Even if you left Hungary or finished your studies connection with your alma mater is essential for your future career. To keep you informed, we have gathered the latest research and innovations from four universities. Discover what happened at Smartmanfest, how fasting can help prevent diseases, which business models can contribute to a sustainable future, and what kind of strategy has been developed to cure the most lethal type of cancer. Dive in and stay updated!
Smartmanfest: SZE’s innovations serve both education and research
The role of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0, modern technologies and their incorporation into education, and the innovative activities of Széchenyi István University were in focus during a programme on the Győr campus. In the framework of the national Smart Manufacturing Festival not only the Innovation Park in Győr but also the laboratories of the institution were opened to the public.
Photo: Dudás Máté
Visitors could also see a unique educational innovation of Széchenyi István University in the Cyber-Physical Manufacturing Systems Laboratory.
“The scientist takes things apart to study them and the engineer puts them together to make them work. So it's not enough for practitioners to understand the phenomena, they also need to be creative to innovate” Dr. Dénes Fodor, Head of the Department of Power Electronics and Electrical Drives.
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Fasting hormones help cell renewal and the prevention of certain diseases
We can improve our gut health by getting enough sleep and exercise, as well as adequate nutrient consumption, and even by occasionally reducing calorie intake, intermittent fasting, or temporary fasting.
The physiological background of fasting – the so-called autophagy mechanism – has been further highlighted by research in recent decades. This Greek word means self-digestion, i.e. when our cells break down cellular components that are no longer functioning properly and reuse them or produce energy from them.” explains Dr. Katalin Leiszter.
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New business models are needed for a sustainable future
The future of humanity on the planet is becoming increasingly uncertain. Not only humans, but all living beings are at risk, and new holistic and interdisciplinary economic approaches are needed for humanity to survive and avoid social and ecological disasters. These are some of the areas of research at the Business Ethics Centre at Corvinus University, which were presented at the University’s Research Week.
“This change is also the responsibility of business schools. We need to find ways to change unsustainable systems and mindsets, and we need to find new business-economic models to replace the existing ones,” said András Ócsai, a researcher at the Business Ethics Center.
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A Novel Strategy Was Found To Cure The Most Lethal Types Of Cancer
In the framework of a major domestic collaboration, ELTE researchers have discovered well-binding small molecules that do not interfere with the basic mechanisms of cell division, but rather restore a healthy state. The ELTE PIT Bioinformatics Group headed by Professor Vince Grolmusz has proposed a fundamentally new method for the treatment of cancer associated with mutations in RAS proteins. RAS mutations prevent the GAP protein from binding to the RAS molecule.
Consequently, they open up the way for uncontrolled cell growth, that is, the disease. According to ELTE researchers, molecules are needed to glue together the RAS and GAP molecules. Accordingly, they have been looking for small molecules that can serve as good “glue” to be entered between RAS and GAP molecules placed suitably close to each other.