László Fésüs#
Membership Number: | 4022 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
Elected: | 2015 |
Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 – present director, Research Center of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen
- 2007 – 2010 and 1999-2001 rector, University of Debrecen
- 2001 - 2007 president, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen
- 1991, 6 months visiting professor, 2nd University of Rome,"Tor Vergata", Department of Biology
- 1989, 4 months visiting professorship; University of Texas Medical School at Houston; Department of Pharmacology
- 1985-present professor of biochemistry, 1993-2013 head of department, Biochemistry and Mol. Biology, University of Debrecen
- 1983-1985 visiting scientist; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. USA, NIDR, LOBP, Section of Molecular Enzymology
- 1978-1983 associate professor, head of Enzymology Section, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Univ. Med. Sch. of Debrecen
- 1976-1977 visiting fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. USA, NIAMD, LPC
- 1972-1976 resident physician in laboratory medicine, University Medical School Debrecen
Fields of Scholarship
- Protein cross-linker transglutaminases
- Molecular mechanism of apoptosis and autophagy
- Stem cells and genomics
- Brown and biege adipocytes
- Pathobiochemistry of obesity, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases
Honours and Awards
- 2007 Dénes Gábor Prize (highest innovation prize in Hungary)
- 2005 Széchenyi Prize (highest ptofessional award for academic performance in Hungary)
- 1998 Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences: corresponding member in 1998, full member 2004