of the University of Pécs held the ROMCON 2026 international scientific conference between March 5 and 8, 2026. At the event, domestic and international university students had the opportunity to present their research results and to network with students and lecturers from other institutions. We are proud that the presentations of two TDK students from our department, Elsherbini Abdelrahman and Pető Sára, were awarded first and second prize by the jury. Warmly congratulations to our students!

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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

Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine

Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School
Faculty of Science and Informatics
University of Szeged
H-6720 Szeged, Somogyi u. 4., Hungary
+36-62-544-569
office.molmed@med.u-szeged.hu