PhD Scientific Days 2026

Poster Session 1.I - Theoretical and Translational Medicine

Hunting for drugs: repurposing for AMPK targeting in Huntington’s disease

Name of the presenter

Kis, Balázs

Institute/workplace of the presenter

Semmelweis University, Institute of Clinical Pathophysiology

Authors

Balázs Kis¹, Melinda E. Gazdik^1,2, Ágnes Varga¹, Daniella Hühn³, Anikó Göblös⁴, Roger A. Barker⁵, Lajos Kemény⁴, Attila Szűcs^1,2, Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo^3,6, Karri Lamsa⁷, Karolina Pircs^1,8

1: HCEMM-SU Neurobiology and neurodegenerative diseases, Institute of Clinical Pathophysiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
2: Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
3: Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Genome Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, S-171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
4: HCEMM-USZ, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
5: Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
6: Genomic Instability Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, 28029, Spain
7: HCEMM-USZ, Human neuron physiology and therapy Core Group, Szeged, Hungary
8: Molecular Neurogenetics, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center and Lund Stem