Eötvös Immunology PhD Seminar

22 May, 2026

The traditional Eötvös Immunology PhD Seminar will be organized again at the Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE). See the detailed program below or download from here.

Date: 22 May, 2026 (Friday)
Venue: Room 5.202 (5th floor), 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C (South Building)

9:25 – 9:30     Welcome

9:30 – 10:10     Dr. József PRECHL (Diagnosticum Zrt.)

Quantitative antibody serology by dual-titration

10:10 – 10:30     Coffee break

10:30 – 11:10     Dóra K. MENYHÁRD (HUN-REN-ELTE Protein Modeling Research Group, ELTE)

Cryogenic electron microscopy: the basics and applications

11:10 – 11:40     Dr. Anna KISS-SZEMÁN (Dept. Organic Chemistry, ELTE)

Cryo-EM: Practical aspects and the Hungarian cryo-EM infrastructure

11:40 – 12:10     Lunch break

12:10 – 12:50     Dr. Róbert HORVÁTH (Nanobiosensorics Laboratory, HUN-REN EK MFA)

Novel biophysical tools for measuring single-cell adhesion force and kinetics

12:50 – 13:10     Boglár GÁL, PhD Student (Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark)

Complement markers in plasma and urine in IgA nephropathy: insights into systemic and renal activation

13:10 – 13:25     Coffee break

13:25 – 13:45     Martina SAJGÓ, PhD Student (Dept. Immunology, ELTE)

Binding of factor H-related protein 3 and modulation of complement activation on host and microbial ligands

13:45 – 14:05     Hani HAMMAD, PhD Student (Dept. Immunology, ELTE)

Factor H family proteins modulate complement activation when bound to SARS-CoV-2 S and N proteins

14:05 –     Closing remarks