These topics won the L’Oréal-UNESCO “Award for Women and Science” female researchers

Dr. Edit Hirsch looks for solutions to challenges in the pharmaceutical industry, and deals with the development of the production technology of biologically derived drugs. These preparations play a key role in modern pharmaceutical therapies, they are mainly used in the treatment of cancer, inflammatory and viral diseases, and their production requires complicated and complicated procedures. They are extremely sensitive to environmental influences, as a result of which stability problems may occur during production, transport and storage. With the help of the new technologies that Edit works with, it becomes possible to monitor the production of active ingredients and the continuous control of the quality of the preparations. In the future, the results of his research may help to make expensive therapies cheaper and easier to reach more patients.

27 percent of the land of our planet is covered by fields and meadows, researcher Dr. Orsolya Valkó has been working on the preservation and restoration of natural grasslands for nearly 20 years. Lawns, meadows, and fields are among the most endangered areas, since they can be easily built on and plowed up, and are threatened by desertification in many parts of the world. Natural lawns contain the largest number of plant species per 1m2, whose roots not only bind CO2 from the air, but are also essential for soil water balance. Natural lawns play an important role in filtering dust, restoring soil health, and, just like trees, can contribute to making urban areas less warm. The results of Orsolya’s research can play a major role in the restoration of both urban and rural lawns and can be a tool in the fight against global warming.