Bert Sakmann won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries on the function of individual ion channels in cells and for the development of the patch clamp measurement technique. He received the prize together with German physiologist Erwin Neher in 1991.
German biophysicist Erwin Neher was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, together with Bert Sakmann, for discovering the function of ion channels in cells and for the development of the patch clamp measurement technique in
1991.
Aaron Ciechanover won the Nobel Prize shared with Dr. Avram Hershko and Dr. Irwin A. Rose in Chemistry in
2004 for characterizing the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins using ubiquitin.
Kurt Wüthrich is a Swiss chemist/biophysicist and Nobel Chemistry laureate, known for developing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for studying biological macromolecules.
In 1996, Peter Charles Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discovery of how the immune system’s T cells recognize viruses and bacteria.
In 2021/22 I have been carrying out scientific research in two different fields. On the one hand, participating the International Chemistry Tournament (IChTo), a prototype ‘fail-safe’ system for certain household cleaning agents, that could possibly be a danger source, has been elaborated. The significance of both the topic and my results is, that these chemicals could be securely applicable beside an irresponsible utilisation as well.
Furthermore, through the systematization of the obstacles that have arisen during the examination of various systems, several household chemicals can be characterized considering different aspects. At the same time, it also provides the opportunity for further development.
On the other hand, I have been investigating the field of coordination chemistry in the Bioinorganic Chemistry Research Group, led by Dr. Tamás Gajda at the Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Szeged. Metal containing drugs, including especially platina metals are applied in the clinical practice for tumour therapy. For instance, rhodium complexes, examined by me, proved to have an outstanding effect beside ruthenium complexes on certain types of carcinomas. During my investigations one such rhodium halfsandwich complex was examined, hence for the utilization as a potential anticarcinogenic medicine, it is indispensable to carry out further research related to the interaction of the metal ion and the different molecular species found in blood plasma.
Radnóti Miklós Experimental High School, TERMOSZ laboratory
(Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 6-8.)
30 persons per session
Department of Medical Chemistry, Student Laboratories
(Szeged, Korányi Fasor 9.)
15-18 persons per session
SZTE Practical High School, SzeReTeD laboratory
(Szeged, Szentháromság utca 2., main staircase, 3rd floor)
24-28 persons per session
Németh László High School and Primary School, Gyulai József Natural Science Workshop
(Hódmezővásárhely, Németh László utca 16.)
20 persons per session
The guest of honor of the meeting will be Dr. Bert Sakmann, German cell physiologist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries in the operation of individual ion channels in cells and for the development of patch clamp measurement techniques together with Erwin Neher German physiologist in 1991.
He has played a significant role in the establishment of the Szeged Scientists Academy (SZSA) since 2012. He has been the Director General of Education at the SZSA since 2016 and has remained in this position since its transformation into the National Academy of Scientist Education in 2021.
In recent years, he has attended a number of conferences (Meeting of Nobel Laureates and talented students) in person or (since the beginning of the pandemic) online. He was available to high school students attending the event in both professional and personal matters, and he also placed special emphasis on contact with the undergraduate students participating in the program.
This led to the decision of the management of the Academy to name the College of the National Academy of Scientist Education to be established in Szeged after Bert Sakmann.
The college was purchased by the Foundation in October 2021 and is expected to be handed over to students at the beginning of the 2022/23 school year following minor renovations. Therefore, the main program element of the spring conference will be the handover of the college and the naming ceremony, which will of course be attended by Bert Sakmann.