In recognition of his outstanding research work and achievements to date, Csaba Fekete, head of the Institute’s Integrative Neuroendocrinology Research Group, received the Academy Award on May 4, 2026, at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ 200th anniversary general assembly. A few days later, Csaba’s name appeared on the website of another academy. He is the eighth member from our institute to be elected to the Academia Europaea. 

Although neuroimmunology was already an established branch of neuroscience research by the 1980s, its recognition was nowhere near what it is today.

As with previous events, the fourth and final conference of the National Brain Research Program (NAP) 3.0 was held at the Puchner Estate in Bikal.  

The Association of Women in Science (NaTE), which won the first Nature Innovating Science Award established by Nature and the Estee Lauder Company in 2018, began in 2008 with just 10 female researchers, with the goal of supporting women and girls in pursuing careers in science and technology. In 2013, the first Women in Science Excellence Award, established to recognize female researchers working in the fields of engineering, physics, astronomy, and space research, was presented; in recent years, the award has also been given to support research activities. This latter award was won by Katalin Lengyel, a research assistant in Balázs Hangya’s group.