Group Leader

Eszter Farkas PhD

Group Leader

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Family name, First name: Farkas, Eszter
MTM ID: 10028905
Google Scholar:
ORCID: 0000-0002-8478-9664
URL for web site: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eszter_Farkas

Education/Degrees:

2021    Doctor of Sciences (DSc) in experimental medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hunghary

2010 Habilitation; Department of Physiology, and Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2001 PhD in Neurobiology; Department of Animal Physiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

1995 Master’s degree in Biology; Certificate No. 415/95; József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary

Positions and Employment:

2021 – Chair; Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Hungary

2015 – 2020 Associate Professor; Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2009 – 2014 Associate Research Professor; Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2007 – 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow (Wellcome Trust, U.K.); Department of Pharmacy, University of Bradford, United Kingdom

2002 – 2006 Assistant Research Professor; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

1995 – 1997 Research Assistant; Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, U.S.A.

FELLOWSHIPS

2014 – 2017 Bolyai János Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, nr. BO/327/14

2003 – 2006 Bolyai János Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, nr. BO/00344/03

2002 – 2006 Visiting Scholar supported by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences; Department of Molecular Neurobiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; 1 or 2 months each year

1993 – 1994 TEMPUS student exchange program; Department of Animal Physiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2018 – Member of the Faculty Scientific Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2018 – Member of the Faculty Committee of International Relations, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2014 – Core Member/Graduate Student Advisor of the Theoretical Medicine Doctoral School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2007 – Staff Member/Graduate Student Advisor of the Doctoral School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

2019 – Steering Committee Member of the Co-Operative Studies on Brain Injury Depolarizations

2019 – Strategic Committee Member of the European Society for Microcirculation

2017 – Secretary of the Hungarian Society for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology

2014 – Member of the Hungarian Society for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology, and the European Society for Microcirculation

2014 – Member of the Hungarian Physiological Society

2008 – Member of the Co-Operative Studies on Brain Injury Depolarizations

2005 – Member of the International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

2003 – Member of the Hungarian Society for Neuroscience, and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies

2001 – 2007 Member of the Hungarian Society for Anatomy

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST

2021 – Review Editor, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

2020 – Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

2020 – Editorial Board Member, Microcirculation (The Official Journal of the Microcirculatory Society, Inc., the Australia & New Zealand Microcirculation Society and the Japanese Society for Microcirculation)

2020 – Editor, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

2019 Special Issue Editor, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

2018 – Review Editor, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

2016 – 2018 Review Panel Member, Neuroscience Section of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Hungary

2014 – 2017 Scientific Advisory Board Member for VPH-DARE@IT (Virtual Physiological Human: DementiA Research Enabled by IT; http://www.vph-dare.eu/), University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

2008 – 2013 Editorial Board Member, The Open Circulation & Vascular Journal, Bentham Sciences

AWARDS/DECORATIONS

2021 Best Undegraduate Student Supervisor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary
2019 Gold Medal for Excellence of Supervising (The National Council of Students’ Research Societies of Hungary, OTDT)

2016 L’Oréal–UNESCO for Women in Science program, International Rising Talents Award, Paris, France

2016 Best Undegraduate Student Supervisor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2015 L’Oréal–UNESCO Hungarian Scholarship for Women in Science, Budapest, Hungary

2005 Ferenc Joó prize from the Dr. Ferenc Joó Fund for Brain Research, Szeged, Hungary

2005 Lenhossék prize from the Hungarian Society for Anatomy, Budapest, Hungary

RECENT GRANTS

2021 – 2026 Group Leader, HCEMM – USZ Group of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

2020 – 2024 Principal Investigator, Research grant nr. K 134377 of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA): Astrocyte swelling is central to spreading depolarization and penumbra-core conversion in cerebral ischemia

2017 – 2021 Pilot Project Leader, EFOP-3.6.1-16- 2016-00008, Ministry of Human Capacities, Hungary; Development of intelligent life science technologies, methodologies, applications, and the establishment of innovative approaches and services exploiting the Szeged knowledge base (Intelligens élettudományi technológiák, módszertanok, alkalmazások fejlesztése és innovatív folyamatok, szolgáltatások kialakítása a szegedi tudásbázisra építve)

2017 – 2021 Subproject Leader, The Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme in Hungary co-financed by the European Union and the European Regional Development Fund, nr. GINOP-2.3.2-15- 2016-00048: Improvement of the severity and mortality indicators of acute life-threatening conditions with a translational approach (Életet veszélyeztető akut megbetegedések súlyossági és halálozási mutatóinak javítása transzlációs orvostudományi megközelítésben) – STAY ALIVE

2017 – 2021 Subproject Leader, The Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme in Hungary co-financed by the European Union and the European Regional Development Fund, nr. GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00060: Novel medical drug candidates and their delivery by innovative carrier systems (Új gyógyszer hatóanyagok és célba juttatásuk új hordozórendszerekkel)

2016 – 2021 Subproject Leader, The Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme in Hungary co-financed by the European Union and the European Regional Development Fund, nr. GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00006: Novel molceular mechanisms, diagnostic and therapeutical targets in metabolic and cardiovascular disease states (Új molekuláris mechanizmusok, diagnosztikus és terápiás célpontok metabolikus és kardiovaszkuláris kórképekben)

2015 – 2019 Principal Investigator, Research grant nr. K 111923 of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA): Spreading depolarizations in the ischemic rat brain: Age-dependence, and mechanisms behind the associated hemodynamic responses

ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

2021 Program Committee Member, 22nd COSBID Meeting, Lyon, France

2019 Program Committee Member, 2020 IBRO Regional Meeting, Szeged, Hungary

2019 Program Committee Member, 21st COSBID Meeting, Yokohama, Japan

2018 Symposium organizer: The role of microcirculation in peripheral and central nervous system disorders; 82nd Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Physiological Society, Szeged, Hungary

2017 Symposium organizer: Mechanisms of the regulation of the cerebral microcirculation in health and disease; 81st Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Physiological Society, Szeged, Hungary

2015 Symposium organizer: Basic Research, experimental, preclinical studies; 12th Meeting of the Hungarian Stroke Society, Sopron, Hungary

2015 Symposium organizer: Disorders of the cerebral circulation; 79th Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Physiological Society, Szeged, Hungary

2010 Symposium organizer: Emerging mechanisms in neurodegenerative disorders – The role of spreading depression (CSD); 7th Forum of European Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2008 Symposium organizer: Regulation of platelet function and thrombosis under flow conditions; 25th Conference of the European Society for Microcirculation, Budapest, Hungary

POSTRGRADUATE TRAINING

2019 – Core Member of the Theoretical Medicine Doctoral School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2014 – Academic Staff Member of the Theoretical Medicine Doctoral School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2007 – Academic Staff Member of the Doctoral School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

TEACHING

2021 – Cell biology lecture, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Hungary

2016 – 2020 Research methodology lecture, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Studies, University of Szeged, Hungary

2009 – 2021 Medical physics practical; Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2005 – Cerebral blood flow and metabolism lecture; Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2004 – 2006 Molecular cytology and histology lecture; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2004 – 2006 Neurocytology lecture; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2002 – 2006 Embryology seminar; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2002 – 2006 Histology practical; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

2001 Rat anatomy, practical; Department of Animal Physiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

1999 Employment possibilities with biology degree: orientation course, lecture; Department of Animal Physiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

1998 – 2000 Neuroanatomy practical; Department of Animal Physiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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