Position: Professor, Head of department

Nationality: Hungary

Citizenship: Hungary, Canada

Place of work: University of Pecs, Szenthagothai Research Centre

Address: 20 Ifjusag Street, Pecs, Hungary, H-7624

Phone: +36 72 501 500

Mobile: 44 (0)7523 700056; +36 70 551 5252

Email: a.sik@bham.ac.uk

Education and qualification:                                                  

Institute and location        Degree Year Field of study                                         

University of Birmingham, UK MA 2020 (exp) Neuroaesthetics

Institute of Directors, UK Chartered Director 2018 (exp) Company director

Institute of Directors, UK Diploma 2018 (exp) Company director

Warwick Business School, UK MBA 2014 Creativity and Leadership 

Semmelweis Med. School, Hungary  Ph.D. 1997 Neuroscience (summa cum laude)

Kossuth University, Hungary MSc 1991 Biology, Chemistry

Kossuth University, Hungary PDE/PgD 1991 Pedagogy

Kossuth University, Hungary BSc 1990 Biology, Chemistry

 

 

2018- Director, Institute of Transdisciplinary Discoveries, University of Pecs, Hungary 

2017-2018 Head of Department, Department of Transdisciplinary Discoveries, University of Pecs, Hungary 

2017- Director of Innovation, Medical School, University of Pecs, Hungary

2017- Head of Cellular Neuroscience Laboratory, Medical School, University of Pecs, Hungary

2014-2016 Honorary professor, Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, UK

2014- Adjunct professor, Laval University, Dept. Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics, Quebec, Canada

2013 Nov. Guest professor, New York University, NY, USA

2013 Jun-Aug. Guest professor, New York University, NY, USA

2008-2011 Adjunct professor, Laval University, Dept. Psychiatry, Quebec, Canada

2007- Chair in Cellular Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK 

2008-2010 Deputy Head of Department of Neuroscience, University of Birmingham, UK

2007-2010 Guest Professor, Yanshan University, China 

2006- Adjunct Professor, McGill University, Dept. Anatomy& Cell biology, Montreal, Canada

2005-2008 Associate Professor, Laval University, Dept. Psychiatry, Quebec, Canada

2000-2005 Assistant Professor, Laval University, Dept. Psychiatry, Quebec, Canada

1995- 1999: Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

1993-1996: Research Fellow, Rutgers University, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Newark, NJ, USA

1991-1992: Research Fellow, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

1988 (Jul-Aug) Junior Research Fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Tihany, Hungary

1987-1991: Student Res. Assistant, Dept. Anatomy and Embryology, Med. School of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.

 

 

Cumulative impact factor of published articles:  ~420; Citation: >6500, h factor: 33

 

• A.S. Ferecskó, P.Jiruska, L.Foss, A.D.Powell, W-C.Chang, A.Sík* and J.G.R.Jefferys (2015) Structural and functional substrates of tetanus toxin action in animal model of epilepsy Brain structure and function 220(2):1013-29; * co-corresponding author 

• D.Kroeger, A.Tamburri, F.Amzica and A.Sík (2010) Activity dependent layer-specific changes in the extracellular chloride concentration and chloride driving force in the rat hippocampus J.Neurophysiology 103: 1905-1914

• M.Urushitani, A.Sík, T.Sakurai, N.Nukina, R.Takahashi and J.P.Julien (2006): Chromogranin-mediated secretion of ALS-linked superoxide dismutase mutants: a novel pathway to inflammation and motor neuron death Nature Neurosci., 9(1):108-18 

• B.Kocsis, V.Varga,  L.Dahan and A.Sík (2006): Serotonergic neuron diversity: identification of raphe neurons with discharges time-locked to the hippocampal theta rhythm Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci. USA, 103(4):1059-64

• S.Li, V.Varga, A.Sík and B.Kocsis (2005) GABAergic control of the ascending serotonergic input to the limbic system J.Neurophysiol, 94:2561-2574

• J.A.M.Coull, D.Boudreau, K.Bachand, S.A.Prescott, F.Nault, A.Sík, P.De Koninck and Y. De Koninck (2003) Transsynaptic shift in anionic gradient in spinal lamina I neurons as a novel mechanism of a painful peripheral neuropathy. Nature  424(6951):938-42

• A.Sík, N.Hájos, A.Gulácsi, I.Mody and T.F.Freund (1998) The absence of a major Ca2+ signaling pathway in GABAergic neurons of the hippocampus. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci. USA, 95(6):3245-3250 

• A.Sík, A. Ylinen, M. Penttonen and G. Buzsaki (1994) Inhibitory CA1-CA3-hilar region feedback in the hippocampus. Science, 265(5179):1772-177

• A.Sík, M.Penttonen, A. Ylinen and G. Buzsaki (1995) Hippocampal CA1 interneurons: An in vivo intracellular labeling study. J.Neurosci., 15(10):6651-6665 

• A.I.Gulyas, R.Miles, A.Sík, K.Toth and T.F.Freund (1993) Hippocampal pyramidal neurons excite nonpyramidal cells via single release sites.  Nature, 366(6456):683-687

 

 

Funding (year, title, source, amount, role)

 

Live funding:

 

2016-2019 Visual genetics: establishment of a new discipline to visualize neuronal nuclear functions in real time in intact nervous system by 4D Raman spectroscopy, Horizon 2020, €4.27M, PI

2017-2021 Transcribing the processes of life: Visual Genetics, H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research 

          and Innovation Staff Exchange, €1.29M, PI

2014-2017 Midbrain dopamine systems and control of bladder function, MRC, £530,960 co-PI; (Lovick, Sik)

 

 

• 2017: Centre of Excellence for Neurodegenerative Disorders: An International Translational Research Network, Twinning, H2020, €995K, PI, submitted

• 2018: Functional and structural changes of human and animal brain circuitry in hypoxic and hyperoxic environment, OTKA,  €120K, PI, submitted

• 2018: Network of Health Science Innovation Incubation Programs, Interreg Central €1.3M, PI, submitted

• 2018: High throughput ECG and EEG recording of zebrafish to assess cardio- and neurotoxicity and brain-heart interaction, British Heart Foundation, Translational Award

 

 

 

2014-2016 Functional and structural changes of brain circuitry in altered oxygen conditions, European Council, Marie Curie Fellowship, £309,000, PI

2013-2016 Novel computational neuronal oscillation to elucidate pathological brain state, Royal Society, International Exchanges NSFC (China) £12,000, PI

2012-2016 High throughput electrocardiogram recording of zebrafish embryos, British Heart Foundation, New Horizons Grant, £301,840, PI

2012-2015 Neural mechanisms of memory updating, BBSRC, £515,663, co-PI; (Lee, Sik)

2011-2015 Importance of long-range inhibitory connections in hippocampal network oscillations, MRC, 

                   £680,000, PI

2014-2015 High throughput ECG and EEG recording of zebrafish embryo, Market research; Enterprising Birmingham Fund, £13,000, PI

2012-2013 Single cell gene delivery in vivo using magnetic nanoparticles, Royal Society, £6,000, PI

2009-2013 Mechanisms of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, MRC, co-PI £650,000, co-PI; (Jefferys, Sik)

2006-2010 Facility for electron cryomicroscopy and cryo-electron tomography, Canadian Foundation

for Innovation, $8,030,290, Montreal-Quebec co-application; project leader in Quebec, PIs: Bergeron, Sik and 6 others

2006-2011 Role of long range projecting inhibitory neurons in hippocampal network oscillations,

                  Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $586,120, PI  

2006-2010 Organization and function of neuronal networks in the sensory cortex, Human Frontiers

                  Science Program, $1,755,000, PI

2004-2009 Microscopy facility maintenance grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $329,530,

                   co-PI; (4 applicants)

2002-2006 Electronic coupling in the hippocampus, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $323,415,  

                 PI 

2001-2002 Different regulation of chloride homeostasis in dopaminergic and GABAergic neuron in

                   substantia nigra, Fonds de la Recherche en sante du Québec, $15,000, PI

2001-2002 Electronic coupling in epilepsy, Savoy Foundation, $15,000, PI

2001-2003 Functions of voltage sensitive ion channels in synaptic plasticity and in   neurodegeneration, Fonds de la Recherche en sante du Québec, $30,000, PI

2001-2005 Fellowship,  Fonds de la Recherche en sante du Québec, $200,000, PI

2000-2002 Cellular and molecular control of brain circuit connectivity, Canadian Foundation for 

        Innovation, $1,860,292, co-PI (4 applicants; share: $650,000)

1997-2001 Distribution and subcellular localization of protein kinases and phosphatases, ETT  

Hungary, $70,000, PI

1997-2000 Interneuronal network of the hippocampus, Hungarian National Foundation, $110,000, PI

 

2018 Award in Finance for Non-Financial Directors, Institute of Directors, UK

2017-2020 Taishan Scholar, China

2017 Award in Directors Role in Strategy and Marketing, Institute of Directors, UK

2017 Award in Role of the Directors and the Board, Institute of Directors, UK

2013 The Leverhulme Trust International Academic Award, UK 

2011 Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, UK

2001-2005 Fonds de recherche en santé du Québec, Research Award, Canada

1999 Junior Chamber International, Science Award, Hungary

1998-2001 Bólyai Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

1997 The Young Investigator Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

1996-97 Hungarian Science Scholarship, Hungary

1992-93 Hungarian Science Scholarship, Hungary

1988 Young Investigator Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

 

Editor-in-Chief: Open Access Neuroscience London, 2012-2015

Associate Editor: Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 2016-

Associate Editor: Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 2017-

Advisory board: Brain Structure and Function

Guest Editor: Information Fusion in Neuronal Signal Processing

Guest Editor: Computers in Biology and Medicine

 

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Governing Council Member (2014-2016)

British Neuroscience Association, Treasurer (Council member, Trustees) (2014-2017)

British Neuroscience Association Charity, Director (2014-2017)

British Neuroscience Association Events Ltd, Director, (2014-2017)

British Neuroscience Association, Fundraising committee chair (2014-2017)

Publication Integrity an Ethics, Founding council member, (2013-2016)

British Neuroscience Association, National Committee, Publications Secretary (2011-13)

 

College of reviewers, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Agence Nationale de la Recherché (France)

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK)

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Canada) 

Centre de Recherché sur le cerveau, le comportement et la neuropsychiatrie (Canada)

Epilepsy Research (UK)

Human Frontiers Science Program (International)

Medical Research Council (UK)

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Canada) 

The Foundation for Polish Science (Poland)

 

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, 2020, Glasgow, UK, Program Committee

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Regional meeting, Satellite symposium 2017, Pecs, Hungary, Organizer and Chair (Edges of Neurosciences)

Festival of Neuroscience, 2017, Birmingham, UK, Program Committee

Festival of Neuroscience, 2015, Edinburgh, UK, Program Committee

International Union of Physiological Sciences, 2013, Organizer and Chair (Network oscillations: binding brain areas to functional structures)

 

Published refereed papers 

 

Neuroscience

 

1. K.Basu, D.Lajoie, T.Aumentado-Armstrong, J.Chen, R.I.Koning, B.Bossy, M.Bostina, A.Sík, E.Bossy-Wetzel, I.Rouiller (2017) Molecular mechanism of DRP1 assembly studied in vitro by cryo-electron microscopy Plos One  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179397   

2. R.Barrett, R.Hurst, F. Muller, E.Tarte and A.Sík  (2017): ZFISH-QTc: Automatic Detection and Analysis of Larval Zebrafish ECG for High-throughput Cardiac Activity Measurement, Plos One (under review)

3. J.Crowcombe, S.Dhillon, R.Hurst, F.Muller, S.Egginton,  A.Sik* and E.Tarte (2016): 3D finite element electrical model of larval zebrafish ECG signals Plos One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165655; * co-corresponding author

4. A.Tóth, E.Kátai, F.Gallyas, E.Kálmán, P.Bogner, A.Schwarcz, T.Dóczi, A.Sík and J.Pál (2016): In vivo detection of hyperacute neuronal recovery following electric trauma by MRI in rats J. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 44(4):814-22

5. K.Zeng, J.Yan, Y.Wang, A.Sík, and G. Ouyang, X. Li (2015): Automatic detection of absence seizures with compressive sensing EEG, Neurocomputing 171:497-502

6. J.Yan, Y.Wang, T.Yu, Y.Li, A.Sík, and X.Li  (2015): Analysis of electrocorticogram in epilepsy patients in term of criticality, Nonlinear Dynamics 83: 1909-1917

7. A.S. Ferecskó, P.Jiruska, L.Foss, A.D.Powell, W-C.Chang, A.Sík* and J.G.R.Jefferys (2015) Structural and functional substrates of tetanus toxin action in animal model of epilepsy Brain structure and function 220(2):1013-29; * co-corresponding author 

8. A.Magony and A.Sík (2014) Development of a miniature microdrive recording system for multisite multichannel recording from rodent brain OA Neurosciences London, 2(1):4, p1-5

9. K.Kovács, K.Basu, I.Rouiller, and A.Sík (2013): Regional differences in the expression of K+-Cl– 2 cotransporter in the developing rat neocortex, Brain structure and function, doi: 10.1007/s00429-013-0515-9

10. S.Gharanei, M.Zatyka, D.Astuti, J.Fenton, E.M Rabai, A.Sík, Z.Nagy and T.G.Barrett (2013) Vacuolar-type H+-ATPase V1A subunit is a molecular partner of Wolfram syndrome 1 (WFS1) protein, which regulates its stability and expression Human Molecular Genetics, 22(2):203-17

11. S.S.Dhillon, E.Doro, I.Magyary, S.Egginton,  A.Sík* and F.Müller (2013) Optimisation of embryonic and larval ECG measurement in zebrafish for quantifying the effect of QT prolonging drugs Plos One, * co-corresponding author; 8(4):e60552

12. Y.Shinohara, A.Hosoya, K.Yahagi, A.S.Ferecskó, K.Yaguchi, A.Sík, M.Itakura, M.Takahashi, and H. Hirase (2012) Hippocampal CA3 and CA2 have distinct bilateral innervation patterns to CA1 in rodents E.J.Neurosci. 35(5):702-10

13. R.Blanch, Z.Ahmed, A.Sík, D.Snead, P.Good, M.Berry, R.Scott, and A.Logan (2012) Neuroretinal cell death in a murine model of closed globe injury; pathological and functional characterization Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 53(11):7220-6

14. J.Vinet, P. Lemieux, A.Tamburri, P.Tiesinga, V.Gallo and A.Sík (2010): Different subclasses of oligodendrocytes populate mice adult hippocampus E. J. Neurosci.(31)425-38

15. X. Li,  G.X. Ouyang, A.Usami, Y. Ikegaya and A.Sík (2010) Scale-free power-law distribution characterises functional neuronal assemblies of the hippocampal CA3  network. Biophysical Journal 98(9)1733-41

16. D.Kroeger, A.Tamburri, F.Amzica and A.Sík (2010) Activity dependent layer-specific changes in the extracellular chloride concentration and chloride driving force in the rat hippocampus J.Neurophysiology 103: 1905-1914

17. B.Pary, A.Côté, V.Gallo, P.De Koninck and A.Sík (2010) Functional coupling between astrocytes and oligodendrocytes via gap junctions in culture  Neuroscience 167(4): 1032-1043 

18. J.Boucher , H.Kroger  and A.Sík (2010) Realistic modeling of receptor activation in hippocampal excitatory synapses: analysis of multivesicular release, release location, temperature and synaptic crosstalk  Brain structure and function; 215(1):49-65

19. K. Kovács, A.Sík, C. Ricketts and I.Timofeev (2009) Subcellular distribution of low-voltage activated T-type Ca2+ channel subunits (Cav3.1 and Cav3.3) in reticular thalamic neurons of the cat J. Nerosci.Res. 88(2):448-460

20. C. Capaday, C. Ethier, L. Brizzi L, A.Sík, C. van Vreeswijk, and D. Gingras (2009) On the Nature of the Intrinsic Connectivity of the Cat Motor Cortex: evidence for a recurrent neural network topology J. Neurophysiol. 102: 2131-2141

21. K.Basu, C.Gravel, R.Tomioka, T.Kaneko, N.Tamamaki and A.Sík (2008): Novel strategy to selectively label excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the cerebral cortex of mice J. Neuroscience Methods, 170(2):212-9

22. S. Tétrault, O. Chever, A.Sík * and F. Amzica (2008): Opening of the blood-brain barrier during isoflurane anesthesia Eur. J. Neuroscience, 28:1330-1341; * co-corresponding author

23. M.Hajós, AA.Kelly, T.Sharp, G.Charette, A.Sík and B.Kocsis (2007): Stereotyped burst activity in a subset of neurochemically identified raphe 5-HT neurons in anaesthetized rats E.J.Neuroscience, 25(1):119-126

24. M.Derchansky, S.S.Jahromi, M.Mamani,D.S. Shin, A.Sík and  P.L.Carlen (2007): Transition to seizures in the isolated immature hippocampus: a switch from dominant phasic inhibition to dominant phasic excitation J.Physiology, 586(2):477-94

25. M.Urushitani, A.Sík, T.Sakurai, N.Nukina, R.Takahashi and J.P.Julien (2006): Chromogranin-mediated secretion of ALS-linked superoxide dismutase mutants: a novel pathway to inflammation and motor neuron death Nature Neurosci., 9(1):108-18 

26. B.Kocsis, V.Varga,  L.Dahan and A.Sík (2006): Serotonergic neuron diversity: identification of raphe neurons with discharges time-locked to the hippocampal theta rhythm Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci. USA, 103(4):1059-64

27. A.Sík, A.Coté and Zs. Boldogkői (2006): Selective spread of neurotropic herpes viruses in the rat hippocampus J. Comparative Neurology, 496(2):229-43.

28. L.Davidovic, E.Bechara, M.Gravell, XH.Jaglin, S.Tremblay, A.Sík, B.Bardoni and EW. Khandjian  (2006) The nuclear MicroSpherule Protein 58 is a novel RNA-binding protein that interacts with Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein in polyribosomal mRNPs from neurons Human Molecular Genetics, 15(9):1525-38

29. J.Vinet and A.Sík (2006): Expression pattern of voltage-dependent calcium channel subunits in hippocampal inhibitory neurons in mice Neuroscience, 143(1):189-212

30. M. Saint-Pierre, M.Tremblay, A.Sík and F. Cicchetti (2006): Temporal effects of paraquat/maneb on microglial activation and dopamine neuronal loss in older rats J. Neurochemistry, 98(3):760-772 

31. M.Levesque, MJ.Wallman, A.Sík* and A. Parent (2006): Neurokinin-1 and neurokinin-3 receptors in the primate substantia nigra, Neuroscience Research, 57(3):362-71, * co-corresponding author 

32. A.Hudmon, E.LeBel, H.Roy, A.Sík, H.Schulman, M.Waxham and P. De Koninck (2005) A Mechanism for CaMKII Clustering at Synaptic and Non-Synaptic Sites Based on Self-Association J.Neurosci. 25(30)6971-83

33. S.Li, V.Varga, A.Sík and B.Kocsis (2005) GABAergic control of the ascending serotonergic input to the limbic system J.Neurophysiol, 94:2561-2574

34. N.Kamasawa, A.Sík, M.Morita, T.Yasumura, K.G.V.Davidson, J.I.Nagy and J.E.Rash (2005) Ultrastructural demonstration of connexin-47 and connexin-32 in gap junctions on oligodendrocyte somata, myelin, Schmidt-Lanterman incisures and paranodal loops in rodent CNS Neuroscience 136(1):65-86

35. E.Timofeeva, C. Dufresne, A.Sík, Z.W. Zhang, and M. Deschênes (2005) Cholinergic modulation of vibrissal receptive fields in trigeminal nuclei J. Neurosci. 25(40):9135-43.

36. A.Sík, BJ.Passer, EV.Koonin and L.Pellegrini (2004) Self-regulated cleavage of the mitochondrial intramembrane-cleaving protease PARL yields P-beta, a nuclear-targeted peptide. J.Biol.Chem. 279(15):15323-9

37. Zs.Boldogköi, A.Sík, Á.Dénes, A.Reichart, J.Toldi, I.Gerendai, K.Kovács and M.Palkovits (2004) Novel tracing paradigms – genetically engineered herpesviruses as tools for mapping functional circuits within the CNS: present status and future prospects. Progress in Neurobiology 72(6):417-45.

38. J.A.M.Coull, D.Boudreau, K.Bachand, S.A.Prescott, F.Nault, A.Sík, P.De Koninck and Y. De Koninck (2003) Transsynaptic shift in anionic gradient in spinal lamina I neurons as a novel mechanism of a painful peripheral neuropathy. Nature  424(6951):938-42

39. A.Gulácsi, C.R.Lee, A.Sík, T.Viitanen, K.Kaila, J.M.Tepper and T.F.Freund (2003) Cell type specific differences in the chloride regulatory mechanisms and GABAa receptor mediated inhibition in rat substantia nigra. J.Neurosci. 23(23):8237-46.

40. V.Varga, A.Sík, T.F.Freund and B.Kocsis (2002) GABAB receptors in the median raphe nucleus: distribution and role in the serotonergic control of hippocampal activity.  Neuroscience, 109(1):112-132

41. C.Varga, A.Sík, P.Lavallée and M.Deschênes (2002) Dendroarchitecture of relay cells in thalamic barreloids: a substrate for cross-whisker modulation. J.Neurosci. 22(14):6186-94.

42. Zs.Boldogköi, A.Reichart, I.Tóth, A.Sík, F.Erdélyi, I.Medveczky, C.Llorens-Cortes, M.Palkovits and Zs.Lenkei (2002) Construction of recombinant pseudorabies viruses optimized for labeling and neurochemical characterization of neural circuitry. Mol. Brain Res. 109(1-2):103-116

43. A.I. Gulyás, A.Sík, J.A.Payne, K.Kaila and T.F.Freund (2001) The K+/Cl- cotransporter (KCC2) is preferentially associated with sites of excitatory synaptic transmission in the developing and adult rat hippocampus. Eur.J.Neurosci., 13(12): 2205-2217

44. A.Sík, A.Gulácsi, Y.Lai, W.K.Doyle, S.Pacia, I.Mody and T.F.Freund (2000) Localization of the A kinase anchoring protein AKAP79 in the human hippocampus. Eur.J.Neurosci., 12(4):1155-1164

45. A.Sík, R. L.Smith, and T.F.Freund (2000) Distribution of chloride channel-2 immunoreactive neuronal and astrocytic processes in the hippocampus. Neuroscience, 101(1): 51-65

46. I.Katona, B.Sperlagh, A.Sík, A.Kofalvi, S.E.Vizi and T.F.Freund (1999) Presynaptically located CB1 cannabinoid receptors regulate GABA release from axon terminals of specific hippocampal interneurons. J.Neurosci., 19(11):4544-4558

47. Z.Boldogkoi, F.Erdelyi, A.Sík, T.F.Freund and I.Fodor (1999) Construction of a recombinant herpesvirus expressing the jellyfish green fluorescent protein. Luminescence, 14(2):69-74 

48. G.Pyapali, A.Sík, M.Penttonen, G.Buzsaki and D.Turner (1998) Dendritic properties of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in the rat: Intracellular staining in vivo and in vitro. J.Comp. Neurology, 391(3):335-52

49. A.Sík, N.Hájos, A.Gulácsi, I.Mody and T.F.Freund (1998) The absence of a major Ca2+ signaling pathway in GABAergic neurons of the hippocampus. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci. USA, 95(6):3245-3250 

50. L.Acsady, A.Kamondi, A.Sík, T.F.Freund and G.Buzsaki (1998) GABAergic cells are the major postsynaptic targets of mossy fibers in the rat hippocampus. J.Neurosci., 18(9):3386-3403 

51. A.Sík, M.Penttonen and G. Buzsaki (1997) Interneurons in the dentate gyrus: An in vivo intracellular study. Eur.J.Neurosci., 9(3):573-588

52. M.Penttonen, A.Kamondi, A.Sík, L.Acsady and G.Buzsaki (1997) Feed-forward and feed-back activation of the dentate gyrus in vivo during dentate EEG spikes and sharp wave bursts. Hippocampus, 7(4):437-450

53. A.Ylinen, A.Bragin, Z.Nadasdy, G.Jando, I.Szabo, A.Sík and G.Buzsaki (1995) Sharp wave-associated high frequency oscillation (200Hz) in the intact hippocampus: network and intracellular mechanism. J.Neurosci., 15(1 Pt 1):30-46

54. A.Ylinen, I.Soltesz, A. Bragin, M. Penttonen, A.Sík and G. Buzsaki (1995) Intracellular correlates of hippocampal theta rhythm in identified pyramidal cells, granule cells, and basket cells.  Hippocampus, 5(1):78-90

55. A.Sík, M.Penttonen, A. Ylinen and G. Buzsaki (1995) Hippocampal CA1 interneurons: An in vivo intracellular labeling study. J.Neurosci., 15(10):6651-6665 

56. I.Nagy, A.Sík, E.Polgar, M.Petko and M.Antal (1994) Combination of cobalt labeling with immunocythochemical reactions for electron microscopy investigations on the frog spinal cord. Microscopy Research and Technique, 28(1):60-66

57. M.G.Lee, J.J.Chrobak, A.Sík, R.G.Wiley and G.Buzsaki (1994) Hippocampal theta activity following selective lesion of the septal cholinergic system. Neuroscience, 62(4):1033-1047

58. A.Sík, A. Ylinen, M. Penttonen and G. Buzsaki (1994) Inhibitory CA1-CA3-hilar region feedback in the hippocampus. Science, 265(5179):1772-177

59. A.Sík, N.Tamamaki and T.F.Freund (1993) Complete axon arborization of single CA3 pyramidal cell in the hippocampus, with special reference to the distribution of postsynaptic parvalbumin-containing interneurons. Eur.J.Neurosci., 5(12):1719-1728 

60. A.I.Gulyas, R.Miles, A.Sík, K.Toth and T.F.Freund (1993) Hippocampal pyramidal neurons excite nonpyramidal cells via single release sites.  Nature, 366(6456):683-687

 

Management

61. A.Sík (2016) Creativity in cross-domain collaborations: searching for factors to increase efficiency, Management Research Review 39(2):144-166

 

Books and book chapters 

62. A.Sík (2006): Merging structure and function: Combination of in vivo extracellular and intracellular electrophysiological recordings with neuroanatomical techniques. In: Neuroanatomical tract-tracing 3: molecules-neurons-systems (Eds.: Zaborszky, Wouterlood, and Lanciego); Springer, New York, USA

63. G.Buzsaki, A.Bragin, J.J.Chrobak, Z.Nadasdy, A.Sík, M.Hsu and A.Ylinen (1994) Oscillatory and intermittent synchrony in the hippocampus: relevance to memory trace formation. Temporal coding in the brain, Springer, 145-173

64. M.Hsu, A.Sík, F.Gallyas, Zs.Horvath and G.Buzsaki (1994) Short- term and long-term changes in the postischemic hippocampus. In: Hormonal Restructuring of the Adult Brain, The New York Acad. Sci., (743)121-140

 

Abstracts: over 80

Invited international presentations: over 70

 

Special courses completed:

2014    The mind is flat, University of Warwick

2014    Decision making in a complex and uncertain world, University of Groningen

2011 Influencing Skills

2011 Presentation Skills

2011 Advanced Project Management 

2011 Delegating for success

2011 Advanced speaking and lecturing skills

2011 Handling difficult conversations

2009    Structural & Computational Biomedical Informatics and Cryo-EM  workshop: single particle reconstruction, South Mimms, UK

2009 Medici Training Programme, UK

2004 Multiphysics modeling (FEMLAB), Ottawa, Canada

2003    Electron tomography and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy, San Francisco, USA

2002 Electron tomography, Albany, USA

1999 Cryo-electron microscopy, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

1999 Cryo-electron microscopy, Utrecht, The Netherlands

1996 Genetic engineering, Worlitz, Germany

 

 

2014- International Management Research Academy

2011- British Neuroscience Association

2011- The Physiological Society, UK

2007- American Physiological Society

2002- Microscopy Society of America

1997- Society for Neuroscience

1997-2001 Hungarian Neuroscience Association 

1997- European Neuroscience Association 

1991-1996 Hungarian Electron microscopy Association  

 

In Canada

Development of functional neuroanatomy, electrophysiology and research method courses in the Neuroscience field

 

In UK

Neurobiology seminars; PhD course 

Neuroscience

Neuropharmacology 

MRes in vivo course

Research Taster

Neurobiology of the Brain, BMedSci module

The pharmaceutical SME: corporate governance, legal & finance (Module Coordinator)

 

In Hungary

Neuroscience

Neuroaesthetics

Business development

History of Glassmaking