The Association of Women in Science (NaTE), which won the first Nature Innovating Science Award established by Nature and the Estee Lauder Company in 2018, began in 2008 with just 10 female researchers, with the goal of supporting women and girls in pursuing careers in science and technology. In 2013, the first Women in Science Excellence Award, established to recognize female researchers working in the fields of engineering, physics, astronomy, and space research, was presented; in recent years, the award has also been given to support research activities. This latter award was won by Katalin Lengyel, a research assistant in Balázs Hangya’s group.
The Academy Award was presented to Csaba Fekete, head of the institute’s Integrative Neuroendocrinology Research Group, at a ceremonial meeting of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in recognition of his outstanding research work and achievements to date. We offer our heartfelt congratulations!
She arrived on December 28, 2022, longing for adventure and a home, and I think she got both. She wandered off once or twice, but we always managed to find her that same day. Today, April 20, she could no longer walk, so we had to take her in and let her go for good. A small tree will keep her memory alive, and so will we.
Just as it is never boring when "our team" wins at a world championship, we are always happy to celebrate the successes of our colleagues. Éva Mikics' award is special in many ways.
At the award ceremony for the Hungarian Academy of Science's most prestigious research prize for researchers under the age of 35, Balázs Pósfai represented our institute among this year's winners. What does this award mean to a young person who has won practically every prize available in his age group?
Just as Pompeius the Great's ships carrying grain had to sail from Sicily to Rome even when the sea was stormy, is the whole world with cooperation. As the old saying goes, "navigare necesse est (it is necessary to sail) – and despite all kinds of wild winds, both small and large, we must try to cooperate. Although this famous saying ends with . . ."vivere non est necesse" (it is not necessary to live), just like ancient sailors, today's researchers and research institutes also want to live.
The XXV Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Talented Students, the second of this type of event in this year'swas held in Szeged between November 23 and 25, 2025. Since we participated in this first meeting in April, we were surprised by the new invitation. However, the success justified our invitations!
