HUN-REN RCNS hosts the BIOEAST Bioeconomy Conference
On 6-7 March, ÖMKI, BME, and HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences (HUN-REN RCNS) are hosting a major international bioeconomy conference at the HUN-REN RCNS in Budapest, Hungary. The event will highlight current issues on the development of the bioeconomy in Central and Eastern Europe through presentations and workshop sessions, in the context of BIOEAST's medium-term plans and the upcoming Hungarian EU [...]
Gergely Rona receives EMBO Installation Grant
EMBO announced that ten life scientists have been awarded EMBO Installation Grants, which support group leaders who will move to, or have recently moved to, countries participating in the scheme. The scientists’ inspiring research spans a wide range of biological processes: ageing, tumour biology, gut-brain axis communication, microbiota and gene [...]
Light for the blind: Patient-scientist forum at TTK
We invite interested patients, scientists and the general public to discuss our progress towards restoring vision for the blind on 19 August at 9am. Members of the Hillier lab will present their results and with a patient on stage we will discuss how technology and neuroscience can lead to therapy. [...]
Mutational signatures help to understand the biology of cancer
Next generation DNA sequencing technologies have enabled the genome sequencing of an increasing number of tumour samples in recent years. A recently published UK study presents data on more than 12,000 tumour genomes, providing detailed analysis of mutations found in the cancer samples (Degasperi, 2022). Dávid Szüts, research group leader [...]
RNA in the cross-hairs: The exploration of an RNA modifying mechanism reveals the cause of genetic diseases and offers therapeutic applications for RNA editing
Like accents over letters can be quintessential to correctly interpret a text, the modifications of nucleic acid can have important roles in deciphering the genetic information. While the biological function of the DNA epigenetic modifications, i.e. those that do not affect the genetic sequence has been extensively studied for decades, [...]