Hírek Medicine címkével

In cooperation with leading universities from seven countries, the University of Debrecen has established a consortium for the development of neuroscience. The opening ceremony of NeurotechEU will be held on Wednesday with about a thousand participants.

Zsuzsa Bagoly, senior lecturer of the Faculty of Medicine at UD is among the L'Oréal-Unesco award winners this year. She has been recognised for her research work aimed at making the treatment of stroke patients more efficient.

The University of Debrecen has improved its position in yet another Medical Sciences subject ranking. Compared to its last year's performance, UD has gained 50 places to become one of the top 300 universities offering degree programmes in medical sciences in the Round University Thematic Rankings.

Compared to last year, the University of Debrecen has gained 100 places in the category of medical and health sciences of the Times Higher Education Ranking. UD has also finished among the best 500 in the subject of Social Sciences, while it has been ranked in the 501-600 range in Life Sciences.

As many as 10 parallel or simultaneous whole-genome sequencing processes can be implemented cost-effectively through the application of the new high-capacity DNA sequencing equipment that has been installed recently to operate at Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatics Core Facility of the UD.

The Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Hungary has hosted an online scientific conference on the current status of R&D related to the protection from the spread of COVID-19. At the conference, Rector Zoltán Szilvássy gave a presentation on the developments currently underway at the UD.

With its 44th position in the Good Health and Wellbeing category the University of Debrecen has ranked the best Hungarian university, also ranking among the best among the world’s universities in three other categories on the most recent list of Times Higher Education (THE).

The experts of the University of Debrecen (UD) dealing with sports sciences will await visitors with the assessment of their locomotor systems, presentations on exercise physiology, and preventive kinematic sessions at the next FőnixFitt.

Smart lecture books, high-tech simulation labs, a friendly campus and internationally acknowledged lecturers – these are the main factors that make medical education at UD the best in Hungary.

Valina L. Dawson was presented the “Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine” on 26th November by University of Debrecen. She was awarded for her findings facilitating Parkinson’s disease and stroke treatment. The neurologist professor is the first woman to receive the prestigious award.

UD has improved its position on the thematic lists of Times Higher Education. In the area of natural sciences the institution moved up on the list compared to the previous year, and it is ranked in the top 800. UD is ranked again in the top 600 this year in the areas of life and medical sciences.

The University of Debrecen achieved first place in Life Sciences and second in Medicine among national institutions on the 2019 lists of the Round University Ranking (RUR) published on Monday. In the global rankings UD has made it to the top 350 in both areas.

The University of Debrecen (UD) has finished in second position among Hungarian institutions of higher education on the overseas Best Global Universities ranking list. UD has excelled at biology, and biochemistry as well as chemistry and medicine.

Patients are easier to anesthetise and the risks of urinary tract infection are lower, these are, among other things, the advantages of kidney stone surgery performed with patient lying in the supine position, to be routinely introduced for the first time at the Urology Clinic of the UD.

The University of Debrecen and the Budapest headquarters of GE Healthcare have been given an opportunity to participate in the introduction and implementation in Europe of the methodology of the Catalyst programmme of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

A laboratory with uniquely up-to-date instrumentation that can also be used in cancer research was unveiled at the University of Debrecen on Monday. Renewed with nearly 1 billion forints, a laboratory for cell analysis bears the name of Sándor Damjanovich, a former professor of the UD.

The „FEBS Europhosphatase” conference will be organised by the Institute of Medical Chemistry of the UD this year. The event will be attended by international authorities of protein research and specialists from the world’s prominent cancer research centres in the Life Science Building.

UD has come forward with an exceptional idea: it has published, first in Hungary, a printed textbook with digital content. The colourful, or even mobile illustrations work on mobile phones, or tablets, helping the understanding and mastering of the teaching material in a revolutionary way.

Bipolar prostate surgery, 3D laparoscopy, laser kidney stone surgery – some of the most modern surgical pocedures were presented on the master course that began at the Urology Clinic of the University of Debrecen last Friday. The 3D interventions offer specialists a „cinema-like” experience.

Arieh Warshel, a worlwide-renowned biochemist, has been the first to win the University of Debrecen Science Impact Award (uDEsia) of UD. The Nobel Prize laureate researcher received the award from rector Zoltán Szilvássy on 29 March.

A unique heart surgery has been performed at the cardiology department of UD. Outside Budapest, Debrecen has been the first centre to perform mitral valvuloplasty ¬– as announced at the press conference of the 24th Cardiology Days in Debrecen.

With the contribution of UD and the prestigious Mayo Clinic, Senzime, a Swedish company, has developed a cutting-edge monitor to be used in operating rooms. The device can accurately detect when a patient is able to breath independently again. Its use enhances patient safety significantly.

Between 18-20 February, the University of Debrecen, with the participation of international experts, hosted a workshop on awareness and use of cutting-edge research and IT tools, as well as on the improvement of the teaching skills of researchers involved in education.

Academic programmes in line with developments in medical science, diagnostics and treatment, degrees recognised both in Hungary and abroad, high-tech labs, student-friendly campus – this is what the Faculty of Medicine at UD can offer.

This year, for his ground-breaking results in the field of cancer research, Sir David Philip Lane has received the "Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine". The award-winning ceremony took place on Thursday at the UD. The discovery of the scientist primarily facilitates the treatment of leukemia.