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].
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Researchers affiliated with universities in countries like the United States, Belgium, Cuba, Poland, San Marino and Hungary gave papers on the background and global impact of the 1924 US Immigration Act as well as on key issues of migration at the University of Debrecen (UD). The international “hybrid” conference, titled Johnson-Reed 100 Years Later, was organized on August 22 and 23 by the Institute of English and American Studies of the Faculty of Humanities (FoH) at UD in cooperation with the American Hungarian Educators Association.
The cooperation agreement between the Botanical Garden of the University of Debrecen and Hortobágy National Park has been renewed. From now on, the garden located at the edge of the Great Forest will not only help the national park with the preservation, propagation and replantation of endangered or extinct protected plants, but it will also plan and perform the aftercare and follow-up of the replanted plants.
The first stage of the project launched to research the history and heritage of the Hungarian community of Montreal was completed successfully, its results and next steps were presented in mid-June at Concordia University jointly by the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen and the staff of the Consulate General of Hungary in Montreal.