The Molecular Cell Metabolism Research Group led by Dr. Balázs Gereben and the Integrative Neuroendocrinology Research Group led by Dr. Csaba Fekete developed a new approach that may contribute to better healthcare for many patients with thyroid hormone (TH) related disorders. Thepreliminary results of the paper were presented by the first author, Richárd Sinkó, at the Annual Meeting of the European Thyroid Association (ETA) 2023, where the work was awarded the Society's Berlin-Chemie Menarini Young Investigators' Award.
The results, obtained in collaboration with the research group of Dr. Endre Nagy from the University of Debrecen and several Hungarian clinical endocrine centers have been published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Even a true understanding of nerve cells is impossible without exploring their connections. Besides each other, they connect with different cells that make up the nervous system. And we haven't even mentioned the effect of hormones in the blood serum! The latest work by Balázs Gereben's group, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, investigates the role of thyroid hormones in regulating brain function.
The latest work from Ádám Dénes' group was published in Nature Communications. The fact that microglia were the main subject of their niche study is fundamental, but the fact that we are not familiar with our often well-established experimental methods is not only worth noting for those who also use their acute brain slice model in their experiments.
There are not only many types of people, but also many types of awards, and the high science of statistics has proven that once you've won a great award, it's easier to win another. However, the award that Balázs Hangya received on 10 July at Semmelweis University is not one of the more commonly known types of award. So much so that Balázs did not even know it existed.
"The European Molecular Biology Organization is a professional, non-profit organization of more than 2,100 life scientists. Its goal is to promote research in life science and enable international exchange between scientists." From today, 120 scientists have been elected EMBO membership*, including Ádám Dénes, head of the Neuroimmunology research team.
The latest work of the Molecular Cell Metabolism research group led by Balázs Gereben is published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. The most exciting discovery of the study, first authored by Petra Mohácsik, is the discovery of a new molecular mechanism in astrocytes that may play a role in the development of astrocytic brain tumors.
A recent paper in Nature Communications by the Systems Neurobiology group led by Balázs Hangya shows that when deep brain inhibitory cells in mice are inhibited, they do not learn from their unpleasant experiences. What have researchers learned from this, and what should non-scientists understand from the results?
From time to time, there are topics that many people think a little knowledge gleaned from the internet is enough to decide for themselves what the truth is. Just as during the pandemic, many believed it was best to decide for themselves which vaccines to trust and whether vaccination was necessary, there is a strong difference of opinion on the use of marijuana, which many consider to be an 'innocent' pleasure item. But what is the truth? What is known today about the active ingredients of marijuana and the causes of its physiological effects? To play on the title of a famous old film, what is the effect of cannabis on the synapses?
