{"id":4523,"date":"2016-10-17T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/univet.hu\/about\/staff\/racz-bence\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T04:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:32:24","slug":"racz-bence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/about\/staff\/racz-bence\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00e1cz Bence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Office hours: during the semester, every Tuesday 09:00-10:00<\/p>

Introduction<\/h2>

Studies<\/strong>
1993-1998 J\u00f3zsef Attila University, Szeged – Biology (M.Sc.)
1998-2002 Szeged University, Szeged – English (B.A.)
1999-2003 Szent Istv\u00e1n University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest – (Ph.D. )<\/p>

Previous positions<\/strong><\/p>

2023-\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Professor<\/strong>, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest<\/p>

2009 – 2022\u00a0 \u00a0 Associate Professo<\/strong>r, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest<\/p>

2006 – 2009\u00a0 \u00a0 OTKA postdoctoral research fellow<\/strong>, Szent Istv\u00e1n University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest
2002 – 2006\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Postdoctoral research fellow<\/strong> – Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
2001 – 2002\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lecturer<\/strong>, Szent Istv\u00e1n University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest<\/p> <\/div>

Activity<\/h2>

Further studies:<\/strong>
2000 IBRO Summer School, Tihany, Hungary, “Functional anatomy and evolution of complex integrative centres of the CNS: approaches and facts”
2001 FENS\/IBRO Summer School, Sulejow, Poland, “Receptor Activation and beyond”
2001 FENS\/IBRO Winter School, Kitzb\u00fchel, Austria, “Structure and Formation of neuronal representation”
2008 PENS Summer School, Bordeaux, France, “Mechanisms and development of synaptic transmission: from receptors to networks”<\/p>

Membership in Scientific Societies:<\/strong>
Hungarian Neuroscience Society
Hungarian Anatomical Society
Hungarian Society for Microscopy
Society for Neuroscience
Cajal Club
IBRO<\/p>

Awards:<\/strong><\/p>

  • 2006 OTKA postdoctoral fellowship<\/li>
  • 2009 Elektronmikroscopy Award, Hungarian Society for Microscopy<\/li>
  • 2009 Lenhoss\u00e9k Mih\u00e1ly Award, Hungarian Anatomical Society<\/li>
  • 2011 Bolyai J\u00e1nos Research fellowship – Hungarian Academy of Sciences<\/li>
  • 2015 Prof. Bertalan Csillik Award –\u00a0 Hungarian Anatomical Society<\/li>
  • 2016\u00a0Bolyai J\u00e1nos Research fellowship – Hungarian Academy of Sciences<\/li>
  • 2018 \u00daNKP Bolyai+ research scholarship – Ministry of Human Capacities<\/li>
  • 2020 Pro Universitate Gold Medal \u2013 Rector and Senate of the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest<\/li> <\/ul>

    International collaborations:<\/strong>
    Richard WEINBERG (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA) – Electronmicroscopic structure of the excitatory mammalian synapses
    Scott SODERLING (Duke University, NC, USA) – Structural background of neuropsychiatric diseases
    Tam\u00e1s HORV\u00c1TH (Yale University, CT, New Haven, USA) Energy metabolism, aging and the role of the hypothalamus
    Peyman GOLSHANI (UCLA, CA, Los Angeles, US) –\u00a0Structural background of autism spectrum disorder
    Frank MADEO (University of Graz, Austria) – Polyamines, aging, and the mammalian\u00a0brain<\/p>

    Funding:<\/strong>
    2003 – Interaction between GABA and the peptidergic system in the rodent lateral septum; role: research scientist, amount: 25.000 EUR
    2006 – Actin-binding proteins and their role in hippocampal plasticity, OTKA PF60416; role: PI; 30.000 EUR
    2011 – Ultrastructural and molecular characterization of hippocampal neurons responsible for metabolic and energy balance, OTKA K83830, role: PI; 75.000 EUR<\/p>

    2017 – Hunger controls aging, NKFIH 126998, PI – 1M EUR<\/p> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Office hours: during the semester, every Tuesday 09:00-10:00 Introduction Studies 1993-1998 J\u00f3zsef Attila University, Szeged – Biology (M.Sc.) 1998-2002 Szeged University, Szeged – English (B.A.) 1999-2003 Szent Istv\u00e1n University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest – (Ph.D. ) Previous positions 2023-\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Professor, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest 2009 –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5824,"featured_media":0,"parent":857,"menu_order":211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4523","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5824"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200220,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4523\/revisions\/200220"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}