Szilvia Veszelka
Date of birth:                                     18 October 1979
Languages:                                        Hungarian (native), English, Italian
Affiliation:                                          Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Biophysics
                                                            Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Address:                                             Temesvari krt. 62, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
Contact:                                             Tel.: +36-62-599-600
                                                            Fax: +36-62-433-133
                                                            E-mail: veszelka@brc.hu

Education and positions:
2003 diploma in biology (M.S.), University of Szeged, Hungary
2007 PhD, University of Szeged, Hungary
supervisor: Dr. Mária Deli
2007- research fellow, LMN, BRC

Awards:
2002 2nd prize in biology
Student Research Conference, University of Szeged
2003 3rd prize in biology
National Student Research Conference, Debrecen
2006 2nd prize of the Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged
2007 prize of the Dr. Ferenc Joó Foundation for Brain Research

Scientific training and visits:
2005 IBRO school "Confocal Microscopy in Neurosciences", Belgrade, Serbia
2006 Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Bari, Italy

Research grant:
2007 research grant for young investigators from the Gedeon Richter Foundation

Research interest:
Blood-brain barier modelling, BBB pathology

Publications:
Horvát S, Fehér A, Wolburg H, Veszelka S, Tóth A, Kis L, Kurunczi A, Balogh G, Sipos P, Kürti L, Erős I, Szabó-Révész P, Deli MA.
Sodium hyaluronate as a mucoadhesive component in nasal formulation enhances delivery of molecules to brain tissue.
European Journal of Pharm BiopharmEuropean Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, in press, doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2008.10.009

Hutamekalin P, Farkas AE, Orbók A, Wilhelm I, Nagyőszi P, Veszelka S, Deli MA, Buzás K, Hunyadi-Gulyás E, Medzihradszky K, Meksuriyen D, Krizbai IA.
Effect of nicotine and polyaromatic hydrocarbons on cerebral endothelial cells.
Cell Biology International, 32: 198-209, 2008

Csete M, Sipos A, Kőházi-Kis A, Szalai A, Szekeres G, Matesz A, Csákó T, Osvay K, Bor Z, Penke B, Deli MA, Veszelka S, Marti O.
Comparative study of sub-micrometer polymeric dot-arrays, linear and crossed gratings generated by UV laser based two-beam interference as surfaces for AFM and SPR based bio-sensing.
Appl. Surf. Science, 254: 1194-1205, 2007

Andras I, Deli MA, Veszelka S, Hayashi K, Hennig B, Toborek M.
The NMDA and AMPA/KA receptors are involved in glutamate-induced alterations of occludin expression and phosphorylation in brain endothelial cells.
J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab., 27: 1431-1443, 2007

Veszelka S, Pásztói M, Farkas AE, Krizbai I, Dung NTK, Niwa, M, Ábrahám CS, Deli MA.
Pentosan polysulfate protects brain endothelial cells against bacterial lipopolysaccharide-induced damages.
Neurochem. Int., 50: 219-228, 2007

Veszelka S, Urbányi Z, Pázmány T, Németh L, Obál I, Dung NTK, Ábrahám CS, Szabó G, Deli MA.
Human serum amyloid P component attenuates the bacterial lipopolysaccharide-induced increase in blood-brain barrier permeability in mice.
Neurosci. Lett. 352: 57-60, 2003
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