Biological Barriers Research Group

Organ-on-chip and drug delivery research - Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary

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In July we had a visiting student, Natalia Grzesik to our lab. She arrived to work with us from the Egle Solito laboratory, from the Queen Mary University of London. For more info visit our other social media platforms. We wish all the best for her during her PhD/MSc studies!

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Heartfelt congratulations to Anna Kocsis, Biology MSc student in our lab for her newest achievements! Anna received 2 scholarships recently: the G. Richter Centennial Foundation's Research Student Scholarship and the University Research Scholarship from the University of Szeged.

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The 2024 Summer conference season was also busy for the Group. Our team participated at three international conferences across the globe: in the USA, in Austria and in Turkey! For more information, please visit our other social media platforms. :)

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Our head of the laboratory, Maria Deli Research Professor was appointed to be the head of the Institute of Biophysics, HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged. Congratulations and we wish success and fulfillment on this new role!

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The University of Szeged & the Talent Council of Szeged awards excellent students every year. From our lab Lucien Lemaitre - gold, Koppány Párdi - silver award, Emese K. Páli received the Talent of the Year prize in the medical student category. Congrats!
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Summer is always a hot season for conferences,in Hungary:

- conference of the MÉT in Debrecen, in May
- at Straub days of the HUN-REN BRC
- conference of the HuPhar in Mátraháza
Congrts to all presenters!

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This year our colleague Dr. Fruzsina Walter presented the group's work to students. In Pécs, on the annual meeting of the Hungarian Pharma Student Association, then on the 1st Biotechnology Research Day in Szeged. The poster design was prepared by Anikó Szecskó.

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New tricks from old drugs: repurposing the 80s. A paper in Molecular Psychiatry describes a new cell biological mechanism regulated by antidepressants, showing how a single dose of a drug fluvoxamine may open up the brain for drug delivery.

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3 members from our team participated at the 53th Membranetransport conference (Sümeg, Hungary). Anikó Szecskó had a plenary presentation, while Judit Vigh and Dr. Ilona Gróf were in the poster section. Congrats to Judit, who also won the poster prize of the conference. Good job!

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Our PhD student Gergő Porkoláb has defended his thesis under the supervision of Prof. Mária Deli and Dr. Szilvia Veszelka. His paper is out in @PNASNews. Fantastic collab w/ @BiologicalRese1, Gedeon Richter Plc., National Cheng Kung University, @BBBLaboratory and @mattcampbelltcd

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Great to see our new paper out in @PNASNews.

We present an easy and affordable approach to induce BBB properties in vitro. Especially useful for human stem cell-derived models. (🧵1/12)

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Last week we were happy to have students visiting from the Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, US. The students came to learn about the BBB, methodologies in the lab. Mentoring teachers are Dr. David Thompson and Prof. Ilona Petrikovics. Thank you for visiting!

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Our BSc student, Koppány Párdi received first prize at the Scientific Students' Associations Conference at the University of Szeged, in the section Biology II. Advisor is Dr. Szilvia Veszelka senior research associate and the mentor PhD student is Anikó Szecskó. Congratulations!

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Our team published a paper in the Lab Chip journal titled "Lab-on-a-chip models of the blood–brain barrier: evolution, problems, perspectives". with the Biomolecular Electronics Research Group of the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre. Congratulations!
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The team's first paper in 2024 was published in the PlosOne journal with the leadership of members of the Institute of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Szeged. Congratulations to all co-authors!
You can read more on our other platforms.
https://t.co/zrZPa5ZkEZ

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On March 13, during the Brain Awareness Week our research centre is organizing a science communication day for the public. With the topic "COVID and the brain". Registration is needed, but the presentations are free to attend. For more info, visit our other platforms.

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We're happy to host in our laboratory Dr. Antonio Zandona from Zagreb, Croatia. To be able to visit us he received the prestiguous EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant for his project.
For the detailed post please visit our other social media platforms.

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We had the pleasure to co-host Prof. Markus Heimesaat from the Gastrointestinal Microbiology Research Group. He presented his results in a plenary talk titled: Antibiotic-Independent Treatment Options of Acute Campylobacteriosis with Natural Compounds: Evidence from Mice Models".

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We regularly participate at the annual conferences of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society (HunDoc and The International Neuroscience Conference), which wereorganized this year at the University of Pécs. Congratulations to Everyone for their posters and successful participation!

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At the end of last year Iván Nicolás Pérez Osorio visited our lab and worked with us on biochip modeling and cell culture. He is a PhD student at UNAM in Mexico City under the supervision of Prof. Edda Sciutto. We wish him successful work and a smooth finish for his PhD studies!