Outstanding results at the 36th Hungarian Scientific Student Conference in the Agricultural Science Section

The Kaposvár Campus of MATE hosted the 36th Hungarian Scientific Student Conference (OTDK) in the Agricultural Science Section, which took place from April 4-6. 20 students from the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest competed at the event with outstanding results.

A total of 284 entries from 23 Hungarian higher education institutions were submitted to the Agricultural Science Section, which students presented in 29 sections. At the closing event of the conference, Csaba Gyuricza, the rector of MATE, handed over the directorial baton of the Agricultural Science Section of OTDK to Adalbert Balog, the deputy rector of Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, as the Agricultural Science Section will be held in Transylvania in 2025.

Congratulations to all participating students and their teachers who prepared them!

Achievements:

Agrobotany and Plant Physiology section:

3rd place: Viktória Dobák

Supervising teachers: János László Vetter, Ferencné Gerencsér

Animal Health section:

1st place: Dr. Patrik Mag

Supervising teacher: Zoltán Somogyi

2nd place: Fanni Sára Huber

Supervising teachers: Máté Mackei, Gábor Mátis

3rd place: Réka Simon

Supervising teacher: Zoltán Somogyi

3rd place: Ákos Olasz

Supervising teacher: Ádám Kerek

Special 2nd prize: Péter Csanády

Supervising teacher: Ádám Kerek

Animal Physiology section:

1st place: Fanni Somogyi

Supervising teachers: Orsolya Farkas, Nikolett Palkovicsné Pézsa

2nd place: István László Román

Supervising teacher: Ádám Kerek

3rd place: Máté Farkas

Supervising teacher: László Kovács

Student nominated for the OTDK Special Prize of the Ministry of Agriculture: Fanni Sára Huber.

Our biology major students participated in the 36th Biology Section of the National Scientific Student Associations Conference (OTDK), which was held at Eötvös Loránd University.

Successes from the OTDK Biology Section:

Animal ecology, faunistics, taxonomy section

2nd place: Hunor Takács-Vágó

Supervisor: Dr. Tamás Szűts

Special Prize Winner: Ádám Bálint Tisza

Supervisor: Dr. Zoltán Korsós, Edvárd Mizsei

Bioinformatics and evolutionary biology section

1st place and awarded by Turbine Kft.: Adél Károlyi

Supervisor: István Scheuring

Ethology, behavioral ecology, human biology section

2nd place: Veronika Csonka

Supervisor: Dr. Nóra Vili, Bernadett Zsinka