At the 2025 Science Expo, our research institute presented several scientific highlights to the public. In the M5 Novum program, one of our colleagues introduced compounds and chemical dyes used in brain research conducted with our 3D laser microscope.
The spectacular experiments performed with these substances attracted particular interest from younger audiences, contributing to increased engagement with science.

Click HERE to watch the full report.

Our company’s Scientific Director, Balázs Rózsa, gave his last interview before the holidays to Catholic Radio. On the program Kerengő, he spoke about many interesting topics—from how mice navigate to photographing Formula 1 race cars, from robot vacuum cleaners to The Matrix—and also revealed which 30-year-old scientific myth we managed to debunk with an experiment.

The interview can be heard at the following link, from 27:55.

Linda Judák and Balázs Rózsa present Moculus, in the Saturday Morning show on Kossuth Radio, within the “5 Minutes of Science” segment, a device, which was developed through the collaboration of BrainVisionCenter and HUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine.

This VR headset, optimized specifically for mice, opens up new horizons in brain function research and in the development of brain–computer interfaces aimed at restoring vision.

The interview can be heard at the following link, from 6:50 to 13:37.

We are proud to announce that Nature Methods, one of the world’s most prestigious life-science journals, has selected our article as one of the most significant studies of the year.
Publishing in Nature Methods represents the pinnacle of scientific achievement. The mission of NM is to support a wide range of innovative research methods for basic research across diverse fields of the biological sciences. Preparing studies that appear in this journal—and having them accepted by the editorial board—requires years of work.

Regarding our paper presenting the Moculus device, the journal highlights the following: one approach to studying rodent behavior involves the use of virtual reality, in which animals explore a virtual environment while walking on a treadmill. Moculus creates a virtual environment for rodents that resembles the VR goggles used by humans.

The article has received 434 citations and achieved a 5-year impact factor of 49.

Click HERE for the full article.

BrainVisionCenter was again represented with its own booth at the Science Expo in 2025. The event, held at the Millenáris, attracted several thousand visitors. In one section of our exhibition area, our colleagues demonstrated spectacular chemical experiments to the large audience—made up of many enthusiastic high school and young children.
We also demonstrated our widely-known device, called Moculus, for which we also provided a VR headset. With its help, interested visitors could experience the path of a mouse running inside the Moculus themselves.

The crew of TV2’s program Innovátor shot a report at the BVC station, which can be seen from 6:48 by clicking this link.

A long article has appeared on Index about Botond Roska and Balázs Rózsa, as well as the BVC they founded. It discusses exciting isues, as vision restoration, the globally unique brain research taking place in our institute, and the revolutionary new equipment required for this work, which is used at Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and nearly 200 other top universities and research institutes around the world.
Go to the original article: https://index.hu/gazdasag/2025/11/17/roska-botond-vaksag-gyogyitas-latas-egeszsegugy-nobel-dij-palkovics-laszlo/

The Scientific Director of BrainVisionCenter was recently featured in a Forbes business magazine program, where he spoke about the institute’s launch, major scientific breakthroughs, and how these advancements could transform future therapies and medical treatments.

He highlighted that their new technology enables the simultaneous measurement of 3,500 times more cells than before, marking a revolutionary step in research on memory, behavior, and social interactions. This milestone is also crucial for better understanding neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s and epilepsy.

The director emphasized that a true picture of brain function can only be achieved with freely moving systems. This is the first technology that allows researchers to collect high-resolution, high-quality data while the subject is moving naturally.

The cortical cells of mice function in ways that are surprisingly similar to those of humans — it is this similarity that we leverage in the research carried out at the Brain Vision Center Research Institute and Competence Center (BVC). In the Novum programme, which focuses on innovation, science and technology, we presented how our Moculus system supports a deeper understanding of human vision and contributes to the development of new therapeutic options for treating blindness.

Botond Roska, Director of the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology in Basel and co-founder of the BrainVisionCenter in Budapest, gave a lecture at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, where he serves as a Neumann János Professor. In his presentation titled Restoring Vision, he introduced a new therapeutic approach developed at his institute, which could mark a breakthrough in the treatment of visual impairments. Roska emphasized that the foundation of this therapy lies in basic research that revealed the retina is not merely a light sensor, but a “visual computer” in its own right. Before visual information reaches the brain, the retina processes it through over a hundred types of nerve cells, breaking it down into around 30 components.
Go to the original article: https://index.hu/techtud/2025/06/03/orvostudomany-latas-szem-roska-botond-genterapia-mitokondrium-bme-neumann-professzor/