Straub Napok 2026

09:00-09:05

Nagy Ferenc
(HUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont)

Megnyitó – opening remarks – (in Hungarian)

09:05-09:35

Nagy Ferenc
(HUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont)

Főigazgatói tájékoztató – annual report of the Director General (public for employees only; in Hungarian)

09:35-10:05

Ludányiné Tamás Anikó
(HUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont)

Gazdasági vezetői tájékoztató – annual report of the finance manager (public for employees only; in Hungarian)

10:05-10:25

Nagy Ferenc
(HUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont)

Díjátadó: Straub Plakett, Qualitas Biologica, kiváló dolgozó – Introducing prize winners: Straub Plaque, Qualitas Biologica, outstanding employees (in Hungarian)

10:25-10:50

Qualitas Biologica Pályázat, PhD kategória, 1. díjas előadás – Qualitas Biologica Application, PhD category, 1st prize talk (in Hungarian)

10:50-11:20

„Straub Plakett 2025” díjazott előadása – talk of “Straub Plaque 2025” laureate (in Hungarian)

11:20-13:00

LUNCH BREAK - EBÉDSZÜNET

13:00-13:30

Luíza Santa Brígida de Barros Góes^1,2,3, László Dér¹, Emese Bélai⁴, Melinda Katalin Pirity⁴, Sándor Valkai¹, Krisztina Nagy¹, Ágnes Ábrahám¹, Péter Galajda¹, András Dér¹, Mária A. Deli^1,*, Fruzsina R. Walter^1,*, Emanuel Carrilho^2,3,*

¹Institute of Biophysics, HUN-REN BRC Szeged, Szeged
²Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo 400, São Carlos SP
³Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Bioanalítica Lauro Kubota – INCTBio-LK Campinas SP
⁴Institute of Genetics, HUN-REN BRC Szeged, Szeged
^*Authors contributed equally

Building novel microphysiological systems and scientific bridges: my research journey at the BRC

13:30-14:00

Sarah Laura Krausz^1,2,3, Dorottya Anna Simon^1,2, Zsuzsa Bartos¹, Zsuzsanna Biczók^1,2,4, Éva Varga^1,4,5,6, Krisztina Huszár^1,7, Péter István Kulcsár^1,4, András Tálas¹, Zoltán Ligeti^1,5,6, Ervin Welker^1,5

¹Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest
²School of PhD Studies, Semmelweis University, Budapest
³Pannon Plazmid, Budapest
⁴Biospiral-2006, Szeged
⁵Institute of Biochemistry, HUN-REN BRC Szeged, Szeged
⁶School of PhD Studies, University of Szeged, Szeged
⁷School of PhD Studies, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest

ProPE expands the prime editing window and enhances gene editing efficiency where prime editing is inefficient

14:00-14:30

Lilla Kókity¹, Zoltán Lipinszki², Jishnu Sarathi Deb^1,3,4, Gábor Steinbach⁵, Melinda Katalin Pirity¹

¹Laboratory of Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Institute of Genetics, HUN-REN BRC Szeged, Szeged
²Lendület Laboratory of Fungal Genomics and Evolution, Institute of Biochemistry, HUN-REN BRC Szeged, Szeged
³Doctoral School of Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged
⁴Lysosomal Degradation Research Group, Institute of Genetics, HUN-REN BRC Szeged, Szeged
⁵Cellular Imaging Laboratory, Core Facility, HUN-REN BRC Szeged, Szeged

RYBP loss leads to disrupted somitogenesis and increased apoptosis in 3D mouse gastruloids

14:30-15:00

Filippo Piccinini^1,2, Mariachiara Stellato^3,4, Jae-Chul Pyun⁵, Misu Lee^6,7, Bongseop Kwak⁸, Bosung Ku⁹, Daniel Remondini^3,4, Nicola Normanno¹, Gastone Castellani^2,10

¹IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) “Dino Amadori”, Meldola (FC)
²Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Bologna
³Department of Physics and Astronomy “Augusto Righi” (DIFA), University of Bologna, Bologna
⁴National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Bologna
⁵Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul
⁶Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon
⁷Institute for New Drug Development, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon
⁸College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Goyangsi, Gyeonggi‑do
⁹Central R&D Center, Medical and Bio Decision (MBD) Co., Ltd., Suwon
¹⁰IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna S.Orsola, Bologna

From macro to micro: cancer multicellular 3D spheroids used for high-throughput drug discovery

15:00-15:15

BREAK

15:15-15:45

András Viczián¹, Lilla Sípos^1,2, Gábor Grézal^3,4, Csaba Péter^1,2, Anita Hajdu¹, László Kozma-Bognár^1,5, Cornelia Klose⁶, Dániel Silhavy¹, Ferenc Nagy¹

¹Institute of Plant Biology, HUN-REN BRC Szeged, Szeged
²Doctoral School of Biology, University of Szeged, Szeged
³Institute of Biochemistry, HUN-REN BRC Szeged, Szeged
⁴HUN-REN-BRC-ELTE-SZTE-NNGyK, Szeged
⁵Department of Genetics, University of Szeged, Szeged
⁶Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Freiburg

Functional cooperation of plant phytochromes integrate light and temperature signaling

15:45-16:15

Gergely T. Iványi^1,2, Cyril Slabý^3,4, Jana Kubacková⁴, Alena Strejčková⁵, Zuzana Jurašeková³, Zoltán Tomori⁴, Andrej Hovan³, Lóránd Kelemen¹, Gaszton Vizsnyiczai¹, Gregor Bánó³

¹Institute of Biophysics, HUN-REN BRC Szeged, Szeged
²Doctoral School of Multidisciplinary Medical Science, University of Szeged, Szeged
³Department of Biophysics, P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Košice
⁴Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovakian Academy of Sciences, Košice
⁵Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Košice

Optical waveguides deformed by guided light

16:15-16:45

Melinda Tóth¹, Rajmund Hősi¹, Bettina Rákóczi^1,2, Zsófia Koltai¹, Zsófia Ruppert¹, Brigitta Dukay¹, László Vígh¹, Zsolt Török¹

¹Institute of Biochemistry, HUN-REN BRC Szeged, Szeged
²Doctoral School of Biology, University of Szeged, Szeged

The Brain’s Response to Thermal Stress: From Adaptive Protection to Increased Vulnerability

16:45-17:15

Roberto Di Leonardo¹

¹Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome

Programming cell behavior with light

17:15-19:00

POSTER SESSION