AUTOBiography
András Szőnyi, MD, PhD
Education:
2014: MD; Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
2018: PhD; János Szentágothai Doctoral School of Neurosciences, School of PhD studies, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Present affiliations:
Laboratory for Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
Principal Investigator: Andreas Lüthi, PhD
Laboratory of Cellular Neurophysiology, Department of Cellular and Network Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Principal Investigator: Zoltan Nusser, DSc
Former affiliation:
August 21, 2006 – May 31, 2019:
Laboratory of Cerebral Cortex Research, Department of Cellular and Network Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Principal Investigator, group leader: Tamas F. Freund, DSc
Workgroup leader, Ph.D. supervisor: Gabor Nyiri, PhD
- Median raphe controls acquisition of negative experience in the mouse
Science, 2019 Nov 29;366(6469). pii: eaay8746. doi: 10.1126/science.aay8746.
- Conducting memory formation (prize essay)
Science, 2019 Oct 4;366(6461):46. doi: 10.1126/science.aaz3883.
- Brainstem nucleus incertus controls contextual memory formation
Science, 2019 May 24;364(6442). pii: eaaw0445. doi: 10.1126/science.aaw0445.
- Co-transmission of acetylcholine and GABA regulates hippocampal states
Nature Communications, 2018 Jul 20;9(1):2848. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05136-1.
- Cellular architecture and transmitter phenotypes of neurons of the mouse median raphe region
Brain Structure and Function, 2017 Jan;222(1):287-299. doi: 10.1007/s00429-016-1217-x.
- The ascending median raphe projections are mainly glutamatergic in the mouse forebrain
Brain Structure and Function, 2016 Mar;221(2):735-51. doi: 10.1007/s00429-014-0935-1.
- Quantitative ultrastructural analysis of basket and axo-axonic cell terminals in the mouse hippocampus
Brain Structure and Function, 2015 Mar;220(2):919-40. doi: 10.1007/s00429-013-0692-6.
- NMDA receptors in GABAergic synapses during postnatal development
PLoS One, 2012; 7(5):e37753. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037753.
- NMDA receptors in hippocampal GABAergic synapses and their role in nitric oxide signaling
Journal of Neuroscience, 2011 Apr 20;31(16):5893-904. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5938-10.2011.
- Nitric oxide signaling modulates synaptic transmission during early postnatal development
Cerebral Cortex, 2011 Sep;21(9):2065-74. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhq281.
- Neuroprotective effects of a novel kynurenic acid analogue in a transgenic mouse model of Huntington’s disease
Journal of Neural Transmission, 2011 Jun;118(6):865-75. doi: 10.1007/s00702-010-0573-6.
- 2021-2022: EMBO Long-term Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2020: Prize for Young Investigators of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2019: Junior Prima Prize in Sciences, Hungarian Development Bank
- 2019: Eppendorf and Science Prize for Neurobiology, finalist
- 2017: New National Excellence Program, Ministry of Human Resources, The State of Hungary
- 2016: National Talent Program, Ministry of Human Resources, The State of Hungary
- 2015: Students’ Scientific Association Excellence Prize, Semmelweis University
- 2013: Eötvös Loránd Studentship of the National Excellence Program, The State of Hungary
- 2013: National Scientific Report Award – 3rd prize, University of Sciences of Szeged
- 2012: Scientific Report Award – 1st prize, Semmelweis University
- 2012: Scholarship of the Hungarian Republic of the academic year 2012/2013
- 2011: Scholarship of the Hungarian Republic of the academic year 2011/2012
- 2011: National Scientific Report Award – 3rd prize, University of Debrecen
- 2010: Scientific Report Award – 1st prize, Semmelweis University
Lectures:
- 2016: Nucleus incertus inhibits hippocampal somatostatin-positive interneurons, Hungarian Neuroscience Doctoral Conference, 20 January, Budapest, Hungary
- 2013: Glutamate receptors in serotonergic raphe-hippocampal synapses, Conference of the Hungarian Society for Microscopy, 23-25 May, Siófok, Hungary
Poster presentations:
- 2018: Brainstem nucleus incertus controls contextual memory formation, FENS, 7-11 July, Berlin, Germany
- 2017: New aspect of the glutamatergic nature and projection patterns of the median raphe cells in the mouse, Conference of the Japanese Neuroscience Society, 20-23 July, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan
- 2016: The ascending projections from the median raphe region are mainly glutamatergic in the mouse forebrain, SfN, 12-16 November, San Diego, USA
- 2016: Cellular architecture and transmitter phenotypes of neurons of the mouse median raphe region, SfN, 12-16 November, San Diego, USA
- 2016: New aspect of the glutamatergic nature and projection patterns of the median raphe cells in the mouse, FENS, 2-6 July, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2014: Synapses established by the median raphe contain glutamate receptors in the mouse forebrain, IBRO International Workshop, 16-17 January, Debrecen, Hungary
- 2012: Proportions and ultrastructural properties of hippocampal perisomatic terminals, IBRO International Workshop, 19-21 January, Szeged, Hungary
- 2010: Nitric oxide signaling at hippocampal cholecystokinin-positive basket cell synapses, IBRO International Workshop, 21-23 January, Pécs, Hungary
Courses:
2015: Synaptic Plasticity and Neural Circuit Remodeling Course, Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies, 30 May – 6 Jun, Florence, Italy
Patents:
International Patent Classification: A61K 31/47 (2006.01); A61P 25/00 (2006.01); International Application Number: PCT/HU2011/000062