Thanks to research conducted at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Debrecen, we are a few steps closer to overcoming ALS, a hitherto and currently incurable neurological disease. The researchers working on exploring and curing this disease will be awarded the Publication Prize of Count István Tisza Foundation for the University of Debrecen and the University of Debrecen.
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István Pócsi and Tamás Emri, professors from the Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology at the University of Debrecen, are ranked among the best in the world for their outstanding achievements in fungal stress biology. They research human, plant and insect pathogenic fungi as well as industrial microorganisms, while their research could also be relevant for industrial and pharmaceutical development.
Emerging seed leaves and fresh data are among the results of research measurements from the International Space Station that keep coming in constantly. In the scientific portfolio of Axiom Mission 4, the University of Debrecen is a participant in two projects: the first one is part of HUNOR Hungarian Astronaut Programme, where UD experts conduct research on brain hemodynamics, and the second one is on plant germination, micro-green cultivation and leaf development.
Representatives of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management of the University of Debrecen and the Faculty of Medicinal and Industrial Plants of Kirkuk University in Iraq signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday in order to develop and implement an exchange program for students and researchers, initiate professional cooperation and promote joint research projects.
The Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CERIC) has presented the work of the University of Debrecen as a major research achievement. Applied research at the Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, focuses on aerogels.
Genetic and genome biology research was the focus of the Central European Genome Stability Meeting, an international conference organized by the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Debrecen. The English-language event, held at the Learning Center, featured 32 experts giving presentations in 7 sessions and seeking collaboration opportunities.
The Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Debrecen (DE GYTK) has been active in researching therapeutic options and compounds that could later be used to develop a new generation of drugs to treat certain cancer and immunological diseases, diabetes or even Alzheimer's. The most recent world-leading findings and results of this research team have been published in one of the most prestigious scientific journals.
Owing to the results of an interdisciplinary research program launched one and a half years ago, a comprehensive cooperation agreement between Concordia University, Montreal, and the University of Debrecen will soon be available to assist research into the past of Hungarians living or residing in Canada. This partnership is also expected to enable launching further projects.
It was the Portuguese city of Porto that hosted this year’s CARPE international symposium between the 14th and the 16th of May, which a delegation of twenty-two representatives from the University of Debrecen attended, headed by László Csernoch, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs. Our institution joined CARPE, (Consortium on Applied Research and Professional Education) in 2015, which had been established by a group of universities with a strong profile in applied research in 2011.
In the framework of a thematic conference, the members of a research team of the University of Debrecen (UD), supported by Nemzeti Kutatási Kiválóság Program STARTING Kutatópályázat [STARTING Call for Research Proposals of the National Research Excellence Program], presented their research project plans for the years ahead, the purpose of which is to shed new light on the significance of the Balkans. The kick-off workshop of the project, titled Geopolitical Trends and Balkan Strategy of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: Individual Sources and Foreign Policy Actors (1878-1918), was held on Thursday at the Institute of History of the Faculty of Humanities of UD.