Roland Gábor Vékony received his Pharmacy Degree from the University of Pécs in 2024 and is now a PhD student at the Institute of Biophysics. He has been working as a teaching assistant at the same Institute since 2024. During his studies, he participated in the Scientific Student Association (TDK) and the Circle of Demonstrators (DDK) program at the University. His research topics mainly include PACAP, actin, and, in the future, the PAC1 receptor (PAC1R).
Zoltan Ujfalusi received his Master’s degree in 2004 (Biologist) at the Faculty of Sciences of University of Pécs. He achieved his PhD degree in 2012 at the Medical School of University of Pécs. He worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UKC (Canterbury, UK) between 2014 and 2017. His research focuses on the actin cytoskeleton and also on polymers for 3D printing.
Dénes Lőrinczy received his university degree in Physics from the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Eötvös Lóránd University in Budapest, Hungary, in 1968. He has been working since September 1, 1968, at the Department of Biophysics at the Medical University, now known as the Medical School of the University of Pécs. He received his Candidate of Biological Sciences (PhD) degree from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1980, served as a doctor habilitation in Biological Sciences at the University of Pécs in 2002, and a Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2006. He is currently a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Biophysics of the Medical School of the University of Pécs. His research focuses primarily on the thermal stability of different muscle proteins, the application of thermal analytical methods (DSC, TG/DTA) as a diagnostic tool in the investigation of various body fluids (e.g., blood and its components, synovial fluid etc.), and chemotherapeutic drugs.
Veronika Takács-Kollár received her university degree in Biology from the University of Pécs, Faculty of Science, in 2007, and her PhD in Theoretical Medicine within Medical and Health Science from the University of Pécs in 2020. She worked as a research associate professor at the Department of Biophysics, Medical School, University of Pécs (2007-2008), and the Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University (2008-2009). She moved to the Department of Biophysics, Medical School, University of Pécs in 2009, where she started her PhD studies. She worked as an assistant professor and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2024. Her research interests include the actin cytoskeleton and actin-binding proteins.
Péter Bukovics received his university degrees in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Pécs in 2002, and his PhD from the same institution in 2006. He worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Clinical Study Coordinator at the Department of Neurosurgery of the University of Pécs, starting in 2005. In 2018, he moved to the Department of Biophysics at the same university, where he was promoted to Adjunct Professor/Senior Lecturer in 2019. His research focuses primarily on protein biomarkers, traumatic brain injury (TBI), PACAP, the cytoskeleton, the spectroscopy of biomolecules, and recently, the PAC1 receptor (PAC1R).
