Publications related to bone structure changes during cartilage loss have been collected, analysed and evaluated by a research group with the participation of Tamás Oláh, assistant professor at the University of Debrecen. Their scientific findings may help future research on this topic and may also be useful in healing. The article presenting the results of the research was awarded the Publication Prize of the Gróf Tisza István Foundation for the University of Debrecen and the University of Debrecen.
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The meeting between the University of Debrecen and the higher education institutions of the Republic of the Philippines, held by Endre Harsányi with the Ambassador of the Southeast Asian island state, could launch new educational and research cooperation. The delegation of Maria Elena P Algabre was received on Thursday by the Vice Rector for Sector Development, responsible for the development of agricultural and food sciences, at the Böszörményi Road campus.

The findings of research conducted by experts at the University of Debrecen may facilitate the application of new therapeutic options in treating abnormal vascular formation. Abnormal retinal vascularization plays a major part in the development of a number of eye diseases. Researchers have observed that this process can be inhibited through the use of certain agents. The article that sums up the results of the research project, published in a prestigious international scientific journal, has been awarded Gróf Tisza István Debreceni Egyetemért Alapítvány és a Debreceni Egyetem Publikációs Díja [Publication Prize of the University of Debrecen and Count István Tisza Foundation for the University of Debrecen].

A delegation from the northeastern Chinese city of Jiamusi was received by the management of the Clinical Center of the University of Debrecen on Tuesday. In addition to patient care, the members of the delegation were mainly informed about the activities and training of health visitors. During the visit, the future cooperation opportunities between the universities of the two cities were also discussed.

In keeping with tradition, Jürgen Sarnowsky, the newly inaugurated honorary doctor of the University of Debrecen (UD), presented his scholarly work and his most recent research findings in the form of a lecture. The professor of history at the University of Hamburg was awarded the title of Doctor honoris causa during a ceremony held in the venue called Aula of the Main Building on Friday.

Topics such as the harmonization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with medical research, the role of artificial intelligence and network pharmacology, as well as opportunities in next-generation pharmaceuticals and theranostics, were discussed at the Doctor Honoris Causa Symposium on Thursday. At the scientific session, Professor Shao Li– member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Tsinghua University – presented his research findings. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Debrecen on Friday.

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.

The Faculty of Informatics of the University of Debrecen and Odessa National University of Technology (ONTU) are involved in planning to cooperate in the field of offering online courses, designing joint research projects and promoting joint publications. Four staff members of one of the largest universities in Ukraine have recently visited the University of Debrecen, where they got acquainted with the activities carried out at the Faculty of Informatics and the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, while discussing plans for further joint professional collaboration opportunities.

Science and education cooperation opportunities were discussed at the University of Debrecen on Monday by Nebraska Secretary of State Robert Evnen. The meeting focused on joint research in agriculture and health sciences.

The University Network for Research Collaboration: One Belt, One Road Science and Technology Initiative (IUNRC) will hold its annual Presidential Roundtable at the University of Debrecen next year, as decided at this year's meeting of the body in China. At the event in Chengdu, it was also decided that the University of Debrecen will serve as co-chair for the next two-year term.