Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry

Dr. Gábor Gerber, D.M.D., PhD
Faculty of Dentistry, Dean

Born
30 May 1960, Budapest, Hungary
Marital status: married, 4 children, 11 grandchildren

Qualification

1983 D.M.D. Semmelweis University of Medicine
1994 “candidate of medical sciences” (Ph.D). Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Employment

• 2023-present: Full Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Semmelweis University
• 2015-present: Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, Semmelweis University
• 2014- 2015: Acting Head, Dept. of Anatomy, Semmelweis University
• 2010-2015: Vice-Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, Semmelweis University
• 2006-2014, 2016-2020: Vice-Chairman, Dept. of Anatomy, Semmelweis University of Medicine
• 2004-2023: Associate Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Semmelweis University
• 1995- 2004: Senior Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Semmelweis University of Medicine
• 1996 – 1999: Assistant Scientist, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University
• 1990-1994: Assistant Professor, 2nd Dept. of Anatomy, Semmelweis University
• 1986-1990: Research Associate, Dept. of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Iowa State University
• 1983-1990: Instructor, 2nd Dept. of Anatomy, Semmelweis University of Medicine

Scientific training and experience

• 1996-1999: Assistant Scientist in the laboratory of Dr. Mirjana Randic at Iowa State University. Analysis of the role of metabotropic glutamate receptors in synaptic function in the spinal cord in normal state and following tissue or nerve injury using current- and voltage-clamp techniques simultaneously with Ca²⁺ imaging in slice preparation. Investigation of the effects of k-opioid receptor agonists on the NMDA-evoked Ca²⁺ transients in acutely isolated spinal dorsal horn neurons.
• 1992: Study of the effect of morphine on the ventral root reflex in the hemisected spinal cord preparation in the laboratory of Dr. Clifford J. Woolf at University College London.
• 1991: European Training Program Short Term Fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Clifford J. Woolf at University College London, UK. Study of the effects of ionotropic and metabotropic excitatory amino acid receptor antagonists on the ventral root reflex in the hemisected spinal cord preparation, in vitro.
• 1986-1990: Research associate in the laboratory of Dr. Mirjana Randic at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Electrophysiological and pharmacological analysis of the synaptic transmission in the rat spinal dorsal horn using in vitro slice preparation and current- and voltage-clamp techniques.
• 1984-1986: Neurohistological analysis of the mediobasal hypothalamus using single section Golgi impregnation and Co²⁺ labeling techniques in the laboratory of Dr. Miklós Réthelyi (Semmelweis Univ. of Med.)
• 1980-1983: Working as a dental student in the Laboratory of Neurophysiology of the 1st Dept. of Anatomy (Semmelweis Univ. of Med.) under the guidance of Dr. László Simon. The adaptation of the nervous system was studied on labyrinth impaired rats by monitoring motor reactions and nystagmus.

Educational experience at Semmelweis University Budapest and Pázmány Péter Catholic University

• 2010-present: Lecturer in the subjects of anatomy, histology and development, then Macroscopic anatomy and development, and Microscopic anatomy and development at the Faculty of Dentistry
• 2004- present: Associate Professor. Anatomy, Histology and Embryology Course director for the Faculty of Dentistry since 2010. Laboratory courses and lectures in gross anatomy, developmental anatomy and histology for medical, dental and biomedical engineering students in the Hungarian and English programs as well
• 2001- present: Lectures and laboratory practices for students of psychology at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University
• 1995-2004: Senior assistant professor. Laboratory courses and lectures in gross anatomy, developmental anatomy and histology for medical, dental and biomedical engineering students in the Hungarian and English programs as well
• 1990-1994: Assistant professor. Laboratory courses and lectures in gross anatomy, developmental anatomy and histology for medical students both in the Hungarian and English program
• 1984-1986: Instructor, Laboratory courses in gross anatomy, developmental anatomy and histology for medical students
• 1981-1983: Teacher Assistant, Laboratory courses in gross anatomy, developmental anatomy and histology

Current and future research interest

Study the roles of metabotropic glutamate receptors in the sensory (especially nociceptive) signal processing and synaptic plasticity in the spinal cord dorsal horn in normal state and following tissue and nerve injury. This work involves intracellular recording (conventional and whole-cell patch-clamp techniques) of synaptic potentials from individual spinal dorsal horn neurons in the in vitro spinal cord slice preparation and the combined whole-cell patch-clamp recording of synaptic currents with fluorescence imaging of calcium responses.

Morphological and electrophysiological characterization of dental pulp and periodontal stem cells and investigation of their regenerative potential in central nervous system injury.

List of Dr. Gábor Gerber’s publications in the Hungarian Database of Scientific Works

Invited presentations

• 2024: “Current Education Methods and Perspective of Future Innovations in Dentistry,” Ankara University, Turkey
• 2020: Pain mechanisms and the metabotropic glutamate receptors; international lecturer for elective course „Experimental pharmacology and pathology„– EXPPAND“. University of Zagreb
• 2018: From teeth to neurons more than a common origin; School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wenzhou Medical University, China
• 2014: College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University Gangneung, South Korea, Dental Education in Hungary
• 2013, 2014, 2015: Continuing Dental Education Course lecturer, Pain: Pathways and Interventions
• 2012: University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
• 2007: University of Belgrade, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
• 2007: School of Dentistry Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
• 2007: Institute for Social and European Studies, ’Keresd a Nőt!’ conference, Sopron, Hungary
• 2006: Partners Hungary Foundation, Biological Sex – Gender conference. The human brain in the mirror of biological sex. Budapest
• 2003: The structure and function of the spinal cord from Mihály Lenhossék to our days, Symposium, Budapest
• 2000: Recent Advances in Pain Sensation, Symposium, Budapest
• 1998: Dept. Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
• 1992: Sandoz Inst. For Medical Research, London, UK
• 1991: Sensory Integration and Pain Symposium, Pécs, Hungary
• 1991: University College London, UK
• 1990: 2^nd Dept. of Anatomy, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
• 1989: Dept. of Vet. Phys. & Pharm., Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Awards

• 2016: Apáczai Csere János Award
• 2007: Visiting Professor, University of Belgrade, School of Medicine
• 2003: Outstanding Worker of Semmelweis University
• 1992: Rector’s Commendation of Semmelweis University

Conference organization

2006            International IBRO Workshop, Budapest member of local organizing committee

2009            Hungarian Anatomical Society, Budapest, member of local organizing committee

2012             Stem cell Symposium co-organizer at the joint meeting of the Hungarian
Physiological and Anatomical Societies, Debrecen

2013            Hungarian Neuroscience Society annual meeting, Budapest; member of local organizing committee

2016            International Symposia of Clinical and Applied Anatomy (ISCAA), Budapest; Scientific Committee Member, Section Chair 

2017           Conference of the Hungarian Anatomical Society, Budapest;  President. 

2018          November 22-23, EFOP-3.6.2-16-2017-00006 Translational interactive hands-on training and conference on epithelial ion transport Research in oral cavity – from basic science to clinical use section president

2019         Conference and Symposium organizer. Joint conference of the Hungarian Anatomical Society, Hungarian Physiological Society, Hungarian Biophysical Society, Hungarian Microcirculation Society, Budapest

2020         Semmelweis 250 Clinical Conference section president

2022         Semmelweis Symposium 2022 organizer and president of two sections

Memberships

Ad hoc reviewer

Publications