Assistant Professor Appointments

 

   Dr. Anna Törteli, postdoctoral researcher, and Dr. István Pesti, assistant lecturer, have been appointed as Assistant Professors at the Faculty of Science and Informatics, effective 1 June 2026. We warmly congratulate our colleagues on this important milestone in their academic careers and wish them continued success in their teaching and research activities.

The PhD defense of Gábor Barczánfalvi

 

   Gábor Barczánfalvi, a postgraduate student of the Doctoral School of Experimental and Preventive Medicine has defended his PhD dissertation titled “Quantitative histological and in vitro fluorescence microscopy image analysis: workflow automation, deep learning, and morphometric profiling of subcellular, cellular, and extracellular components of nervous tissue origin” on May 27th, 2026. His thesis supervisors were Prof. Dr. Károly Gulya, DSc. and Dr. József Tolnai. Warm congratulations on the promotion!

The PhD defense of Dr. Réka Tóth

 

   Dr. Réka Tóth, former postgraduate student of the Regulation, Measurement and Analysis of Life Processes program at the Doctoral School of Theoretical Medicine, has successfully defended her PhD dissertation with summa cum laude distinction on May 26, 2026. Her thesis is entitled Cerebral edema evolution and the role of aquaporin‑4 in secondary injury after acute ischemic stroke. Her thesis supervisor was Dr. Ákos Menyhárt. Réka is currently a radiology resident at the Department of Radiology of the University of Szeged, where she is already putting her research expertise to use. Congratulations on her achievement and well‑deserved promotion!

Grant Recipients of the Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School Research Fund

 

   The certificate award ceremony for the recipients of the 2025 Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School Research Fund Grants was held on 19 May 2026 in the main lecture hall of the Ilona Banga Health Sciences Training Centre. We are proud that, from our Department, Dr. Anita Annaházi received the Albert Szent-Györgyi Research Grant certificate, while Dr. Rita Frank received the Postdoctoral Research Grant certificate. We warmly congratulate them on receiving the grants!

TALENT Scholarship and the List of Excellence awards

 

   The University of Szeged has once again announced the 2026 call for applications for the TALENT Scholarship and the List of Excellence, which recognize university students for outstanding academic, research, athletic, or artistic achievements once per academic year. Recipients may be awarded bronze, silver, or gold recognition within the List of Excellence. We are proud that among the students conducting research in the Department, Eszter Gáspár, Kata Klein and Péter Szakács received bronze-level recognition, while Sára Pető received silver-level recognition. We warmly congratulate our award winners!