We are delighted to share the news that at the 20th Conference of the Hungarian Stroke Society, held on 10–12 September 2026, the jury awarded Dr Anna Törteli the “Best Young Presenter Award”! As part of the award, Anna received complimentary registration for the 2027 conference of the Hungarian Stroke Society and the Hungarian Society of Neurosonology. We warmly congratulate Anna on this achievement and wish her continued success in her research!
The 20th Annual Conference of the Hungarian Stroke Society was held in Zalakaros from 10 to 12 September 2026. The annual conference focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of stroke, with particular emphasis on the latest advances in research and clinical practice, as well as the continuous development of diagnostic tools. At the conference, Dr Ákos Menyhárt, Associate Professor at our Department, and Dr Sándor Nardai, Head of the Department of Neurointervention at Semmelweis University, jointly organized the “Stroke – Basic Research” session. In addition to Dr Ákos Menyhárt, members of our Department, Dr Rita Frank, Dr Anna Törteli, and Dr Szilvia V. Kecskés, also gave presentations during the session. We are proud that our Department was well represented by our colleagues at one of Hungary’s most important professional forums for stroke research. Congratulations to all our speakers, and we wish them continued success in their research!
On 4 September 2026, the Institute of Biology at the Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, organised an Institute Seminar. During the one-day event, junior members of the Institute of Biology presented their research findings through oral presentations and a poster session. The scientific programme was followed by an informal team-building event. Research conducted at our Department was represented by Dr Anna Törteli, who gave an oral presentation, while Dr Rita Frank and Dr Szilvia V. Kecskés presented posters. The event provided an excellent opportunity for members of the Institute to learn more about each other’s research. We would like to thank the organisers for their work in making the event possible!
We are delighted to announce that two applications submitted by members of our Department in response to the University of Szeged’s 2026 call for the University Research Scholarship Programme (EKÖP) have been awarded funding! Sára Pető, an MSc student in Molecular Biology, received a 10-month scholarship in the Master’s and Undivided Study Programmes category, while Krisztián Vinga, a PhD student, was awarded a 12-month scholarship in the Doctoral Programme category. The EKÖP programme aims to support the next generation of university lecturers and researchers and to involve the most talented students in higher education talent development programmes. We warmly congratulate the awardees and wish them every success in carrying out their projects!
Our latest high-impact paper has been published in the prestigious Aging and Disease, the official journal of the International Society on Aging and Disease. The article, entitled “Senolytic treatment triggered by carotid occlusion confers protection against later acute ischemic stroke in aged rats”, is led by Dr. Szilvia V. Kecskés, Assistant Professor at our Department. In this study, we investigated whether the targeted removal of senescent cells accumulating in the walls of cerebral blood vessels could reduce stroke-induced brain damage in older age. Our results show that, under experimental conditions, the treatment reduced the size of cerebral infarcts and had beneficial effects on cerebral blood vessels as well as on age-related inflammatory and metabolic processes. These findings suggest that targeting the biological processes of aging may offer a new approach to increasing the resilience of the aging brain to stroke. Congratulations to all the authors on this excellent work!
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