The Research Laboratory and the Füst György Complement Diagnostic Laboratory at the Department of Internal Medicine and Haematology has strong background in translational clinical-, biomarker and diagnostics-oriented research in the fields of immunology, human genetics and laboratory medicine. Current research projects aim at the understanding of the pathophysiology of human complement system, its related disorders (for example complement mediated glomerulonephritis) and the development of thrombotic microangiopathies.
The pathogenesis of thromboinflammation – a condition emerges during e.g. thrombotic microangiopathies and COVID-19 – is also studied in the Research Laboratory using in vitro endothelial cell models.
The Research Lab with its 6 Postdocs and 8 themes, where 20 researchers finished their studies and got the PhD degree in the past 10 years, is affiliated to the ‘Theoretical and Translational’ Doctoral School. The Research Laboratory hosts the Immunology and Hematology Research Group of the Eötvös Loránd Research Network.
The research groups, the diagnostic and educational services are described on the homepage of the Research Laboratory.
Cell therapy, and its related translational research is a novel activity of the Department. A completely equipped autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation background laboratory with preparative‑, analytic- and biobanking capacity is available. We also set up a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) laboratory, in which MSC preparation, characterization, biobanking and research-and-development is performed. MSCs can also be cultured in therapeutic quantities using a bioreactor.