Intellectual property protection was the topic of the lectures held on June 16 in our institute's lecture hall. Researchers from HUN-REN Center and KOKI and the patent attorney of the EGIS pharmaceutical company presented practical examples of patent criteria and the steps involved in the process, and also shared their experiences gained during patent proceedings.

The Flerkó-Bárdos Memorial Medal was awarded for the first time in 2019, and its first winner was Csaba Fekete. The following year, Krisztina Kovács received the medal, and since then we have had a winner every year. This year, there are three: László Biró, Petra Mohácsik, and Éva Rumpler received special awards in the Junior category. Congratulations!

When it was launched in 2013, the National Brain Research Programme (NAP) was one of the biggest undertakings of our Academy. On 6 and 7 May this year, participants of the third edition of the NAP presented their results at the Puchner Castle Hotel in Bikal. 

Even if you remain a researcher, your career can take many different paths. One, but by no means the only, measure of success is the attainment of academic degrees, the highest of which is the non-tenure-track academic degree.