The nests of which host species are most often chosen by birds that leave the hatching and rearing of their offspring to others? This is the question that a researcher from the University of Debrecen sought to answer in the framework of an international collaboration using data collected about more than 6,000 bird species worldwide.
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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.
The Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Debrecen has hosted the first meeting of CubeSat developers. At the event, students from four institutions of higher education had the opportunity to learn about each other's ideas and the funding opportunities provided by the European Space Agency to help even more universities to launch their own satellites into space for scientific purposes in the future.
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.
The University of Debrecen has joined a prestigious international scientific training program. This year, the institution organized the 2025 Redox Chemistry/Biochemistry Graduate Summer Course for the first time. Twenty-one internationally recognized researchers in the field gave lectures at the five-day conference, and the most outstanding PhD students from partner institutions presented their research.
A record number of students attended 4th International Academic Conference at the University of Debrecen. Organized by International Student Union (ISU), the event was attended by over 400 students, who listened to presentations on academic work in the faculties, TDK opportunities and the institution's talent management programs.
TAPI Hungary Industries Kft. has recently supported the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Debrecen with two million HUF. The company’s contribution has been used to purchase laboratory equipment.
New academicians were elected and announced at the 199th General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA). Five professors of the University of Debrecen (UD) were elected to act as corresponding members, while four of the hitherto corresponding members became full members of the Academy.
In the ImpactLab-Makerspace laboratory of Innovációs Ökoszisztéma Központ [Innovation Ecosystem Center], students can expect to be exposed to 3D technologies week after week this semester as well: in addition to taking the four courses announced, these young people can also start their prototyping journey in specific workshops.
Biotechnology is one of the fastest growing fields of science: pharmaceuticals, medicine, agriculture, food and the environment are all using such techniques. The University of Debrecen launched the biotechnology programme in 1987, and it has been available as a stand-alone BSc course for three years.
The Faculty of Agriculture, Food Science and Environmental Management and the Faculty of Science and Technology will host an international conference this year as part of the Debrecen University Symposium. The University of Debrecen (UD/DE) Scientific Council decided on the winners of the competition at its meeting last week.
The genome libraries of two protected moths, the striped Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) and the eastern eggar (Eriogaster catax), are being prepared currently by experts at the University of Debrecen within the framework of an international collaboration. The researchers’ aim is to understand the genetic structure of the moths to help conservation management in species protection.
The University of Debrecen and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research have signed a cooperation agreement. The multidisciplinary international centre for basic research in nuclear physics and related science and technology invites researchers from Debrecen to participate in projects in its seven laboratories.
Saigas and Asian mouflons, i.e. argali sheep, are the focal point of the most recent joint project of Evolutionary Genomics Research Group at the Department of Botany of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Debrecen and the Institute of Biology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS). The new Hungarian-Mongolian research project is supported by a mobility grant from MTA [HAS: Hungarian Academy of Sciences].
A conference organised by the International Student Union (ISU), an association of foreign students, was held on Thursday at the Learning Center: students enrolled in the English-language programmes of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Debrecen (DE TTK) heard presentations on scientific work, the opportunities of TDK (Students’ Scientific Research) and the institution's talent management programmes.
A paper on the evolution and genetic architecture of a polymorphism restricted to cuckoo eggs has been published in the prestigious journal Science Advances. Several scientists from the University of Debrecen have been involved in the work since 2020.
The plant-themed artwork of Ecuadorian-born graphic artist Luis Guallichico, Assistant Professor at the Department of Ecology of the University of Debrecen's Faculty of Science and Technology, has been featured on the blog of British Ecological Society, too. The work of the laboratory assistant of the HUN-REN-UD Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group has been inspired by the efforts and dedication of the botanists and ecologists making up the group.
Birds' brains relative to their body mass have grown larger as a result of evolutionary changes over the past 70 million years, according to research conducted by an international team of scientists who recently published a study of the most comprehensive and detailed family tree of bird species in the journal called Nature. An evolutionary biologist at the University of Debrecen, Tamás Székely, was also involved in the project.
The University of Bonn, one of Germany's top five higher education institutions, plans to collaborate with the University of Debrecen in research in several disciplines. The two universities are expanding the cooperation started in the NeurotechEU programme, which aims to promote the development of neurosciences and coordinate research; university leaders discussed the expansion of the relationship during a two-day visit to Debrecen.
The University of Debrecen students and researchers have provided the highest number of Fulbright scholars in Hungary - this announcement was made at the information session of the International Office of the University of Debrecen, presenting this year's applications of the world's most prestigious scholarship programme. Every year, Fulbright offers 25 Hungarian students, researchers and teachers the opportunity to work as academic researchers and gain professional experience in the United States of America.
The partnership between the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Debrecen and the Almaty al-Farabi Kazak National University has reached yet another successful stage. For six months, a researcher from one of Kazakhstan's leading higher education institutions prepared DNA extraction and quality control of tissue samples of rare plants collected in Kazakhstan and brought back to the DE laboratory.
The Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Debrecen has made a cooperation agreement with EcoPro Global Hungary Zrt. The corporation’s professionals will play an active role in the courses of the faculty and offer career opportunities for graduates. The heads of the faculty and the corporation signed a memorandum of understanding.
An internationally renowned professor is visiting the University of Debrecen. Florian Luca, Professor at the School of Maths, Wits University, Johannesburg, will spend three months as a visiting researcher at the Institute of Mathematics in autumn 2004.
Researchers at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Debrecen have developed a prototype of an environment-friendly, high-performance, rechargeable zinc-air battery. This new type of energy store is based on cellulose and uses biodegradable materials as additives and membranes. Its development is in the scale-up phase.
The complex, multi-structured society of wild horses and its changes have been studied using high-resolution aerial imagery by Hungarian researchers, including specialists from the University of Debrecen, in a recently finished multi-year study. The results were recently published in the prestigious international scientific journal Nature Communications.