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While most people interested in brain research know about the role of the hippocampus in learning and memory, probably none of them know about the important role of the brain stem, considered evolutionarily ancient, in storing negative memories. But so did most researchers, until recently, when Gábor Nyiri's group published a paper in the journal Plos Biology.

Scientists will never be surprised to find themselves out of a job because all the questions have been answered and there is nothing more to discover. The work of the teams of Balázs Gereben and Csaba Fekete, published in the journal eLife, has given a new and correct answer to an old question, and the discovery can also be used in translational medicine.

Lecturing at the MTA is an honor that many researchers don't get. And if before that lecture the introduction is given by the President of the MTA, the lecturer is certainly an international celebrity. Even if she is as direct in telling us about her work and giving advice to young researchers as Katalin Karikó.

It is no longer cheap to attend a conference or symposium at home either, so no matter how inviting a big event is, if you have to choose for financial reasons, most people choose the one on their own research topic. Unless you are a microscopist. Even if not every year, then once in a while it is worth going to Siófok.

The importance of an award can be overestimated or underestimated, but if several people from the same group win awards, it cannot be a coincidence. This year, Balázs Göcz won the Hungarian Endocrinology and Metabolism Society's Youth Award as the first author of a PNAS article.

Balázs Hangya's concept proposing quantitative cognitive testing to improve the quality of life for Parkinson's disease patients wins an ERC grant.    

Why is it important for a university student to do scientific research? For medical students, you can hope that it will be useful in the clinic. But research as an undergraduate can be of great benefit not only there, but elsewhere too.

At its meeting on 13.03.2023, the SE University Doctoral Council supported the involvement of international experts for the PhD examinations.

The first joint conference of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society (MITT) and the Austrian Neuroscience Society (ANA) took place at the Headquarters of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, between 1-3 February 2023.

Beáta Sperlágh, Deputy Director General of our Institute, Head of the Molecular Pharmacology Research Group, on 14 March 2023, was awarded another high distinction. On the occasion of our national holiday, she received the Széchenyi Prize at the Parliament.