The Nobel Prize-winning biochemist received the most important scientific recognition from the University of Debrecen
The Senate of the University of Debrecen may award a major uDEsia Prize-winning or equivalent researcher who has a scientific relationship with the University’s researchers and research communities in all fields of study at the University and undertakes to serve on the University’s Scientific Advisory Board. ) Advisory Board) and, as a member of the Advisory Board, assists in raising the scientific standard of the institution. The nominee also undertakes to give classroom lessons to undergraduate or postgraduate students at the university.
The award was received on Wednesday by Avram Hershko, a Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist at the University of Debrecen and a professor at the University of Haifa. hirek.unideb.hu.
At the award ceremony, József Tőzsér, University of Debrecen mb. The Vice-Rector for Sector Development for Life Sciences presented the scientific career of the Nobel Prize-winning specialist. Avram Hershko is a professor at the Rappaport Family Research Institute at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa and a professor of pathology at New York University. In 2004, he shared the Nobel Prize for his identification of biochemical mechanisms with two fellow researchers, Irwin Rose of the United States and Aaron Ciechanover of Israel. proteins. The ubiquitin regulatory protein is useful in the treatment of a variety of inflammatory diseases and is also essential in the treatment of bone marrow cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
The day before the award ceremony, the chemist gave a lecture to DE students and lecturers on the role of the ubiquitin system in health and disease at the University of Debrecen Life Sciences Building.
Avram Hershko told the university portal that
would like to pursue even closer cooperation at the University of Debrecen in recognition.
– The University of Debrecen is one of the most important higher education institutions in Hungary and is playing an increasingly important role in Europe, which is why it is a great honor. It is important that we can share our research results and experiences with the experts of the University of Debrecen, and accordingly I am constantly with the institution. More and more Israeli students are studying at the University of Debrecen, and I believe that this recognition could open up new avenues for cooperation between the institution in Haifa and the University of Debrecen. Research work is a very exciting occupation because it allows you to learn the secrets of nature.
It is important for young people to realize the importance of making the world a better place through their scientific activities.
Said the professor.
László Csernoch, Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Debrecen, emphasized that it was important for the University of Debrecen to expand the number of renowned professionals and Nobel laureates, as they make extensive use of the institution’s international reputation.
The person of Professor Hershko is a guarantee that the biochemical research at the University of Debrecen will reach a higher level. Significant scientific success will be achieved in the future so that the University of Debrecen can work together with the professor’s own laboratory
Said DE Scientific Vice-Chancellor.
Founded in 2019, the award has so far been awarded to two Nobel Prize-winning authorities: Stefan Hell, a German physicist, director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, and Ariah Warshel, an Israeli-American biochemist, a member of the American Academy of Sciences and the British Royal Society. , and was an honorary doctor of Uppsala University in Sweden.