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The adoption of traditional Indian medicine, also called “life-knowledge”, into clinical practice was the topic of the symposium jointly organised by the University of Debrecen and the Indian government’s Ministry of AYUSH.

As a result of four years’ work, the fitness centre of the University of Debrecen, realised at a cost of 866 million forints was opened on Wednesday. On a total area of 2,600 square metres, Unifit Fitness & Gym Centre features 200 training stations, with the widest range of sport equipment.

The University of Debrecen has become a full member of the Visegrad University Association (VUA). At the general meeting of the organisation, held in Moscow, it was also decided that the annual event will be held in Debrecen next year.

Experts of particle physics are to discuss recent findings in theoretical and experimental research related to LHC (large hadron collider) at the QCD@LHC 2017 conference, which is this year’s Debrecen University Symposium.

The most recent achievements in the academic fields of probability theory and theoretical and applied statistics are to be discussed by researchers of these disciplines at an international conference hosted by Faculty of Informatics at the University of Debrecen.

In Hungary, treating pulmonary artery stenosis by using balloon angioplasty was carried out for the first time ever at the University of Debrecen. On Saturday, an international team of physicians used this method in the Clinical Center on two patients in order to decrease hypertension in their pulmo

The University of Debrecen has signed a cooperation agreement in the form of an MOU on researching and developing various fields in genetics with the largest genomics corporation in the world, Beijing Genomics Institute of China.

The University of Debrecen has become a prime site of one of the world’s largest companies engaged in coordinating clinical trials on drug development. With the four-year contract signed on Tuesday, the institute has become of the most important clinical study sites of QuintilesIMS.

The discovery of researchers at the University of Debrecen, published in several prestigious scientific journals, may potentially help patients with diabetes. The scientists found new materials that improve beta-cell function, thus opening up new prospects in treating diabetes.

Young Academy of Europe, the pan-European non-governmental academy of top young scientists and scholars, has accepted the nomination of biologist-ecologist Péter Török, an associate professor of the Department of Ecology of the University of Debrecen for membership.

Researchers of the University of Debrecen have made a major breakthrough in the observation of living cells. In fact, they have constructed a unique video-microscope system the use of which opens up new vistas in cancer research and pharmacology.

The University of Debrecen is coming through flying colors in two dimensions ranked by U-Multirank. The global university comparison site ranks as many as 1,500 higher education institutions out of 99 countries, including 11 Hungarian universities.

The pharmaceutical programme of the University of Debrecen is among the top 200 in the world, while the biology programme is the strongest in Hungary. In addition the most recent QS ranking also listed the institution among the world’s best universities in medical, agricultural and natural sciences.

The current visiting professor from India at the Department of Ayurveda in Debrecen is to offer an introductory course on the primary reasons for diseases, traditional phytotherapy, and a generally more holistic approach to healing.

During his recent visit to Hungary, Sierd Cloetingh, the president of Academia Europaea, who had also been elected an honorary member of the Hungary Academy of Sciences (MTA), discussed possible relationships to be established with the University of Debrecen.

A discovery of key importance has been made by researchers of the UD during the course of investigating gene regulators that are responsible for various types of cancer among other things. Their findings have also appeared in the prestigious publishing house of Oxford University Press.

Researchers from the University of Debrecen participate in the international project preparing a volume on the status of the Roma minority in Europe.

Éric Fournier, Ambassador of France to Hungary, awarded Péter Bay, associate professor at the Department of Medical Chemistry of the University of Debrecen, the title of Knight of the Order of Academic Palms (Ordre des Palmes Académiques) of the French Republic.

The traditions of Scandinavian, South Slavic, and Hungarian handball goalkeeper cultures came together at a unique conference hosted by the University of Debrecen, held last Thursday in Sport Science Educational Center.

Identifying shared research areas at the international exchange of experiences, as well as the international mobility of students and faculty members were also topics at the meeting of the CARPE Steering Committee, recently held at the University of Debrecen.

The Head of the Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Debrecen has been ranked third among peer reviewers in Hungary.

The Researchers' Night programs at the University of Debrecen had already started in the early afternoon with volleys of drones and a wind tunnel demonstration. It was the tenth time the institution had hosted the event, which is designed to spread scientific knowledge and popularise science.

The Sports Diagnostics, Lifestyle, and Therapy Center of the University of Debrecen has been inaugurated in Nagyerdei Stadion.

The University of Debrecen will participate in the programmes of the Researchers’ Night for the 10th time this year. The number of registrations for the events, to be held on 30 September, has reached an all-time high.