10/02/2026
The Molecular Frontiers Symposium - Molecular Frontiers Foundation - Budapest 2026 featured not only lectures but also free-flowing conversations, interactive workshops, and lab visits with young researchers around the world.
Participants had the opportunity to meet three Nobel Prize laureates in person:
🧬 Jack W. Szostak, who received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the function of telomeres and the origin of life, and is currently researching the origin of life.
🔬 Sir Tim Hunt, who was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the gene-regulating genes.
⚗️ Omar Yaghi, who was awarded the 2025 Chemistry Prize, whose research has opened up new avenues in the field of biochemistry. The developed ultra-porous materials represent the basis for numerous future applications, from carbon dioxide capture to water v***r extraction.
In addition, students could meet internationally recognized researchers such as
🔬 Robert Langer, the world-renowned pioneer of drug delivery systems and tissue engineering;
🔬 Yamuna Krishnan, the pioneer of DNA-based nanotechnology;
🔬 Dinshaw Patel, a structural biologist;
🔬 Daniela Rhodes, a molecular and structural biologist;
🔬 Reiko Kuroda, a chemist and biologist, a researcher in cell division;
🔬 and the outstanding Hungarian scientist, Edit Buzás, a immunologist and evolutionist.
Each such meeting often means more than a lecture: it provides inspiration, personal examples, and the experience that behind the greatest discoveries in science are curious and inquisitive people.
The event was organized in collaboration with the HUN-REN Magyar Kutatási Hálózat Center for Scientific Research.
Lorie Karnath Xaviere Masson Dziemian Next Breath Molecular Frontiers Foundation ELTE Természettudományi Kar
