Final Programme [antikvár]

Wm--WELCOMEDear Colleagues,We would like to welcome you to the Conference series commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Albert-Szent Györgyi's Nobel Prize award. We are all proud of Albert Szent-Györgyi, a former professor and dean of the Faculty of Medicine and the former rector of the University of Szeged. He is an idol both for lecturers and students, presenting the idea that world famous results can be achieved in Hungary and Szeged.We are delighted to have around 1000 participants from 30 countries and are looking forward to a stimulating and interesting conference. We will have nine state-of-the-art lectures delivered by Nobel Laureates, an a further 182 state-of-the-art lectures delivered by other top experts from all over the world. The oral and poster sessions are all designed to facilitate interaction with other basic and clinical scientists interested in cardiology, gastroenterology, immunology & inflammation, molecular biology & genetics, neuroscience and tuberculosis evolution. Ofthe 231 submitted abstracts, 83 will be delivered as oral presentations. Hopefully, you will alsó enjoy the Social Events and an introduction to Hungárián Gastronomy during the Conference. The host of the Conference is the University of Szeged.The history of the University of Szeged dates back to 1581 when István Báthory, the Prince of Transylvania, founded a higher educational institution in the city of Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca), which became highly prestigious within a very short period of time. Due to its professors well-known all around Europe it provided a high standard of education and alsó had the right to confer bachelor and master s degrees. Moreover, it was the only institute for higher education at the end of the 16th century in Hungary. Later Mary Theresa entrusted the Piarists to reorganize the institution, as a result of which the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery was established in 1775. Later on, these served as the basis for the Hungárián Royal University of Kolozsvár, founded by Francis Joseph I in 1872. It was renamed after the king in 1881 and bore his name until 1940. The institution moved to Szeged in 1921.Szeged is a beautiful and spectacular city in Hungary, situated on the banks of River Tisza with a population of almost 170,000. It lies along Hungarys south-eastern bordér, just to the south of the estuary of River Maros. Szeged is the capital city of Csongrád county and serves as a commercial and cultural centre of the region. The climate is very pleasant and the area is well known for its beautiful spring. Szeged gets an average of 2,000 hours of sunshine each year (that's 83.5 days of daylight), no wonder its often called the City of