14/10/2026
🧬 ROHU METAGEN | Official Launch Conference – Science Across Borders! 🇷🇴🤝🇭🇺
On 31 October 2025, the Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara (UMFVBT) hosted the official launch conference of ROHU METAGEN (ROHU00049), marking an important milestone in Romania–Hungary cross-border cooperation for better healthcare.
🎯 One shared challenge. One common mission.
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing public health challenge that knows no borders. Through METAGEN, researchers, healthcare professionals and institutions from Romania and Hungary are joining forces to advance innovative diagnostic approaches, scientific research and knowledge exchange.
🤝 Meet the project partners:
🔹 Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara (UMFVBT) – Lead Partner
🔹 University of Szeged (SZTE) – Project Partner
🔹 OncoHelp Association – Project Partner
🔬 A key component of this initiative is the Metagenomic Reference Center (MRC) at UMFVBT Timișoara, dedicated to advanced diagnostics, research, innovation and professional training.
The launch conference brought the project partners and stakeholders together around a shared vision: strengthening scientific cooperation, improving diagnostic capacity and contributing to more resilient health systems across borders.
🎥 Watch the video from the official launch conference and discover the METAGEN vision:
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQPE4QKMUF8
💙 Follow ROHU METAGEN as we share the people, research, technologies and activities behind this cross-border journey!
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union through the Interreg VI-A Romania–Hungary Programme.
🔗 Project website: https://www.umft.ro/ro/rohu-metagen/