Imre Kacskovics Explained

Imre Kacskovics
Birth Date:23 September 1961
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Nationality:Hungarian
Occupation:academic
Alma Mater:University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Eötvös Loránd University
Citizenship:Hungarian
Education:Eötvös Loránd University
Discipline:Immunology
Workplaces: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

He was born in 1961 in Budapest and he has been married with 3 children.

Teaching career

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

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

Works

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Imre Kacskovics . 2022-12-10 . immun.elte.hu . hu.
  2. Web site: Faculty Leadership . 2022-12-10 . ttk.elte.hu/en . hu.
  3. Web site: Kacskovics Imre - ODT Személyi adatlap . 2022-12-10 . doktori.hu . hu.
  4. Web site: 10 December 2022 . Imre Kacskovics' CV .
  5. Web site: Tóth . Bálint . 2019-06-09 . Kacskovics Imre lett a Természettudományi Kar dékánja . 2022-12-10 . ELTE Online . hu-HU.
  6. Web site: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks with heads of research teams about domestic pharmaceutical production – miniszterelnok.hu . 2022-12-10 . miniszterelnok.hu.
  7. Web site: Hungary . About . 2020-04-03 . Coronavirus Update: PM Orbán meets with leading researchers to discuss virus . 2022-12-10 . Coronavirus Update: PM Orbán meets with leading researchers to discuss virus . en.
  8. Web site: 2022-06-22 . Sixth Wave of Coronavirus May Arrive in Hungary in a Few Months . 2022-12-10 . Hungary Today . en.
  9. Web site: 2021-08-04 . It's only a matter of time, and here's the fourth wave - warns the immunologist . 2022-12-10 . The Budapest Herald . en.
  10. Web site: 2020-09-07 . These EU countries crushed coronavirus in the spring. Can they do it again? . 2022-12-10 . POLITICO . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2020-07-23 . Good prospects for Hungarian coronavirus drug . 2022-12-10 . Növekedés.hu . en.
  12. Web site: Balogh . András . 2021-10-22 . This is what the Hungarian COVID medicine will be capable of . 2022-12-10 . Daily News Hungary . en-US.
  13. Web site: NKFIH . 2022-10-03 . National Research, Development and Innovation Office The first nationwide Citizen Science collaboration network has been created . 2022-12-10 . nkfih.gov.hu . en.
  14. Web site: Immunogenes - Prof. Dr. Imre Kacskovics . 2022-12-10 . www.immunogenes.com.
  15. 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 . en . 18 . 1 . 75–86 . 10.1038/nn.3892 . 1546-1726 . 4281300 . 25485758.
  16. Lipopolysaccharide Induces Type 2 Iodothyronine Deiodinase in the Mediobasal Hypothalamus: Implications for the Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome . 2022-12-10 . Endocrinology . 2004 . 10.1210/en.2003-1439. 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. . 145 . 4 . 1649–1655 . 14684601 . 18184984.

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