Imre Kacskovics
Imre Kacskovics | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 September 1961 |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Citizenship | Hungarian |
| Occupation | academic |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Eötvös Loránd University |
| Alma mater | University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest Budapest University of Technology and Economics Eötvös Loránd University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Immunology |
| Institutions | Eötvös Loránd University |
Imre Kacskovics (23 September 1961, Budapest) is a Hungarian immunologist and the current dean of the Faculty of Science of the Eötvös Loránd University.[1][2]
Life
[edit]He was born in 1961 in Budapest and he has been married with 3 children.
Teaching career
[edit]He obtained a degree in veterinary in 1987 from the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest. In 1991, he obtained a degree in nuclear technology and radiation from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. In 1998, he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest.[3] His thesis was entitled The examination of the VH and CH immunoglobin genes of the pigs (in Hungarian: A sertés VH és CH immunglobulin génjeinek vizsgálata).
In 1999, he was a Visiting scholar at the Brandeis University, Massachusetts, United States.[4]
In 2019, he was appointed as the Dean of the ELTE Faculty of Science.[5]
Research
[edit]During the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary, he worked as a consultant for Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán.[6][7] He was interviewed several times during the pandemic.[8][9] In 2020, he was interviewed by Politico.[10]
He was appointed as the Head of the Drug Development Consortium working under the auspices of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology.[11] In October 2021, he said that the Hungarian COVID drug might be tested on animals in 2023.[12]
On 13 September 2022, he delivered a speech at the MLE Citizen Science working group meeting in Budapest.[13]
Awards
[edit]- Bolyai János Research Fellowship from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1998),
- Széchenyi István Research Fellowship from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Hungary (2001),
- Golden Medal of Szent István University (2006)
- "Innovative Researcher of the year 2010" from the Eötvös Loránd University[14]
Works
[edit]B Dudok, L Barna, M Ledri, SI Szabó, E Szabadits, B Pintér (2015). Cell-specific STORM super-resolution imaging reveals nanoscale organization of cannabinoid signaling. Nature neuroscience, 18(1), 75–86.[15]
C Fekete, B Gereben, M Doleschall, JW Harney, JM Dora, AC Bianco (2004). Lipopolysaccharide induces type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase in the mediobasal hypothalamus: implications for the nonthyroidal illness syndrome. Endocrinology, 145(4), 1649–1655.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Imre Kacskovics". immun.elte.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Faculty Leadership". ttk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Kacskovics Imre - ODT Személyi adatlap". doktori.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Imre Kacskovics' CV" (PDF). 10 December 2022.
- ^ Tóth, Bálint (2019-06-09). "Kacskovics Imre lett a Természettudományi Kar dékánja". ELTE Online (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks with heads of research teams about domestic pharmaceutical production – miniszterelnok.hu". miniszterelnok.hu. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ Hungary, About (2020-04-03). "Coronavirus Update: PM Orbán meets with leading researchers to discuss virus". Coronavirus Update: PM Orbán meets with leading researchers to discuss virus. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Sixth Wave of Coronavirus May Arrive in Hungary in a Few Months". Hungary Today. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "It's only a matter of time, and here's the fourth wave - warns the immunologist". The Budapest Herald. 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "These EU countries crushed coronavirus in the spring. Can they do it again?". POLITICO. 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Good prospects for Hungarian coronavirus drug". Növekedés.hu. 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ Balogh, András (2021-10-22). "This is what the Hungarian COVID medicine will be capable of". Daily News Hungary. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ NKFIH (2022-10-03). "National Research, Development and Innovation Office | The first nationwide Citizen Science collaboration network has been created". nkfih.gov.hu. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Immunogenes - Prof. Dr. Imre Kacskovics". www.immunogenes.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ Dudok, Barna; Barna, László; Ledri, Marco; Szabó, Szilárd I.; Szabadits, Eszter; Pintér, Balázs; Woodhams, Stephen G.; Henstridge, Christopher M.; Balla, Gyula Y.; Nyilas, Rita; Varga, Csaba; Lee, Sang-Hun; Matolcsi, Máté; Cervenak, Judit; Kacskovics, Imre (January 2015). "Cell-specific STORM super-resolution imaging reveals nanoscale organization of cannabinoid signaling". Nature Neuroscience. 18 (1): 75–86. doi:10.1038/nn.3892. ISSN 1546-1726. PMC 4281300. PMID 25485758.
- ^ Fekete, Csaba; Gereben, Balázs; Doleschall, Márton; Harney, John W.; Dora, Jose Miguel; Bianco, Antonio C.; Sarkar, Sumit; Liposits, Zsolt; Rand, William; Emerson, Charles; Kacskovics, Imre; Larsen, P. Reed; Lechan, Ronald M. (2004). "Lipopolysaccharide Induces Type 2 Iodothyronine Deiodinase in the Mediobasal Hypothalamus: Implications for the Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome". Endocrinology. 145 (4): 1649–1655. doi:10.1210/en.2003-1439. PMID 14684601. S2CID 18184984. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
