Antal Rot
Honorary Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Profile

Biography

Antal obtained his M.D. at the Semmelweis University, Budapest where he was also formally trained as an Anatomical and Surgical Pathologist. His post-doctoral research training was in the lab of legendary Ed Leonard, at the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, USA. Antal’s research interests are related to the molecular and cellular mechanisms of the involvement of chemokines, their classical and atypical receptors in innate and adaptive immunity and disease pathogenesis.

Career

First Institute of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary. Demonstrator/ Resident / Assistant Professor (1978-1983 & 1987-1988) 

Section of Immunopathology, Laboratory of Immunobiology, National Cancer Institute NIH, Frederick, MD, USA. Fogarty Visiting Fellow (1983-1987)

Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research, Vienna, Austria previously, Novartis (Sandoz) Forschungsinstitut. Head, Laboratory/ Group/ Section of Experimental Pathology (1988-2008)

MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK. Chair of Immunology (2009-2014)

Centre for Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology, University of York, Chair of Biomedical Sciences  (2014-2017)

Honorary Professor of Biomedical Sciences (2017-)