Kitti Rusznák received her B.A. in Biology and her M.S in Clinical Laboratory Scientist from University of Pécs in Hungary. As a PhD student, her doctoral work focus on the regulation and therapeutic possibilities of the hippocampal neurogenesis.  She is proficient in immunohistochemistry, behavioral tests, stress and pain research in mice. Kitti joined our lab in 2022 as a research intern to study the epigenome in memory. Outside of lab, Kitti loves to cycling with her roadbike, baking macarons and cheesecakes, traveling, eating delicious and tasting wines. After finished her PhD, Kitti moved to Switzerland to continue scientific research.

Research Experience

2016–2019 Master’s Student, Szentágothai János Research Centre, University of Pécs, Hungary. Investigation of long-term stress and concomitant marijuana smoke exposure in physiology, behavior and adult hippocampal neurogenesis

Selected Publications

Rusznák K, Csekő K, Varga Z, Csabai D, Bóna Á, Mayer M, Kozma Z, Helyes Z, Czéh B. Long-Term Stress and Concomitant Marijuana Smoke Exposure Affect Physiology, Behavior and Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis. Front Pharmacol. 2018 Jul 23;9:786. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00786. PMID: 30083103; PMCID: PMC6064973.

Rusznák, I. Horváth, K. Pohli-Tóth, A. Futácsi, Á. Kemény, G. Kiss, Zs. Helyes, B. Czéh Experimental arthritis inhibits adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice. (accepted manuscript, MDPI Cells, 2022)

Grants and awards

2022: Hungarian National Talented Program (NTP-NFTÖ) Short Study Fellowship to US.

2021: ERASMUS+ Short Study Fellowship to Italy, University of Trento – CIBIO – Giovanni Piccoli’s Lab, Research topic: Molecular investigation of autophagic dysfunction in PD.

2018-2021: EFOP Investigation of neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative processes: from the molecule to the patient bed (PTE – Neuroscience Center, Institutional Scientific Research Scholarship).

2018: National Brain Research Program (NAP) Scientific Research Scholarship.