Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (2001), Professor Tim Hunt, Doctor Honoris Causa of Babes-Bolyai University (UBB), will be a special guest and keynote speaker at a working session during the "Romanian Scientific Diaspora - Smart Diaspora" Conference, taking place in Cluj-Napoca from 4 to 7 November 2025.
Professor Tim Hunt's lecture, titled "Satoru, Bela and the Futile Cycle", is scheduled for 5 November at 9:00 a.m. in the Victor Jinga Hall of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FSEGA) at UBB.
"Sir Richard Timothy Hunt, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001, is a renowned British biochemist, known for the discovery of cyclins proteins essential in controlling cell division. A graduate and former professor at the University of Cambridge, Sir Tim Hunt has been a member of the Royal Society since 1991 and was knighted in 2006 for his outstanding contributions to science, work that opened new directions in cancer research and molecular biology. In 2015, on the proposal of UBB's Faculty of Biology, he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca," the UBB press release said on Friday.
According to the release, the Nobel laureate's visit to UBB as part of the "Romanian Scientific Diaspora - Smart Diaspora" Conference will also include an official meeting with the university's rector, Prof. Dr. Adrian Petrusel.
"Smart Diaspora 2025, a landmark event in terms of international academic collaboration, will bring together over 800 members of the academic, scientific, and research community from around the world, who will participate in 30 workshops organised by Cluj universities. The event is coordinated by UBB and organised in collaboration with member universities of the Union of Cluj Universities (UUC)Cluj-Napoca Technical University, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy, University of Arts and Designand the Romanian Academy, with support from the Ministry of Education and Research and the Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development, and Innovation (UEFISCDI), under the High Patronage of the Romanian Presidency," the source added.
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